How pricing works
Light pet hair is part of any interior detail. Heavy hair takes extra time and is added at $100 per hour. Most cars need about an hour. A cargo area that has carried a big dog all winter, or a three-row SUV with hair under every seat, can take longer.
Larger vehicles usually take longer because there’s more carpet. Fold-flat seats, third rows and carpeted truck back seats all have gaps where hair, sand and needles hide. We get into those spots, not just the parts you see from the door.
We look before we start and tell you how much time we expect. If it looks like more than we estimated once we’re into it, we stop and check with you first.
Seasons and shedding
Many dogs shed the most in spring and fall, when they swap coats. In Tahoe, spring shedding often lands right when the car is already full of winter sand and salt. That’s a good time for pet hair removal paired with an interior detail, so the shampoo can reach clean carpet instead of a layer of fur.
Summer brings beach days and swims. Wet fur and lake sand together are hard on carpet. Rubber mats and a waterproof seat cover in the back help a lot, and so does a towel-off before the dog gets in.
Winter means snowballs in the fur that melt on the floor. That water soaks into the carpet and can start to smell. If the car smells like wet dog even after the hair is gone, add our odor bomb treatment, covered on the odor removal page.
Rental cars and guest pets
If you keep a car at a pet-friendly vacation rental, guests’ dogs will ride in it. The next guest may be allergic, or just not want to sit in someone else’s dog hair. We can clean a guest car between stays and send photos so you know it’s ready.
Property managers with more than one pet-friendly home can set up visits for each car. Tell us the addresses, access details and turnover dates, and we’ll plan around them. Hair is much faster to remove after one stay than after a whole summer of them.
Honest limits
We get out most of the hair, but a few strands buried deep in some carpets can hang on. Some fabrics grab hair more than others. Leather and vinyl seats are the easiest. Velour, some cargo liners and fuzzy trunk carpet are the hardest. We’ll tell you what we see before we start, so you know what to expect for your car.
Pet hair removal also doesn’t fix stains or smells on its own. If the dog has left muddy paw prints or a smell, shampoo and extraction or an odor treatment may be needed too, and we’ll suggest what fits.
