I lived with a friend that had 2 English Labs... and he gave them free reign of the house... I hated vacuuming doghair from everything, especially the couches, so every week or I would take he lads out to the middle of the yard and spend a good 1/2 hour brushing each dog with one of those “Furminator” brushes... which was actually more like a lice comb. They tolerated it to a degree... one was more obnoxious than the other of course...but when I was done, it looked like a lawnmower ran over a rabbit... I often considered taking the fur and spinning it into fiber... as it was quite soft And there was a LOT oofit. Thing is, with all the Frontline the boys would get, I was more inclined to treat the fur like toxic waste.
“They” say that if you have a groundhog problem, you can put dog fur in the mouth of the burrow and the gophers will Amscray.
We have 4 cats and a kitty sized Furminator.
The two longhaired girls tolerate it, more or less. It’s attention so they don’t outright reject it, but they’d rather be petted and tend to get a bit squirmy and annoyed.
The shorthaired brothers would pretty much let you comb them bald, I think. One will stand there and purr as long as you brush and politely tap your hand with a single claw extended just enough to feel the point of when you stop, trying to get you to resume. The other stands and stares wide eyed, but for him that’s great enthusiasm...if he didn’t like it you’d never be able to get him out from under the bed! Daft skittish beast...