I use a metal comb and slicker dog brush for the first week of seasonal shedding. It takes a couple weeks to get the bulk of undercoat out but to help it along, I give our dogs a bath and work the remaining undercoat out using my metal comb. I hate the looks of my chocolates when they start blowing coats but when I do this routine of bathing towards the end of shedding seasonal coat, their dark chocolate coat comes back in so much quicker.

I prefer the undercoat rake, wide tooth and a greyhound comb after to get loose hairs. I like to do a good bath when the coat is showing those tufts coming out of the shoulder and rearend. When soaped up for the second time I use the undercoat rake gently and tons of dead coat will come off. Then I use my fingers and loosen it up around the neck, chest and all through the body some more. Rinse really well and then towel well. Finish it off with the High Velocity dryer and watch the snowstorm! I usually repeat this again in 2 weeks and maybe a 3rd time until it's all gone.