FURminator Undercoat Deshedding Tool for Dogs

Dad

I saw this online and thought it looked promising. What's your first reaction to it?

Boldo

It's a metal comb with a handle. Cold. Smells like a warehouse and plastic packaging. Nothing about it says good time to me. Why do you always buy things with sharp edges?

Dad

You've been staring at it for ten minutes now. What's the deal? What do you smell?

Boldo

The metal has that industrial smell under the plastic. There's something else though—some kind of coating. Not food. Not interesting. Is that bacon I smell from the kitchen or are you just standing there?

Dad

Okay, we used it. You stood still for it. Now what do you actually think?

Boldo

It doesn't hurt. That's good. Gets a lot of hair out—I could feel it working under all the loose stuff. The handle is long enough that you can reach my back without me having to move much. I admit it's fine. Better than fine, probably.

Dad

The cat hasn't gone near it. Hasn't even sniffed it. What does that tell you?

Boldo

The cat has terrible judgment so that means nothing. Also the cat is lazy. But I'll say this—if the cat had gotten one too, I would be annoyed right now. So maybe it's working in my favor that she doesn't care about it.

Dad

Rate it. One to five. You know what the ones are.

Boldo

Four. It actually works. Gets the undercoat out without being painful. Doesn't smell great but it smells fine. You didn't waste money on this one. I won't ask you to return it. That's the highest compliment I'm giving you today.