How to Repel Dog Hair

If you have dogs, cleaning up dog hair is probably a part of your everyday life. In addition to being a household annoyance, pet hair can irritate allergies and cause asthma attacks. The best way to avoid the constant cleanup is to prevent future buildups, but there are a number of handy products and procedures that can make cleaning up dog hair a quicker and easier task.

Things You'll Need

  • Dog brush, comb or mitt
  • Vacuum
  • Adhesive sheets and lint rollers
  • Pet hair carpet treatment
  • Carpet rake
  • Old towels
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Instructions

    • 1

      Brush or comb your dog daily, even if he's got short hair, to keep a proper grooming schedule, according to petplace.com. Be sure to bathe him regularly.

    • 2

      Treat your furniture with upholstery protector or cover your dog's favorite spot with a towel when he sits there. Fabric and upholstery protectors keep the hair from working down into the fabric and make it easier to vacuum. Apply a lint roller or adhesive sheet to the area to pick up hair quickly and easily.

    • 3

      Go over the carpet with a carpet rake to loosen matted hair and fluff the nap. Vaccuum or steam clean as usual. The raking allows the vacuum to get to hair that may have worked its way deep into the rug. Wipe the carpet down with a wet towel or spray it with pet hair treatment to enhance the vacuum's ability to pick up more hair.

    • 4

      Drape a towel over the seats of your car and have the dog sit or lie down on that. Fabric treatments, sticky products like lint rollers and sheets, and damp towels can also help when vacuuming pet hair from a car.