Today I tried out my RoboVac. Just 6 months after I received it for yes, that would be Christmas! One thing and another prevented the grand entrance. But today is the day. Schatten was not at all thrilled with the invasion. But good sport that he is, he did not bark too long. However when it found his little spot on the carpet where he likes to carry his food out and drop it to eat he did get a tad bit upset that it was stealing those leftovers! Serves him right for making such a mess.
After about 30 minutes with no strong evidence that it was making headway against his layer of dog hair I began to wonder if the dog would win the battle for the carpet. After all he can follow behind a broom in the kitchen dropping huge stringy black hair balls faster than you can sweep them up. About that time the poor disk abruptly stopped in the middle of the room, beeped once and defiantly pronounced that it needed it's brushes cleaned.
Seizing the opportunity I first emptied the dirt bin which had been overflowing gobs of black hair for some time. Then after cleaning out the brushes I righted the little guy and pushed his button. Off he motored good as new but it wasn't long before he maneuvered back to his dock where I once again emptied and cleaned his parts so he will be ready to try again tomorrow when he has a full charge.
The battle is ended and it would appear that the dog is the victor this day. However the war for dominion of my carpet will wage on and with perseverance and daily skirmishes it is possible that machinery will win over dog hair! One can only hope!
