How to keep floors clean with multiple dogs without spending hours
Keeping floors clean with multiple large dogs typically requires washing them twice a day, which is exhausting for people who work full time. Without endless hours and energy to spare, owners are forced to accept that their floors will constantly feel messy.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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How to keep floors clean with multiple dogs without spending hours
- 1Washing the floors twice a dayDid this help you?
- 2Using a robot vacuum cleanerDid this help you?
- 3Mopping with unscented castille soap and hot water instead of residue-leaving cleanersDid this help you?
- 4Using air purifiers and dehumidifiersDid this help you?
- 5Running box fans with HVAC filtersDid this help you?
- 6Switching to non-clay cat litter to reduce tracking and smellDid this help you?
- 7Restricting cat access to certain parts of the house using French doorsDid this help you?
- 8Using a steam cleaner with attachmentsDid this help you?
- 9Using a vacuum-mop appliance for quick spot cleans of specific messes like tomato sauce or vomitDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“I have 3 cats, my house is never as “clean” as I want it to be.”source ↗
“I live in a humid environment and my floors still stays sticky all the time even after cleaning.”source ↗
“I also work full time so I never had the energy to clean daily. My house also smell like cats despite me cleaning them daily.”source ↗
“How the heck do you keep your floors clean with animals, other than washing the floors twice a day… I’m exhausted and don’t have time for that.”source ↗
“My floors are a mess because of my toddler and 3 dogs so it's tough to clean up every day.”source ↗
Where this came up
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