Fur-Buster

If you’re a pet owner you know all about fur control.  Unless your pet is hairless-you most likely have fur flying all over your home.  Or maybe you have pets, but also have a maid who comes to your house three days a week.  Then I hate you and so does everyone else. 

As you may already know, I am the proud owner of a cat and a dog.  I also live in a relatively small apartment.  This means that the fur balls are more concentrated as compared to the same number of pets in a larger home.  Since I’m a crazy animal lover, I base the number of pets that I have on the size of my house.  So someday when I move into my beautiful mansion in the country-I will have more pets.  And more fur. 

I don’t always take the time to properfly brush my cat and dog.  These ’kids’ shed all the time and a proper pet owner would brush them like three days a week to control the flying fur.  I like to think that I have better things to do.  Like surf the net and drink Diet Coke. 

The other day I saw a giant fur ball in the kitchen.  It was mostly made up of cat fur, but there were some doggy hairs in there too.  I knew it was time to do something.  Another reason that I had to take action was because my cat spends a lot of time on our counters.  I know, I know…you’re thinking that I shouldn’t let my cat on the counters because it’s unsanitary blah blah blah.  Yes, I’m sure it’s dirty and gross and all of the above.  The truth is, she uses the counters and the space above the counters to get as far away as possible from the devil dog.  I can’t blame her.  I also keep her food and water dishes up there to keep devil dog from inhaling her food.  I know that T and I are ingesting cat hair on a daily basis.  Gross, right.  For some reason that really doesn’t bother me much.  Get over it. 

On the plus side, Hurley has wirey hair.  His coat doesn’t really shed that much.  He still needs to be brushed every once in a while. 

I have found the holy grail of pet brushes.  It’s called the Fur-Buster.  Yes…very similar to the Furminator.  I bought the Fur-Buster at Wally World for about $14.00.  It has brush heads that are replacable; which is something that the Furminator doesn’t have. 

Chief loved it.  She let me brush her for about 15 minutes.

Would you like a cat-fur sweater?  I seriously could have brushed her for 400 days straight and fur would still come out.  She got pretty pissed after 15 minutes and tried to claw my face. 

Hurley was also a victim of fur busting.

 

I’m sure a professional groomer would never use such a tool on a wire coated dog, but I’m not a professional groomer. 

The directions that came with the brush say that it shouldn’t be used on sensitive areas like the legs, face, and genitals.  Do genitals really need to be brushed?  It worked really well and will most likely replace all of the other crappy brushes that I’ve bought in the past.  It’s pretty satisfying to see all the fur coming out.  I plan on making this a weekly routine, at least. 

I sure will miss my fur sandwiches. 

*If you didn’t read the rest of my post, that last statement isn’t what you think it is.  I promise. 

If you have kitties or doggies in your house go get one of these stat!  Here’s a closer look at the blade.

And here’s a video of my puppy.  Just cuz.  Watch out Beckham!

Edit:  I thought this was the soccer ball video.  It’s not.  It’s really, pretty boring and I’m sorry.