How do i get rid of hair!!!! Dog hair everywhere. I really enjoy Sophie but i cannot stand the hair on our nice micro fiber couches. I go to work everyday and my shirt is covered in hair. i tried one of those lint rollers but they dont do much. Does any one have suggestions?
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1 year ago
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Dan's prescription:
cover the dog in saran wrap or clear tape. replace weekly.
The tape idea is pretty good.. when you take it off at the end of the week the hair goes away.
it's me again...
I think it's good to start teaching sophie her manners. Teach her not to get on the couch... it would definitly help keep things cleaner just to have the hair on the floor. Try not to pick her up before work, if you want to keep your clothes free of her...or put on fresh clothes. The washer should take care of it. The most important is to keep your house clean!! Vacuming with a good vacuum will do the trick. Kirsten has a add-on to her vacuum that spins and sucks at the same time, picks up dog hair from anywhere. Maybe you should suggest that to Nate to help clean off your couches. good luck!
watch the dog whisperer....on national geographic. You have to be the alpha male. Well that is if you intend to NOT let her on the 'nice micro fibre couches'...if you do intend to let her on...well...make your own tape roller..but use duct tape..way stickier than a typical lint roller.
Ryan says "good luck."
I say follow Lisbeth's advice from Kirsten...and yes, be the alpha male. Read up on it, I think its a good idea over all for life in general to never allow others to walk all over you whilst being kind at the same time. Maybe I'll read up on it.
Hi this is kind of long, sorry
Hi, hope you don’t mind all these ideas, but I found a site that dealt with puppy hair. I am an allergic animal lover, so we have never had to deal with the problem. Hope one of these ideas work for you. Love you, Aunt Cathy
Puppy hair on furniture
Of course you will want to train your puppy to stay off the furniture. One way I did this was to lay sheets of heavy-duty foil on the chairs where you are not sitting. My dog jumped up twice and never again.
As for the fur, static electricity is what makes it stick. I have a spray bottle filled with water and a few tablespoons of fabric softener. I lightly mist the furniture then vacuum. This breaks the static electricity and allows most of the hair to come of easily. Use a lint roller to remove the hard to get hairs.
Valerie
A Sponge Like No Other
I have two long hair indoor/outdoor cats. After loosing the "shedding battle" repeatedly, I finally found a product that really works, is cheap, and lasts! It is a pet hair remover sponge. This sponge is like no other I have seen. It quickly picks up pet hair from any surface. It also works great on lint and dust removal from clothing, upholstery, screens, carpeting and wood. I even dampen and rubber band my pet hair remover sponge to my mop and drag it around my non-carpeted floors to pick up loose cat hair. I found mine at www.zeosource.com for $3.95. It has worked great for many months now and I am very pleased with its results.
You might want to try to find one that is bigger for a growing puppy. Try www.allpets.com. They have the biggest one I have seen yet. I cannot recommend this sponge because I have not tried it but I think they are supposed to be the same.
Fullerton
Simple as a Wet Washcloth
I have two dogs, a teacup Maltese (doesn't shed much) and a sheltie (you know what they say about shelties...they bark and they shed!). I take a washcloth and wet it and use it to dampen my hand. I run my hand over the furniture (or the bed sheets or the bedspread or even the rugs on the floor) and the hair just rolls up in clumps. It is then very easy to pick up and throw away. Your puppy will be much happier inside with the rest of the family. Hope this helps you with your problem.
Rose
Lots of Combing
The doggie hair problem can certainly be overwhelming at times, but having your pet in the house with his family is well worth the extra picking up. A good deal of my two grown son's favorite childhood memories involve adventures with the family dogs. Priceless, happy, silly, carefree memories. Try to remember that while you are sweeping, brushing, etc!
Here's a suggestion from the "mom" of 3 inside, long-haired dogs: comb their hair, as often as possible, with a pet rake, comb or slicker brush whichever works best for the animal's coat. As far as I know, you cannot comb them too much! As a dear friend once said to me, "You comb your hair everyday, don't you?" Hopefully, your kids will want to get in on the action.
Also, there are food supplements that are quite effective in controlling shedding troubles. Brewers yeast and Lipaderm are my two favorites. Aside from these suggestions, nothing picks up dog hair off of cloth as well as a damp, terry cloth hand towel. I, sometimes, do this quickly over the furniture if company is coming and I want to be sure there is little evidence of dogs. Some folks just don't understand.
But my biggest suggestion is that you make a choice: a perfectly clean house (not really realistic with kids and dogs, now is it?) or a little messy, slightly hairy, vaguely chaotic home. Someday soon, much sooner than you can possibly imagine, your home will be spotless and in order. It will most likely, also be child and dog free. Nothing lasts forever. Embrace your children and all that comes with making them healthy, happy and feeling loved.
DP
High Quality Food Lessens Shedding
I can sympathize with your problem. I have a lovely golden retriever/chow mix and she has lots of hair and has shed a lot in the past. A few months ago at the recommendation of a friend, I switched from her normal dog food to Iams. My vet told me that the "higher quality foods such as Iams" really help cut down on shedding. You can actually see the oils in the food that help to build a healthy and glossy coat. My dog's coat has become absolutely beautiful since changing her food. (used Pedigree previously). The dry food is good, but the canned made a really dramatic difference. The food is a bit more expensive, but is well worth it when you discover some of the fillers and ingredients that are put into lower quality foods. Iams is also available at many grocery stores.
On the other side of the shedding dilemma, I recently purchase a new sweeper. It's a Eureka Whirlwind Bagless. They are advertised on TV as being the best for pet hair and I totally agree. I used to have to vacuum every day. Now twice a week is more than sufficient. The carpets look so much cleaner with this vacuum. It's terrific. Between the food and the vacuum, the sneezing and the dog hair coating on the carpet and furniture has disappeared.
Debbie
Use a Little Olive Oil
Place a tablespoon of olive oil on the top of the dog's food. This was a suggestion given by my vet and works great! It doesn't hurt the dog at all (in fact, they love it!). There is less hair on the couches to vacuum!
Laura
Wow, that is great! Look what a little time on someones end to google does! I love it. I am going to try almost everything on there. Thanks Aunt Cathy!!
I loved the advice from Aunt Cathy too. Some of it I had not heard of, like the olive oil in the food. I'll be trying that one.
Even short haired Doc Baylor gets hair all over too. Not as much as Kodiak though. I think the most effective things to do are the brushing and getting into the vacuum sweep habit. But when I would take Kodiak on a walk every morning and end it with a good brush down, that did the most of all the things I have tried to curtail the hair. I think the comment on better dog food sounds right. Although, I don't think Iams is a very great food, good, but not great, for only a few dollars more a bag I would get at least Science Diet or Eukanuba (Eukanuba and Iams are made by the same company, but Eukanuba is made with better ingredients and Iams gave Kodiak the "stinks"...Eukanuba does not).
If you choose to let Sophie on a couch, pick one couch or chair, that is where you sit when you want her to be in your lap and do NOT allow her on any other piece of furniture EVER! Even to the point of telling company where she is allowed. It will take a lot of dedication on your part, especially if she was allowed the run of the house in her previous home, but dogs can get it, Kodiak is much more stubborn than Baylor, just his character, so I have to work harder to reteach his behavior, and understand that he will do what he wants anyway sometimes and try to take his stubborness in stride. Talk it over with Nate, decide if you want her on all or none, or just one or two pieces of furniture, then stick to it. Because you are probably reteaching a learned behavior, you have to be with her whenever she has the opportunity to disobey. Leave her kenneled or secluded in an area without the furniture. Then when you are home and able to "catch" her, you can correct her if she jumps up where she is not allowed. You'll have to be quick, try to anticipate the jump and give her a firm "No", then if she doesn't hop down put her on the floor yourself, when her feet touch the ground, praise her with a pet and a "good girl" then move on. She'll need corrected again and again, and she'll need corrected by both you and Nate, and even guests that come over may need to correct her as well, or she may think, she can hop up when guests are there.
Maybe, this is all too much work, look into getting a few old sheets, drape them over the couches when you are away, then pull them back when you want to sit and remove them when company comes, revealing the clean couch beneath. Brian's mom gave Switch (her old cocker spaniel) a little baby blanket and taught him to lay on that, then he stayed on the blanket and the couches were safe (mostly). You can teach Sophie that the same way you train her to stay off of the furniture. Praise her when she is on the blanket, give her a firm "No" if she steps off of it onto the cushion. If you want her in your lap, allow it, maybe putting the blanket over you lap as well, it could work as a visual cue when you want her to sit with you, just place the blanket over you lap and she will get the picture. Treats will help speed up the training in some dogs.
All in all, if you love Sophie, getting used to the hair will not take very long, you'll still get annoyed from time to time, but your joy from owning her will out weigh the frustration.
Oh, and if your vacuum is broken, and you need a new one, look around and ask other dog owners what they like for hair pick up. Some say they are great for pet hair, get online, check out the reviews and ratings from the people who own them. I have a Kirby, I love it! They are expensive (Brian got an awesome deal, luckily for me), but they are worth it I think. Some people I know like the Dyson... good luck.
Let me know how it goes. I am still excited for you what fun!
Oh, Anne, if you want, I have an extra spin attachment you can have it, I can mail it up... I just need to take it to a friends and see if a conventional vacuum will power the spin action first, since it's meant for a Kirby, and they have very strong suction and the suction power is what makes it work. Let me know.
I think I will try Dan's tape idea too, maybe Duct tape since Chaos says it works better! If I try it... I send pics! LOL
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