Tricks for managing your pet?s summer shedding

Pet owners know that summer has arrived from the day they start finding their pet?s winter coat being shed throughout the house. Whether it comes from a dog, cat, ferret or woolly mammoth, shed animal hair gets in everywhere, which is especially bad for allergy sufferers.

Here are a few ways to manage your pet?s shedding this summer, with the help of Appliances Online:

Low Tech Tricks

Take it up a notch

Completely cleaning your house of hair requires a vacuum cleaner with a bristled head to collect the hair and an extra-powerful suction to remove it.

The Vortex and Ultima vacuum cleaners from�Volta as well as the SuperCyclone and UltraActive vacuum cleaners from Electrolux�include different heads to suit different floors, including one that?s dedicated to pet hair. A separate brush head is available from Miele to turn most Miele vacuum cleaners into a dedicated hair removal machines.� Dyson offers the Animal line of vacuum cleaners, which includes barrel, upright, and long and short handheld models, all specifically designed to manage pet hair.

Tackling hair at the source

Keeping your pet thoroughly groomed helps prevent excess shedding.� But even the best grooming tools quickly become matted with hair, meaning you need to keep cleaning them and disposing of the hair as you brush.

The Dyson Groom Tool attachment fits to many Dyson vacuums to let you literally vacuum your dog, giving Man?s Best Friend a healthy grooming while sucking away the removed hair.� The attachment splits Dyson?s trademark powerful suction to make it just strong enough to safely remove your pet?s excess hair.

See the Groom Tool in action for yourself:

IMPORTANT ? This attachment is designed specifically for medium to long haired adult dogs.� It should not be used on short-haired dogs, dogs with thick woolen coats such as Poodles, puppies, or any other animals.� Once you?re sure that your dog is of the right breed, check that they are not wet and that you?ve brushed out the worst of their coat?s knots and tangles before using the attachment.

It can be tricky getting your dog used to having a vacuum running nearby, let alone over their back, so it may be some time before they?ll accept grooming from the attachment without heading for the hills.� Once they?ve adjusted to it however, they?ll be in for the grooming of a lifetime.

Now if only they?d design one for cats?

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