A pet brush including a brush body; which has a central aperture
therethrough and a lower cylindrical peripheral wall of an enlarged
diameter and an upper peripheral wall; a handle, which is adapted to be
grasped by a user with a free proximal end and a cylindrical distal end
with an aperture; a bristle pad, which is provided with a plurality of
bristles; which have tips at a location remote from the brush body and
the upper ends coupled to the bristle pad and located within the
cylindrical lower wall of the brush body; a push plate, which is included
with apertures receiving the bristles therethrough and included with an
interior central rod extending through the central aperture of the brush
body to an operator controlled push button secured to the upper end
thereof; a spring within the upper cylindrical peripheral wall of the
brush body adapted to push the push button away from the bristle pad and
adapted to be contracted upon the depression of the push button to move
the central rod downwardly.