I noticed the easiest way to get fur off my sofa and other fabric upholstery is a simple damp washcloth. It picks ups so much more than my vaccum and it's FREE!

I'd say if you take your pets outside and brush the heck out of them and give them summer and spring haircuts it will help too :)

Our dog, Lucy, sheds puppies - that made me laugh! And she is adorable.

Its bad right now he just started the spring shed two weeks ago and now vacuuming twice a week.

I've been taking my dog outside for two- three brushings a week right now and giving him fish oil. This is the only way I have found to deal with it.

The Scotch Fur Fighter is worthless, as is the Pledge Fabric Sweeper on the short, prickly Boxer dog style hair. You might fair better with longer hair/fur. I'm just trying to figure out a way to keep his hair off a velvet sofa (face palm). I swiffer daily, vacuum every other day. I have yet to find a product that truly works.

I'm really interested in responses to this post, but sadly I don't have a great tip to add. I will second the power of vacuum cleaners... I don't have carpets so I didn't think I needed a good one for a while, but sweeping with a broom just sent the hair our cats shed swirling into the air. A vacuum cleaner makes it all look nice... for about four hours, at least.

We do brush our cats with a nubby rubber cat-brushing glove, and we keep both the glove and the hair we brush off in a ziplock baggie, which we hide away in our entertainment center. Cat hair can sail right out of garbage cans otherwise! For our own amusement, we roll felt balls out of the hair we brush off (and keep those in the bag... they're pretty gross, but they do contain the hair). I'm pretty sure I read that idea on apt therapy, although I can't see myself ever letting my cat use those balls as toys!

I use a rubber "pet hair sponge" like this:
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It works well on blankets and the sofa. I would definitely stay away from fuzzy upholstery fabrics like microfiber or corduroy.

I keep their hair cut short. There is still shedding, but smaller pieces. I make sure my dogs and my furniture are in generally the same color family so it doesn't show. But never, under no circumstances, do NOT ride in my car if you are wearing black pants!

our dog is a Shiba Inu so he blows his coat twice a year, which means all his under coat comes out within a week or two. the best way we have found to manage it, is to give him a bath right when we see it falling out and brush him before, after and during a warm bath, this helps a lot, but we still have to keep our lint roller handy all year round!

I've tried all the new fancy swiffer magic hair eraser nonsense. It never works. Best thing I got was this mitt made of that red fabric that lint brushes are made of (from target).

(My neighbor always brushed her dog and then dumped the hair out in the yard. She insisted that birds use it to make nests with. I don't know if that's true or not)

Oh, I feel the pain! We have a pure white siberian husky - and dark, DARK, hardwood floors. Our house is also small at around 1200 sq. feet. We've tried the Scotch Fur Fighter - it works just "meh". I haven't tried the Pledge Fabric Sweeper because while I've heard it works - you can only use it ONCE! That's just irresponsible in my opinion to buy a plastic item you would discard after one use. The company should have made it reusable.

The best thing that works for us is a "rake" if you have a dog with a thick undercoat - like a husky, sheltie, etc. We get buckets (literally) of fur every spring.

For us, we use a Kone dirt devil from target to get the large fur balls that gather in the corners and along the baseboards, then swiffer with a dry cloth, then swiffer with a damp towel. THe best thing for fur on furniture is our Bissel Pet Hair Eraser Vacuum.

Wash. Rinse. Repeat.

Furminating outside at least once a week and feeding your pups a higher-quality dog food are the best defense. I've tried the Fabric Sweeper and it works, but not as well as my vacuum. Plus once it's full (happens VERY fast if you have two shedders like me) you have to buy a new one - they don't offer a version that you can empty - which is just crazy.

I still vacuum the couch every time I vacuum the floor...there is just no avoiding the spring 'fur puppies' :)

I agree with the comment about using a damp washcloth on the furniture. I use a damp microfiber cloth to remove pet hair from my sofa, and then use a hand vacuum to get the rest.

I just purchased a new vacuum yesterday to try and help with the hair on my hardwood floors. I haven't tried it yet, but hopefully it will beat sweeping!

I love the Furminator. We have three large shorthaired dogs who shed a lot. I also put the hair outside for the birdies. With all this hair, a pterodactyl could build a nest.

We have two black Labs that are mostly inside dogs. The only way I have been able to control the fur on the floor is by using one of those giant (school-janitor style) dust mops to sweep everyday. We have hardwood floor throughout, so this is the easiest way for us to keep the floors clean on a daily basis. The dust mop is great because the fur clings to it and then we simply shake it out and sweep up the pile. It works wonders.
We also use the Furminator to brush them out a couple times a week and that seems to help as well.

Any advice on furniture that is best for pet-owners? We are on the market for a sofa and are wondering which type of fabric would be best: cotton duck slipcovers? suede microfiber? leather?

For the tumblers I use my Kone vaccuum...seriously the best thing ever to suck those up. Otherwise I spray some Pledge on my dry mop and dry mop once a day. Wood floors are the worst for dog hair!

I live in a small apt with all hardwood floors with two cats and I have definitely notice an increase in hair traffic. I end up using a dirt devil plugin hand vac (the green one, scorpion?) on the couch and floors. I also use a larger dust mop, similar to a swiffer on the floors and clean it with the vacuum. Although, I really want to get a Eureka 71B Hand-Held Vacuum for the couch. Its been on my wish list for a while now. I'm really interested in the wet cloth method mentioned above though.

My sister takes her Lab mix to a groomer at the beginning of shedding season, and the groomer does some sort of magic that drastically reduces the amount of hair shed for the rest of the season.

I laugh cause we have cat hair tumbleweeds in our house! My older cat long hair cat is shedding like crazing. I have been brushing her almost daily and vaccumming daily. I have leather couches so the hair itsn't too much of a problem with the furiture. I just lays everywhere and so I vaccum like a mad woman once a week and touch ups daily.

We have two dogs (one large and HAIRY - the other medium and wirey) and we had this hair problem too. We were the "cuddle with the dogs on the couch" type until the hair was suffocating us. We've made two changes that made a HUGE difference in the hair department. We bought a leather (Natuzzi) couch and we trained the dogs to stay off the furniture. They occasionally can up for a rare cuddle when invite, but otherwise on the floor they go. I'm able to wear black again and actually sit down at home without becoming an unsightly fur ball. Now I just sweep the floor a few times a week (wood floors) and we're all happy - even my 10 month old who is crawling on the floor.

I'm really interested in the responses to this question. I live in fear that my place will soon be lined in cat fur felt. I can not wait to try the wet cloth method when I get home today.

I run the Roomba daily and use a shedding blade for my two fur creating machines. The Swiffer is used too, but I still have cat fur tumble weeds on my wood floor. The Pledge thing works to a limited extent, but not enough. I have found that increasing the frequency of high quality wet food has put a small dent in hair production.

dcirene--I have cotton duck slip covers. I think it magnetically attracts hair from miles away.

People, this will solve all your problems: put a regular old dishwashing glove on one hand, and get a spray bottle with water (maybe add some essential oils for fragrance) in the other hand. Spray, wipe: miracle! I use the damp cloth technique as well when I can't find my glove. I cannot believe how well this works. I'll never buy a cleaning product for pet hair again.
Also, I have to second the furminator - I should use it more often, but it definitely reduces shedding. We have two long haired cats and a beagle, and it works fabulously on both coat types. It's worth the money!

Our dog sheds so much and its a constant battle in our tiny house. We brush and brush with the furminator and it seems to help a little. This winter I also invested in a good old fashioned dustbuster which is an easy/clean thing to do a couple times a day to get up the big balls of fur. We still have to sweep every other day or so, but at least the dustbuster is fast-especially if we have unexpected company.

rubber dish-washing gloves to clean upholstery. rubs the hair right off into clumps that can be tossed away. gets into crevices with your fingers as well vs. the tools above. Nothing I've found works as well and it's cheap.

We've been bathing our dog more frequently, which helps, and he doesn't go on the furniture. But nothing does the job like a vacuum cleaner, sorry to say. How many days does it take to form a habit? Something like 30? Whatever it is, get into the habit of vacuuming at least every other day.

With our dog Loolie it's not shedding but stuff attaching to her fur like velcro...she brings in tons of little stick things and pollen packets in her Springer Spaniel long locks. As to furniture, we have a lot of leather and our dogs are well very well trained. Have *never* had a chewing/scratching destroyed furnishings incident with either of them and they are allowed just about everywhere.

My husband and I bought a Pledge Fabric Sweeper, and it CAN be reused. You can push the roller brushes out of the way and remove most of the hair manually. We've had ours for quite a while now. 2 cats a year later, still mostly empty. It's the best thing I've found for my shorthairs. I also brush with a special de-shedding brush when it's really bad. Thinking about shaving this year just because I think the cats would appreciate it (after the fact) and because they would look hillarious.

2 cats and a Ridgeback/Belgian Shepherd mix...

1. Have dog professionally groomed every 2-3 weeks during high shedding season. It really helps. They do a much better job brushing her out than I do. Brush the cats too.
2. I agree with the wet washcloth for furniture. It works the best. I tried pet sponges, but they just dry up and fall apart. Wet washcloth also helps rub out any stains and then I follow with spray deodorizer (pet-safe of course).
3. Sofas-leather or microfiber. Not only easier to clean, the cats don't use it as a scratching post.
4. Put dog beds near the couches. It doesn't guarantee she won't get on the sofa, but helps get her off when I tell her to go lie down on her bed.

I am so grateful to have a dog that does not shed. Not one bit.

I bought a minature Shop Vac to get rid of the pet hair. After 10 years the thing still works great!

I have furniture that matches the cat.

We did a few things to address our shed-machine lab:

1) bought a leather sofa and love seat. He can chill on the couch and all we have to do is brush off the sofa.

2) Furminator: to be honest we've been lazy in using this (had a rented apartment with all carpet - never saw the hair) but now that we are back in a hardwood floor house the furminator needs to see the light of day again.

3) Roomba: Again, works on hardwood so we really didn't use it in our last apartment. I've ordered a new battery but it's an easy way to clean up pet hair daily without doing any work.

Awww, Lucy has a lil snaggle tooth. I love when dogs do that.

I'm glad my pooch is a low shedder.

I was promised my dog would barely shed, yet my entire life is covered in a layer of blue dog hair. UGH! I have found it just about impossible to keep up with. That Scoth Fur Fighter was totally useless. I do need to start vacuuming every day since she is shedding more at the moment, but she hates the vacuum cleaner so it turns into quite the ordeal, hair and dust and barking everywhere. The lint rollers are my best friend so far, sometimes I even use them on small rugs and bath mats to avoid washing them so often. And that damp cloth idea just might work. But from now on I'm only buying upholstery in various shades of gray. I've already started doing that with my clothes and I can almost pretend I'm not covered in hair.

One of those rubber lint brushes also works great to get fur off of fabric. I just sweep/vaccume a lot and wear gray to match the cats.

ROOMBA PET ROBOT!!!! GET ONE NOW!!!!

I have an old english sheepdog, and I have to brush him out once a week to keep from being buried in fur. It may sounds odd, but there is an older lady on my block who collects the fur from me and spins it into yarn for knitting.

Here are my solutions:

1) I use a sponge from ace hardware or Michaels (this is wonderful) that is similar to the one Greenkey uses for my upholstered chairs.

2) I use a Eureka Boss vacuum, which is great on rugs and hardwood.

3) I bought a leather couch.

4) I brush my cat a lot.

5) I have a handheld vacuum for quick pick up of fur balls.

The hairball is too funny.

Our Shiba hates being furminated but its the only thing that really works. We have to furminate him two to three times a week when his coat "blows". During this time he we need to hoover and dust everyday. And don't even think about cuddles! His fur will get everywhere- even in the fridge! Definite downside to a shiba.

I have no tips, since I've had that problem with every dog I've ever had in my whole life, but your dog is so cute.

Wait! I just read back! Get a roomba! If it doesn't work, at least it will be funny to watch Lucy's reaction!

I love the "puppy" hairball.

Seriously, my dog sheds buckets all year round. What is this "spring shed" you speak of? :)

This may freak some people out but make that extra fluff work for you. My chow mix sheds his undercoat twice a year. I use the Furminator tool on him once a week, collect all that soft hair and send it to VIP fibers (http://www.vipfibers.com/). They spin it into yarn and send it back to you. I first heard about it on Martha Stewart.

We have 3 dogs (two are over 100 lbs) and 3 long haired cats. First, we have hard wood floors downstairs. Only one of the dogs is allowed upstairs (where there is carpet). Third, invest in the Bissell Pet Hair Eraser. You can also SHAVE THEM!! Even if they have short hair. They might look silly, but it gets rid off all of that dead hair and our animals love it. None of our animals are allowed on our sofas or beds. And lastly, buy the Pledge Fabric Sweeper. (We cut a square on the top so we can keep using the same one.)

My Corgi sheds ALL YEAR ROUND. Lucky for us, he's fur is the same colour as the carpet and kitchen floor. Our couch is also made of some weird fabric that makes it easy to gather most of the fur up with your hands. Unlucky for us my dog HATES the vacuum cleaner so much that he has to be taken for a walk if we want to use it. We don't have a furminator (they're not readily available in Australia and if you find them they are super expensive) but have a rake like brush which gets a fair bit off him. He hates to be brushed though.

It's all labor-intensive. I have a huge golden retriever, he sheds all the time. I vacuum CONSTANTLY (hardwood and furniture) and brush him out outside every day. I refuse to have rugs or anything that more of him will stick to, as he births puppies under every piece of furniture I own. My vacuum came with a nifty "pet hair" attachment for upholstered furniture. I have noticed on warm days I can open the windows and turn on the "whole house fan" for a few minutes, and it tends to pull all the hair to the center of the house for a "quick" cleanup, and rid the house of any big doggie odor :D

no real solution here but i
- swiffer every other day
- vacuum once a week
- small handheld vacuum for spot cleaning
- furminator once a week
- our dog is not allowed on our furniture
i see hairballs everyday and accepted the fact that is part of having a dog in the house.

I've used the Scotch Fur Fighter. Like some people have said it works ok. Just prepare to go through a lot of those velcro sheets.

I have 2 cats, one (Russian Blue crazy fur) sheds a little more than the other, all the time. I have the Dyson Animal that works pretty well, but other than that I just keep my sofa covered with a cover that I don't care about. Then I shake that free of the hair when it gets nasty and remove it when people come over.

I've seen that furminator, but only my cat that sheds the least likes to be brushed/combed like that.

I've asked my cat to help with clean-up, but he's indifferent.

We have the Bissell Pet Hair Eraser vacuum attachements- it attached to our regular vacuum. There's a contour tool and a brush tool. They work *REALLY* well- so we also bought the Pet Hair Eraser hand vac- awkward handle but does the job. When we are on top of things, we vacuum the furniture every other day, and use a cordoroy brush daily.

We also furminate regularly. Just a word of caution- they can become addicted to the furminator. One of our cats can let himself be brushed almost bald because he loves the feeling. You have to keep an eye on them.

If you've got some kind of northern-ish dog that blows their coat twice a year, it's just a whole different problem than even long-furred dogs like goldens and such. I think there's not a lot you can do but constantly vacuum. I'm now on something like my third vacuum, a virtue of which is that I've got a multiplicity of attachments from all its predecessors and really found that mixing and matching makes a big difference for different surfaces.

I'm most interested in MarriedToAZimbabwean's observation about buying a leather couch. I think I'm going to end up there sooner or later, too. My parents' got a Natuzzi couch lo these many decades ago because the dog we had as a kid shed constantly and they found it stood up really well to the wear and tear of kids plus a dog that liked to dig at it before she went to sleep. Are there good rules of thumb for figuring out what kind of leather will be most durable?

Scotch Fur Fighter...has lost the fight!! With the amount of hair my cat sheds, i need a million of those velcro sheets. We have lint rollers in every spot of our teeny tiny apt. Couches and bed are covered. About to invest in the Dyson Animal because I can't take being covered in cat hair all the time!!

Well we have a longhaired kittie and it's impossible to contain all of that fur, no matter how hard we try. Little mice start popping up everywhere (usually our furballs are the size of little mice, and when we walk by they blow around slightly), and kittie enjoys batting them around - she's not the brightest.

We have the kittie furminator, but it doesn't do nearly enough. I think the only real solution is to thoroughly vacuum once a week but we just don't have the time for it.

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Im actually contemplating shaving the cat right now, normally our miele 'petowners' vacuum does the trick ones a week but in spring it is just too much to handle. Our old cat wasn't as big a problem as he could go out, but this one will fight anything up to three times as big as herself, so going outside is not an option. (we tried but nearly went broke on vet bills) we might try shaving the cat this weekend...............

We have a giant Golden who's hair is far thicker than other Golden's we've met. It's overwhelming. Generally we have a no furniture rule - not allowed on sofas (light coloured) and definitely not the bed - and we try to run the Dyson as often as we can. We have doggy dust bunnies most days of the week.

We HAD a Roomba which I loved until my dog's hair overwhelmed it. Golden hair is LONG and always got super tangled in the Roomba requiring lots of extra TLC and eventually leading to the machine's death. Our Dyson is unquestionably the BEST vacuum we've ever had. We couldn't live without it.

This year we're doing fuminator and a summer hair cut. Fingers crossed it will lighten out hair load.

With 3 animals with me, I just take it in stride. It's built into my routine to sweep as soon as I get out of bed in the morning - that makes the house nice for the day. I'm a real neatnik so this is something I WANT to do. & I know that this is a package deal, if I didn't have the hairballs, I wouldn't have my furry sweethearts. Sweeping, furminating and vaccuming are just part of the package.

If you have very long haired animals, (I don't) I understand that you can save the hair and have it spun into yarn. How cool would that be!

KIRBY! You can find a kirby vacuum cheap (compared to going rate) on Craigslist. My mother in law is taking care of my Husband and my German Shepherd until we move next month and he sheds like you would not believe. The Furminator and the Kirby pet attachment work really well together. Air purifiers that work on pet dander- the HEPA ones work well to keep hair from circulating everywhere! My eyes and nose use to itch so much from the hair.

The Pledge Pet Hair Eraser can actually be emptied out and reused. Stick a knife against the little tab holding one of the rollers in, work it out, empty the hair, replace the roller and reuse... I've done it once and it's still working. I brush off the rollers at the same time keep them working and I'm hoping this trick keeps me using one eraser all summer.

I have 1 dog and 1 wookie (just kidding, her hair is so long she looks like a wookie - I have 2 setters)

I bathe them every other week with a really gentle shampoo
I roomba everyday
I vacuum every weekend
I have a leather couch
I feed Dinovite

the wookie gets a spring hair cut every year. she has "fur chaps" that get cut off seasonally.

I swear the thing that has made the biggest difference has been the Dinovite. I've been feeding it for the past 3 weeks and after doing my normal routine this supplement has put me on the way to being tumbleweed free (granted I will probably need to keep up my normal routine) but the days of the wild wild west are over!

I loved this post. Made me laugh and cry because we have the same issue with our much less hairy dog. He sheds like crazy! Here's what has helped: Brushing 3-4 times a week. We invested in the total major undercoat/top coat razor blade brush. It's AMAZING. Washing once a month and working with his diet to improve the health of his coat, (I make his food. Ridiculous I know but he's our child. I give him hemp oil for his coat and it works well for digestive health too). We have tried the Pledge thing just to get the hair off the furniture, etc. I would just use ductape next time. We have a lab though so your dog hair might be easier to remove. Hope you can de-hair this spring!

Oh my there are so many comments.

I feel better knowing that I am not suffering with pet hair alone in this world!

I have hardwood and tile throughout my house and a golden retriever who sheds constantly. I vacuum daily with my Dyson and find that this mop/duster really grabs up pet hair. If I'm trying to do a quiet clean up late night after my kids have gone to bed I use this:

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I also agree that rubber gloves do work miracles with pet hair. I alternate between giving my goldie a good rub down OUTSIDE while wearing Rose Garden gloves (gloves that look like they've been dipped in green rubber) and regular brushing with a slicker brush and as many trips to the groomer as her sensitive skin and my checkbook can handle.

I've heard haircuts can work but my groomer has strongly advised me not to give her anything more than a trim (really hardly any hair is cut off) because Goldens are supposed to have those long feathery, flowy coats and apparently the hair never comes back in the same way.

I've also heard that good quality food and supplements can improve the quality of a coat and reduce shedding.

My dog eats Origen Dog Food and takes a NuVet Plus supplement every day.

I can't imagine the shedding could be worse if I was feeding her Purina and no supplement. But if that is the case I SO do not want to find out.

If you find something that will make all this pet hair go away...let us know!

We hadn't had a dog in almost 12 years and I forgot what the shedding was like. The small black pug we adopted at Christmas is a furr grenade right now and I'm stunned as what to do about it all. My natural cotton duck couch isn't so 'natural' anymore. Virgil (our pug) also has a fondness for our empty tub and the hair he shakes out is incredible.

I've gotten the pledge eraser, a brush, a swiffer and was searching this topic last night and found an article that suggested an antibacterial shampoo would cut down on the shedding-any truth to it?

Routine Furminator use helps minimize shedding. Vacuuming frequently also works (and I have to do it anyway; the bigger cat is a litter tracker and litter mats don't help).

I also keep a throw blanket on the cats' two favorite places: the end of my bed and the top of the couch. Their hair mostly blends into the pattern, and it's easier to swiftly remove it for guests than it is to spend twenty minutes using a hair removal sponge.

I swear by the Pledge Fabric Sweeper for my 2 long haired cats. Its supposed to be disposable, but I reuse by pulling out the hair with a pencil or something narrow and fill it up again, and again, and again. It is made for upholstry, but I find it works great on duvet covers - where the cats spend their days lazing away- as well. It even works on velvet if you go in only one direction.

Ah hahah fur grenade! That's fantastic!!

I have always wanted an Irish Wolfhound, but I am sooooo sensitive to pet dander hair that I'm not sure if I could do it. But, then I think about their awesome Colonel Sanders beards and begin to believe I could live with it.

For now its a stinky REW rabbit with poo-problems and a Malti-Poo...

FURMINATOR- Get one. It will change your life. I have never seen a brush remove that much hair from a cat in my life. I have no more hair bunnies. I have no more hair on anything. The Furminator will practically leave the cat naked if you brush it enough. I still have to get the hair out of my condo from before I got the Furminator, (like under the bed and off the sofa), but with faithful brushing, I can eliminate the cat hair.

To get hair off of sofa, I use packing tape. Cut strips the depth of your sofa, and then barely over lap the strips. Then just stick it all over the sofa till the hair is gone. Make as many as necessary. I can tell the difference because I have to vacuum so much less.

I have a white, supremely furry dog (American Eskimo) and a car with a black cloth interior. I've found that the best ways to get rid of fur are:

1) vacuum regularly so it doesn't become too much to handle (but that's obvious).

2) lint roller.

3) damp sponge.

4) a static pet hair brush (the bristles are made of rubber) that people who detail cars professionally use (I bought Meguiar's Pet Hair and Lint Remover).

The Scotch pet hair remover is useless. I'd suggest going to Sam's Club or Costco and stocking up on lint rollers. There's a dust cloth that attaches to the Swiffer that's also quite handy for non-cloth areas. Hope this helps and I feel your pain :P

Peridically, (esp. now in spring) I wonder what the hell I am doing with a 180 Lb. Newfoundland.

hahaha - volvoguy, I feel your pain.

no easy answers, however. bathing once every week or two reduces the number of times i have to vaacuum from ALL THE FREAKING TIME to twice a week or so, and we dust daily. unfortunately, our rental has god-awful ugly carpeting, which makes the problem harder to deal with than it would be if we had wood floors.

I have a big fat Holland lop rabbit who molts 4 times/year. Each molting session lasts up to 2 months -- it's brutal!

I remove tufts of loose fur to control the amount of loose fur flying around it's not good for his digestive system if he consumes a lot of fur. He can't cough up fur balls the way a cat can.

And I run my vacuum cleaner in the two rooms he runs around in daily. I have a Dyson and I can't sing it's praises loud enough!

I actually have leather couches in my living room which doesn't attract any fur. My husband is renovating our family room, downstairs, which I will be furnishing this summer. I hadn't even considered that the fabric would collect hair until reading this post. I'm not worried though -- I can't remember what show this was one, but I saw a woman use dish gloves to gather pet hair off the couch. It worked like a charm!

Is that one of those rabbits that's the size of a dog!?

our jack russell is a horrible shedder. the worst thing is that her hair also weaves into any fiber it gets on. I'm taking her to the groomer to get shaved down. can't shed if she doesn't have it to shed. plus it's hot as hell where we live in the summer. so she'll get buzzed around june.

I forgot to ask about vacuuming your pets. I hard about it years ago, but maybe it was a joke. I know most pets HATE the sound, but has anyone tried this?

I vacuum the newfie. he loves it and falls asleep.

I have a multi-pronged approach. I use the pet hair sponge on certain furniture, the pledge fabric sweeper on others, wet cloths on others still, and end it all with a vacuum from my Dyson. I have to keep the hair/ dander at bay as one of my good friends, who is at my home alot, is super allergic to cats and I have a Persian and foster other Persians as well. I spray everything down with Febreeze Allergen Reducer (even though it doesn't specify being for pets) and use allergen reducing filters as well.

It's a whole lotta work, but I love my Gracie and her periodic sisters too much to let them go. :)

Here is my plan of attack with 3 cats - 2 of them super shedders, although I admit there is still a *lot* of fur around my house and on my clothes. First off - furminate! That thing really does work. Just get the right one for your pet's fur, there are different styles, and yes, it matters. Haven't tried it on a terrier style coat yet though. Then I have a roomba that I run as often as possible. The Roomba can't cope with deep cleaning my rugs but it does get the surface dirt and fur and does a pretty good job at taming the tumble-fur. For the fur that does get on fabric, I use the Pledge fabric sweeper. We were also annoyed that it was single use, so if you are careful, you can break the little tabs that hold the container part to the rest of it. Then it snaps back on and you can dump it out a few times at least before it starts not snapping back together.