How clean is your place? Honest answers pls....

marvellousmel

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

Ohhhhh meeee toooooo!

The hair just seems to get stuck in all the crevices and it's IMPOSSIBLE to get it all out!

I hate hoovering the stairs too, Instead what I do is use a cat grooming brush to get the hairs up. It gets into all the crevices and deep into the carpet pile to get all the hairs up.

The type of grooming brush I use is the one with metal teeth, its like a little flat paddle thing HTH

elsien

I know my house smells doggy - I asked my best friend for the truth and got it! I'd not noticed myself.
I do wash mutt's blankets etc regularly and put zoflora in the rinse so she has a lovely bouquet smell for a couple of days. I reckon its in the carpet though - I get it cleaned occasionally but probably really need to get a new carpet. Which I can't afford. So it's airfresheners and hope people are too polite to comment.

rising_from_the_ashes

Thanks Marvellousmel will give that a try! (I even have one so no excuses......)

suki1964

claire16c wrote: »

Yeah thats the thing - I moult a lot of hair myself lol But I guess its one of those things I can deal with my own hair but no one elses? And my hair mainly moults on my coat or top or bedroom floor where I brush my hair, but not all over the couch or sofa! Mind you it theres quite a lot in my car...

I just showed DH some pics of labradoodles and cockapoos and he liked both of them so thats good.

Im so not house proud. In fact I'm so not house proud the dog still panics and runs if I ever get the ironing board out lol

I hoover once or twice a week. My dog is allowed on the sofa and bed on the throws ( I don't like him on sheets or on the sofa properly cos he snags it ) and tbh I wouldn't say there is piles of hair.

Cockers don't do the big shedding thing. They kind of do a general fine moult which really doesn't show until its thick - and a twice weekly hoovering keeps on top of it

My worse problem is MUD. Hes a mud magnet and does like to share that about the house so I do have to clean the carpets every couple of weeks

peachyprice

suki1964 wrote: »

I have to admit to shedding more hair then my cocker spaniel - bathroom and bedroom floor coated daily and the shower and sink need unblocking weekly

Me too, despite having 6 cats and a Yorkie all the hair on my bedroom carpet is mine, especially in the area where I blow dry it.

My cats really don't shed that much indoors, you would never know I had 6. They do spend alot of time running around in bushes though, perhaps there's a hair bush somewhere. The dog doesn't shed at all.

marvellousmel

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

Thanks Marvellousmel will give that a try! (I even have one so no excuses......)

Honestly it proper works for me, can't believe how much better it is than using a hoover on the stairs. Also for small areas of laminate floors (around table legs etc where they seem to walk past all the time) I use one of those rubber mits. The hairs seem to attract to the rubber.

suki1964

marvellousmel wrote: »

I hate hoovering the stairs too, Instead what I do is use a cat grooming brush to get the hairs up. It gets into all the crevices and deep into the carpet pile to get all the hairs up.

The type of grooming brush I use is the one with metal teeth, its like a little flat paddle thing HTH

I use the slicker in the stairs as well - always have done. And I use it on the bedroom carpet to lift my hair - much quicker then getting the hoover out

suki1964

elsien wrote: »

I know my house smells doggy - I asked my best friend for the truth and got it! I'd not noticed myself.
I do wash mutt's blankets etc regularly and put zoflora in the rinse so she has a lovely bouquet smell for a couple of days. I reckon its in the carpet though - I get it cleaned occasionally but probably really need to get a new carpet. Which I can't afford. So it's airfresheners and hope people are too polite to comment.

I bought a carpet shampoo - er because Alfie does have a tendency to get a but whiffy at times when his dermatitis flares up. The areas he likes to lie ( outside my office door and the top of the stair) tend to retain the stench ( its really awful ). The carpet machine is a godsend - no more dog smelly house

Purple_kitten

gettingready wrote: »

Ok - will swap Teddy, Zara< George and Fred for ONE bengal... any offers?[/QUO TE]

As they howl in morning, afternoon and evening, for food or at each other or if I am reading a paper they need desperatly to claw at, this offer is sorely tempting.

lizzielondon

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talking rubbish about the state of my flat despite the fact i had no pets... not realising this thread was on the pets forum........ *scuttles away*