Help me get rid of cat hair?

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

I'm convinced my cat is all like:



But really we're just all like:




So, lovely GKUers and lurkers, what say you? What tools do you use?

I was looking at this Dyson attachment and seriously considering it, even though it's all about dogs. Anyone have this?



I have brushes for her, but GDI, I could brush her 500 times, and there would still be a shit ton to pick off and throw away. This attachment looks like it would be faster. IDK, someone help me.

[rablissful]

Bahaha my dog would run away from home if I came at him with that attachment.

I have no advice. The fur tumbleweeds are numerous in my house.

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

Aug 24, 2015 16:22:39 GMT -5 rablissful said:

Bahaha my dog would run away from home if I came at him with that attachment.

I have no advice. The fur tumbleweeds are numerous in my house.

Can you AT LEAST give me some funny hairball gifs??

[rablissful]

Aug 24, 2015 16:24:51 GMT -5 ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ said:

Aug 24, 2015 16:22:39 GMT -5 rablissful said:

Bahaha my dog would run away from home if I came at him with that attachment.

I have no advice. The fur tumbleweeds are numerous in my house.

Can you AT LEAST give me some funny hairball gifs??

[rablissful]

[pismoduo]

I have a JRT/Pomeranian mix. The fur tumbleweeds are for real. I have spent an hour brushing that dog with every possible brush that could remove hair and STILL an hour later have her jump onto my lap and leave behind a pile of fur.

I have no suggestions. I just try to vacuum often.

[wannabmama]

I have two dogs and a cat, if we could monetize shedded hair I'd be a millionaire.
I need something good for carpeted stairs if anyone's got a good light, powerful vacuum suggestion?
We sweep and vacuum twice a day and brush each day and I still go to work covered in hair every day. I'm that person.

[mikaela20]

I have that Dyson attachment. It's quite sharp I find, and my cat doesn't have thick enough hair for it. It seems to scratch his skin. If you have long hair cats, it might work. I can't really use it on my dog either, I feel like it would be good for a newfoundland dog or similar bread.

[thelittleredm]

Simple answer: You can't.

Vacuuming has become so second nature that half the time, I have to go over a room again because I can't remember where I just vacuumed (zoning out is a problem).

[kariann12]

But seriously, I have no good suggestions. We have hardwood floors, vacuum all the time, and the hair is still everywhere. MH even takes the lint roller to the cats every so often because he thinks it helps. I just let him keep thinking that.

[pismoduo]

Aug 24, 2015 16:58:21 GMT -5 wannabmama said:

I have two dogs and a cat, if we could monetize shedded hair I'd be a millionaire.
I need something good for carpeted stairs if anyone's got a good light, powerful vacuum suggestion?
We sweep and vacuum twice a day and brush each day and I still go to work covered in hair every day. I'm that person.
<snip>

We have a Shark Navigator with "lift away" (the canister and wand come off the base) that's pretty easy to do stairs with, without losing to suction power that we bought it for. It's pretty light, and it has a nice handle on the canister.

Also, I keep one of those sticky lint/hair roller things in my car. And lucky for me, the dogs aren't allowed in my car, so it remains a relatively hair free zone (as much as anything I own can be, anyway).

[mosdub]

What kind of vacuum do you have?

I just have to vacuum every day or every-other-day which has gotten WAY easier now that we have a super easy vacuum.

[cabgirl]

You gotta learn to like having cat hair everywhere. Embrace it. That's the only thing that works.

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

Aug 24, 2015 17:13:44 GMT -5 kariann12 said:

But seriously, I have no good suggestions. We have hardwood floors, vacuum all the time, and the hair is still everywhere. MH even takes the lint roller to the cats everyone so often because he thinks it helps. I just let him keep thinking that.

I tried this once just to see what would happen. LOL. The cat was like, "Um, no. No, we're not gonna do this."

She DOES love to be brushed, though! That's why I'm trying to find the best option for that.

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

Aug 24, 2015 17:20:43 GMT -5 mosdub said:

What kind of vacuum do you have?

I just have to vacuum every day or every-other-day which has gotten WAY easier now that we have a super easy vacuum.

We have a Dyson DC28, which is amazeballs. What is your super easy vacuum?

[mosdub]

Aug 24, 2015 17:52:27 GMT -5 ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ said:

Aug 24, 2015 17:20:43 GMT -5 mosdub said:

What kind of vacuum do you have?

I just have to vacuum every day or every-other-day which has gotten WAY easier now that we have a super easy vacuum.

We have a Dyson DC28, which is amazeballs. What is your super easy vacuum?

....yours is way cooler than mine.  
BUT - I had previously been using one of these (except older) 


Now I have one like yours - bagless and way less bulk.  It makes the job way quicker. 

[mosdub]

so ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ maybe you just need to get yourself a really shitty vacuum for a while so that by comparison your other one seems amazing and you WANT to vacuum all the things all of the time.

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

mosdub, I am dying at that vacuum cleaner. Like, it looks like a little jetpack that had a rough Monday.

[wannabmama]

Aug 24, 2015 17:16:19 GMT -5 pismoduo said:

Aug 24, 2015 16:58:21 GMT -5 wannabmama said:

I have two dogs and a cat, if we could monetize shedded hair I'd be a millionaire.
I need something good for carpeted stairs if anyone's got a good light, powerful vacuum suggestion?
We sweep and vacuum twice a day and brush each day and I still go to work covered in hair every day. I'm that person.
<snip>

We have a Shark Navigator with "lift away" (the canister and wand come off the base) that's pretty easy to do stairs with, without losing to suction power that we bought it for. It's pretty light, and it has a nice handle on the canister.

Also, I keep one of those sticky lint/hair roller things in my car. And lucky for me, the dogs aren't allowed in my car, so it remains a relatively hair free zone (as much as anything I own can be, anyway).

Thanks! I'm going to check it out!
My car is the dog friendly car and it's a disaster...but I love tooling around with them so it's worth it ha!

[acorn99]

Aug 24, 2015 17:39:31 GMT -5 cabgirl said:

You gotta learn to like having cat hair everywhere. Embrace it. That's the only thing that works.

This.

Also, never move your furniture. If you can't see what's under it, you can assume it must be clean.

[rooskie]

Aug 24, 2015 17:16:19 GMT -5 pismoduo said:

Aug 24, 2015 16:58:21 GMT -5 wannabmama said:

I have two dogs and a cat, if we could monetize shedded hair I'd be a millionaire.
I need something good for carpeted stairs if anyone's got a good light, powerful vacuum suggestion?
We sweep and vacuum twice a day and brush each day and I still go to work covered in hair every day. I'm that person.
<snip>

We have a Shark Navigator with "lift away" (the canister and wand come off the base) that's pretty easy to do stairs with, without losing to suction power that we bought it for. It's pretty light, and it has a nice handle on the canister.

Also, I keep one of those sticky lint/hair roller things in my car. And lucky for me, the dogs aren't allowed in my car, so it remains a relatively hair free zone (as much as anything I own can be, anyway).

+1 on this vacuum (imagine that). We have one of these (I'm mobile or I would clicky link) but we are thinking about buying a furminator. We use the mitt on furniture.
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00JXL4MQU/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?qid=1440460279&sr=8-3&pi=AC_SY200_QL40&keywords=pet+hair+remover+mitt&dpPl=1&dpID=61OW0bEZKFL&ref=plSrch

[cheshie6]

wannabmama, we got a truck (yay for New England winters) and we are phasing my car out of being the pet car. Its the only reason I can think of that Dh has a Nissan 350z... that and its a pretty cool car! My car is still covered in dog hair. I'm with rablissful, we have tumble weeds everywhere. I use the Dyson Animal. I love it but want their new cordless for the stairs.

We have the Dyson attachment (came with vacuum) and our dogs HATE it! They run from me when I pull it out. (But the love brushes and furminator thing... go figure)

[♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪]

I'm gonna try one of the attachments we have now to see if she gets freaked out. At least I can rule that out.

I'm strangely looking forward to this...

[emilie]

We have a Dyson DC59 Animal and it is a monster (in a good way). It picks up cat hair like nothing I've ever seen. It's also cordless and has attachments that convert it into a hand vac. It was worth every penny.

I also use the Furminator on my cat every week and that seems to help.

[pismoduo]

Aug 24, 2015 18:53:42 GMT -5 rooskie said:

Aug 24, 2015 17:16:19 GMT -5 pismoduo said:

We have a Shark Navigator with "lift away" (the canister and wand come off the base) that's pretty easy to do stairs with, without losing to suction power that we bought it for. It's pretty light, and it has a nice handle on the canister.

Also, I keep one of those sticky lint/hair roller things in my car. And lucky for me, the dogs aren't allowed in my car, so it remains a relatively hair free zone (as much as anything I own can be, anyway).

+1 on this vacuum (imagine that). We have one of these (I'm mobile or I would clicky link) but we are thinking about buying a furminator. We use the mitt on furniture.
www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00JXL4MQU/ref=mp_s_a_1_3?qid=1440460279&sr=8-3&pi=AC_SY200_QL40&keywords=pet+hair+remover+mitt&dpPl=1&dpID=61OW0bEZKFL&ref=plSrch

I am shocked, SHOCKED, that we have the same vacuum.

[pismoduo]

Aug 24, 2015 18:24:12 GMT -5 wannabmama said:

Aug 24, 2015 17:16:19 GMT -5 pismoduo said:

We have a Shark Navigator with "lift away" (the canister and wand come off the base) that's pretty easy to do stairs with, without losing to suction power that we bought it for. It's pretty light, and it has a nice handle on the canister.

Also, I keep one of those sticky lint/hair roller things in my car. And lucky for me, the dogs aren't allowed in my car, so it remains a relatively hair free zone (as much as anything I own can be, anyway).

Thanks! I'm going to check it out!
My car is the dog friendly car and it's a disaster...but I love tooling around with them so it's worth it ha!

Yea, I know how that goes. H's Jeep is just as new as my car, but my car has a little nicer leather and a tan interior that shows every speck of dirt.

On the other hand, his interior is black, so it shows every strand of white/tan dog fur.

[Deleted]

I have a dyson that works pretty well. I'm too lazy to get uo and go check what kind.

I'm also a +1 for the lint roller, except I used it on my couch and not my cat.

[mosdub]

Aug 24, 2015 18:11:55 GMT -5 ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ said:

mosdub, I am dying at that vacuum cleaner. Like, it looks like a little jetpack that had a rough Monday.

It sucked.  

[rablissful]

Aug 24, 2015 19:47:09 GMT -5 mosdub said:

Aug 24, 2015 18:11:55 GMT -5 ♪♫choppinbroccoli♫♪ said:

mosdub, I am dying at that vacuum cleaner. Like, it looks like a little jetpack that had a rough Monday.

It sucked.  

My dad makes this jokes about vacuums all.the.time.

#longlivedadjokes

[mosdub]

Aug 24, 2015 19:48:58 GMT -5 rablissful said:

Aug 24, 2015 19:47:09 GMT -5 mosdub said:

It sucked.  

My dad makes this jokes about vacuums all.the.time.

#longlivedadjokes

FFMC:  I love dad jokes and puns so much.  They make me tear up.