Dog Fur and hard wood floors

[Freedom]

I find there are certain areas where the hair likes to collect; especially corners.

And behind open doors, if you keep the bedroom doors open.

[Miranda_Rae]

Welcome to my world! Hahaha. We have laminate floors in our rental also, and I can sweep and vacuum all day every day but alas Heidi fur will prevail. But this is what I do. I sweep first (and make sure you get the cracks) and then i vacuum (we have a Dirt Devil something thats made for barefloors and its bagless) after ive swept. Then i swiffer it. It seems to help, but i think part of being a dog owner with a dog that sheds is accepting the fact that the fur and hair is always going to win, no matter how hard you try. Butr there are tools to help with battling it so it doesnt look like a small dog exploded in your house. Good luck and keep us posted!

[Grace]

Have no clues about the laminate flooring - we have hardwood and cats, and the vacuum picks up their fur with no problems.

Re your MIL's dog - recruit her son to work with her. She is his mother, so she can't get mad with you, and I would think he would take some pride in his house, and not want the dog peeing all over the place. Have him point out the health benefits to neutering.

[pomtzu]

Have no clues about the laminate flooring - we have hardwood and cats, and the vacuum picks up their fur with no problems.

I agree. I don't know why any decent vacuum wouldn't pick it up off any surface. I have hardwood in the family room, linoleum in the kitchen, and the rest is wall to wall carpet. I use the same vacuum on all three surfaces and it picks up all the dog and cat hair with no problem.

[MonicanHonda]

We have the Eureka pet vac. It works alright on hard floors, and then we mop after vacuuming.

[Daisy and Delilah]

We have the Eureka pet vac. It works alright on hard floors, and then we mop after vacuuming.

Exactly what I do. Mine pulls the hair right off the floor with no trouble. I mop with a Swifter but that thing is not my best friend. It never is damp enough for me. I prefer the old string mop and sometimes I will use it if I feel like dragging it out.

[Asiel]

Have no clues about the laminate flooring - we have hardwood and cats, and the vacuum picks up their fur with no problems.

Re your MIL's dog - recruit her son to work with her. She is his mother, so she can't get mad with you, and I would think he would take some pride in his house, and not want the dog peeing all over the place. Have him point out the health benefits to neutering.

Our vacuum picks up all the dog hair too, can't see what the problem would be. We have tiles, hardwood and carpeting and it works for all the flooring. One of our dogs is a white dog and I never see white hair floating around.

[Cataholic]

I have hardwood, with area rugs. My vacuum picks up some hair, but, it also blows hair away. It isn't so much that the vacuum blows the hair away, but that the roller, as it spins, creates a air flow issue.

I think if you have a vacuum with a hardwood or tile setting, the roller stops rolling and there is only suction. Otherwise, that roller thing keeps spinning, and it makes things blow away, too.

I use a shop vac....I have a long hose and I leave the cannister part with the air blowing out as far away as I can, and use the long hose to get up the hair. I still have some hair issues, but not as much as I do with the upright vacuum.

My next vacuum- when I have some extra cash- will be a decent bagged vacuum. I can't wait.