I believe the prices are better if you purchase direct through PurePawsUSA.com and use the 10% Discount Code MO10, but I have sourced some items through Amazon for those of you that are interested. The travel kits are NOT available on Amazon
The wooden pin brush come in SMALL and Med ~~ I use the purple SMALL in the video. Amazon available colors vary from day to day ~~ more colors are available on the Chris Christensen Website.
Apana Hot Yoga Mat Microfiber Towels: We found them for $16.99 at TJMaxx and Marshalls stores in the Athletic Sports Section. They retails for $50
Baby Travel Pillow: Comes in a variety of colors on Amazon. We found them at TJ Maxx.
Chris Christensen makes one of the better dryers for home and pet grooming. I will compare the ‘Kool Pup’ with a pretty sub-standard ‘pet dryer’ that I am sad that I spent money on.
I am SMILING at you!!!!
The one thing I have learned over the years is that ‘YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR’, although this isn’t always true….but it proved true for dog dryers that I chose.
KOOL PUP is currently 25% off! I paid full price == it really is a great deal!
Drying the dogs with a human hair dryer never worked very well for me. The COOL air was always TOO COLD and the HOT was TOO HOT. Not to mention how awkward it is to try and dry a dog when I only have two hands with a clunky hair dryer in one hand. THE FORCE of the air was always toooooo weak to ever dry the ears completely.
Dolce with Kool Pup (left) and Metro Air (right)
Years ago I cheaped out and spent $100 on a Metro Air Dryer. Three tries and I never touched it again until I had to dig it out for this review (WASTE). $100 was a LOT of money to spend on a dog hair dryer in my mind. This ORANGE thing was LOUD and the tank get HOT HOT HOT and the air is TOO HOT and the tank is UNSTABLE. The cord was sooooo short that the dryer had to sit right next to the dog in order to reach, which makes it feel like both of us are in the middle of a hurricane! The orange canister on this ‘thing’ gets super hot as well…clunky…hot….oh dear…
The hose on the Kool Pup is about 3x longer
Dolce Pondering ….’what SPECIAL TREAT will I get for doing this dog dryer review’
Dolce right after the Youtube Video shoot!
When I fell in love with the Maltese breed 5 years ago, I became consumed and ‘obsessed’ with everything maltese. I dragged my kids to every AKC dog show and every grooming show that came near us. It was at one of these dog shows that I was introduced to the Chris Chistensen KOOL PUP dog dryer, along with many of their other products.
The benefit of visiting dog shows and in particular ‘Grooming Shows’ is that many of the pet industry vendors will have booths for you to visit. You can touch and feel many products that are available to us and even NEWER products that haven’t yet been released to the public yet. Pet shows are amazingly fun to visit.
See how long the hose is on the Kool Pup? Hi Dolce!
The Kool Pup just recently went on sale for $220, which makes this a good time to splurge if you have multiple dogs like I do. I paid $325 for it at the show, but was lucky to have received quite a few gifts along with my purchase.
Thanks to our grooming obsessed friends on Spoiled Maltese forum for alerting our SM community that this Kool Tool was on SALE SALE SALE! Never has it been priced this low. I might have to get another for the human girls in my home!
The added ‘HOLD A HOSE’ flexible extra arm, that can be used with the dryer to allow a hands free drying, is currently $85. The dryer can be used without the arm, but I have to say that the extra arm comes in really handy if you can make the splurge.
This dryer comes in some pretty cool colors and is very small for the amount of air that is forced through it. The hose on the Kool Pup is plenty long enough that I place the actual dryer as far away as I can from the grooming table, in order to help with the reduction of noise for my dogs.
The force of the air on the dryer is quite strong and will reduct the drying time of your dog significantly. You’ll notice in the VIDEO TUTORIAL, that I had to ‘batten down the hatches’ and cover my grooming supplies, so that I wouldn’t have top knot bands flying all over!
The air temperature coming from the dryer will warm up after a few minutes of running on FULL POWER.
Currently $220 for the Kool Pup on sale from $325…thanks for the heads up on the sale SM friends
The ‘LOUDNESS’ factor plays a role when drying our maltese. The scientific and R&D side of my brain wanted to measure and compare the decibel levels.
Hair Dryer on high measured 98-99
Metro Air on ‘ON’ switch measured 107-108
Kool Pup on the highest measured 79-80
Decibel Level for Hair Dryer 98-99
Decibel Level for Metro Air 107-108
I used an app on my iPad to measure decibel levels relative to the hair dryer, the metro force and the Kool Pup. These levels can vary depending on how the decibel meter is calibrated.
Kool Pup Decibel Level on HIGHEST is 80
Kool Pup Decibel Level on MID LEVEL was 75
Kool Pup on Lower Setting was 68, but I NEVER use it this low as the air comes out too cool on the lowest setting
The number one complaint heard about the Kool Pup dryer is that the air is not warm enough. This force dryer pushes the ambient air in your room and does warm it slightly. The fact that the air doesn’t get too warm, makes it amazingly safe to use on our dogs. On cold winter days when the dogs are really cold after a bath, I will ‘FEED’ the Kool Pup warm air by facing a warm hair dryer towards the vent of the Kool Pup. This allows the Kool Pup to push a ‘warmer then ambient’ temperature out to my cold dog.
My GO TO GROOMING TOOL(s) GTGT that I use when blow drying my dog are the CC wooden pin brush and the Madan pin brush. The CC FUSION brush is brass plated and is not meant to be used on a wet coat NOR with any types of sprays and solvent.
When the dog is wet it is more pleasant for your dog if you brush out with the CC Wooden pin brush. As the dogs becomes dryer, you can switch over to the Madan pin brush in order to fully straighten the hair.
Dolce says YUCK to any other dryer!
The video tutorial will show how straight Dolce’s fur becomes after using the Kool Pup. If I didn’t dry her with this amazing little dryer, her hair would be pretty WAVY and CLUMPY. You can see her natural wavy hair in the beginning of the video.
This battle of the dog dryers was a ‘BLOW OUT’!
The END!!! ‘nuf said…
Dolce smiling right after the video shoot was finished!
Note: All fluffs as wells as their groomers have different tastes, needs and favorites. Not every SPAW treatment need be the same. Maltese Obsession is happy to share our PAWSITIVELY Perfect GO TO Grooming experiences.
Tweety is making her debut VLOG appearance. She was groomed into her Korean cut over a month ago, and we will VLOG her upcoming clipper Korean cut for viewers to see how we do this at home.
This technique of washing her eye area is only one of the many ways that we as maltese owners can keep the eye area as clean as we can.
One question that I am sure to get is what our thoughts are on Angel Eyes and antibiotic treatments for eye tearing. My experience working for many years in the pharmaceutical R&D as well as the sales and marketing end of antibiotics, has led me to lean against any unnecessary use of antibiotics for our family (both humans and dogs). Bacterial drug resistance has become a huge problem in the pharmaceutical R&D world and I lived too close to seeing the human struggles resulting from antibiotic super infections and resistant strains of bacteria.
Spa Lavish Blueberry Facial Cleanser by Tropiclean
Above is pictured the Blueberry facial cleanser that is used in the video. On my other dog, I also use Contact Lens saline solution that contains Boric Acid to cleanse the eye area. The saline cleansing is followed up with applying corn starch, which helps keep the eye area dry. There are various different ways to clean the eyes and remove tear stains. Excessive tear staining could be the result of blocked tear ducts, teeth problems and/or other health issues.
We hope you enjoy meeting Tweety!
Note: All fluffs as wells as their groomers have different tastes, needs and favorites. Not every SPAW treatment need be the same. Maltese Obsession is happy to share our PAWSITIVELY Perfect GO TO Grooming experiences.
Video Blog Review: Dolce will review the Madan Apple Green (FIRM Cushioned) Pin Brush
10% Discount on Madan Pin Brushes and Combs when you mention Maltese Obsession at checkout with coupon code MO10 www.toplinepet.com
10% Discount will be issued in the FORM OF A REFUND via PAYPAL after purchase is completed
Pretty Brush Bouquets
We’ve already reviewed:
Baby Bear = Orange SOFTY
Mama Bear = Baby Blue MEDIUM
we can’t leave out
Papa Bear = Apple Green FIRM
Welcome to view our FIRST VIDEO BLOG aka MO VLOG. We also show you how we do Dolce’s signature inside out ponytail flip top knot!
Dolce and the Maltese Obsession Pack hope you enjoyed our first video to greet all of our Maltese loving friends.
Please come back and see more video blogs and tutorials. We are hoping to come up with a fun idea for a brush giveaway!!!
Note: All fluffs as wells as their groomers have different tastes, needs and favorites. Not every SPAW treatment need be the same. Maltese Obsession is happy to share our PAWSITIVELY Perfect GO TO Grooming experiences.
DOLCE Flip – Top Knot FLIP Tool
Apana Hot Yoga Mat Microfiber Towels: We found them for $16.99 at TJMaxx and Marshalls stores in the Athletic Sports Section. They retails for $50
