Recently, I saw this post from one of the animal care blogs that I follow ......It was a clip that Dr.Oz had on his show. Without further introduction, I'll ask you to click on the picture and view the piece....
Is your cuddly one causing chaos in your home? Veterinarian Dr. Marty Becker joins Dr. Oz to offer up some expert advice on common pet-owner complaints...
A Balloon?
Dr. Becker.....a
Balloon?
(OK, now here's where those of you who tried to skip the video need to GO BACK and review the clip:)
Even Dr. Oz didn't know what to say!
These are two well educated men that I hold in very high esteem so I don't want to be disrespectful here, but let me just ask...
How many balloons...exactly, would it take to pick up the fur left behind by my 65 pound labrador retreiver?
How about my cat...she's quite a bit smaller.....should I use one of the smaller water balloons?
A balloon........hmmmmmm
We were living with that very same "embarrassing" problem of a shedding pet. Vacuuming and bathing and brushing. Finally...we bought a Furminator. For those of you who haven't heard of the Furminator and have a short haired shedding dog.....your missing out. Why did we FINALLY try it? I'll tell you, I had one of my favorite sales reps in my office a couple of weeks ago and he GUARANTEED it. He said, "Try it...if you don't like it, we'll buy it back." So..because I love to give this guy a hard time.....of course, I got it to prove him wrong....
In two days....we brushed enough fur off that dog to create an ENTIRELY NEW DOG....(just kidding...but we could have made a fur coat for a small child:)
To be fair.....It didn't work as well on the Australian Shepherd. She has more "hair" than "fur" and for her...I'll probably stick to our old method of collecting her fur on our couch and picking it up with our black pants and good church clothes. Or maybe a balloon if we have one around.
So....there you go....my pet care advice for today....take a cue from one of the most popular vets out there and grab a bag of balloons and buy a Furminator!
PS....Dr. Becker and Dr. Oz....On the off chance that you happen upon my blog....I love you guys!
That was uncomfortably strange. If I understood it right, the balloon doesn't actually remove the shed fur. It just stands it up so the lint brush can remove it easier. Kind of like those old Bic Twin Razor commercias with the goofy close up pictures showing the first blade pulling the whiskers out, so the second blade could whack them off for a smoother shave. I’m with you Jackie. I’m sticking with the vacuum, but I am going to start rubbing a balloon on my face before shaving ;)
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