FURminator Contest Winners

Since I’ve been using the FURminator on Earl Gray, my gray and white tabby, I’ve seen a reduction of cat hair on my clothes and in my house. Earl loves it, and so do I. When I take it out, he comes to me expecting to be brushed. I’m still surprised at the amount of hair that winds up on the brush.

The Deluxe Collection FURminator is ergonomically designed, easy to use, and collects more pet hair than any other brushes I have tried on my cat.

I was so impressed with the FURminator that I decided to host a contest asking dog and cat owners: What other uses can you find for cat and dog hair? The responses were amusing. You can read all of them in a previous post.

Picking the winners was difficult. I laughed out loud while reading many of them. The two winners are:

Janet Detter Margul, who wins the cat FURminator,  writes:  “In our house, we use the pet fur as it flows naturally for additional insulation. Just refrain from sweeping for a month or so and you will notice nice sized fur clumps clinging to your baseboards. Continue to not sweep and by next winter you will have so much insulation around your baseboards that there is no way a draft can get through that natural warmth-retaining wedge of fur. In the summer, your wall of fur helps keep the cold inside and the hot outside, just the way you like it! With three cats and one dog contributing to the fur insulation around here, and three adults committed to their antipathy towards housework, this energy-conserving method was a natural!”

Dave, who wins the dog FURminator, writes: “If I’m lucky enough to win, I will use my dog’s fur to make an attractive red wig for my wife. That way, she will stop trying to convince me that $200 at a hair salon is a good investment. Sorry honey. I was reading over your shoulder!”

His wife, Cher, wrote: “My dog is a beautiful redhead. I am often envious over the color and have shopped salon colors to match his gorgeous coat. My husband thinks dying my hair to match our pup is ridiculous so I haven’t done it. If I won the FURminator, I would collect his red fur and sew it onto a bathing or shower cap and flaunt my new red hairdo to my husband. If that doesn’t get me a guilt-free trip to the salon then nothing will. If my plan works, however, you may have to forward all future correspondence to me at my local asylum.”