Has anyone tried using this for dog grooming? Wondering if it would painlessly suck up the loose pet hair. I have a short haired dog.
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I have never attempted to use any of the elements in this kit for dog grooming. This kit is meant more for vacuuming keyboards or other delicate electronic instruments where too much suction could prove damaging. However, if you look at the VM4BS500T, you will see the small, stainless steel VAC on the left with the turbo-brush attached to it and 3 other attachments. The second attachment from the right is small, and has blunted "teeth" on it to keep the more powerful vacuums from just sticking it to the floor, which they will do. Depending on the temperament of your animal, this attachment (which is part of various kits and comes with some vacuums) might prove useful with enough suction, as might the turbo-brush attachment itself if your dog isn't to frightened by the sound of the vacuum regardless of attachment and can get used to the fast brushing of the turbo-brush attachment. The smaller vacuums would probably not be very useful for this purpose, since those tiny paper bag filters fill up really fast, but the larger ones would probably do fine--again, if you dog isn't too frightened of the vacuum's noise. It would definitely be painless. But I can't see any of the attachments in the unit that is the subject of your inquiry being of much worth in picking up pet hair, on or off the animal, except from delicate equipment upon which a few hairs might fall.
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I can't answer that...have only used it a few times since I moved and the dogs here have very short hair. I think it works great! It's got very powerful suction!!
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I have used it on both my large dogs and small breed dogs. As long as they have long hair it works great. If your dog isn't a long hair breed, I would look for a different brush.
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I would definitely say this is good for pet hair. I don't have a dog but was dog sitting and hair got everywhere! Vacuum took care of it very nicely off of the rugs, carpet, wood floor and linoleum.
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I personally don't have shag carpets, so take this for what its worth--I think it might be a little too rough. You have to push with a little force to pull up the pet hair, so I think that same force would dig it into your carpet fibers and pull up or loosen pieces of the shag. This is just my guess. I don't have shag carpeting, so I love this thing.
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I have a long hair Chihuahua. It works great! She doesn't necessarily enjoy it - but she does to tolerate it. The groom tool has bristles (wire) like a grooming brush. The advantage is that one can press down on a device which pushes the dog fur off the bristles and it is instantly sucked into the vacuum. Eliminates the mess. Hope this helps.
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No Gary this is not good for that I use it on hard wood floors to pick up dog hair. it is too soft to do what you are looking for, hope this helps Laura
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Since I have no pets, I cannot guarantee or vouch anything. But from my daily use of this vacuum (I am a bit of neat freak), I assume that this should work fine on pet hair. You might just have to empty a canister more often. But I find it to be so easy.
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Absolutely. I have 2 dogs and 1 inside cat. Picks up their hair from title floor , throw rugs, and carpet. Wouldn't use it for deep down carpet vacuuming but gets the surface stuff just fine. Also just finished doing my furniture and it got the pet hair off of it also. This is exactly why I wanted it and have been very happy with its performance.
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Keep looking. I have a corgi and her hair just fixes itself on upholstery. The pet hair remover works no better than anything else I have tried. Maybe your dog's fur or hair would remove easier than my dog's. Sorry
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I use my FURminator as brushes and as de-shedding tools. I have small FURminators for my 2 small dogs and large ones for the 2 long-haired large dogs. If your small dog has short hair be sure a get the brush for short hair. My dogs truly enjoy their "FURminator time"; I use a small dog, short hair one on my Jack Russell terrier, a small dog long hair brush on my Shitzu , and large dog long hair FURminators on my Chow/Lab mixes. I believe the FURminators are well worth the money.
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Works very well on my carpet. You use it like you would use a rake. My carpet has a thick pile and doesn't get dirty but the pile can get pressed down from walking on it. Using the rake means less vacuuming for me. It would work well to pick up pet hair but I have no pets.
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I haven't had any trouble with that. I have 3 dogs that shed heavily and long hair and the vacuum works beautifully so far.
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I think Roomba does an exceptional job of cleaning up my dog's hair. I run it most in the rooms that she spends time in. Roomba finds hair that I can't even see. It's better to run it more often than less. My longer hair gets wound up on the brush, but my dog's shorter hair goes right into the bin and is easily emptied.
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I don't have pets, but i sure have enough of my own hair that i shed :((I would say YES this small little vac will do the job of pet hairs. it is a strong suction.. hope this helps.
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Best vacuum I have ever owned for pet hair. It has great suction. I have only owned it a short while, but I have had no problems with smell. Plus, it gets both bulldog hair and golden retriever hair.
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I have a cat with very long hair. It picks up a ton of hair, I couldn't say how it will work for dog hair.