Welcome to Pet Talk and greetings from the West Coast. Boy can I identify with that. My long-haired Max leaves clumps of "fluffs" everywhere. I should comb him every night but...with working full-time 12 hrs a day he only gets 3 or 4 combings a week and that seems to cut down on the hairballs quite a bit. In fact, let me get my terminology correct - when you say furballs do you mean hairballs or clumps of fur on the carpet?

I'm able to comb him everywhere except his hind end soooo twice a year he goes to the groomers to get shaved. He's never been one to "upchuck" unless he's got an upset tummy so I don't have many spots to clean up. I used to give him some hairball remedy from a tube (can't remember the name but it smells a bit like caramel) but had to stop because it gave him the runs.

So my regime is comb, comb, and more combing. I use a fine-tooth flea comb to get out the knots then a wider tooth comb to finish the job. It helps the hairballs and the furballs. Good luck and again, Welcome.

Would love to see some pictures of your furbabies Maddie looks adorable.