Every loving pet owner knows that besides the immense happiness and meaning it brings to the home, a pet requires a lot of care and responsibility.
For most housewives with a dog or cat, the biggest problem is cleaning up the hair that the pet leaves unintentionally on the furniture and carpets in the home. This can be a real torture for owners who fail to clean the interior properly from their furry pets and suffer because of this fact. This is a whole challenge for people with large homes, which is why experts do not recommend using a low-end vacuum cleaner when cleaning surfaces of your pet’s hair. First – because it’s not effective, and second because you’ll often have to change cleaning appliances if your vacuum gets clogged.
Instead of wasting time and nerves with poor quality appliances, cheap cleaners or old techniques, check out our 10 tips on how to perfectly and step-by-step clean all the pet hair in your home. In order to be able to shine all the rooms of fallen hair, germs and dust, then your pet must be outside your dwelling. And once you find someone to walk or watch it for you, you’re ready for the undertaking.
Rule number one – if you live in a house always start cleaning upstairs, then:
Clean the upholstered furniture of hair
Furniture is the place that “suffers” the most from your pets’ changing fur. You will be able to clean most effectively if you take the interior, especially the upholstered furniture, out on the terrace or in the yard of your house, making sure you have brushed it beforehand. To pick up the maximum amount of your pet’s hair, use the vacuum cleaner. Then leave the furniture outside for a few hours to allow it to ‘air out any odours. If your pet sleeps with you, the duvets are also job number one – wash and replace them with new ones.
Use specialist appliances for the surfaces
Use specialized appliances and professional cleaners to remove hair from surfaces in your home. The end result after cleaning with a special brush or solvent will amaze you. If you manage to take the covers off the furniture where your dog or cat has been lying, wash them. If you can’t, and you have a brush handy to brush your pet, you can use it, but on softer fabric surfaces so you don’t scratch the fur furniture, for example.
Don’t forget to clean your pet’s pet area
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Cleaning your house also includes cleaning your dog or cat’s bed. With well-dewormed pets, there’s no need to look around for fleas or other parasites in the bed. But it’s still a good idea to disinfect it with a product that is safe for your pet, though.
Wash your pet’s toys
Your pet’s toys are full of all sorts of germs. Therefore, first, wash the plush toys at a high temperature in the washing machine, but not at the maximum so as not to damage them. If you’re going to hand wash the toys, it’s imperative that you do NOT use harsh chemical detergents because you could harm your dog or cat. Instead, we recommend a combination of baking soda, water, vinegar, soap, and washing-up liquid. It will do a good job, but be careful with the amount and mixing of ingredients. Rubber toys also need refreshing, but for them, only water will do a good job.
Your pet’s toilet should be changed as often as possible
Your pet’s toilet, if you have one, should be changed as often as possible, wherever it is located. Not just when you are cleaning your home basically, as it collects a lot of germs as well as hair. Replace it before it becomes overcrowded and smells unpleasant.
You can use an organic toilet bowl that you can flush directly down your toilet, although manufacturers don’t recommend it. The silicone particles that are used for your pet’s toilet are more durable, but it is still not hygienic not to clean it at least every four, or five days. As much as you don’t smell the toilet in your home, believe me, it’s there, but your sense of smell is already used to it.
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Thoroughly clean the food bowl, if it is old replace it with a new one
Your pet’s food bowl often gets dirty with hair, dried food or dust. Again, to get a quality clean, use a dish sponge and shine it in the sink with just water. But if it’s too dirty that even solvent can’t clean it, replace it with a new one. Even if he can’t tell you with words or show you with gestures, you know that hygiene is important for your pet, especially when it comes to the food bowl, which smells quite unpleasant after a few bites.
Clean the floor first with a broom, then with a vacuum cleaner
Once your pet’s bed, toys and bowl are clean, it’s the floor’s turn. First, use a broom and hand sweep the fallen hair on the pad and carpets to pick up the larger dirt that is sure to clog your vacuum.
You can clean the bulkier hairballs by hand, then go over them with the vacuum, thoroughly and continuously, taking at least 10-15 minutes per room. Use the attachment for tight spots and go around corners, around and under furniture.
For a super finish on flooring, use detergent
For your home to look clean, the flooring literally needs to shine. Already cleaned the fur off the floor, but the flooring still doesn’t smell or look clean enough. That’s why we advise you to use floor, laminate or carpet cleaners (depending on the flooring).
Clean with a suitable cleaner, you can also use steam to get to the joints. Thoroughly go over the floor in every area, as the flooring harbours millions of germs that your pet is close to.
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Bathe your pet
Animals aren’t lovers of the bathroom, but how do you let your critter go home after you’ve shined the house to a shine? At least it will be perfectly clean for the first few hours.
When your pet steps over the threshold of your home, cuddle him so he doesn’t spread mud and take him straight to the bathroom. Once you dry him off, he’ll be ready to enjoy his clean toys.
Put everything back in its place and ventilate
Your dog or cat can’t wait to lie in his bed or on yours, and sniff his bowl? So he doesn’t wonder what happened while he was gone, and put everything back in its place.
Now is the time to bring in the sofas and make the carpets and flooring. Air out the room you cleaned with detergent to freshen it up and let the smell from the detergent dissipate because it will irritate your pet.
Conclusion
Cleaning the home is a whole ritual, for some, it is a pleasure, for others not so much. However, it is an obligation to both you and your pet. You already know that in order to achieve better cleaning results, you need to use quality equipment and the right cleaning product.
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