Long, straight coat · tufts along the floor
Long-haired dog hair in tufts on hard floors
Coats like this: Yorkshire Terrier, Cavalier King Charles, Shih Tzu, Maltese, Cocker Spaniel, Chihuahua (long coat), Papillon, Lhasa Apso. Long, straight coats shed long strands that wrap around carpet fibres and vacuum rollers.
Your long, straight coat sheds long strands that wrap around carpet fibres and vacuum rollers. It drifts with foot traffic and air and collects along skirting boards and under furniture. Most of it falls where they spend the most time, so that's the cheapest place to test whether a small daily habit beats a big weekly one.
Each morning, a dry mop, a broom, or a damp cloth on a stick around where they sleep — a metre or so. See after a week whether the corners are still filling.
What you can stop doing
- Sweeping the whole house daily. Keep the daily pass to the sleeping zone and do the rest when it needs it.
What comes next
- Brush with whatever you have for now — a damp rubber glove or even a damp hand lifts some loose coat — and see the buying section for what suits this coat, starting at a few minutes most days, mainly to stop mats. Loose hair on the brush is hair that doesn't land in the house. If the skin looks pink afterwards, you're pressing too hard or going too often.
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The goal isn't zero hair. It's less cleaning that actually makes a difference.
If the shedding has suddenly got much heavier, or there are bald patches, red skin or a lot of scratching, that's a vet visit first, not a cleaning plan.