I bought a Duxbury double burner induction cooktop off from Amazon to use temporarily while trying to find a cooktop that will fit into the cutout in our granite countertop. My dogs would run and yelp when I turned it on. I would immediately put them outside, because I have to cook. It only took a few times before I discovered that it was setting off their pet safe collar and zapping them. Poor babies! I don’t usually keep the collars on them in the house anyway, but we occasionally have cows in the barn behind our house and they run over there to feast on cow pattie’s. ughhh We are a busy house with kids in and out and adults coming and going, so it makes it a challenge when they really need the collars to keep them contained to our yard. Do you suppose all induction cooktops do this? Incredibly scary to think pets are being shocked if they have containment collars on in range. Has anyone noticed this besides the high pitch noise? I hear that, but it does not really bother me.

Kim - You mentioned things I was worried about! lol You can put rugs (cheaper kinds) in the washer? I never even thought about not being able to shampoo a rug on top of the hw. Duh. :) Our driveway is stones so that wouldn't work either. I guess I really need to check into if there's a place near us that does professional carpet cleaning and see how much it is. Tina - That's cute your dog wipes her feet. Growing up we always wiped our dear Butch's feet. He was smart, we should've thought to train him with that! If we got hw I was thinking oak, mid range color, and less shine would be best. I bought a wool/silk rug for under the DR table back in October and didn't realize you shouldn't use a beater bar on it . . . For two months I ran my dyson over it often! I don't believe there's an adjustment for the suction. I now use the attachment and I find it to be somewhat of a pain. Doesn't help that the rug is mainly black, the cats like to sleep on it and the room gets a bunch of light. Our LR gets a bunch of light. That being said I don't think I'll ever buy a tufted rug again. It's not too bad since it's only one but I believe future ones will be cheaper synthetic or I'll go the hand knotted way and be done with it. But I think I'd feel better when something happened to them if I didn't spend gobs of money as accidents happen, iykwim. Heck, I've never had hw. Maybe I'll like it without rugs. Wouldn't that be easy. :) So as long as there's a good protective finish on there my cat's occasional hairball being there all day while we're at work should be ok? Honestly as far as cat hair, I'm not bothered by our vinyl floors. Well except by the side door where we're always in and out. The tiny stones get on my nerves. Oakley you're right as far as it sticking to the furniture. I'm forever running the sweaper on it. I thought it was pretty good until this morning when I was reading in the bright morning sunlight! Eek. I wouldn't trade our cats for the world but I've about had it with all the fur at the moment. I'm leaning toward hw I just needed to hear some thoughts. I'm nervous to spend the money and possibly not like them. I'm sure there's an adjustment period like anything else. Thanks for all the feedback everyone! I really appreciate it.

i gave my cat a hartz flea and tick collar last october 2019. cause she was itching a lot and i had thought maybe she ended up with a flea or something from our other cat that goes out a lot or one of our dogs. we only have one now the rest passed on. when i gave it to her, after about an hour she wasn't itching no more. and shes been doing fine with it. and it is just about time to get her a new one. there has been no problems or anything. and shes acting like herself. lazing about for most of the day. having the kitty crazies off and on during the day. active during the night like most cat. shes very active in literally everything she does. even when she naps most of the day, as i said witch most cats do since there more active during the night. i not seen any funny beavor from her. no throwing up. no out of the blue bliness. no blisters or anything one can think of. besides a missing back right leg from about 4 years ago. shes the most annoyingly, lovable super bratty cat i ever had. healthy and fit to. and i always help her scratch her right side of her neck all the time and i never felt a rash, missing fur, blister or anything at all. and i just had her in the vets about 3 months ago due to some kind of weird bacterial infection ( which our vet never seen before and i told them to do every kind of test on her from blood work, liver testing and more. you name it. and they found nothing wrong with her other then the bacterial infection and the UTI. and they never said anything else's was wrong with her other then that.) so one needs to really think on the aspects of using any kind of collar... 1. is it the right brand for you and your pet? have you used it before? 2. is t worth the price they have it for? ( every brand has its own pricing so look for it. just cause one bran is more pricier then the other don't mean its better for you or your pet.) 3. always talk with your vet first and foremost. they will let you know what is best. 4. if you have a cat that's always outdoors ( like Jinx) think for a moment. has it ever worn a collar before in it's life? is it cause of the collar itself? or is it cause they never had a collar on before? most cats and dog's will act funny if they never worn a collar before. it feels funny to them to have something around there neck for the first time in there life.. so think first. is it cause the collar is making them sick right away? or is it cause it feel funny around there neck? this is one aspect a lot of pet owners don't realize and jump to the.. OH NO MY ANIMALS SICK I NEED TO GO SPEND 5,000$ TO MAKE IT BETTER!.. don't be stupid. if you just think right away first and just watch it with the collar for the first few days closely first before you freak out and spend money you don't have to make it well. cause in the end it could be something simple of the fact it's not use to having something around it's neck. 5. i know this was done over 13 years ago. and the newest one if from 6 months ago. but the lady who started this never stated what kind of flea and tick collar it was. just said she put one on and everyone is basing Hartz over nothing really. and one is blaming a flea collar. for someone else it was an organophosphate poisoning cause of a flea collar and same with a lot of others. not a one said what kind of flea collar it was. for all one knows it could of been something else that causes there pets organophosphate poisoning. and the collar was in the wrong place at the wrong time so the vet and owners just assumed it was it.. its been known to happen before. and it could of been the fact the animal was allergic to it as well.and the owners didn't catch it in time till it was to late. it could of been a lot of thing. 6.unless you have strait facts don't go blaming the product for something that could be something else all together. don't be ignorant and stupid. check your fact first. talk with your vet. and if it is a brand you used before and it does ok then use it. unless stated by a vet not to no more. and always make sure you know what you pet could be allergic to. animals are like people. they cant get cold's and flus. they can get cancer. busted bones and can be allergic to things just like us. so always talk with your vet first before trying something new and make sure it's safe for your pet and your family as well should you or your family be allergic to something in the collar as well. your probably sitting there at home right now saying or even thinking.... but lady your saying this other lady and the rest are being stupid and ignorant. (not counting Jinx) and over reacted over nothing cause she didn't consult her vet first as with some of the others... bla blah blah.... you'd be right i am saying that. am i sorry i said that? no i am not. think me rude but when it comes to animals i become bold and daring. and speak my mind. but in all reality cats have there own thing they do at different times. but its always the same play explore hunt eat wash sleep pee poop repeat... so if your cats acting funny then it tends to. watch it for a few days before spending 5k on it. and if your really sensitive to your pets beavor like i am and you know somethings up. then get it in right away and don't wait. cause the sooner your get it the sooner you can save them and make them better. every time my little girl has something wrong wit her i pick it right away and 'll watch for about 3 days just to see if it goes away and if not ts vet time. idk how many times i can count i always sensed something was wrong with her and managed to the vets right away before it was to late. lucky for me i always got whatever was bothering her early enough we me and my vet, could catch it right away and get her the medicine she needed. so just follow my tips and everything and you should be ok. oh and if your wondering right now as i finish typing this up my little one is going nuts right now after i woke her up from her 2 hour post dinner nap xD and shes looking out the window. witch is totally her thing at this time of night. and n 10 minutes she will be running around the house looking for mice xD. she defiantly my little 3 legged super kitty

As you all probably already know, I love cream-colored rooms . . . with pops of color, that is. So . . . my darling little Sasha fits right in, although I didn't plan it at all (and, yes, she's as sweet and cuddly a she looks, too). Gosh, I love this darlin furbaby of mine! Both of them, actually. Our floors are brick throughout, mainly with Oriental rugs here and there. Our newest Doberman, Knight, is a black and tan. He blends into the floor kind of nicely but, again, it was not planned. I am so loving all the great furkid pics everyone has posted. MagdalenaLee, that photo should be blown up and framed. It's wonderful!!!