I’m not 100% sure what is going on with Ayla and the vacuum, but something is definitely up. Since Ayla was a puppy she’s gone absolutely crazy when I vacuum. She barks, she jumps around and she mostly just seems to be wanting the vacuum to play with her. But lately things seem to have gotten much more serious between the two of them.
When my mom was here visiting over Christmas, she asked if we’d ever tried to vacuum the dog to get some of the loose hair off her. I had but not with much effort since Ayla would usually back away as soon as I lifted the sweeping attachment at the end of the hose off the ground. But while my mom was cleaning up one day, she gave it a try as well and Ayla put up no resistance at all. Now I can’t even keep her away from the thing. If the vacuum comes into the room, whether it’s running or not, Ayla will immediately be there waiting. And when I take the floor attachment off so I can use the nozzle to get in tight corners and grab the fur tumbleweeds, Ayla starts licking the hose. This is the part of the vacuum that she will let me use on her until she has no hair left. She’s even managed to get her lips stuck in there but it doesn’t bother her at all. She doesn’t panic or seem concerned, just happy to be hanging out with the vacuum.
I personally really wonder just how much fur is being sucked up by the machine from her. It seems like it takes a bit more effort when I’m brushing her every day but I guess it just depends what area I’m targeting at the moment and whether it’s undercoat that is the target. I have the impression that it won’t come out quite as easily with the vacuum.
I know that some people talk about using high power blow dryers on their dogs and this blows out the old hair as well as dirt but are there people out there with tolerant dogs like Ayla who are routinely vacuuming their dog in addition to or instead of brushing? I guess there’s something new for me to Google 🙂
