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Originally Posted by 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. |
Carlo is the only one that makes a mess with his drool after drinking, and his paws which are the size of snow shoes. He sometimes will go into the garden area when it is raining, and have mud on his paws. I keep several large towels where they come into the Laundry room, and will wipe them off. The little Yorkies are great. No real mess by them.
I bought Marge a Dyson Pet Vacuum to use when she feels it is time. I also know how to use it and do my fair share, which is about 25% of the total.