# How can I save my new Couch from my shedding Cats? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 5, 2006, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-save-my-new-couch-from-my-shedding-cats/355530 "2006-05-05T13:45:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-save-my-new-couch-from-my-shedding-cats/355530/1 "2006-05-05T13:45:48Z")
My wife and I just purchased a new living room set, and we really love it, it ties the room together… However, our two siamese attack kittens love it too, and eventhough they do not scratch it, they leave their hairy mark all over it. Does anyone out there know either: A) What is the best way to clean cat hair up from a couch, especially when it sticks in vertically and doesn’t come out with a normal lint roller… B) is it safer and easier to put throw blankets on the couch…? Or C) Break out the squirt gun? Help! ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-save-my-new-couch-from-my-shedding-cats/355530/2 "2006-05-05T14:00:24Z")
I can’t find a link to it, but I bought a little rubber squeegee thing at PetSmart that really gets up the fur. It’s called a pet magnet or something. I scrape my couches every freakin’ day! ---
**Author:** ![Chew\_Barker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@Chew\_Barker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chew_Barker)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-save-my-new-couch-from-my-shedding-cats/355530/3 "2006-05-05T14:00:29Z")
1. shave your cats, 2. the vacuum cleaner always worked well for me, 3. squirt gun ! 🙂 I think you’re lucky that your cats are just leaving their hair, my cat would claw the life out of my sofa, in the end we had to tape tin foil to it as cats hate this. you could throw a blanket on, but seems like a shame to hide that new living room set. ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-save-my-new-couch-from-my-shedding-cats/355530/4 "2006-05-05T14:22:23Z")
> [@Chew Barker](#): > > \1) shave your cats, > > you could throw a blanket on, but seems like a shame to hide that new living room set.\ These are the only two options I see as feasible… Just kidding Honey 😃 Yeah I agree I’d hate to hide the new couch! I’ll check into Pet Smart today and see what I can find… ---
**Author:** ![cerberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-save-my-new-couch-from-my-shedding-cats/355530/5 "2006-05-05T14:22:25Z")
Get the uber-pet-hair-sucking tool, the [color=purple]Dyson Animal. It’s superb, animal hair/dander sucking goodness. Plus, it looks weird and is purple. And it’s indestructible and esily maintained. Plus, it sucks the hair and dander away. And it has a complete set of de-pet-hairing of furniture tools. Barring that, get those Grandma-style clear vinyl covers for your funiture. ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-save-my-new-couch-from-my-shedding-cats/355530/6 "2006-05-05T14:34:33Z")
> [@Phlosphr](#): > > My wife and I just purchased a new living room set, and we really love it, it ties the room together… However, our two siamese attack kittens love it too, and eventhough they do not scratch it, they leave their hairy mark all over it. Does anyone out there know either: > > A) What is the best way to clean cat hair up from a couch, especially when it sticks in vertically and doesn’t come out with a normal lint roller… > > B) is it safer and easier to put throw blankets on the couch…? > > Or C) Break out the squirt gun? > > Help! Combination of B and C works for us (and we have scratchers, as well). I purchased a pretty throw to put over my chair (which is usually unoccupied by humans). Then I just wash that weekly. We resigned ourselves to the fact that the little beasties are going to be harder on the furniture than we are. Sucks, but we love those little softies! ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-save-my-new-couch-from-my-shedding-cats/355530/7 "2006-05-05T17:38:31Z")
I suggest the Vietnam Strategy. Declare victory and forget about it. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-save-my-new-couch-from-my-shedding-cats/355530/8 "2006-05-05T17:43:07Z")
Just do what I did – accept the fact that as an owner of multiple cats, you simply cannot have nice things. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-save-my-new-couch-from-my-shedding-cats/355530/9 "2006-05-05T18:59:41Z")
Does it shed cats all the time, or only in the Spring when the winter kittens fall out? ---
**Author:** ![Seren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@Seren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seren)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-save-my-new-couch-from-my-shedding-cats/355530/10 "2006-05-05T19:05:58Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > …in the Spring when the winter kittens fall out? So _that’s_ how cats reproduce. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-save-my-new-couch-from-my-shedding-cats/355530/11 "2006-05-05T19:30:54Z")
Brush your cats daily, if possible. Brushing helps keep shedding to a minimum. And be glad you don’t have a long-haired cat-I had Misty, our Angora, on my lap yesterday and my keyboard was covered in hair in mere seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-save-my-new-couch-from-my-shedding-cats/355530/12 "2006-05-05T19:40:52Z")
> [@cerberus](#): > > Get the uber-pet-hair-sucking tool, the [color=purple]Dyson Animal. It’s superb, animal hair/dander sucking goodness. Plus, it looks weird and is purple. And it’s indestructible and esily maintained. Plus, it sucks the hair and dander away. And it has a complete set of de-pet-hairing of furniture tools. I’ve found that the base model Dyson (it’s yellow and just as weird looking) works wonderfully without the additional pricey attachments. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-save-my-new-couch-from-my-shedding-cats/355530/13 "2006-05-05T23:53:27Z")
the clear label holder things that fed ex and ups use to hold labels on packages; work fantasticly well as de-linters. they fit nicely on your hand, just peel off the brown backing, press to fabric, peel off. you de-lint large areas at one time. you can easily get between cushions. they work really well on clothes as well. use a lighter press with suede and chenelle. best of all, they are free!!! ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-save-my-new-couch-from-my-shedding-cats/355530/14 "2006-05-09T08:51:17Z")
Don’t they make nice couch covers? I have a futon, so a fitted sheet suffices for me. That, plus a Dyson/lint roller/tape/brushing the furry little bastards… I have the red one, works pretty nice. Guin, I hear ya. Mine are maine coon mixes – one of them is a longhair on top of that. Bah.