Until a week ago, I was swimming in dog hair.  With the temperature in Minnesota jumping from 40 degrees to 80 degrees in one day, my dog Reilly’s hair has been falling out like crazy.  No matter how much we vacuum, lint brush, or wipe up, we can’t keep up.  You know it is bad when your mother buys you a plaque with the saying, “into every life a little dog hair must fall.”

A couple weeks ago we started talking about how bad Reilly’s shedding was this year with another dog owning couple.  They told us that they had this new miracle de-shedding tool called the FURminator, and proceeded to give us a demo.  Within seconds there was a cloud of dog hair.  I quickly opened up the Amazon.com app on my iPhone and placed an order.  Thankfully it came out to just over $25, so I didn’t need to add anything to the cart to get the free shipping.  Yes, this is an expensive comb, but it was worth every penny. (more…)