A device for plucking dead hairs from the skin of a dog includes a handle part for handling the device, a stem part connected to the handle part, on the end of which stem part is a comb part for guiding the hairs of the dog into the device, a base on the stem part, onto which base hairs are guided by means of the comb part, a gripping part that is on the stem part and is moveable along a predetermined trajectory, which gripping part in a part of its trajectory moves in the direction of the base and presses against the base, in which case the hairs of the dog are between the base and the gripping part, and in which case by means of the movement of the gripping part a pulling motion is exerted on the hairs that are between the gripping part and the base.
