I know what you mean. I thought people that were raving about it were lying or brain damaged. I de-thatch a golden retriever with it and every year could probably spin enough hair into yarn to knit a sweater. Unfortunately, I am told that dog hair is too smooth to link into strands so it make poor yarn. Oh well, the several grocery bags of hair provide a lot of nitrogen for the compost pile.
A friend of ours actually found a dog wool knitter on line - sent her his Samoyed’s fur and had a sweater made.
My sister spins. What she said is that you have to mix dog hair with something else (wool for instance). I keep intending to send her a bag to spin for me, but I haven’t gotten it sent off yet (it just keeps getting bigger —the bag of hair). I’m not sure what I’ll do with it when I get it back anyway, since I don’t knit or crochet anyway.
HOWEVER I have found a very cool how to on making BEADS with dog or cat hair. I haven’t tried it (it’s a sort of felting and looks really easy). I have plenty of hair. ;)