[nagdu] Dealing with dog hair

Shannon Dyer solsticesinger at gmail.com
Sat Mar 7 23:19:48 UTC 2015


Hi, all.

My partner and I each have a guide dog. Hers is a yellow lab who sheds in huge clumps. My black lab sheds some too, but not as much. We have a crazy amount of fur in our house and on our clothing. I use a Dyson pet model vacuum as much as three times a week. Both dogs are groomed regularly, but the hair just keeps coming. I'm wondering what the rest of you do to deal with large amounts of fur.

I went with my mother to urgent care last week. My coat, which always hangs in the front closet was covered in light-colored fur. When we got into the building and I took my coat off, my mother flipped out. She asked me why there was so much fur on my black sweater. I told her that I didn't know. I'd put the sweater on about an hour before I left with her, and an hour doesn't seem long enough for that amount of fur to stick to the sweater, especially since my partner's dog doesn't snuggle with me or anything like that.

Obviously, when you have dogs, a certain amount of fur is involved, but I don't want to go out in public covered in dog fur. I'd appreciate any suggestions any of you might be able to offer.

Shannon and the Acelet



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