I got it for Mother's Day from my husband. I have two short haired dogs and a husky, and two cats. I don't think it does much to stop my short haired dogs from shedding but I do notice that they don't smell as much, if I give them a daily brushing. My husky it works good on getting the fur off of her and keeping her smelling good (agian with daily brushing). My cats shed CONSTANTLY and it works REALLY well at getting a lot of the hair off of them. Plus it's really easy to clean the brush too you just pop the little cover off and all the hair and stuff comes right off with the cover.