On a pure whim, we bought a Dyson Groomer attachment . . . . .

[Stinky The Clown]

http://www.dyson.com/store/accessoriesDetails.asp?accessory=ACC-PETGROOMTOOL&product=GEN-ACCESS



We lost a tool for our vacuum and went to the web site to buy a replacement. Sparkly noticed this and thought it seems a good idea, so we bought it. Yeah, its a little spendy, but wow. It works as well as any other carding type groomer. It gets deep undercoat up. The cool part is how it just sucks the fur off the card and into the vacuum. Once you get a rhythm going its just automatic. You could groom your dog in the middle of a white rug and get away with it.

As the Shih-Tzu and the GSD just got back from the groomer on Monday, our only test subject was the Border Collie . . . . and she HATES vacuums. She was freaked by being so close to the vacuum, but the tool itself was okay with her.

This definitely falls into the category of luxury, but if you have a Dyson vacuum, it isn't all that much.

[get the red out]

1. You did a wonderful job

if you got your BC to deal with being close to a vacuum cleaner. I can't imagine our little herding-blend even staying in the same room with one.

[Stinky The Clown]

2. She HATED it. I don't use all caps very often, but they're appropriate here.

She HATED it.

I'm going to try some jerry-rigged hose extension to separate her from the actual vacuum and see if that helps.

Funny thing about our BC, while she is the absolute dog alpha, and sees herself only very slightly below Sparkly in status, I am **the** alpha in her world. If I told her to run through flames, she would.

I love that dog.

[get the red out]

3. She sounds like a wonderful dog

I always enjoy reading about your dogs.

[jtuck004]

10. A Border Collie. She would run through flames, and then back, and then through,

and after a couple hundred times would herd you into the kitchen for food. Just for fun.

I miss Barney, had him for 15 years. BC's are smart, smart dogs, and lots of energy. He was a mix, of course, like all mine are, so he was a little large, but quite a sight to see after he decided he really liked the agility course, especially when he learned he could herd strangers around while they watched. He thought that was great fun.

Suggestion: The idea of extending the hose is a good one. The other thing you might do is get a high-value treat (something that SHE values - beef, chicken?), set a little time aside and give her just a little bit as the vacuum nears the fur. Repeat many times. After a bit don't give a treat every time, vary it randomly, and lengthen the time between rewards. Over time she may begin to tolerate it more as she associates with the more pleasurable experience.

Be careful, though. She may like it, then she will be getting the vacuum out and doing it herself, just for the exercise. 2 am, whrrrrrr.

She sounds great.

[MadrasT]

4. I have a deaf cat who loves to be vacuumed

She would think this was the best invention ever!

Unfortunately I don't have a Dyson.

I just use the dustbuster on her. If I even pick up the dustbuster in the same room as her, she starts meowing at me to vacuum her. It's hilarious.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. I once had a cat who liked to be vacuumed.

He'd roll over on his back to get his belly vacuumed. The interesting thing was that being vacuumed would get him... um ... excited. So we always felt a little pervy about vacuuming him, even though he obviously enjoyed it.

[MadrasT]

6. Oh dear.

That *is* a dilemma.

[Curmudgeoness]

7. OMG, thanks for the belly laugh, you pervert!

Seems like "liked to be vacuumed" was an understatement!

Gotta love animals, they just have no inhibitions.

[pacalo]

8. This is for you, Velveteen...

[pacalo]

9. We bought a Dyson when we still had carpet & I'll never forget the first day we used it.

We were amazed at how much dirt was pulled out of the carpet! My husband & I were jokingly fighting about getting a turn to use it.

My Boston Terrier doesn't shed much at all, but looks like a great tool, Stinky!

[Worried senior]

11. I have a dyson

it's the purple one designed for animal hair. Wonder if this would work on our old english sheepdog, he loves to be vacuumed but don't know if it would get the hair before it knots and matts.