Brushing the dog for the environment

Here’s an odd little topic for the day: brush your dog for the environment!

I’d always lived in a place with wall to wall carpet…until I moved overseas. I was appalled by how quickly the floors get dirty, especially how quickly the dog hair piles up and settles into every little corner of the house. Carpet helps prevent the hair from blowing around so much, and disguises the dirt that gets all over the floors.

I use to sweep the house every other day, but the breeze created by the motion of sweeping shot the dog hair fluffs everywhere making the effort futile. So I resorted to vacuuming the floors. Naturally, I don’t like doing this because it’s a waste of electricity.

But brushing the dogs helps. I use the vacuum half as much when the dogs are kept brushed. The down side is that they need to be brushed outside, even in bad weather, or I might as well just vacuum the dog! (which, by the way, they actually enjoy!)

So, for today’s tip: brush the dog to reduce the use of vacuuming, thereby conserving a little electricity.