The invention relates to an animal care and/or cleaning device, comprising at least one brush (2) fastened to a brush shaft (16) which can be driven by an electric motor drive (36) in order to generate a rotational movement of the brush (2) and which is rotatably mounted in a bearing device (14) provided on a retaining device (4, 6), and comprising an actuating device, by means of which the drive (36) can be actuated in dependence of a contact of the brush (2) with a body of an animal. The care and/or cleaning device is characterized in that the bearing device (14) has at least one shaft bearing (14) which retains the rotational axis (16) of the brush (2) in a fixed position relative to the retaining device (4, 6), and that the drive (36) is carried along to a furthest point up to a predefined stop on the holding device (4, 6) by means of a torque acting on the brush shaft (16) ) in one or the other direction of rotation, caused by an impact movement of the animal body on the brush (2), and with this movement, triggers the actuating device (42) for the purpose of actuating the drive (36).
