They don't wash as well, but definitely better than clogging up the washing machine. Particularly one where you have to pull the darn thing out and part dismantle it to get to the filter (can't wait until we move to the new house as I've bought a much better washing machine to go there).
One of the Lab Rescues does one for a tenner, can't remember which rescue it is now, but you basically shake everything as soon as it comes out of the wash to get rid of the hairs, and shake the bag out.
I dread to think what my filter is like Have tried to get to it, but its impossible.
I must confess to hoovering the vet bed before I wash it lol. You still end up with a collection of hair at the door - but not 1/2 as bad as it would be if I didnt hoover it first.
I agree, we're the same; I just shove it all in and then pull out all the hair from the rubber door seal afterwards. My neighbour puts her washing machine on a boil wash with nothing in it after she's done a pet wash; but I always thought running the machine empty was bad for the drum.
I must admit I do hoover vet bed first; and I only wash it 3-4 times before I replace it.
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i was ours in the washing machine and then after a pet wash i put bleach in it and put it on a boil wash and that usually gets rid of everything. I also buy a washing machine cleaner every so often from the supermarket and rinse it through the machine! However i am use to living covered in dog hair so a few that may get left in there inevitably end up on me! lol!
I've got one of those wash bags and its very useful for washing things that have metal/plastic ends on like a lead for example because if you stick some blankets and towels in the bag too it saves all the clanking! The hairs do stay on the blankets though so you just get clean hairs... if you use a washer dryer they never dry if you leave them in the bag so you then have to take the bag out put the wet stuff back in and then of course as it dries the hairs come off and cumulate in the rubber seals so that kind of defeats the point! If you have a separate tumbler its fine you just take them out and tumble then the nice clean hairs just get collected by the tumbler...
I run the washer on an empty rinse cycle after washing the dog stuff to try to make sure everything doesn't get covered in hair and the washer engineer (broken soap drawer nothing to do with hair!) said that's fine and its what they do to test things like seals anyway. The alternative is to make sure you do something like a towels wash on a high heat and that saves your clothes from hairy armegedon too.
I've never seen a wash bag.Luckily only having one dog the hairs aren't tooooo bad but I can easily get to my filter and wash it every few weeks to clear it...it's disgusting what it collects
I quite often do a really hot wash with nothing in the machine and throw some cheap white vinegar in the drawer.It helps to freshen the machine and clean the seals.
I always hoover the dog bedding before it goes in the washing machine & after it comes out, run it on a 60 wash with nothing in it. Every few months i use a washing machine cleaner as well.
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Have tried to get to it, but its impossible.
