for your best friendarf arf [SEP] i have had a couple of versions of this style of detangling brushdo they work yesdo they last noexcept for this one it has outperformed the othersfirst a bit about these brushes they come in a number of shapes and paddles but are similar in that they have the same kind of plastic bristlesthe bristles stagger in length and painlessly smooth knots and tanglesmost of the time the bristles start to bend and then the brush is useless after months of hard use this one is still good as newthese are a favorite with parents of kids with unruly hair because they do not hurti like it for myself and it is also my secret weaponi have maltese dogs one is in full coat that means long flowing hair to the ground most people with a malt in full coat need to section off the coat and roll up the hair otherwise it gets so tangled it needs to be cutthis hairbrush is a silky coated dogs best friend maltese yorkies afghans havanesethey need this brush