Comments on: The Great Pet Hair War

By: Rekha

Rekha — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:54:34 +0000

Very good solution for the pet owners, Keep posting about this topic

By: AnnMarie

AnnMarie — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 13:05:51 +0000

Does your purplr rubber brush look like this http://flylady.net/pages/flyshop_rubba_scrubba.asp ?

I was wondering of the Home Ec ladies had seen it anywhere and it it really worked. We have two dogs and two cats and hair all over the place in a week! We, too, love our Dyson.

By: Carol

Carol — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 01:50:09 +0000

While you have the vacuum out, try running it over the dog with one of the attachments on it. My friend does that when her dog sheds a lot and the dogs love it. It is through the hose, so it doesn’t have tons of power. Yeah, I thought she was crazy, but the dogs love it, and it keeps down on the hair.

By: Cindy

Cindy — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 16:43:51 +0000

Unfortunately that Dyson is pretty pricey. lol However, the Arm & Hammer Pet Hair Release carpet powder is a great cheap alternative. It really does make it easier to vacuum up the hair. The Dyson just makes that step unnecessary. The other nice thing about the Arm & Hammer powder is that it helps get rid of pet odors in your rugs and carpets.

By: deb

deb — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:57:37 +0000

I’d love to have a Dyson but can’t afford it right now. We use a shop vac at home and it does a better job on the hardwood floors than the regular vacuum.

We also have a carpet rake that we use on the carpet. It’s one that came from a local janitorial supply company. I’m always amazed at how much fur that thing picks up.

We have 3 dogs & 3 cats. I’ll have to look for that purple rubber brush. Thanks for the recommendation, Patia.

It’s a neverending battle and I’m not giving up on getting a Dyson…it’s just not looking like it’s going to be in the year 2007 lol

By: Cindy

Cindy — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 22:41:02 +0000

I have two cats, and a dog now. My old vacuum cleaner didn’t stand up to just one of the two cats. I found Arm & Hammer Pet Hair release formula which made vacuuming easier, but it clogged my vacuum filters. Then I discovered the Dyson Animal vacuum. Expensive but well worth the money. What used to take 10 minutes of vacuuming, now takes 2 and a single pass usually does it. With my old vac, it was taking multiple passes. I have not been disappointed with it yet!

By: Patia

Patia — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:49:36 +0000

I feed my two felines the Science Diet Hairball kibble. It reduces the shedding a lot.

I also recently found a purple rubber brush at PetSmart that is excellent at removing tons of fur and seems to annoy them less than a regular brush.

Vacuuming, the Swiffer wet and my Flylady feather duster are great for cleaning.