[nagdu] Dealing with dog hair

[Raven Tolliver]

Goldens are maximum shedders, and I invested in some real grooming
tools after I learned that a slicker brush and a basic comb will not
get the job done.
During shedding season, brushing and combing are insufficient for
removing all the dead fur. For the Golden Guy, I have a rake for his
fur that does a great job at removing dead hair. It works better than
the FurMinator in my experience. The rake I have has 2 rows of teeth.
The inner row of teeth, closer to the handle, has short teeth for the
top coat, and the outer row, away from the handle, has long teeth for
the under coat. With a few days of raking, I am able to remove all the
dead fur that would take a couple weeks to shed out otherwise.
Here's a link for the rake I use.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006349TY/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I also rake and brush the Golden Guy everyday, just because I prefer
the rake over the comb.
Giving your dog a bath will help all the dead fur come out, too.
I vacuum the house twice a week to keep the fur on the floor in check.
For my clothes, I have a few tools. The Sticky Buddy and a rubber
brush. The Sticky Buddy can be found on Amazon, and it is essentially
a washable lent roller. Rather than fussing with peeling off the used
layer of a lent roller, you can just rinse off the Sticky Buddy and
let it air dry. The best thing is that the set comes with a small,
medium, and large Sticky Buddy -- one for your purse or on-the-go, one
for the bathroom or at-home use on clothing, and the larger one can be
used on floors or furniture. The rubber brush is from flylady.net, and
is a brush with long rubber bristles on the face, and shorter bristles
on the sides for scraping hair off clothes and furniture.
-- 
Raven
You are valuable because of your potential, not because of what you
have or what you do.

Naturally-reared guide dogs
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On 3/7/15, Craig Heaps via nagdu <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> I brush Chase every day.  I use a furminator on him once a week.  He still
> sheds.
>
> So we sweep the tile and vacuum the rugs. He's a black Lab and I don't
> notice his hair on our clothing.  But it's sure on the floor a lot.
>
> Good luck.
>
> Craig and Chase
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shannon Dyer via nagdu" <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> To: "the National Association of Guide Dog Users NAGDU Mailing List"
> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, March 07, 2015 3:19 PM
> Subject: [nagdu] Dealing with dog hair
>
>
>> 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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