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WiseChoices t1_j9qx9m8 wrote

This is a good LPT.

I actually brought the fabric samples home and laid them on my cats for matching before I ordered my custom sectional.

It was a perfect match.

I call this Catouflage.

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jj-reeder t1_j9r3jil wrote

Pets are not decor. Choose decor to match your pets.

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_alelia_ t1_j9spyya wrote

whatever comes first, maybe?

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jj-reeder t1_j9tj3cm wrote

A pet isn’t an accessory. It’s a being you’re going to spend years living with. If you’re more focused on its looks than its personality, you’re setting the whole thing up for a bad time.

I have very little patience for people who treat animals like possessions and then don’t understand why their animals have bad behavior. This LPT is a recipe for some oblivious person to get, like, an apricot goldendoodle and then keep it in a crate all the time because they don’t know how to train it and it pees on their beautiful couch.

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Crystalraf t1_j9r0bq4 wrote

wrong. Choose furniture that is grey or brown, to hide the dog or cat hair.

Pets aren't accessories or objects we decorate with.

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BASerx8 t1_j9rd9ya wrote

One of the saddest things I heard in our animal shelter where we got our cat, was the pets who got turned over to the shelter because they didn't match the decor. This literally happens. BTW, whatever colors you choose, cat barf will not match.

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Apprehensive_Sun1849 t1_j9trslb wrote

Retro 80's orange and red will most certainly match, or at least complement the puke!!

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dilligaf6304 t1_j9r0t3u wrote

Groom your shedding pets regularly to minimise the hair that ends up on carpet and furniture.

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pyro_sporks t1_j9rjbb8 wrote

Says the person without a husky

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dilligaf6304 t1_j9rkbvc wrote

Regular grooming is still going to lessen the amount of hair that ends up on furniture & carpet

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pyro_sporks t1_j9s9hy1 wrote

You could take them to the groomer, and once they got home, it would be like you never went.

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Sfb208 t1_j9qxjsm wrote

This would equally fit in shitty life pro tips. A recipe guaranteed to result in many trod on and sat on pets.

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darklilly101 OP t1_j9qz2fz wrote

My cat is kind of an idiot, he throws himself in front of me wherever I walk. He's been basically begging for me to step on him for years.

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rottenalice2 t1_j9t57x7 wrote

That was legit my first thought as an owner of rats.

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incasesheisonheretoo t1_j9rrdsj wrote

Yes. We messed up by getting a black dog, a white dog, and an orange cat. No matter what color we wear nor what furniture color we buy, hair always shows.

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Bosgarage57 t1_j9rldc9 wrote

Crappy thing about the pets matching the carpet is they blend into photos.

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Snoo52682 t1_j9s4i1i wrote

But be careful before you sit down.

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Spongeman735 t1_j9rhv31 wrote

…Or get a breed that doesn’t shed

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danab42 t1_j9tf9cc wrote

One reason you should just never have pets. Stupid

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Sumi_Hinagiku t1_j9uiuaa wrote

Can confirm. I have black clothes, dark interior and dark haired cats. It's funny talking to people who complain about animal hair while i'm kinda covered in it but they don't notice even when i'm pointing it out

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Sumi_Hinagiku t1_j9uj6rz wrote

Btw got my pets before my color choices but they do match wonderful due to my taste. Otherwise it's more difficult because pet before other choices

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keepthetips t1_j9qwn32 wrote

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Obwyn t1_j9rrxu1 wrote

What if I have a Dalmatian?

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No_Perspective_242 t1_j9sdj0f wrote

I’ve almost sat on my dog bc I didn’t see him on the couch, and my fiancé almost stepped on him bc his fur is the same as our wood floor.

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Michayl20 t1_j9tek9u wrote

LPT: only have hairless pets because dog hair is SO ANNOYING!!

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BigDHunny t1_j9tq15d wrote

This makes me sad. Black dogs are the least to get adopted and people who pick dogs based on just fur color is just… wow. If you’re commiting to getting a dog, commit to all of it including managing it’s fur!

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IceGoddessLumi t1_j9um5wc wrote

Here's the real LPT: Don't get a pet if you're going to whine about a creature with fur shedding said fur. That's like moving to the desert and complaining it doesn't rain. Serious detachment from reality going on. Also, pets are not accessories or decorations. They're sentient beings.

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HorrorStrawberry5776 t1_j9umfzf wrote

sorry but how on earth are you gonna clean it if you can’t see it, no thank you

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Mississimia t1_j9vqzyn wrote

This sounds like something my narcissistic aunt would say when she saw orange cat hair on my gray couch.

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TheEelsInHeels t1_j9vu6hp wrote

LPT: Choose carpets and furniture to match your pets. They're not an accessory. FIFY

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woman_who_dreams t1_j9r32aw wrote

I failed that LPT. I got a orange tabby kitty 11 years ago. To this day he sheds everywhere on my gray blankets and loves rubbing against my blackout curtains. I brush him every other day and still sheds like he hasn’t been brushed in weeks.

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darklilly101 OP t1_j9raa7i wrote

My ginger kitty matches the wood floors pretty well. 😹

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