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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Lifestyle
Lucianne Tonti

Paws off: protecting clothes from your pets (and what to do when you’ve failed)

A sand coloured Pomeranian dog sitting on the knee of a man in a navy blue tuxedo.
A thoroughly brushed pet is the best way to prevent it shedding hair all over your clothes. Photograph: Inna Reviaka/Alamy

In between lockdowns last year, I spent a week in Gippsland with a friend and her border collie, Queenie. The first morning, Queenie came bounding into my room, leapt on my bed and wriggled around until I got up and took her outside.

We were staying on a big property on Lake Tyers. Queenie ran straight down the hill from the house towards the lake. By the time I caught up with her she had rolled in possum poo.

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