Hair, Hair, Hair!

One of the joys that come with sharing space with our four-legged friends is the never-ending battle to eliminate hair!
When Kiko and lyra started sharing our space, I literally felt as though I was drowning in a sea of dog hair. I am a bit of a clean freak, so imagine my predicament...I was constantly sweeping...between my Mom and I, we were quite literally cleaning house as long as we were awake...sweeping and or using a floor swiffer six and seven times a day, plus mopping several times... to eliminate the hair, as well as that wonderful doggie aroma!
Thank goodness for the internet! We discovered the "FURMINATOR" website. The most amazing de-shedding tool available for dogs. There's also shampoos and nutrtion supplements.
We have eliminated processed dog food from their diet. They now have an almost daily bath...finally found use for that mega tub in the washroom!! We use a variety of shampoos in rotation - an oatmeal shampoo that we purchased from the vet, the furminator shampoo and solution, another shed control shampoo from the pet store, as well as a black pearl (for Kiko) and a white pearl (for Lyra). Combined with a twice a week de-shed with the furminator, and a regular brushing the rest of the time, the hair, while still there has been reduced to an almost tolerable level ( no hair would be my ideal - but that was in the pre-doggie days - I can still dream, can't I?). Now I find that we can safely sweep twice a day and only swiffer and mop once a day and the floors remain in tolerable condition. Kiko and Lyra no longer have that "eau de doggie" smell...all is fairly well.