Why Is My Goldendoodle Matting When I Brush Every Day? A Groomer Explains (Part 1)

The Doodle Pro®: Positive Dog Training for Calm Doodles · Aug 6, 2026 · 41m · transcript

You are brushing. You bought the good brush. And your groomer still met you at the door with the word "matted."

Here is the part nobody explains: Doodles do shed, the hair just gets trapped in the curl instead of falling on your floor. That trapped hair is what mats. So the problem usually is not how often you are brushing. It is what you are brushing with, and how deep you are getting.

In part one of this two-part conversation, professional groomer Joy Burton walks me through what is really happening on the other side of that grooming table. Why Doodles are genuinely high maintenance and…