Ever since I’ve had pets at house — which is so long as I can bear in mind — the day by day half hour spent grooming them has at all times been the favorite a part of my day. I noticed my dad and mom groom the pets once I was little, till I used to be accepted (by the canines and the cats) to take over the grooming duties. It’s such an intimate time spent with the pets, you see them chill out, you be taught their tickle spots, they make eyes at you, it’s lovely.

So when Dyson requested me if they may ship me their new pet grooming software, I immediately stated sure, and I used to be so excited to make use of it with (two) canines and (three) cats. The fact was simply as thrilling as I imagined, however it was generously sprinkled with pure chaos.

Unpacking the Dyson grooming software with Miyagi and Sensei. (Picture credit score: Nandini Yadav)

Earlier than we get to the chaos, a fast temporary on what the software is. The Dyson Pet Grooming software is principally an attachment that can be utilized with any of the corporate’s vacuum cleaners. It comes with a versatile pipe that allows you to manoeuvre the software a bit extra simply. The software itself is principally a bristle brush that you simply get for canines and cats, and what the vacuum cleaner does is it pulls all of the hair that comes off whereas grooming and accumulates it within the bin on prime. The aim principally being that every one the kilos of hair that they shed whereas grooming goes straight within the bin as a substitute of fanning out all around the flooring.

Now coming to the chaos!

The largest problem of the software is getting the pets comfy with the sound of the vacuum cleaner. With my canines it took me hours to assist them belief the software. Particularly you probably have a small-sized pet, they are often simply intimidated by the scale of the vacuum cleaner gun.

With my canines — Miyagi and Sensei — I spent fairly some time chasing the 2 to persuade them. Miyagi luckily gave in on the second day, Sensei, nevertheless, solely noticed it as an enemy. After a number of makes an attempt every week later, Sensei was nonetheless fairly petrified of the vacuum cleaner’s sound.

Alternatively, Miyagi utterly fell in love with it when he did. He’d run and go sit subsequent to the software asking me to brush him once more. He was having fun with it a lot that he regarded like his face was melting with tranquility.

Then got here my cats’ flip. I’ve three cats, and all three of them leap on all fours everytime I put my finger on the vacuum’s set off. I attempted it many occasions over every week with them, solely to fail every time.

Three seconds earlier than Yuri jumped on all fours. (Picture credit score: Nandini Yadav)

Whereas solely one in all my 5 pets really accepted the grooming software, functionally, I wasn’t utterly impressed by it. Listed below are just a few explanation why:

–Miyagi is a french bulldog and has actually brief hair, so whereas he utterly enjoys the grooming software, his fur doesn’t really get vacuumed into the bin.

Notice: It’s not like Miyagi doesn’t shed any fur. Our furry furnishings is proof.

–The noise is just not one thing most pets can rapidly make peace with. So it’s an added barrier in getting your pet used to it. Vacuum is anyway most pets’ pure enemy, so chances are high actually low they’d simply make buddies with it. Even with my cats, they really beloved the bristle brush as a standalone, nevertheless, the added noise freaked them out.

–In case your pet really is pleased with the noise, even then I would like vacuuming the hair off the ground after grooming, as a substitute of utilizing the software with the vacuum gun, which provides a lot weight to the entire course of and really permits you to groom your pet for a a lot shorter time than you normally would.

–In addition to the burden, there may be additionally a push bar behind the comb that ejects the metal bristles. Which principally means your one hand is busy with the comb and the opposite with the vacuum gun. So in case you must really maintain your pet down, you’ll want a second particular person that will help you.

Primarily, you probably have a Dyson vacuum cleaner, and your pet is already used to the sound of it, and in addition has lengthy fur, solely then does it make sense to spend money on the software, which prices about Rs 9,900. For brief-haired pets you might not see a passable accumulation of fur within the bin both. So, select the software correctly!