I did a double-take recently in CVS while walking down a random aisle. On the shelf among the “As Seen on TV” items was the “PetVac” — a grooming tool for dogs and cats. I’ve never actually seen this item advertised on TV, but I’m sure they have a 30-minute infomercial on at 3 a.m. somewhere.

Cats and dogs supposedly enjoy being vacuumed to remove shedding fur.

I don’t know about dogs, but if I so much as touch the vacuum, I won’t see my cats for hours. Jeter is particularly jumpy — he hides when I take out a broom! (Typically, vacuuming comes after sweeping, so he’s just being proactive)

Yeah, they say it includes an extra-long hose so you can keep your vacuum and PetVac in another room, out of site from your pet — but vacuums are noisy! Unless that hose can traverse two flights of stairs, there’s no way my guys would tolerate being vacuumed!