If you share your home with a dog, you share it with dog hair. It's on the sofa, on your black jeans and woven into the car seats. Here's how to get it off, and how to stop quite so much of it landing there.
Start at the source: brush more often
The hair you brush out is hair that doesn't end up on the sofa. A few minutes of brushing several times a week makes a real difference, especially in spring and autumn when many dogs shed their coats.
- For everyday brushing, a self-cleaning slicker brush lets you push the hair off with one button.
- For thick undercoats and tangles, try a two-sided dematting comb.
- Dogs who don't love the brush often enjoy a grooming glove. It feels like a stroke.
Sofas and beds
Sticky lint rollers run out fast. A reusable hair remover collects hair into a built-in bin as you swipe back and forth, and you just empty it. For large areas, a rubber broom pulls hair out of carpets and rugs into easy-to-grab clumps.
Prevention is easier still: a washable quilted sofa cover or a fleece blanket on your dog's favourite spot catches the hair. Then you can throw it in the wash.
Clothes
Give clothes a quick swipe with a reusable remover before they go in the wash, because hair that goes into the machine often comes back out stuck everywhere. Running a damp rubber glove over fabric also works in a pinch.
The car
Hair works deep into car upholstery. A back seat hammock or boot liner keeps it off the seats in the first place, and you can shake it out outside. For seats that are already hairy, a rubber glove or the reusable remover lifts it well.
A simple weekly routine
- Brush your dog two or three times a week, ideally outside.
- Swipe sofas and beds with a reusable remover.
- Wash covers and blankets weekly.
- Shake out car covers after muddy or moulting weeks.
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