If you're like most pet owners, you love your pet. How can you not? When you have them, they become a part of the family. However, more likely than not, you are looking for ways to keep your pet from shedding on the furniture, right?
First, it is important to do everything you can to take care of them, including giving them the proper vaccinations when necessary.
You should take your pets to a licensed veterinarian like 1st Pet Veterinary Centers in order to give them the vaccinations that they need to stay healthy.
Now, back to the awful shedding problem! Even though you have pet-friendly furniture, shedding is a huge problem!
The following is a list of three things that you can do in order to minimize that dreaded pet hair on your furniture.
1. Brush Your Pet Regularly.
Sometimes, you cannot completely control your pets' behaviors.
However, one thing you can control is how much hair your pet is shedding.
If you brush them on a regular basis, there will be less hair shed.
This way, even if they get on the couch whenever you are not around, there will be a fraction of the pet hair on the couch that there would have been otherwise.
2. Buy Washable Slipcovers for Your Furniture.
If you cannot stop your pet from getting on the couch, you can at least stop them from having direct contact with the couch.
You can buy washable slipcovers and put them on your furniture whenever you are not going to be home so that the pet hair will stick to the slipcovers rather than your furniture.
3. Put Citrus Scents on Your Furniture.
Even though humans find citrus scents to be clean and fresh, pets generally do not like these smells.
What you can do is place closed vials of these scents onto your furniture in the hopes that they will repel him or her.
Over time, your pet will learn to associate the furniture with those scents and may not want to get onto your furniture even once you have removed them completely.
As you can see, there are many things you can do in order to alleviate the problem of pet hair on your furniture.
You can't always control what your pet is going to do when you're not around.
Even if they know that the furniture is off-limits, your dog is likely smart enough to know that they can get away with getting up on the furniture when you are not there.
As such, you should take the right preventive measures in order to preserve your furniture.
Lisa Ehrman says
These are great tips. I need to try them.
Vikki Billings says
I was surprised about the citrus smells...I never knew that it repelled pets and would keep them off of furniture. Thank you for sharing these tips!
ellen beck says
I have 5 cats and one dog. I dont think there is a 'safe' color. I do use throws where their favorite places are and brush a whole lot!
Tracey Barfield says
Thanks for the tips, I am going to try the citrus fragrance
Sarah L says
I like washable slip covers. Very good idea. And lots of brushing.
Bilger Susan Scribner says
I have 4 dogs and yes I allow them on my furniture. I purchased large throws for our couches We use lint rollers if the hair is not very bad and machine wash when needed
Sherrie Cruson says
Great tips! I never knew dogs hated the smell of citrus. Gonna have to try that with my dogs. We have three furbabies and hair on furniture and everywhere else is a big problem!
Mia says
I have had luck with citrus scents to keep my cats off of certain pieces of furniture.
rochelle haynes says
Thanks for the tips will use
Linda Manns Linneman says
Our pets shed alot. It is a constant battle. Thank you so much for sharing these great ideas. God Bless
Allison Lancaster says
Good to know! My dog sheds so much, which is surprising because he doesn't really look like he has that much fur!
Lauryn R says
These are great tips, thank you so much for sharing! I had no idea that citrus scents repel pets, I will definitely be trying this one. 🙂
lisa says
The best way is to just keep them off! Animals should not be on furniture, it's not clean.
Dana Rodriguez says
Great post. I battle fur all the time with two cats and a chinchilla.
Cynthia C says
I didn't know about citrus scents. That's a great idea.