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Get a good vacuum cleaner and get used to using it alot.
There are some nutrition supplements that claim to help.
Just tell your guests that, if they don’t want doghair on their clothes, they should stay off the furniture.
Welcome to dog ownership. Brushing is important as is sweeping and vacumming. You might even try getting a Roomba to sweep up when you’re not around. But ultimately a little hair is one of the prices to pay for the love of a dog.
There is no help. Next time pick a dog that doesn’t shed.
Get a ‘Furminator’ at your local pet supply. Don’t weenie out because it’ll cost about $40.00. Buck up and pay the man. Go home and brush the mutt. You’ll be amazed and with routine brushing your shedding problems will be over.
I kid you not.
Welcome to the wonderful world of pet ownership. Brushing daily is the only way to keep things under control. There are special brushes for undercoats vs. outer. You will probably end up with at least three different brushes.
Hard wood floors are easier to clean but hard on the dog’s feet.
In another few months you will just pick the hair out of your food without even blinking. LOL!
You’ve got to lick the dog clean so the dog becomes used to being groomed by you.
Its a bonding thing.
I grew up with two huskys, and hair. Now have a coonhound. Much less og a problem.
Hair is part of the territory when owning a dog. Get a lint roller for yourself and keep it in your car.
HooWee!! You got troubles.
Your Lab is shedding winter coat in Feb? In NJ?
Better get an industrial vacuum. My Lab sheds like crazy here in Tx, but this is the ONE time of year I get some relief and he keeps that winter coat.
Stand by for summer!
Best wishes and regards
PS they love fish, it is great for their coat.
They still shed, but at least it will be soft shiny shedding LOL
I can’t speak for everyone, but the love and companionship is well worth it. And, when they pass, it is like you lost a part of yourself.
You’ll never completely defeat it, so find ways to make peace. What color is the dog’s coat? Wear those colors, sofa in those colors, you get the picture, lol. A grooming mitt might help, the dog percieves it as affection and petting, while you get a lot of the loose fur gathered up before it falls.
A beater bar vacuum will help, but be prepared to clean the bar frequently. Also, a fine tine comb,like a tick comb, is a good idea.
Don't think of it so much as an act of surrender, but more like joining the winning team.
Serioiusly though, if you're not brushing with an undercoat rake, you might want to get one. They are pretty cheap, look absolutely medieval, but go a long way to stripping out the undercoat.
I've also had very good results with a product called the "Furminator", although they tend to be a bit more expensive than a simple undercoat rake.
Take her out to the country and dump her off at a farm. Then go buy some sort of poodle or poodle mix. Don’t go yuck. Poodles are the most intelligent breed and without the prissy haircut they look just like a regular curly haired dog. And they don’t shed.
You’ve got the wrong breed of dog. I have a Pyrenees-Newfoundland mix that only sheds twice a year.
Once from January through June, and the second time between July and December.
(the wire brushes are pretty good at getting that fine undercoat stuff)