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I tried the roller yesterday and it did pick up some hair the Vac left behind,but it wasn't able to remove hairs that were partly embedded into the fabric on one end. My dog has short hairs that are able to poke into the fabic at times and the roller doesn't pull those out. I'm going to try the brush if I can find one and the packing tape.
 
I washed the car and cleaned the interior today and thought I would let you know how a dog hammock I've been using for about a month and a half has worked out.

The item I purchased is below:




Per complaints online, my wife sewed the zippers closed. In the past, I would pull the cover for the back seat out every time we came back from a drive with the dog and vac. This thing has been in since the end of November and today was the first time I cleaned the inside of the car. Our dog has been for drives in the Pat about 6 times. I was amazed at how little hair there was to clean. Almost nothing on the rear seat and just a little in the floor. There was hair along each rear door, but that is expected.

The hammock is made of tough ballistic type nylon with a rubber backing. It had no smell when new. I hung it outside the garage and swept it off with a broom. I would say 95% of the hair came off easily the rest I left. Other nice things about this hammock is our dog can't fall into the footwell anymore when making a quick stop and she can't jump into the front seats. It should help keep her from coming forward in an accident too. It fits the Pat great. Just thought a few of you dog lovers out there may find this helpfull. :D
 
Just to be aware...those over the headrest attachments will interfere with the Active Headrests in case of accident.

My wife is a vet and she says that dogs shed due to environmental conditions. Say the weather changes from cool to warm. Assuming there are no underlying emotional or physical issues.

Additionally you can increase brushing, add dietary supplements and ask your groomer about stripping the under hair if you have a real dog, not one of those emergency back up types.

Old wives tales about adding oil or brewer's yeast to the feed sort of work but she reports that adding Omega 3 fatty acids is really working.

Try removing the grain in the food, if your dog tolerates changing diets. for instance if you feed a wheat based supermarket food, maybe try a rice based pet centre food.

If you already are using premium food you might want to try a super premium. Those are the diets sold at the veterinary clinics. They have all kinds of formulations and while expensive we personally have found you feed less, less poop to deal with and at any rate we don't pay anywhere near vet retail, neener, neener.

Hot house, cold outside can get a dog into a shedding situation too.

Also (she is yelling crap to me as she runs up and down the stairs doing wifely stuff...) try shampooing less often if you bathe the dog regularly, allow the natural oils to build up. If your dog smells its due to diet, not anything normally on skin or in the coat.

You can also investigate shampoos at the vets...ones more suited to care of skin and natural oils, etc than the high detergent ones sold off the rack at Petsmart.

Lastly, certain breeds or mixes just shed...deal with it.

She is still yelling to me but I'm done typing, eh?
 
I didn't realize the head rest expanded. I thought it rotated at the base. Looks like I should remove the covers and just hook it around the base of the front head rests. The cover has a lot of rings fit into it along each edge, so it will be easy to do. To bad though, the covers kept hair off the head rest. They were one of the hardest things to clean. Thanks!
 
Well this could all be fixed if the manufacturers started selling interiors based on dog b reed and hair color, rather than just the colors offered now.

Instead of black, grey, or brown interior choices I might be able to choose White and Tan English Pointer. Or maybe Yellow Lab, or something like that.

I bet the first ones to do it would get a big marketing boost.
 
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Lots of great info in this thread.

What's funny is I still haven't cleaned my interior except the floor mats. I just threw my back seats down and spread out my mexican blanket so I don't have to see the dog hair LOL! :zzz:

After taking the dogs w/me out on the trails yesterday and letting play in the river my whole interior needs a serious bath. I'm going to really clean it out once this cold snap breaks.
 
I figured out how to keep the dog hair out of my Patriot. My dogs don't ride in my Patriot anymore they ride in the back of my Jeep Comanche with a camper shell on it. Now the house is another problem itself, requires vacuming a couple times a week to say the least.

Hilarious. Now if only I had a second vehicle. Or a non shedding dog.
 
One of my German Shepherds is blowing his coat, I believe that's the term used. I can pluck hair from his hips it's so bad. I best get to the brushing tomorrow or maybe the next day or sometime soon, maybe. Anyways I have hair in the cab of my Jeep PU and my dogs ride in the back, the hair comes through the slider window. It is what it is at this point. If I take him to a groomer, he'll bite them as he is anti social at times. I'll git er done sometime.
 
One of my German Shepherds is blowing his coat, I believe that's the term used.
Yer not kidding. I grew up with German Shepherds. AWESOME dogs but boy....can they shed. Wow. You can literally pull handfuls off their hips and rear legs in clumps. Once they get older and become mostly inside dogs, it gets worse as they have no real season anymore so they shed year round.
Cleaning the hair? I've found nothing more efficient and effective than an hour with a vacuum hand wand and then some packing tape rolled inside out on my hand to get the scraps.
It's the price one pays for unconditional love............:eek:
 
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