If your cats shed everyplace they lay down, it could be their diet. I have a white cat and very seldom do I have cat hair on anything. I asked my vet about excessive shedding and the new intern vet who was in the office told me to change the cat's diet. The food she recommended was Blue. I brush my cat every day using a Furminator and have noticed a big decrease in hair that is brushed out since I changed his food. Cats will shed and sweat automatically when stressed. I switched my dog's food to Blue and have noticed a big difference in her coat, eyes, and her shedding problem is not a problem anymore. Pets do not need grain or filler in their diet.

I won't let my cat in my sewing room or the longarm room anymore. I just couldn't stand seeing that fuzzy, fine black hair on everything. I still see it on some things but as I work through my older fabric I hope it will be gone!

She doesn't like it, of course. Just yesterday when I came out of the sewing room she was waiting at the door and tried to make a dash around me into the room. I was able to block her, almost stepping on her and falling myself. :)

I had DH put a screen door on my sewing room doorway. It keeps pets out when I have blocks and batting spread out. Simple screen doors are inexpensive and adds a lot of interest to a room. My DD put one in the baby's door way to keep her cat out of the baby's room.

Loved it Rainy Day.

It is not the hair that people are allergic to, it is the dander on the skin of the animal.

I have 4 cats, but they're not allowed in my sewing room, my home office, or the bedroom (that's where my Juki and quilt frame are). It drives them crazy to be "locked out", but I sometimes sell my handmade items, and I refuse to send out anything that might have cat hair on it.

Although I did accidentally ship a customer an "L" bracket once ... :lol: No idea how it got into the package, but she was nice enough to ship it back! We both had a good giggle over it. :oops: :mrgreen:

Our local hospital is now totally smoke free and if you do smoke, it must be so many feet away from the hospital.
It might even be a good idea to have it perfume free - which I guess would be impossible, but there are people who are allergic to perfumes.

Well, you know the old saying "Love me, love my dog." Well it could be "Love my quilts, love the dog hair."

My sister wants to know if those dog jackets would collect fleas.
Dodee

I am a dog owner and have allergies but only a very mild one to dogs. I've discovered that good old borax that we of an older generation added to soap flakes to wash diapers, works like a charm to rid the doggie odor from her bedding. I've also found it to be effective on cigarette smoke odor as well. It's cheap and found in the laundry soap aisle. It doesn't leave any odor at all including the cheap perfume scent found in so many laundry products that make me sneeze and would offend me even without the sneeze.