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Got pet hair?

7 December 2009

I have a product recommendation for those of you with pets who shed. I have two standard poodles, who don’t shed, thank goodness. But I also have Joe, an adorable orange tabby cat, who is a shedding machine. How a 12-pound short-haired animal can leave so much hair around is beyond me. Seems like he should be bald by now.

Here is he, lying on the chair in my office:

Joe, awakened from a catnap

At night (and often during the day), Joe sleeps on a dog bed atop two dog crates in our bedroom. (It’s as attractive as it sounds.) On Saturday, I decided it would be a good idea to remove the cover to Joe’s bed and wash it. It was coated, I mean coated, in orange fur. I wanted to remove at least some of the fur before washing it because I didn’t want our washing machine clogged up by cat fur.

I know from experience that vacuuming Joe’s bed it is fairly ineffective and quite labor intensive. Then I remembered Sticky Sheets. I’d been sent some samples back when I was a pet writer and stored them in the bathroom closet.

Sticky Sheets are large sheets of adhesive tape, basically. I mean large — about two feet by three feet. They have an easy-to-remove backing and they’re designed to remove pet hair. One sheet fit over the dog bed nicely. In about 30 seconds the bed was almost completely hair free. It works well for furniture too.

So that’s my tip today. If find dealing with pet hair challenging and you have furniture or other large surfaces that get covered, give Sticky Sheets a try.

Tagged with: joe, pets, sticky sheets

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