Two double shedding canines are more than one poor house can bear. 

One dog is 80 lbs, the other 45lbs, and I’m convinced that the total weight of the dogs is 50 pounds when you subtract the hair. 

I haven’t been able to brush them recently, and my house shows it. 

I will sit in my living room, relaxing and reading a book, when a movement will brush just past my peripheral vision. 

Glancing up, I’ll see a ball of fur rolling past on the vinyl plank flooring. 

Tumbleweed is a plant that breaks free from a living organism and then rolls through the west/southwest United States, spreading seeds. 

Double shedding dog hair produces gathering blobs of movement that get caught under furniture. Collects in corners. 

There is no positive, life giving potential to these tumbleweeds. 

It takes daily sweeping and or vacuuming to keep it at bay. 

It will never be vanquished. 

I can decrease it slightly by brushing the dogs. 

The first dog, picked by proximity, will reluctantly cooperate with the brushing,  undercoat piling up to half the height of the dog. Then I’ll grab the next dog and brush them thoroughly. 

It’s not a job for the weak of heart, or the allergy prone.

The dogs happily enjoy being unburdened, and I’ll have a day or two of smaller hair piles. 

The only solution is living canine free, which is untenable. 

I’ll continue to coexist with the thin grey ghosts sliding across my floor. Hiding under my couch. Floating past me feet after I’ve  cleaned. 

It’s par for the course.