Anxiety stinks! Do you have one of these? It's a dematting comb. You can get them on line, but they're probably cheaper at WalMart or other big box places. You just run it through the mat (wiggle it slowly) and it separates it into pieces that you can work out with your fingers. I have a cotton-wooly cockapoo (at least that's what we think he is - he's a rescue) and that little comb has been a Godsend!yup.
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for real dogs. Mine have always weighed 60+. Current dummy is a lean 100.