We all love our furry friends but we don’t all love the mess their hair can leave behind. Here are 5 simply and inexpensive tricks to control pet hair in your home. 
Tape
If you’re in a pinch and need to get some pet hair off of you’re pants, use the sticky side of tape. It’ll take the hair right off!
The Rubber Glove
Such a great trick and works extremely well on furniture.
Straight to the Source
Run a fabric softener sheet over your pet’s fur. Loose hairs will cling to it.
Groom, Groom, Groom!
Brushing your pet’s lovely coat once a day will help minimize the shedding
Use a Window Squeegee
The squeegee will help lift hair out of your carpet.
Loving your fur-ball doesn’t mean you have to be one too! Try these tricks, you won’t regret it.
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Dryer sheets are toxic to pets. Do not rub them on them. They will then ingest those toxins when grooming.
Great tip. I’ve never thought of that. Thank you!
Thanks Victoria King I had a feeling it was not safe.
Try a baby wipe. It keeps the pets hair from floating around and controls it while grooming them. Also controls static you can also use them on your hair on those days when your hair is hard to control.
feed your dog molasses, it cuts shedding down by half. I feed my dogs ( 2 are golden retrievers) all are around 100lbs about a heaping tablespoon a day
Thanks Kim…I sure will feed my Buddy molasses. He is a big hairy dog…
Thanks for sharing all your tips…
Damp paper towel will also work and there is no safety issue.
I would even hesitate at baby wipes. Just remember…ANYTHING you wipe onto your pet, they have to lick off! Think of licking perfume off your own skin.
Feeding your dog high quality food will help reduce shedding at the source, as well. We learned that by unhappy experience.
To start with, don’t feed your dog table scraps or CRAP dog food! READ product labels. Feeding your dog a good quality food will help reduce shedding! Brushing your dog often also helps reduce shedding!
I agree in good dog food. I had a vet tell me when my Brittany died of heart disease, to also include feeding them meat (not too much fat) as they are meat eaters. By doing this it keeps their circulation running perfectly. A little fat provides good oils for the coat. If you press on your dogs gums and it does not spring back to pink immediately and stays white, you need to rush your dog to the vet as it is in big trouble. Dog food is mostly grains that expand to give a full belly and low grade by products. Some chow is now improving, read your labels and compare. They need nutrition. As a treat, I cook meat beef bones for 20 minutes, let them cool and let the dogs eat out the marrow. Because the bones are boiled they do not splinter and provides good teeth cleaning for 5 years! I never give any chicken or pork or steak bones as they splinter. The soup water can be spooned over their chow, which helps the coat.
These boiled up beef bones (soup bones) can also be frozen and given to puppies that are teething, it calms their gums down.
My aunt had a scotty dog with severe skin allergies and was told to give him a real hamburger every night by her vet. The dog’s allergies went away and at 11 years old, the vet thought it was only 4!
Meaning well for your best friends.
The Dog Lover
Should the hamburger be cooked or raw
cooked or uncooked hamburger
I did dog obedience classes at a hall. The building owners finally insisted the trainers do something to cut down on the fur/hair as sweeping was not keeping up with it or they were out.
A new ground rule was started for everyone attending class by the trainers. Before entering the building, you must bring a pretty wet cloth towel (Medium size) that you drape over the dogs head and pull/grab it along the entire body of the dog right down to the tail tip. Shake out the towel outside and store in your own bag (grocery store bags work excellent). This virtually cut down on 90% of the dog hair in the building. An extra benefit, the dogs loved the grooming moment of “love” as it felt good . They will also line up to have their snouts washed after eating at night! They love it as they can’t get everything with their tongues! Remember their noses are powerful smelling wands. Some folks at class added a drop of lavender oil to their towels as that served as a natural flea repellent too! Allergy sufferers benefit too as this technique grabs the dander which causes the problem to begin with.
Happy Tails to you! Ps this was worth it besides the training.
Creative ideas! I like to go right to the source and keep up n the grooming!