I am sure that some of you have had your children bring home a pet and it ends up becoming yours. My youngest daughter, Eva, brought home a Chihuahua puppy named Ellie. Ellie has become my dog.
Shortly thereafter my eldest daughter, Raquel, felt it wasn't fair if Eva got a dog and she didn't so she brought home a Siberian Husky puppy, Luna, which has pretty much become my dog as well.
Take into consideration I already own an eleven year old Pekingese, Gia.
The problem mostly lies with Luna, the Husky. When you walk through my house, out of the corner of your eyes, you can see hair tumbleweeds blowing around in every corner. I sweep, vacuum, lint roll, etc .... It is endless. They are not supposed to be on the furniture but see how well they listen?!
I always think like a Realtor so as I am sweeping dog hair I think "what would I do if I had my house for sale and had showings? How crazy would this be to get all this hair cleaned up daily?" So I decided to do some research!
First I tried the shower squeegee on my furniture and it did not work. So I purchased a small hand vac and the pet hair attachment worked well but it didn't hold a charge for long. I used the lint rollers as well but there is so much hair that I had to keep purchasing the large rolls and is not cost efficient.
But one thing that does work is good old fashioned household rubber gloves! Your readily available, all American, been around forever, Playtex Living Gloves that you can buy at Walmart for a few dollars. Just put the gloves on and wipe surface in one direction and hair will ball up to make it easy to pick up either by hand or vacuum! Ta Da! If anyone else has better ideas please let me know.
Ellie is two years old, Luna is one, I can guarantee that my daughters will be out on their own in a few years and the dogs and all their hair will still be here.
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