No need to hoover pet hair everyday - alternative!

katchambers

Hi,

Just wanted to share this as a friend told me about it and its BRILLIANT!!!

I have two long-haired dogs and I had to hoover up the dog hairs every other day as it looked horrible and got sooo messy, but my friend showed me an alternative which is brilliant and doesn't hurt my back - hoovering dog hairs is hard work with a cheap hoover!

It's called a slicker brush or wire brush and it picks up the dog hairs AMAZINGLY!!

Hopefully the picture is also below.

Just go on your carpet on your hands and knees and just drag it all over the carpet -it picks up every hair, and it doesn't take very long. It took me about 5-10 mins to do our lounge and it looks like I have hoovered it!

You can buy from all good pet shops, we had a small one (like the picture) but just purchased a bigger one from pets at home for £3.99, which makes it even quicker to pick up.

Hope this helps.

Kat x x

BitterAndTwisted

I'm glad that thing is good for something as my long-haired babes used to loathe it and used to head fro the hills every time they saw it. I think it was too scratchy for the little darlings

arlybarly

When i had carpets i used to use a rubber glove which used to wear away and kill my back and take forever to do. Then i discovered cheap laminate and floor tiles and now its a quick vac and mop and its done, i would never go back to carpets again when i have dogs as it never comes up clean and i always think there little beasties hiding in it.

mrcol1000

I use it on my dog and it really does work at removing hairs. She has a very thick coat although short hair and with other grooming brushes it gets rid of some hair but not much. That takes all the loose ones off although you have to be very gentle and the dog isn't too keen on it. We use that and then her soft brush which she loves.

ginvzt

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

I'm glad that thing is good for something as my long-haired babes used to loathe it and used to head fro the hills every time they saw it. I think it was too scratchy for the little darlings

I don't think OP suggested using it on your pet, but on the carpet! Unless you call your carpets 'little darlings'

katchambers

Yeah, my dog doesn't it like it used on her, I was talking about using it as an alternative to hoovering everyday! Give it a go on your CARPETS!!! Its brill :j

Kat x

Raksha

Sounds like more hard work than hoovering to me.........

Easiest way to keep down the hoovering is to groom the dog regularly - catch the hairs before they fall out

BallandChain

katchambers wrote: »

but my friend showed me an alternative which is brilliant and doesn't hurt my back - hoovering dog hairs is hard work with a cheap hoover!

It's called a slicker brush or wire brush and it picks up the dog hairs AMAZINGLY!!

Just go on your carpet on your hands and knees and just drag it all over the carpet -it picks up every hair, and it doesn't take very long. It took me about 5-10 mins to do our lounge and it looks like I have hoovered it!

Hoovering is hard but getting on your hands and knees isn't? :rotfl:

geri1965_2

I used to do the stairs on my hands and knees with a rubber brush, until I got a little hand held hoover.

Hoovering is definitely easier.

ymakesmile

I use one of those brushes on our rugs to get the dog hair up. I agree it does work very well and gets the hairs up much better than the hoover does. Although it takes a while and doesn't do much for my back either. But it is the only way to really get the hairs out of any carpet.

loobyloo2

arlybarly wrote: »

When i had carpets i used to use a rubber glove which used to wear away and kill my back and take forever to do. Then i discovered cheap laminate and floor tiles and now its a quick vac and mop and its done, i would never go back to carpets again when i have dogs as it never comes up clean and i always think there little beasties hiding in it.

As some of you aware, large dogs, or dogs with hip problems, do not get on well with laminate flooring, there is no traction to help them when they need to get up. So if you do have laminate, make sure you have some nice deep pile scatter rugs too.

As much as I like laminate flooring, I can see the problems my old girl had with it. Keep their nails clipped short.

Also, some laminate does not cope well with 'accidents', it can cause the plank to swell if it gets in thru the join.