can I return these pants

I got an order from Amazon yesterday, they sent the pants I ordered in a Tall, not regular. I looked, I ordered regular, says so right on the receipt. So, I intended on exchanging it... then,
It's a new brand for me, so I thought I'd try it on to see if it's the right size. It is, and they look nice. I sat down, and my Shiba-x, who's blowing her coat right now jumped up in my lap. I didn't think anything of it, and we sat for awhile. When a shiba blows his/her coat, it's an amazing thing - and the fur doesn't come off. I've tried sticky wands and everything else. I just live with it.
So, now i have these black pants, that I have every right to send back, but they have paw prints and copious amounts of hair on them - can I still send them back?

Here's a video of a shiba blowing his coat, BTW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXIA0...eature=related

I have no idea, but that was a cute video :D

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I have no idea, but that was a cute video :D

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Only if you don't live with it, LOL.

I'm going to just have a friend hem the pants.

good call on keeping the pants and hemming them.

That video is HILARIOUS! We have a golden retriever and it's the same thing. I take him outside and brush him and his hair litters our yard like snow. It naturally comes out in puffs/clumps. We call them Jimbo puffs.
I love my animals- I hate their shedding. At least when I shed (skin, etc) I don't have to see it everywhere- if I did I'd probably be oooged out. :rolleyes:
I gave up trying to "roller" the hair off my clothes years ago...

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Only if you don't live with it, LOL.

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I feel your pain. I have two Collies; when they are blowing coat, it's amazing how much they can shed and still have plenty of fur left... And they always seem to know when I'm wearing new slacks. We should own stock in lint rollers.

One of my best friend has a husky (until recently, had two) whose coat does that, too. Sometimes, a vigorous petting can result in a handful of white tufty "husky feathers." His side yard gets covered with them when it's brushing time. We often joke that I should gather them up and felt them into little mini-huskies. :p

seriously- all that dog fur/hair going to waste. We should string it into yarn and sell it as coats or something. :p

It's like mucous- I always said that if it were a marketable commodity I'd be a billionaire- same thing with shed dog hair.

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One of my best friend has a husky (until recently, had two) whose coat does that, too. Sometimes, a vigorous petting can result in a handful of white tufty "husky feathers." His side yard gets covered with them when it's brushing time. We often joke that I should gather them up and felt them into little mini-huskies. :p

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We have neighbors with several huskies and malamutes--they train them as sled dogs. You can always tell when they've taken them for walks on the nearby rail-trail...it is littered with gobs of hair! We have a long-haired cat who sheds like that, but he's much smaller than a dog, so it's still a more manageable quantity of hair poofs.

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seriously- all that dog fur/hair going to waste. We should string it into yarn and sell it as coats or something. :p

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I saw mittens and headbands made of dog hair spun into yarn and then knitted...

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I saw mittens and headbands made of dog hair spun into yarn and then knitted...

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that's hilarious! I would not be able to breathe (I'm allergic to dogs- even my own), but that's great! Put that waste to good use- it's a renewable resource! :)

Um.. the slacks - get them hemmed

Excess fur to clothe a puppy or two or three. Nala (Aussie Shephard) used to put out enough fur I swear we could have knit sweaters for needy short haired puppies. But we lived in hot country, so just as she was starting to blow her coat, it was also time to have her first summer shave.

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seriously- all that dog fur/hair going to waste. We should string it into yarn and sell it as coats or something. :p

It's like mucous- I always said that if it were a marketable commodity I'd be a billionaire- same thing with shed dog hair.

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my cat sheds like crazy, so one day my boyfriend said I should tie a fly with his fur. I did, and lo and behold, the fish took it!

(note: I catch and release so I fish with barbless hooks).

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my cat sheds like crazy, so one day my boyfriend said I should tie a fly with his fur. I did, and lo and behold, the fish took it!
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that is AWESOME! I think you just found your million-dollar idea! DIY dog/cat hair fly fishing bait kits. :D

When Chloe blows her coat, she gets these little tuffty things sticking out all over. She looks like she's mangy....

Furminators rock!!

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When Chloe blows her coat, she gets these little tuffty things sticking out all over. She looks like she's mangy....

Furminators rock!!

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Same thing with my Chloe. She sheds like it's her job. I've got sticky rolls and other fur eliminator items all over the apartment and my office (can't believe nobody has tried to pass shedded animal fur as an accessory...I'd be stylin'!)
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Oh, my. You could substitute Chloe for the Shiba in the video and it would reflect my experience with her fur!

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(note: I catch and release so I fish with barbless hooks).

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By the way, catch and release is extremely stressful on fish - especially in areas that are heavily fished. Takes a fish 24 hrs to recover from being caught just once, and if they get caught again, then the stress hormones keep rising until they die. The lovely things one learns when working for a fish physiologist.
Also learned that trout are stupid, especially hatchery raised ones. I could chum in rainbows just by pretending I was throwing feed over a pond. Or by tossing some pebbles :rolleyes:

My shepherd mix is blowing her coat now also. I swear I sweep up a small dog worth of fur EVERY DAY (It can kill a vacuum cleaner, so I sweep first then run the bugger), and that's WITH me brushing her outside!

I love my dogs, but the shedding drives me crazy. I love a clean house, but it's not possible with dogs. Shedding and dust... oy.

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Also learned that trout are stupid, especially hatchery raised ones. I could chum in rainbows just by pretending I was throwing feed over a pond. Or by tossing some pebbles :rolleyes:

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I think it's just fish (or any animal, really) that's used to being fed by humans. My sister's various bettas started heading for the surface of their tank if someone so much as turned the light on in that corner of the room.

I got my Pom a lion cut to avoid the dreaded blowing of the coat :D

Yep. Our lab shed enough to build a gerbil on any given day. DH is in charge of brushing her and vacuuming.

On the fly fishing thing, I heard a story in NPR a while back about how one of the suppliers of the poultry feathers they use to make fishing flies said that because of the new fashion of feathers woven into hair, there's actually a shortage for the fly makers.

I wonder if you could start a new fur fly thing. You can call them Fur Flies.

Roxy

We shave our curly-coated retriever as soon as it gets warm enough. We had a cold, wet spring this year, so we have "curly tumbleweeds" all over the house, no matter how often I sweep or vacuum. It's a good thing he's cute!

Deb