What do you do about dog hair?

[stacwase]

Just curious how you all handle all the dog hair everywhere during this heavy shedding season.

I keep all of the bedroom doors shut so they can't get on the beds, and leave the guestroom open. I have an old comforter over the guest room bed, and if somebody needs to sleep there I can remove the hairy comforter and put on a nice quilt.

On the sofa, I just use a damp wash cloth daily (more sometimes) and the hair comes right off.

In the car, I get it off the seats with duct tape.

I have to keep the floors well-swept or the hairs jump up on the kids' pant legs.

What do you do to prevent yourselves from being covered with dog hair?

[shutterbug0303]

:rolleyes: we don't .... :rolleyes:

lol well, we sweep the hardwood just about every day...but other than that, the fur is just part of us! We keep a small lint roller with us to get the bad stuff off of our clothes when we need to, but we're pretty lucky because most of the girls have short hair that isn't really noticeable. I'd say once a week I vacuum the furniture....

[GoldenRetrLuver]

We use the "Swiffer" just about everyday on the hardwood floors, we vacuum constantly, and we stock up on those hair/lint rollers for our clothes and the furniture.

Oh, the life of living with dogs! ;)

[binka_nugget]

I don't even bother anymore. It's impossible. :p

[flamepony12]

Originally posted by binka_nugget
I don't even bother anymore. It's impossible. :p

ditto! :p We're actually lucky, though, because our dogs don't shed too much.

[Suki Wingy]

nothing. Niño sheds more than any dog I have ever heard about and we don't do anything but my parents keep him off all furniture exept for in my room, where he is alowed on everything!
I fear no one will ever go to my house when I'm an adult because I plan to have multiple dalmatians and let them on the couch and all I will do for hair is brush them once a day.:p

[Vette]

What dog hair?

Poodles dont free shed. it comes off only when you brush,, or give them haircut. :D

my bridge girl Muffin(she was a shepherd mix) man.. she used to shed ALL year. and she seemd to shed only white hair... so it stuck out like a sore thumb on everything. LOL

i used duct tape on the couch. the rest vaccumed up pretty easily.

[cali]

I have 5 dogs and an open plan house... AKA I dont lol its time to sweep when we dont remeber what colour the floor is :p

[sammy101]

ours dont shed too much either.But Kodie is shedding alot right now:eek: i take out all the lose hair outside,definently not in the house:p Lucy hasnt really shed yet.

[anna_66]

Originally posted by binka_nugget
I don't even bother anymore. It's impossible. :p
Oh no truer words were ever spoken! I could vacumn 3 times a day (and I've tried it before) and we'd still end up with hair on our clothes!
But since we don't let the kids get on the furniture (they just lay up against it:rolleyes: ) we don't have too much hair on our couch or bed but you can just see it flying everywhere when the sun comes out:eek:

[IRescue452]

Nothing to the house except vacuum once in a while. I use a shedding blade on the dogs and the cat while they stand on the front porch and then I use a stripping knife on Autumn so she is nice and cool.

[dukedogsmom]

Ha ha, Anna. You must have forgotten what happens while you're gone :) Duke's not allowed on the furniture, just my bed. So, I sleep in dog hair and wash the blankets regularly. It's a loosing battle, really. We have carpet so we vacuum.

[slleipnir]

Originally posted by binka_nugget
I don't even bother anymore. It's impossible. :p

Same :rolleyes: My dogs fur is very noticable though lol. I sweep and vacuum, but not as much as I should. I don't have the effort to do it everyday seeing our house is pretty big -_-

[luvofallhorses]

The only ones that shed are Ginger and Jenny the others have short hair :p

[lv4dogs]

With Nanook shedding 24/7 for the last 14 years I learned to just live with it. Rausyk doesn't shed too much.

Nanook is not able to jump up on the bed or couch anymore so I don't have to live with that (but when he was able to I just made my bed daily with a dog-protector blanket on top and put an old sheet on the couch or I lived with it).
I vacuum & sweep daily. The dog hairs come right off the interior of my car with normal vacuuming.
And I brush him often.

[tikeyas_mom]

i swear i end up more hairy then all three dogs at the end of a day...

i just live with it... keeps me warm haha

[Samantha Puppy]

What do I do about dog hair? I don't wear black.

[LauraT7]

Dog hair?

I just tell everyone it's the latest decorating/ fashion accessory.....

"It goes with EVERYTHING, Dahling...."

LOL!


On the other hand, Fizz is my 4th Golden in the past 20 yrs, and she is shedding more than when I had TWO goldens at once - Toby and Tara - from 1986 to 1999/2001. Fizzy has a luxuoriously soft, thick, fluffy coat - and she loves to 'share'. We wake up in the morning with 'tickles' on our faces - because the fine undercoat just floats all over with one wave of that flag of a tail she has! Fizz IS allowed on the beds and furniture, but she actually PREFERS the floor for sleeping - still, it gets everywhere.

Fizzy actually has so much 'fluff' coming off of her, I think i might find out how much I'd need to have someone make me some 'Fizzy yarn' and knit me a sweater! ( seriously, ther IS a local crafter who spins yarn from pet hair) Heck at the rate Fizzy's shedding, I could probably get an afghan per year out of her WITHOUT a haircut! LOL!

With the popularity of 'ponchos' coming back, 'wearing Fizz' could REALLY be 'fashionable!LOL!

laura

[gkristian]

i have to agree with binka_nugget. i know that a lot of dogs shed, but when you have a sheltie there is hair everywhere all year round, so you just have to learn to live with it.