Dog Hairs on Sofa

[emc]

Anyone have a good way of getting dog hairs off the sofa?
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[flamepony12]

pet rollers? you can buy them at your local pet stores.. they are basically just rollers on handles with sticky paper to pick up the hairs.

http://www.arcatapet.com/fullsize/1108.jpg

[elizabethann]

Just take a wet sponge and rub it over the couch. The sponge picks up the hairs - at least it does for my cat hair. Luckily, my dog dosn't shed.

[AmyK]

I have a suit brush that has like a fabric (lint brush) on one side and a brush (for shoes??) on the other. I took hair from our fuzzy bear of a Chow Chow off of our furniture. StaticGuard sprayed on before trying to use this brush or even a lint brush works well. Even using the spray before vaccuuming with an upolstery brush may help.
Hope this helps you!

[LKPike]

we have dalmatians... translation: We've learned to accept and live with white hairs everywhere. ;)

We do use lint brushes sometimes, mostly we use a slip cover over the couch that we can take off and wash, maybe thatll help?

[Lescoop77]

I sometimes use fabric softner dryer sheets doesn't get all the hair but picks up lots and makes your furniture smell great!

[IRescue452]

I just use a wet washcloth and rub the fabric in a circular motion.

[LeahMM]

I have an attachment for my canister vacuum that does the trick. It's called a power mate.

[Pit Chick]

Why would you want to remove the dog hairs? Your dog spent lots of valuable time sitting, laying, and wallering all over the couch to give it that custom pet hair design. ;) :D :p

[cali]

lol we have black dogs, so we bought a black couch, thats our solution! lol some people buy dogs to match the furniture, we buy furniture to match the dogs, actually we buy our house to match the dogs lol

[Vette]

I just take and wrap duct tape (bacwords so the sticky part isnt on me) around my hands a few times and pat the couch down.

i used to do that alot when Muffin was alive.

[Bigyummydog]

i was ready to use duct tape ...i was threatening to tape up the whole set...but we got different furniture... and it doesn't seam to catch any fur.....i've never heard of the water and towel thing...i'll have to keep that in mind....

[BitsyNaceyDog]

I use this
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v704/KBlaix2/other/300.jpg

it works great.

[gkristian]

Originally posted by KBlaix
I use this
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v704/KBlaix2/other/300.jpg

it works great.
we have a couple of those aswell. we don't use them on the couch because it's leather, but we use them in the car, on clothes, on the beds and the list goes on. having a sheltie inside means that there is hair everywhare all year round.

[LauraT7]

Those things work if the hair is loose on TOP of the fabric - but I don't want to brush down the couch every day - and the hair works it's way INTO the fabric and doesn't come up easy.

My problem isn't the couch, so much - as we keep large bath towels on the couch and can periodically shake/ wash them. My big problem was the low-pile carpet in my van.... the dog hair is 'barbed' , kinda like a porcupine quill, and so it works into the upholstery and carpet and you can't just suck it up with a vaccuum - it 'hooks' into the fibers!

I picked up one of these a few years ago, and it works WONDERS -


http://www.petsmart.com/media/ps/images/products/detail/standard/i/inp0/inP028786_1376d.jpg

you can find them here -

http://www.petsmart.com/global/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=84552444177 9545&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302025635&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=2534374302023689&bmUID=1115233068905

and the best thing is no refills to buy, and if it starts to get dirty, you just wash it with soap and water.

this thingy 'grabs' the hairs and pulls them free from where they've woven themselves into the fibers of your furniture and carpet. It works kinda like a squeegee on a window - I just 'scrape' the fabric with one hand, and suck up the loose hair with the vaccumm or dustbuster in the other hand!

laura

[anna_66]

Oh that's awesome Laura! I've got to have one of those!

[Suki Wingy]

I am sorry, but NONE of the things you guys posted work at ALL on Niño hair! After 2 vaccuumings, the hair is still there. :rolleyes:
Maybe you could vacuum and then pick the hairs out with a tweezer? Thats what I have to do when I need to go somewhere that requires my clothes to be mostly free of dog hair. I am not kidding!

[LorraineO]

Keep da dawg offa da couch? :D

[Bigyummydog]

Keep da dawg offa da couch?

that's funny :D :D :D

[manda99]

wait, you're supposed to get rid of all the dog hair??! Ooopsss!! :)


actually, i bought a slip cover for our couch thinking it'd be way easier to just throw that in the washing machine...
only keeping it ON the couch with Smokey jumping and running and laying and prancing proved to be more difficult than just trying to clean the cushions. but i still dont sit on the couch in black clothes before i go out or to work.

(ok ok, secretly i don't care about the couch hair! but that makes me sound like a slob...)