[gemy]

Well first off, I let go of my perfectionist cleaning habits once I passed 50..lol

But we have big dogs too and they are not allowed on the furniture. We have slowly been transitioning to leather furniture, and that helps a lot!. Razz I've not been successful with keeping off our only material fabric couch, so I've put an afghan on it, he just loves to curl up on the blanket.

I used to sweep/vaccum every day, my other three animals are horrid shedders. Now I do three times a wk, and live with the hair balls.

If it is messy out, I take the pups in via the garden room, and they are crated until they dry off, and I give a quick leg/belly brush, although sometimes the scamps get ahead of me, and one day I had 12 sets off muddy footprints from the back of the house to the front of the house! I was not pleased cause I just had finished washing all the floors.

Oh yes we got rid of our carpets and have hardwood and slate/marble throughout our home. Best decision we ever made.

Maybe you could get arm covers for the couches and use a throw quilt over the back of the couch, that should help.