Al WROTE:
When we vacuum our rugs it makes the room smell like "stale dog"
(for lack of a better phrase) for a while. We do have a dog, a small
(clean) Bichon, but she has no noticeable smell, and 'way back
when our vacuums didn't raise a dog smell.

We formerly used a Eureka bagged vacuum cleaner, and we thought
the smell was due to that cleaner, so we switched to our current
Hoover twin-chamber bagless. The Hoover is actually worse than
the Eureka, as it tosses out fine dust while it vacuums!

Any advice on how we can get rid of the dog smell, and whether
we should consider switching from the Hoover? Thanks.

Try putting in one of those softener things the wives put in with the
laundry it will make the air smell better coming out and in my house I
have 2 Belgian Shepard (long hair) and I vacuum twice a week with no
smell. Each time I vac I get enough hair to fill the baggless container.

Lee