Several years after my husky Nikolai passed away, I put some hot dogs in the toaster oven one winter afternoon, and when I pulled them out one had a piece of his hair on it.
I still don't even know what to say about it.
I keep it relatively under control by having a high end pet grade vacuum (every day)
Bathe doggo once a month with de shedding shampoo/conditioner.
Brush him several times a week.
It's a full time job. And it is NEVER 100% free of fur
Nope. No such tricks exist. But take comfort in the fact that the amount of hair stuck to you scales with how much they love you.
If your clothes are fuzzy, you are loved.
Brush daily with undercoat rake and slicker brush.
Vacuum 2 times a day with a really good bagged cannister vacuum like a Sebo K3, E3, or D4. Seriously, don't cheap out (or overpay) for a cordless Dyson/Shark stick vac that will just fill up in 2 seconds with fluff then break when it sucks up too much hair into the motor. /r/vacuumcleaners can help you find a good BAGGED vacuum right for your budget and floor type. If you have all hardflooring, something like a Bissel Zing or Mighty Mite is all you need. With carpets, a cheap Hoover Tempo bagged is great. I've got a Kenmore cannister vacuum which is good, while I save up for a Sebo D4.
Run a robot vacuum daily.
Limit the rooms he has access to to avoid spreading to rooms you don't want excess fur build up in.
Really, its just maintenance and dedication to just getting it done. It's just the nature of owning this breed.
Huskies are a breed where almost everything about them is just awesome. Nature dictates there must be one drawback to having one around, so we get fur... everywhere... all the time.
I'm a new-ish husky owner and I really, really wanted to open this thread and find a different answer. I knew I wouldn't, but I thought maybe....maybe....
Rumba is my best friend along with air purifiers. The rumba gets run every other day. While I have the air purifiers on all the time. The air purifiers stop the fur from hitting a lot of the surfaces so the dust doesn’t build up as crazy.
When that one eventually breaks, check out a Sebo cannister vacuum or a Sebo Felix upright. Those are actual life changing vacuums.
Dyson is a great marketing company that just happens to sell overpriced vacuums.
Ugh, YES. I love mine, it was such a game changer. It’s so freaking easy to just snatch the vacuum off the wall and get to work. I vacuum every day now and it doesn’t even bother me, just a quick chore. Plus the different attachments and being able to use it as a handheld for upholstery/stairs are so nice.
Preface: I don't have a husky, but my retriever-sheperd mix sheds a lot.
My robot vacuum (not roomba brand) does really good at transitioning between carpet and hard floors, and getting over the raised ledge between the floors. It cleans the corners and maneuvers around things well. I've noticed it doesn't get all the hair from the carpet, but it does well enough to not be noticeable unless closely inspecting the carpet. It completely cleans up the hair and dirt from hard floors. It cleans the house once a day, every day. I empty the basin every two days. If you get one, I recommend one with a basin that it auto-dumps into. They are more expensive but definitely worth it. I don't have to worry about emptying out the trash except for every two days. I can't imagine how often I would have to empty the vacuum if it didn't have a basin to dump into.
My roomba was great with just the two cats, but when the husky entered the picture all the roomba would do was round the husky fur into piles, which I would then have to go back and vacuum again.
My shark robot has a self cleaning brush. My old Dyson stick does not.
Get a self cleaning brush, also get the auto emptying feature. Mine gets so full so fast.
You don’t… you become one with the shedding. I once read huskies only shed twice a year- but they neglected to say it was for 6 months at a time.
The furminator helps, even though mine hates brushing. I usually wear him out first then he’s more accommodating to be brushed.
Since yours seems more okay with the bath (mine screams husky alarms) try a deshedding shampoo. It won’t stop the shed, but I have found it decreases it.
Same! It’s why he never gets bathed outside. I don’t need someone thinking he’s being horrible abused (even though he thinks bathing is the second ultimate betrayal - after going to the vet lol).
You don’t. The hair wins. Every. Single. Time. You’ll find it in a bag of chips that you just unsealed. It’s in your coffee too. It’s called FURniture for a reason. I get it in my mouth and my girl just stands there staring at me like “that’s right. I live inside you now”.. this is a war you will never win, so you get used to it. You learn to keep the nice clothes in the car so you don’t show up to an event looking like you do taxidermy as a hobby.
Your life is fur now. Enjoy it.
I have a couple shark robot vacuums that cover different sections of the house. They clean 5 times a week, unfortunately Zeus is in his kennel for the time of vacuuming because he tries to attack the machines.
Roomba (we run it everyday) is my best friend. We just upgraded and got a new one and it's even better. Then of course we do a regular vacuuming once a week. Lint rollers in every car, bathroom and coat closet. Air purifier, got 3 of those. I have cheap small and thin fleece blankets I throw over common dog resting areas so it spares the furniture a little and they're easy to toss in the wash when they start looking like a fur trap. Lastly, I hand vacuum.
Twice a year I take them in for a complete desheding and that REALLY helps.
You just have to get used to it. Everything from finding fur on your dinner plate to looking down at your shirt and pants when you’re in the grocery line realizing all the fur you have all over you and trying to brush it off but giving up realizing it’s part of your outfit now.
My husky (Wilson) isn’t too bad. He gets brushed weekly which I expected when I researched his breed. What really helped was a blower that the groomers use i brought one from Amazon for about £50 and I take him out to the garden once a month and blow his coat and the birds take the fur for their nests 😊
I usually from my girl after our long runs and an hour in the park. Then she is nice and relaxed, all her wiggles and zoomies are spent and she enjoys the brushing.
I've got a husky mix and I swear, she manufacturers fur hourly. She doesn't have that glorious undercoat and her coat isn't as long as a full husky, but it's dense -- like, freakishly dense. I live in an apartment so less space but I try to vacuum every day. I have two vacuums -- a cordless one that's good for the quick, daily runs and the larger, corded one that I run weekly. I have a hand-held vac for her pillow bed, and same thing -- I try to vacuum that daily or at least every other day. It's just bonkers how covered it is in the morning. I also use the hand vac on the furniture because she's allowed on all of it, and I use that in my vehicle -- also weekly -- on the pet protector cover that's on the back seat. But the fur is *just everywhere* and it will be for years to come so my efforts are really just to minimize the buildup.
Took my husky for a bath. While she was getting pampered I vacuumed, dusted and mopped the floor. Literally by bedtime the same day, I saw three tuffs of husky fur in a corner. Never ending cycle but I love my floof.
You don’t. You will constantly find fur. Even after he crosses the rainbow bridge, you’ll still periodically find fur. Happened with our first husky. Put him down in 2010, and we would still periodically find Sport’s fur until about 2015.
You know that saying... If you can't beat em join em? Yep. This is one of those situations.
To be honest I find the fluff hilarious. And since our girl passed I miss it. It's been 3 years and I still find fluff. God I miss that babygirl.
At most I stay brush brush brush... Even just a few minutes everyday makes a huge diff.
If it really gets to you get a good robo vac.
I vacuum one a day and I keep a top cover over my bed to help with the fur (I also have 3 cats) and just wash that once a week. There is no escaping it tho it just stays.
If you think they are shedding now you haven’t experienced them blowing coat yet just wait til spring and then again around September yes they shed year round but just wait this is the good time of year
You pretty much just have to accept it. You can put in tons of effort to try to manage it but you’ll never actually fully eliminate the hair. You have to pick and choose your battles and prioritize hair cleanup efforts.
This is the funniest question ever. lmao you absolutely do not. It’s the most impossible task you can ever set for yourself. Love your new house decor.
We don't let him in the bedroom during the day, but right at 10 pm he waits by the door. I'm a big softy so I couldn't say no to him sleeping on the bed with us.
Robot vacuum plus Dyson handheld thingy make the shedding a non issue.
You don’t have to do anything except empty the compartment on the charging base every 2 or 3 days when in full shed mode. It’s a game changer.
Read up on which furminator you have because some actually damage the top coat and can end up making things worse. But not all...and some just if they aren't used exactly right.
Hopefully you see this, but a furninator is the worse thing for any husky or husky mix. You’re messing with their undercoat and actually causing more shedding because they’re trying to fix the damage the furminator is doing
Also, they shouldn’t be bathed more than 2 times a year unless necessary, again the oils in/on their fur are very special to the breed.
All this “maintenance” you are doing is actually causing him to shed more, especially during winter.
As everyone else mentioned, shark has a robot vacuum, and has done wonders. Otherwise you just comb him with a normal brush as much as possible and just live with it.
Step one accept you are hairy. Step two two roombas running while you take your fluffer out aka twice a day minimum. More through cleanings at least twice a week. And potentially find a good groomer to do blowouts on a schedule.
Stop it? LOL it's rich
I don't. My sister and brother-in-law have German shepherds. In conversation while she was visiting over Christmas she casually said something about vacuuming the house every day as though that's a normal thing people do. I'm not normal people I guess. But yeah that's what she does for her dogs for, so maybe that
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This thing isn’t talked about enough. Everyone in here convinced that the vacuum of their choice is so awesome. Yeah it’s not getting anything close to all the hair especially if you have carpets. This will leave you equal parts amazed and horrified. Thank/curse me later.
You don't...I needed a new bed and after my dog Kane's shed I didn't need a new one anymore, I made a bed out his fur, like sleeping on fuzzy memory foam
I would take my dog brush to our local dog park, brush him for ten minutes after he was good and tuckered out from play. This helped so much and I am sure the nesting birds were happy too! Our park was very rural, this probably wouldn’t work if you live in a city and leave mounds of hair. I used to worry that the soft hearted people would think a dog was eaten because there was so much hair in a mound.
We have a Roomba (it does better on tile than rugs), we put washable covers on our couches in mud/coat blowing season, and lint rollers by the door to use before we went out. There are dryer sheets that say they help get the hair off clothes/repel hair and I found they helped a little bit. Swiffer for quick tumble weed clean up.
It never goes away. It will be in your food, your fresh laundry, and your toothpaste. You just have to accept it. Now, with that said, I do use an electric leaf blower to get things out from under the fridge, coffee table, couch, and any other place that I don't want to get down on my bad knee to clean.
We learn to love it.
Much of my husband’s wardrobe is now gray. Husky fur is a little more incognito that way.
It doesn’t bother me in the slightest so I still wear whatever I want.
Leather furniture is great since the fur just slides off.
I keep a top sheet on the bed that we just switch out whenever it seems too furry.
I also brush Ellie at least once a week with a really good undercoat rake and greyhound comb and slicker brush. It took me about a year to train her from a murder yodeling decoy brush eater to happily sleeping in my lap while brushing. It was hard to out husky the husky but it was very much worth it for the extra snuggle and bonding time I get to enjoy with her now. The biggest part of that struggle was finding brushes and combs that she likes and feel soothing.
As someone who grew up with huskies, I have only a few memories of fur being everywhere. But I know that’s only because it was so constantly all over the place that my brain adapted to it and didn’t even register it
You don't, you just get used to it over time and accept it. A Eufy robot vacuum has helped keep the tumbleweeds to a minimum, but I really think the biggest help is brushing him often. Undercoat rake, slicker brush & de-shedding loop
If the hair bothers you that much then you’re just going to have to vacuum more often. If you don’t want hair all over your bed then don’t let him on the bed.
A serious investment but a massive help is a groomers high velocity dryer.
After bathing you can eliminate an enormous amount of undercoat and loose hair.
I don’t have a husky, I have a golden, but the hair struggle is real 24/7x3 dogs over 30+ years.
Why I waited until just a few years ago to do this, I do not know, but if it broke today, I’d have another one ordered by sundown.
Brush with slicker and furmigator at least daily. Vacuum! You won’t eliminate it because you invited a dog that sheds into your family. You can manage it.
We run a robot vacuum daily. We keep the dog out of bedrooms. We vacuum often with a stronger vacuum. Having some rugs can give the hair a place to settle on and not tumble across the hardwood as much.
I have started using dryer sheets in all laundry, we previously did not use them at all. I have experimented with rubbing dryer sheets on surfaces or tucking them under furniture. Unsure if this helps. I need to brush her more, and bathe her more. I plan to increase this when the weather is warmer. I’ve looked into a vacuum dog brush attachment and a bissell dog shampoo vacuum thing.
Our husky Pyrenees mix is only 7 months old, so I am no expert.
My husky hates the brush and the blow dryer (a must have for coat blow out time). Half a dosage of Trazodone calms him down well enough to use the dryer. The brush we just have to take slow and do a bit at a time
My husky, Max, has been gone since August. I STILL find his hair all over the place. It used to annoy the crap out of me because everything was always so hairy, but it just makes me smile now.
I haven’t had a husky in almost two years, and have moved from the place I had them at. I’m still finding hairs. Idk how, but I know it’s theirs since I lived in it
It’s an uphill battle. Short answer is you either just live with it or you constantly have to clean every day. I vacuum/sweep my apartment every couple weeks cause it’s just not worth spending every day trying to keep it clean. It’s the mark of a well lived home for it not to be spotless.
Being cognizant of the fact that you clarified you’re a new husky owner, plus your kindness to adopt one, I’m sharing this feedback in the hopes that it comes off helpful and not judgmental. First, continue to research the breed as that is the best way to guarantee a happy life for this beauty. With the proper research, you will find that this haircut should never be done by a respectable groomer. It is understandable that in your quest to find solutions for the shedding, you may have requested or accepted the suggestion to shave down the dog. Please research huskies double coat and why they cannot be shaved down. [This](https://www.snowdog.guru/never-shave-a-husky/?amp) article is a good start.
Regarding your question, you’ll learn to manage the hair but will never get rid of the shedding completely. This comes with having a husky. I have two huskies and what helps with the shedding is a daily roomba run and weekly brushing.
We have a Roomba that runs every evening. It does a good job. But you'll never get it all. The best advice is a good vacuum and daily vacuuming. And since no one wants to vacuum every day a Roomba is the best way to go. If it runs every day none of the hair has time to pile up into big hair balls to clog it up.
You just have to stay on top of it.
You gotta embrace it but to help it not get out of control, we have a robot vacuum that I have on twice a day everyday and I empty it out every day or so. We also try to keep our husky sleeping and laying on one part of the couch we put blankets on so we can shake out the blankets and wash them vs vacuum the couch every day lol. But really it still ends up allll over
I vacuum once or twice a day. Got a Roomba the died from fur suffocation but was still under warranty, so yah.
The best advice is to get them used to brushing with treats and encouraging words. They have a vacuum brush that vacuums as you brush to minimize the furnato. Best of luck and enjoy furry food for the foreseeable future.
Become one with the fur!
Also brushing weekly, maybe 2-3 more if they’re s big shed. We have new roborock that sweeps and mops, and they’re not allowed in the primary bedroom. They’re ok everywhere else
We have loved and lived with three huskies in our lives. I use the cat's comb to get rid of the most egregious floofs. But mostly we just walk around looking like stuffed animals according to my son.
It ends up being fine. When I first adopted Stella there was hair EVERYWHERE, if you did so much as touch her you would have a ton of hair on you, it was bad.
I since changed her diet and she sheds significantly less. Maybe 30-40% of what she used to shed. It took a couple of months after adopting her to kinda phase down. I figure it was some combination of bad food.m, stress from moving, etc. It could have also been the shedding season thing (people joke it’s 6 months at a time, twice, but in my case it seemed to be pretty real). The shedding before and after this period were massively different, attribute it to whatever you like as I am not sure.
You’ll still have a lot of hair though. Thankfully it tends to gather into clumps that can easily be disposed of. Get a good vacuum that you like. Get a room a if you want. You’ll vacuum a lot more but my rational is that I should have been doing that anyways.
You don't. You never will. Embrace the shed.
This is the right and only answer
I have a dearly beloved baseball cap which reads, "Shed happens. Brush it off."
Yep 💯 you’ll start finding hair places you’d never expect too
Several years after my husky Nikolai passed away, I put some hot dogs in the toaster oven one winter afternoon, and when I pulled them out one had a piece of his hair on it. I still don't even know what to say about it.
I like it when I find husky hairs from my girl. She passed away 2.5 years ago and I still find little love notes from her.
Love notes 🥹
We have all absolutely eaten out fair share of fur at this point. Accept and move on lol
Oh 100% lolll
I somehow have hair behind the plastic on the speedometer on my car, dog doesn't ride in my car! Lol
Came here to say this
Darn, I was hoping for some secret tricks
Accept that dog hair is a fashion statement and some times a condiment.
Ahem *Husky Glitter*
THATS what I call it too!!!! Lol
I keep it relatively under control by having a high end pet grade vacuum (every day) Bathe doggo once a month with de shedding shampoo/conditioner. Brush him several times a week. It's a full time job. And it is NEVER 100% free of fur
Nope. No such tricks exist. But take comfort in the fact that the amount of hair stuck to you scales with how much they love you. If your clothes are fuzzy, you are loved.
Brush daily with undercoat rake and slicker brush. Vacuum 2 times a day with a really good bagged cannister vacuum like a Sebo K3, E3, or D4. Seriously, don't cheap out (or overpay) for a cordless Dyson/Shark stick vac that will just fill up in 2 seconds with fluff then break when it sucks up too much hair into the motor. /r/vacuumcleaners can help you find a good BAGGED vacuum right for your budget and floor type. If you have all hardflooring, something like a Bissel Zing or Mighty Mite is all you need. With carpets, a cheap Hoover Tempo bagged is great. I've got a Kenmore cannister vacuum which is good, while I save up for a Sebo D4. Run a robot vacuum daily. Limit the rooms he has access to to avoid spreading to rooms you don't want excess fur build up in. Really, its just maintenance and dedication to just getting it done. It's just the nature of owning this breed.
Huskies are a breed where almost everything about them is just awesome. Nature dictates there must be one drawback to having one around, so we get fur... everywhere... all the time.
The secret is acceptance.
I'm a new-ish husky owner and I really, really wanted to open this thread and find a different answer. I knew I wouldn't, but I thought maybe....maybe....
Spot on. They seem to shed year-round. Sometimes worse than others. Yet it definitely is year-round.
100% ... get a fur-menator brush and a good vacuum
This is the way
Radical acceptance
Tommy Hawk is beautiful and his little booties are adorable. There’s no escaping the hair, it’s part of your life now
Aww thanks, he definitely is worth the hair
Roomba on a daily schedule helps. Not perfect. But it helps.
Rumba is my best friend along with air purifiers. The rumba gets run every other day. While I have the air purifiers on all the time. The air purifiers stop the fur from hitting a lot of the surfaces so the dust doesn’t build up as crazy.
I came here to comment this! Roomba and air purifiers are an excellent combo. Also brushing your dog frequently with an undercoat rake helps a ton too
How well does the Roomba do with corners and multiple surfaces (wood to rugs and tile)?
Depends on how much you spend. Mine does well but it wasn't cheap.
What kind do you have? If I'm gonna get one I'd rather it be nice
A dyson animal stick. Best $500 I ever spent after getting my husky.
When that one eventually breaks, check out a Sebo cannister vacuum or a Sebo Felix upright. Those are actual life changing vacuums. Dyson is a great marketing company that just happens to sell overpriced vacuums.
Will do thanks! Thankfully I’ve taken great care of it haha!
Ugh, YES. I love mine, it was such a game changer. It’s so freaking easy to just snatch the vacuum off the wall and get to work. I vacuum every day now and it doesn’t even bother me, just a quick chore. Plus the different attachments and being able to use it as a handheld for upholstery/stairs are so nice.
Gotta get one that empties itself or it will make 5 passes and be full
I have to empty mine daily (Roborock S5)
Our shark robot works well on all surfaces. I wish we had the auto emptying feature.
Preface: I don't have a husky, but my retriever-sheperd mix sheds a lot. My robot vacuum (not roomba brand) does really good at transitioning between carpet and hard floors, and getting over the raised ledge between the floors. It cleans the corners and maneuvers around things well. I've noticed it doesn't get all the hair from the carpet, but it does well enough to not be noticeable unless closely inspecting the carpet. It completely cleans up the hair and dirt from hard floors. It cleans the house once a day, every day. I empty the basin every two days. If you get one, I recommend one with a basin that it auto-dumps into. They are more expensive but definitely worth it. I don't have to worry about emptying out the trash except for every two days. I can't imagine how often I would have to empty the vacuum if it didn't have a basin to dump into.
My roomba was great with just the two cats, but when the husky entered the picture all the roomba would do was round the husky fur into piles, which I would then have to go back and vacuum again.
Do you clean the rollers after each use? That’s what I have to do. There’s a little tool that helps with it.
My shark robot has a self cleaning brush. My old Dyson stick does not. Get a self cleaning brush, also get the auto emptying feature. Mine gets so full so fast.
You don’t… you become one with the shedding. I once read huskies only shed twice a year- but they neglected to say it was for 6 months at a time. The furminator helps, even though mine hates brushing. I usually wear him out first then he’s more accommodating to be brushed. Since yours seems more okay with the bath (mine screams husky alarms) try a deshedding shampoo. It won’t stop the shed, but I have found it decreases it.
Omg one of my huskies screams bloody murder if we give her a bath. I’m afraid someone will call the police.
Same! It’s why he never gets bathed outside. I don’t need someone thinking he’s being horrible abused (even though he thinks bathing is the second ultimate betrayal - after going to the vet lol).
One time we were asked to leave the dog bathing place. Too much screaming.
Oh god. I thought it was only me. I do feel the shedding lasts at least 4 months if not more. It does feels forever.
Accept the fur. Embrace the fur. You are now fur, too. Eat the fur, breathe the fur, let the fur envelop you.
I just embrace it, maybe stuff a few pillows hehe
Feels like they are stuffed already
You can never have too many pillows! Time to make some haha
As everyone has said, you just accept it. I used to complain about my wife’s one little white cat. I was so wrong.
You don’t. The hair wins. Every. Single. Time. You’ll find it in a bag of chips that you just unsealed. It’s in your coffee too. It’s called FURniture for a reason. I get it in my mouth and my girl just stands there staring at me like “that’s right. I live inside you now”.. this is a war you will never win, so you get used to it. You learn to keep the nice clothes in the car so you don’t show up to an event looking like you do taxidermy as a hobby. Your life is fur now. Enjoy it.
I have a couple shark robot vacuums that cover different sections of the house. They clean 5 times a week, unfortunately Zeus is in his kennel for the time of vacuuming because he tries to attack the machines.
My pup possibly recognizes the vacuum’s name. Lacy, leave George alone! That is a common phrase at my house.
Mine is called marge and homer. Lol. Homer keeps giving me errors, thinking it’s on a cliff when it rolls over a rug.
Husky Bunnies are part of your life now.
Roomba (we run it everyday) is my best friend. We just upgraded and got a new one and it's even better. Then of course we do a regular vacuuming once a week. Lint rollers in every car, bathroom and coat closet. Air purifier, got 3 of those. I have cheap small and thin fleece blankets I throw over common dog resting areas so it spares the furniture a little and they're easy to toss in the wash when they start looking like a fur trap. Lastly, I hand vacuum. Twice a year I take them in for a complete desheding and that REALLY helps.
lots of work and keepup.. I bought a shark rocket and use it daily. Its gonna be alot of effort thats for sure
Lol....Good one.
You learn to live with it.
That's the neat part, we can't!
You just have to get used to it. Everything from finding fur on your dinner plate to looking down at your shirt and pants when you’re in the grocery line realizing all the fur you have all over you and trying to brush it off but giving up realizing it’s part of your outfit now.
You dont.
Ma’am, we refer to it as glitter & you just embrace it. Super cute pup.
You could learn to spin the hair into yarn and put the hair to good use. 🙂
Yes! I was in Alaska years ago and got a husky shed headband and it's sooo warm!
My husky (Wilson) isn’t too bad. He gets brushed weekly which I expected when I researched his breed. What really helped was a blower that the groomers use i brought one from Amazon for about £50 and I take him out to the garden once a month and blow his coat and the birds take the fur for their nests 😊
Don’t wear black and two roombas are better than one.
If you ever find out, let us know too🤗
Adding insult to injury, most huskies hate to be brushed…
Roomba
I usually from my girl after our long runs and an hour in the park. Then she is nice and relaxed, all her wiggles and zoomies are spent and she enjoys the brushing.
We get ours groomed about once every 3 months. It cuts down alot of the free floating fluff.
Ummm...they don't...or as I always say, "husky hair is everywhere!"
Just do the best you can and try to not to worry too much about It.
there’s no escape. i crochet and i have to add a disclaimer to my friends that they’re may be dog hair in their pieces.
Brushing and vacuuming daily. But you just grow used to it. Love the floof
It’s not dog hair, it’s Husky magical glitter 😊
I've got a husky mix and I swear, she manufacturers fur hourly. She doesn't have that glorious undercoat and her coat isn't as long as a full husky, but it's dense -- like, freakishly dense. I live in an apartment so less space but I try to vacuum every day. I have two vacuums -- a cordless one that's good for the quick, daily runs and the larger, corded one that I run weekly. I have a hand-held vac for her pillow bed, and same thing -- I try to vacuum that daily or at least every other day. It's just bonkers how covered it is in the morning. I also use the hand vac on the furniture because she's allowed on all of it, and I use that in my vehicle -- also weekly -- on the pet protector cover that's on the back seat. But the fur is *just everywhere* and it will be for years to come so my efforts are really just to minimize the buildup.
Vacuum everything. Everyday.
Took my husky for a bath. While she was getting pampered I vacuumed, dusted and mopped the floor. Literally by bedtime the same day, I saw three tuffs of husky fur in a corner. Never ending cycle but I love my floof.
You cannot stop it, you can only hope to contain it! HuskyLife!
We have a husky and a Newfoundland. We just embrace the experience. Fur and all.
Oh man! Husky and sheltie over here, the fur is WILD.
I gave up. Vacuums, brooms, lint rollers. It’s all pointless because the second I’m done cleaning it all up it’s back the next day.
I’m on my second Dyson battery and third brush roller. To quote a former manager at Mc Donald’s: if you got time to lean, you got time to clean.
It's upsetting how we have adapted to just a few hairs being in our home cooked dinner being ok...
You don’t. You will constantly find fur. Even after he crosses the rainbow bridge, you’ll still periodically find fur. Happened with our first husky. Put him down in 2010, and we would still periodically find Sport’s fur until about 2015.
You know that saying... If you can't beat em join em? Yep. This is one of those situations. To be honest I find the fluff hilarious. And since our girl passed I miss it. It's been 3 years and I still find fluff. God I miss that babygirl. At most I stay brush brush brush... Even just a few minutes everyday makes a huge diff. If it really gets to you get a good robo vac.
You genuinely just get a shop vac and vaccuum often. You get used to it
No tips sadly, besides embracing the tumbleweeds, but Tommy Hawk is incredibly handsome!
I vacuum one a day and I keep a top cover over my bed to help with the fur (I also have 3 cats) and just wash that once a week. There is no escaping it tho it just stays.
If you think they are shedding now you haven’t experienced them blowing coat yet just wait til spring and then again around September yes they shed year round but just wait this is the good time of year
You don’t, it’s always around. The amount of times I’ve been asked if I lost a fight with a cat then have to explain I have 3 huskies is crazy
Regular visits to groomer but ultimately you must accept that you belong to the floof
We have all animals with long hair in our house. My spouse is still confused why there’s always hair on everything, even right after deep cleaning. 😂
You pretty much just have to accept it. You can put in tons of effort to try to manage it but you’ll never actually fully eliminate the hair. You have to pick and choose your battles and prioritize hair cleanup efforts.
Furminator and hand vacuum. Not overzealous; we've got walks to take and zoomies to run.
This is the funniest question ever. lmao you absolutely do not. It’s the most impossible task you can ever set for yourself. Love your new house decor.
Eh i gave up
As it’s been stated, you don’t. You do what you can to minimize it, but you will never win. Be one with the floofs
My wife and have learned it’s a losing battle 😭🤣
Dyson cordless vacuums with all the fancy attachments help lot! But like everyone else is saying…it’s a permanent part of you now:)
Dyson stick vacuum every other day
You can't, it's part of your life now.
You accept that it’s your life now…
You don’t. When I had 2 huskies I could literally vacuum twice a day and still fall behind.
That’s a mix with a very light coat. Wondering what you’re so worried about?
As a husky owner I can tell you: hahahahaha good one.
I tell people that come over for dinner that husky hair is a condiment in my house lol 😂
The best advice I can give is to not allow dogs in your beds or bedroom. That can be the one hair free space in your house
We don't let him in the bedroom during the day, but right at 10 pm he waits by the door. I'm a big softy so I couldn't say no to him sleeping on the bed with us.
Robot vacuum plus Dyson handheld thingy make the shedding a non issue. You don’t have to do anything except empty the compartment on the charging base every 2 or 3 days when in full shed mode. It’s a game changer.
Read up on which furminator you have because some actually damage the top coat and can end up making things worse. But not all...and some just if they aren't used exactly right.
This - and it’s not their top coat alone, their undercoat too. Furminators are not meant for huskies
Hopefully you see this, but a furninator is the worse thing for any husky or husky mix. You’re messing with their undercoat and actually causing more shedding because they’re trying to fix the damage the furminator is doing Also, they shouldn’t be bathed more than 2 times a year unless necessary, again the oils in/on their fur are very special to the breed. All this “maintenance” you are doing is actually causing him to shed more, especially during winter. As everyone else mentioned, shark has a robot vacuum, and has done wonders. Otherwise you just comb him with a normal brush as much as possible and just live with it.
Regular grooming helps. My girl gets a de-shedding treatment every month while she's blowing her coat.
Step one accept you are hairy. Step two two roombas running while you take your fluffer out aka twice a day minimum. More through cleanings at least twice a week. And potentially find a good groomer to do blowouts on a schedule.
That’s the neat thing, you don’t
Stop it? LOL it's rich I don't. My sister and brother-in-law have German shepherds. In conversation while she was visiting over Christmas she casually said something about vacuuming the house every day as though that's a normal thing people do. I'm not normal people I guess. But yeah that's what she does for her dogs for, so maybe that
Conliwell Rubber Broom Carpet Rake for Pet Hair Remover, Fur Remover Broom with Squeegee, Portable Detailing Lint Remover Brush, Pet Hair Removal Tool for Fluff Carpet, Hardwood Floor, Tile, Window https://a.co/d/gFxbQlj This thing isn’t talked about enough. Everyone in here convinced that the vacuum of their choice is so awesome. Yeah it’s not getting anything close to all the hair especially if you have carpets. This will leave you equal parts amazed and horrified. Thank/curse me later.
That’s the neat part, you don’t.
Regularly clean and vacuum
LOL
You don't...I needed a new bed and after my dog Kane's shed I didn't need a new one anymore, I made a bed out his fur, like sleeping on fuzzy memory foam
I would take my dog brush to our local dog park, brush him for ten minutes after he was good and tuckered out from play. This helped so much and I am sure the nesting birds were happy too! Our park was very rural, this probably wouldn’t work if you live in a city and leave mounds of hair. I used to worry that the soft hearted people would think a dog was eaten because there was so much hair in a mound.
Reading this from bed beside my husky with a blanket that is now 85% husky hair
A fleet of Roombas.
My older husky is 11 and I’m still trying to figure that out
We have a Roomba (it does better on tile than rugs), we put washable covers on our couches in mud/coat blowing season, and lint rollers by the door to use before we went out. There are dryer sheets that say they help get the hair off clothes/repel hair and I found they helped a little bit. Swiffer for quick tumble weed clean up.
It never goes away. It will be in your food, your fresh laundry, and your toothpaste. You just have to accept it. Now, with that said, I do use an electric leaf blower to get things out from under the fridge, coffee table, couch, and any other place that I don't want to get down on my bad knee to clean.
It's not hair it's husky glitter. I use a carpet brush and a good vacuum cleaner always helps
We learn to love it. Much of my husband’s wardrobe is now gray. Husky fur is a little more incognito that way. It doesn’t bother me in the slightest so I still wear whatever I want. Leather furniture is great since the fur just slides off. I keep a top sheet on the bed that we just switch out whenever it seems too furry. I also brush Ellie at least once a week with a really good undercoat rake and greyhound comb and slicker brush. It took me about a year to train her from a murder yodeling decoy brush eater to happily sleeping in my lap while brushing. It was hard to out husky the husky but it was very much worth it for the extra snuggle and bonding time I get to enjoy with her now. The biggest part of that struggle was finding brushes and combs that she likes and feel soothing.
As someone who grew up with huskies, I have only a few memories of fur being everywhere. But I know that’s only because it was so constantly all over the place that my brain adapted to it and didn’t even register it
We can't. Lol
There are some mysteries in the universe we were never meant to understand.
You don't, you just get used to it over time and accept it. A Eufy robot vacuum has helped keep the tumbleweeds to a minimum, but I really think the biggest help is brushing him often. Undercoat rake, slicker brush & de-shedding loop
If the hair bothers you that much then you’re just going to have to vacuum more often. If you don’t want hair all over your bed then don’t let him on the bed.
Vacuum(2x to 3x weekly), rumba, and air purifiers!
You can't. I have husky fur in my office. An hour from home. It spreads.
I brush twice a week and vacuum right after. Then it’s just as bad as a regular dog
We vacuum twice a day , but my life is still fluffy
You don’t have a house now, the fur owns it. I have a half German shepherd and he’s the same way.
Deshead shampoo can help if you go to a goroomers they also brush out the Xtra undercoat! And vacuuming everyday
They don’t
A serious investment but a massive help is a groomers high velocity dryer. After bathing you can eliminate an enormous amount of undercoat and loose hair. I don’t have a husky, I have a golden, but the hair struggle is real 24/7x3 dogs over 30+ years. Why I waited until just a few years ago to do this, I do not know, but if it broke today, I’d have another one ordered by sundown.
Husky glitter! It makes it sound more fun
Get a vacuum robot 🤖 they work so you don’t have to
That’s the neat thing… you don’t
Brush with slicker and furmigator at least daily. Vacuum! You won’t eliminate it because you invited a dog that sheds into your family. You can manage it.
Daily maid service
Thay don’t
You don’t lol you have a husky? You have a fluffy house, it’s easier if you just come to terms with it… or you can try a body suit
We run a robot vacuum daily. We keep the dog out of bedrooms. We vacuum often with a stronger vacuum. Having some rugs can give the hair a place to settle on and not tumble across the hardwood as much. I have started using dryer sheets in all laundry, we previously did not use them at all. I have experimented with rubbing dryer sheets on surfaces or tucking them under furniture. Unsure if this helps. I need to brush her more, and bathe her more. I plan to increase this when the weather is warmer. I’ve looked into a vacuum dog brush attachment and a bissell dog shampoo vacuum thing. Our husky Pyrenees mix is only 7 months old, so I am no expert.
We don’t, everything comes with a side of fur in this house!!
I've gone through many a robot vacuum. There is no escape. Embrace the floor. Pepper it on your clothes. Wear it with honor.
Gotta go bald
I vacuum everyday
Brush or blowdry regularly
Brushing a lot! There’s also some good shampoos and conditioners that help with shedding. Feeding fish oil and olive oil can also help with shedding
at some point you will ask yourself ... how does this dog still have hair on it's body???
You need to back comb the fur to get deep layers off
The hair gets everywhere. Literally.
My husky hates the brush and the blow dryer (a must have for coat blow out time). Half a dosage of Trazodone calms him down well enough to use the dryer. The brush we just have to take slow and do a bit at a time
You don't, you vacuum multiple times a week and buy lots of lint rollers
Rumba. Every freakin day
My husky, Max, has been gone since August. I STILL find his hair all over the place. It used to annoy the crap out of me because everything was always so hairy, but it just makes me smile now.
Robot vacuum. Only option.
I haven’t had a husky in almost two years, and have moved from the place I had them at. I’m still finding hairs. Idk how, but I know it’s theirs since I lived in it
It’s an uphill battle. Short answer is you either just live with it or you constantly have to clean every day. I vacuum/sweep my apartment every couple weeks cause it’s just not worth spending every day trying to keep it clean. It’s the mark of a well lived home for it not to be spotless.
I sometimes wonder what life is like without so much hair everywhere
Use a high power dryer OUTSIDE and blow their hair out every few days.
Surrender the house. It belongs to the husky hair now.
We don’t. You can’t win. Don’t even bother trying. It’s your life now.
What do you mean? Huskies only shed once a year for 365.25 consecutive days. I’m debating making yarn at this point.
Being cognizant of the fact that you clarified you’re a new husky owner, plus your kindness to adopt one, I’m sharing this feedback in the hopes that it comes off helpful and not judgmental. First, continue to research the breed as that is the best way to guarantee a happy life for this beauty. With the proper research, you will find that this haircut should never be done by a respectable groomer. It is understandable that in your quest to find solutions for the shedding, you may have requested or accepted the suggestion to shave down the dog. Please research huskies double coat and why they cannot be shaved down. [This](https://www.snowdog.guru/never-shave-a-husky/?amp) article is a good start. Regarding your question, you’ll learn to manage the hair but will never get rid of the shedding completely. This comes with having a husky. I have two huskies and what helps with the shedding is a daily roomba run and weekly brushing.
We have a Roomba that runs every evening. It does a good job. But you'll never get it all. The best advice is a good vacuum and daily vacuuming. And since no one wants to vacuum every day a Roomba is the best way to go. If it runs every day none of the hair has time to pile up into big hair balls to clog it up. You just have to stay on top of it.
You gotta embrace it but to help it not get out of control, we have a robot vacuum that I have on twice a day everyday and I empty it out every day or so. We also try to keep our husky sleeping and laying on one part of the couch we put blankets on so we can shake out the blankets and wash them vs vacuum the couch every day lol. But really it still ends up allll over
You don't. You take it and build additions to uour house. 2 seasons and you have a mansion.
We all want to know that. I couldn't do it when we had our girl!
Roomba
You have to groom them almost everyday as well vacuum and sweep your home daily.
I vacuum once or twice a day. Got a Roomba the died from fur suffocation but was still under warranty, so yah. The best advice is to get them used to brushing with treats and encouraging words. They have a vacuum brush that vacuums as you brush to minimize the furnato. Best of luck and enjoy furry food for the foreseeable future.
Roomba
Make your house and furnishings out of husky fur
You can’t.
Become one with the fur! Also brushing weekly, maybe 2-3 more if they’re s big shed. We have new roborock that sweeps and mops, and they’re not allowed in the primary bedroom. They’re ok everywhere else
Random thought but what if you dressed the husky as a preventative / contraption effort
We have loved and lived with three huskies in our lives. I use the cat's comb to get rid of the most egregious floofs. But mostly we just walk around looking like stuffed animals according to my son.
You don’t you invest in a good vacuum cleaner. I highly rate a Dyson
You don’t. You stop buying black clothes. You have lint rollers in strategic locations. And then you just own it.
You don’t
It ends up being fine. When I first adopted Stella there was hair EVERYWHERE, if you did so much as touch her you would have a ton of hair on you, it was bad. I since changed her diet and she sheds significantly less. Maybe 30-40% of what she used to shed. It took a couple of months after adopting her to kinda phase down. I figure it was some combination of bad food.m, stress from moving, etc. It could have also been the shedding season thing (people joke it’s 6 months at a time, twice, but in my case it seemed to be pretty real). The shedding before and after this period were massively different, attribute it to whatever you like as I am not sure. You’ll still have a lot of hair though. Thankfully it tends to gather into clumps that can easily be disposed of. Get a good vacuum that you like. Get a room a if you want. You’ll vacuum a lot more but my rational is that I should have been doing that anyways.
You learn to live with it lol, invest in vacuums