How to Vacuum Your Dog

When a pooch sheds, its hair can get everywhere! Rather than vacuuming up the hair that your dog leaves behind, you can actually vacuum the hair directly from your dog's body. To do this, you'll need to get your dog acclimated to the vacuum and buy the proper pet grooming attachments so that you don't hurt it. Once you've gotten your dog used to the sound of the vacuum, it's simply a matter of running the right attachment over its body to suck up loose hair.

Acclimating Your Dog to the Vacuum

Buy a quiet vacuum to calm your dog down. Look online or in a department store for vacuums that are made particularly to be quiet. The noise from the vacuum will irritate or scare away most dogs, and buying a vacuum on the quieter side may make them less stressed. Ensure that the vacuum you purchase works with whatever dog-vacuuming attachment that you buy.

• Some common brands include the Shark Rotator, Miele Dynamic U1 Cat & Dog, and Miele Dynamic U1 Jazz.

Turn the vacuum on close to your dog. Because dogs have good hearing, the noise from the vacuum can irritate it. Your pooch may be startled or scared at first, but exposing it to the vacuum cleaner's noise should be used. Put your dog in the same area as the vacuum and turn it on.

• If the dog has had a bad experience with a vacuum, it may have developed a phobia, and you'll have to spend a lot of time getting it used to the vacuum cleaner.

Call your dog over to the vacuum. Call the pooch over to the vacuum while it's on. If your pooch is scared of the vacuum and refuses to come, turn it off and call the dog over to you. Continue to do this every day, until you can turn on the vacuum without scaring away your dog.

• Getting your dog used to the vacuum while it's off might ease its nervousness.
• It could take numerous weeks for your dog to get acclimated to the loud sound of the vacuum. Don't get disheartened.

Give your pooch treats and positive reinforcement if it is still scared. Reward the dog with a gift if it does not run away and remains calm as you vacuum it. You can also pet your dog and tell it that it did a good job. The more positive you are around the vacuum, the less scared the pooch will be.

• When you call your pooch over to the vacuum and give it a treat, you're showing it that there's nothing to fear.
• Negative reinforcement may confuse or scare away your dog, and shouldn't be utilized when training it to be calm when next to the vacuum.

Employing a Dog Grooming Attachment

Buy a dog grooming attachment for your vacuum. The attachments that normally come with your vacuum could create a suction that could harm your dog. Pet grooming attachments are made mainly to remove the hair from your dog's coat and won't harm your dog. You can typically find this equipment online or at a pet store. Before you install or utilize the attachment, read the directions that came with the product.

• Ensure that the vacuum attachment you buy fits the model of vacuum you plan on using. This information can be found in the product description or guidelines for the vacuum.

Call your dog over to you. Turn the vacuum on and call your pooch over to you. Do not force your dog to be near the vacuum if it is still scared. Ensure that the dog is dry before you vacuum it.

Run the attachment over the pooch's back in one long motion. Begin from the bottom of the dog's neck and run the attachment over the dog's back and down to its tail. Move the vacuum with the grain to prevent pulling any hair out. Then, continue to vacuum the rest of the dog's back using the same procedure. Hold your dog by the collar to maintain it still while you do this.

• If the dog runs or looks distressed, take a break and attempt again later.
• Run the attachment over the area 1 or 2 times to entirely lift any loose hair.
• Don't put the vacuum on or near your pooch's face, genitals, or rear end.

Vacuum the dog's legs. Have the pooch stand or sit and run the attachment from the top of its shoulders or hips, down to the top of its feet. If your dog is moving its legs, hold its paw to maintain it still. Run the attachment over every leg 2-3 times to lift loose hair.

Vacuum the pooch's chest and belly. Run the accessory from the dog's collarbone, down to its stomach. Repeat the grooming technique until you lift the loose hair on the underside of the dog. Once you're done, you will have successfully vacuumed all the loose hair off your dog.

You can also have your pooch roll over or play dead to make it easier to vacuum its stomach.

Resources and References:

• Tips on How to Vacuum a Dog
• How to Vacuum a Dog