Who has a dog that sheds and is it a pain in the ****?

arknor said:
a lot of time? it's about 20 second's work... compared to the alternatives you're saving a lot of time.


you can get self-emptying ones that unload to their charging station, I think they start at around 450 but the charging station needs bags which put me off them...


I think they realised the brushes last for ages, the filters are washable and you pretty much never need to buy another ever.... so lets design a unit that needs bags as a money maker...
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The point being you'd be picking it up every few minutes if it's cleaning up a lot of dog hair. Kinda defeats the point...
 
413x said:
Indeed. Our eufy has been amazing (manual empty. Takes 2 mins).
I think it probably is the optional product (for example dishwasher, tumble dryer) that saves the most time.

I never need to vacuum where it goes. Except irregularly in corners it physically cannot get to.

Parts are cheap and as said, with no bag, last ages.
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I had been wondering whether a Robovac would be a good cleaning aid. The downstairs of our new house is tiled throughout so is nice and flat for a vac to meander its way round. I guess taking 1 min to empty it every day is still better than actually having to spend 5-10 mins hoovering every day.
 
R.O.S.S.I said:
I had been wondering whether a Robovac would be a good cleaning aid. The downstairs of our new house is tiled throughout so is nice and flat for a vac to meander its way round. I guess taking 1 min to empty it every day is still better than actually having to spend 5-10 mins hoovering every day.
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Honestly I think it's great. Had a really early random movement unbranded one years ago (nimh batteries!) and it was OK. These new ones are brilliant.

Its immediately noticeable if the vac hasn't been out as the dog hair really piles up.

For price it's brilliant.
 
Mate's got a Husky and has said it sheds so much that if he kept the hair that came off, he could probably make another dog every few days!
 
R.O.S.S.I said:
I had been wondering whether a Robovac would be a good cleaning aid. The downstairs of our new house is tiled throughout so is nice and flat for a vac to meander its way round. I guess taking 1 min to empty it every day is still better than actually having to spend 5-10 mins hoovering every day.
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We have one. It is useless for dog hairs. The Shark does a far better job.
 
Labradoodle? Similar size and temperament to lab / retriever but will have much less shedding.

Ours has just turned one and had his first proper cut, but in general no real issues with shedding in the house
 
I can't walk around the house in bare feet anymore because our Doberman's hairs have this knack piercing the skin and getting in to the dermo layer - that hurts like a little tack as it buries itself in with every step!

Anyway, dog hair will be the least of your problems - your house is going to stink. If you're one of the lucky ones that has a dog and your house doesn't stink, you're wrong - you're just nose blind to the stench or you've enough artificial "air fresheners" around your house that you're neighbours think you work for Chanel, oh, and they know you have a dog.

Each time you vacuum it's going to stink some more as you collect the K9's bacteria in the machine, heat it up and pass the air through the HEPA filter that does as much good as farting through your cotton pants.
 
Long haired German shepherd and a Jack Russell. plus 2 teenage daughters with long hair, and the wife's long hair.

I've considered living in a caravan in the garden. Even Henry the Hoover has had enough!!
 
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I've got a Labradoodledor. He sheds more hair every day than i've ever had hair on my head. I could spend all day brushing him , and it would keep on coming and his coat would look no different.
 
I think dogs that live indoors have a skewed biological clock as they see no real seasonal temperature extremes where they live most of the time. Most of mine live out and don't seem to shed as much as the house dogs. Or if they do it's twice a year and soon over with.
 
chuffnut said:
I've got a Labradoodledor. He sheds more hair every day than i've ever had hair on my head. I could spend all day brushing him , and it would keep on coming and his coat would look no different.
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I thought the whole point of a labradoodle was that they didn't shed? The same as anything crossed with a poodle?

They would be one of my choices but the gf doesn't like them as much as a full on lab, however she also isn't keen on the shedding aspect of it so something is going to have to give!
 
R.O.S.S.I said:
I thought the whole point of a labradoodle was that they didn't shed? The same as anything crossed with a poodle?

They would be one of my choices but the gf doesn't like them as much as a full on lab, however she also isn't keen on the shedding aspect of it so something is going to have to give!
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CavaPoo… sheds. Under the sofa looks like stuff that should be in the loft as insulation.
 
A lady who bought one of my Giant Schnauzer cross Standard Poodle pups 4 years ago sent some photos of him yesterday and I asked if he sheds at all. Nothing at all of note, unlike her "proper" Giant Schnauzer which does shed quite a lot, (as I know only too well). Proper GS is on the left looking at the photo, GS cross SP on right, the dog looking out of the window is the same GS cross SP, that she bought, as in the woods photo. She bought the cross first then so liked the Giant Schnauzers she bought the bitch to keep the cross company.

The crosses I have here hardly shed at all, neither the ones that live out, nor the two that live in, no more than the Standard Poodle I have.

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