My beasts are in full shed mode...

[Phentex]

There is hair everywhere in spite of how much I vacuum. We've been brushing but it hasn't seemed to help except to create piles outside for the birds.

They are 79 and 81 pounds now! However, they both think they are lap dogs.

[luvMIdog]

1. are they labs? When I had labs I could not keep up with all the shedding

[Phentex]

6. rott mix

I think the girl has lab features. Yeah, she reminds me a lot of our former black lab. Including the fur!!

[luvMIdog]

9. I bought lots of those swifter things :)

[Phentex]

11. That seems to help...

I was still feeling stuff after I vacuumed (tile floors) but when I swiffered, I got up much more than just the vacuum alone. If I don't vacuum first and just swiffer, it's pretty disgusting. They are bringing in dirt off their feet even though I wipe them at the door before they come in. This is why some people won't have dogs!

[luvMIdog]

13. After the death of my labs I got a chihuahua. I have one pet now. It's easier for me now that I'm

getting older and if I drop dead one of my kids will take her.

[Phentex]

15. My husband said our next ones will be little dogs

I love big dogs but they are work. And as mentioned, they want to sit on me and that hurts sometimes.

I know our next ones will be whatever they have at the shelter.

[luvMIdog]

17. I'm more attached to this dog than any dog I've ever had. She's a little pill , but she is

adorable & she has my heart. BUT chihuahuas are the biggest lap dog and always want to be cuddling with you and burrowing under the covers.

[Phentex]

18. I have three chihuahua dog nieces...

they just want to be held. I think my mother in law NEEDS one but she is holding off for a bit. She just lost a dog she dog shared and I think she needs some time.

[luvMIdog]

19. it's so hard to lose a pet. Some people shut down after :(

[Phentex]

20. She has great great grandchildren

but she talked about that dog more than any of her children/grands.

[luvMIdog]

21. yes I understand I talk about my dog all the time. The dog is my best friend

[Doreen]

2. I used to have a German Shepherd and they are one of the worst

shedders and I would get up each morning and the carpet would have just as much hair as the dog. I now have two cats and one long hair and there is nothing like finding balls of fur lying around when you just vacuumed the day before.

[Liberty Belle]

3. We got a Roomba which helps quite a bit.

I have a bad back so not having to push the vaccum around constantly helps, plus it can get places the vaccum doesn't easily reach, like under end-tables and the piano. Also went to an easy-to-wash couch cover for the room our two big dogs are in most often, plus keep those lint rollers handy.

[Doreen]

7. I will have to remember that and look for one.

For some reason the name of the fabric is escaping my mind but it is the only kind I will get. It cleans well and hair does not penetrate it. When I had two German Shepherds we actually had their own couch for them. It is good for cat hair also.

[luvMIdog]

10. I want one of those so bad. I'm saving up for one

[Guilded Lilly]

26. One of my cats likes to ride my Roomba!...

She is a long hair but I think I shed as much as she does! Heh. I can't blame long silver white hair on a caramel and brown tabby!

[Rorey]

4. I think Blue Heelers might be worse

I had one for a day and a half until I found his owner and there was dog hair EVERYWHERE. He was a super sweet guy. It's a good thing I found his owner quickly because I was getting very attached. He had been lost for four months!

[Doreen]

12. I had a Turkish Angora cat and after he was gone we kept finding his hair for a couple of years

later...good grief. There is always some reminder and that was ours....hell, we even found the floating into our food!!

[Rorey]

24. It's like they're saying "Remember me"

As if we could ever forget.

We've been slowly doing some remodeling of our house and we have been planning to replace the front door. I'm going to have a hard time with it. Our Rottweiler's scratches are still there, and he's been gone for over a decade. I just never minded seeing that reminder of him.

I think pet owners eat way more pet hair than they'd ever want to admit.

[Doreen]

32. Hey!!! Pet hair is protien.

It is funny when you have animal hair on your clothes that do not match the ones you currently have and you have not been to anybody's house who has animals. I have not seen a hair from my other cat in years though as I have now moved three times now but I do miss coming across one once in a while. I can not remember the numbers as it has been a long time since I saw it but there was a study done on how much animal hair that people who have animals actually consume per year.

[Phentex]

16. But they are so pretty!

the things we do for our dogs

[ret5hd]

5. I am so sorry...I first read that as "My breasts are in full shed mode"

Yes, that brought up quite a mental image, didn't it?

[Phentex]

8. If only!!!

They need to shed a few pounds if you know what I mean.

[Bayard]

22. Same here!

I have you all beat though with two Great Pyrenees. 115 and 95 pounds worth of shedding machines in their summer hair blow out right now.

As the GP tshirt says, "Embrace the fur!"

[Phentex]

23. I can't imagine...

My neighbor had two of them as well. Not only fur but LONG fur! They look like polar bears to me.

[Duppers]

28. Your breasts are two Great Pyrenees?

Sorry, couldn't pass that up.

[Bayard]

30. Snorf!

You'll have to ask the husband....

[Duppers]

31. 😁

[They_Live]

14. I read the same thing at first.

heh.

[samnsara]

25. i have goldens are they are shedding so much right now.. we consider..

...dog hair a food condiment...

[TEB]

27. I can relate to your post

[inanna]

29. I'm ordering one of these on payday...

https://www.amazon.com/Bissell-Eraser-Handheld-Vacuum-33A1/dp/B001EYFQ28/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1497120886&sr=8-2&keywords=bissell+pet+hair+eraser

Just six more days to wait.

Reviews for this item are excellent on amazon. Does anyone here have one? If so, how do you rate it?