Can I take a nap, Mommy?
I try and wash the sheets on the dog bed in my office as often as I remember to. The dogs like to help me change the dog bed sheets. Sofie wanted to take a nap before I was finished putting the clean sheets back on. Oh well, she was toooo cute to say no to.
In a house with multiple pets (and humans), it is basically impossible to manage the hair. I have always told the kids to tell any friends that might be coming over to (1) take their allergy medicine, if they need it, and (2) don’t wear black. Now you know, I always wear black and I have a lint roller in every car and purse, and stationed at every exit.
Tumbleweed
Trying to control animal hair in my house is like trying to control tumble weeds in the desert – good luck with that! I even bought that fancy Animal vacuum when it came out and….. I am not impressed. What I have learned is that the short haired animals in my house seem to shed a great deal more then the long hairs (both cats and dogs). The Guinea Pigs used to shed a lot too, but mostly that was contained. Louise is a constant shedder. There is black lab hairs everywhere, all the time, even after you just swept or vacuumed. Cat hair – OMG!! – I can run the vacuum down the hall, and by the time I am back in the living room, it has to be done all over again.
I pulled a pencil out of my pencil cup this morning on my desk and the eraser had all this white Noel fur on it. (She lives on my desk most of the time, remember.)
I wash the dog’s kennel bedding once a week too. I guess I probably should do it more, but they are never really dirty when the go to sleep (who am I kidding, they are dogs and they walk in dirt all the time!) I guess if I saved all the hair when I brushed them and around the house, I could probably go into the hair pillow business, but then, I figure most of you have enough of your own pet hair to make pillows with.
Models wearing animal hairdos
Oh did I mention all the long curly human hair in the house too. Well, that is for another blog.
Just another DogDaz morning at my house. 
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jmgoyder
April 4, 2012 at 01:57
Hehe!
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Fluffy Tufts
April 4, 2012 at 02:58
I am very thankful that my dogs are all non-shed! So it’s just Shelli cat that leaves white fur all over the place!
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dogdaz
April 4, 2012 at 06:35
No-shed is so nice.
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Willow WonderBull
April 4, 2012 at 06:55
DiTTo!! The tumble weeds drive Mommy crazy……she thinks got them all…then one will roll out from under something…ARGH! Good Luck with your battle against hair! It’s never ending!
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dogdaz
April 4, 2012 at 09:12
Yes Wonder, They hide under everything. 🙂
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tinykitchenstories
April 4, 2012 at 12:01
I TOTALLY feel your pain! I only have one dog and one cat, (and very long hair myself) but the fur production is incredible. Don’t you love using tape that is only half-sticky because it’s covered in cat fur? How about pulling something from a dry cleaning bag and already spotting cat fur on it? The cat fur seems to be worse….Maine Coon! But the Lab/pit mix is pretty bad too. We get “tumbleweeds” of pet fur throughout the house… 🙂
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Jodi Stone
April 4, 2012 at 12:59
Every time I vacuum I have enough hair to make another small dog. 🙂
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dogdaz
April 4, 2012 at 13:06
To funny, and you should name it ‘fur ball.’
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Paws To Talk
April 4, 2012 at 13:04
Our humans lucked out with us in that we barely shed. Although they do have to take us to get haircuts every few weeks.
Bella and DiDi
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heretherebespiders
April 4, 2012 at 18:08
When my (one!) dog is blowing her coat, I call the balls of hair ‘tumbledogs’! I also have a necklace my sister made for me that has a Siamese on one side, and ‘an outfit is not complete without cat hair’ on the other. We’ve adapted that to: A dinner-plate is not complete without cat hair’…
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dogdaz
April 4, 2012 at 18:13
That is great – I absolutely agree!
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2browndawgs
April 5, 2012 at 14:32
Dog hair…ugg! I am taking the day off work tomorrow to deal with it at my house.
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dogdaz
April 5, 2012 at 15:32
Since your dogs are in the water a lot, how do you keep them clean?
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2browndawgs
April 5, 2012 at 15:58
We just swim them and that’s it. This year because the weather kept going warm-cold-warm-cold it seems like they have been blowing coat for months now.
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