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The biggest complaint I hear from most people who are
looking for a pet is that they want one that doesn’t shed. They don’t want to deal with all the
hair. With 10 current residents in our
Sanctuary, I can attest to the fact that the hair is a nightmare. And to top it off I have long hair, which
just adds to the mix. I can’t tell you
how many vacuum cleaners I have killed because of all the hair. We finally ripped out all the carpet and use
a shop vac. J
This
article give some simple tips to help clean up all that hair. Of course the first step is regular
vacuuming, but did you know you should start high and go low? They also recommend you use a humidifier to
help keep you and your house hydrated. My
favorite recommendation is that you us a damp mop or sponge to help pick up any
excess hair that vacuuming didn’t get from carpet and furniture. I can attest to the fact that this works
wonders.
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This article basically says…clean, clean, and clean. If you’re like me, you don’t always have time
to clean and with all these dogs I would have to do it every day. So of course, this lead me to do some
research. I found several articles about
dealing with pet hair. This
one gave some great ideas. I like
the one that says dust with a dryer sheet because they are hair magnates. Living on a gravel road though…it just can’t
handle all that dust. J
Personally I’ve found that daily grooming of your pet
helps. Especially the two times of year
our pets shed heavily. Around July is
the worst because they blow out their winter coats. American Eskimo Dogs are double coated. They have an undercoat that keeps them warm
in winter and this is the coat they shed every summer. It literally comes out in clumps. I have a grooming table that I pull out to do
the heavy duty grooming. In a perfect world
all of them would get groomed daily.
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But regular grooming does help keep the hair in the rest
of the house down. I will throw a
blanket on the floor and call individual dogs over to me and groom while I’m
watching television. I have a garbage
can next to me to throw the hair in and then I take the blanket outside to
shake off all the excess hair. This
works great for multi-pet homes. We also
have blankets that we cover the furniture with.
This way we can take those out and shake the hair off and wash them
regularly.
Of course you could always save all that pet hair and
have something made out of it. So I
guess all my research agrees. Regular
grooming and regular cleaning is the best way to deal with pet hair. Guess I better get out the shop vac when I
get home. J
Be Well & Be Happy,
Pet~Pourri
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