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BobSweep Pet Hair Slam Robotic Vacuum Cleaner and Mop

Shedding season is all year long with Zara! Between Zara, Ollie, Roo and myself I actually don’t know who sheds more hair- haha! But with the BobSweep Pet Hair Slam Robotic Vacuum Cleaner and Mop all that shedding is gone within minutes. 

BobSweep Pet Hair Slam Robotic Vacuum Cleaner and Mop

When BobSweep asked to work with us we jumped with joy and couldn’t wait to really put Bob the robo vacuum to the test. We’ve seen these robot vacuums all over social media and they look really funky but the question on everyones mind is … Do they actually work? 

While we waited for Bob to arrive the excitement around him joining our family was real. Gia wasn’t quite sure what to expect but we kept her excitement about Bob at an all time high, so when he finally did arrive, oh we couldn’t contain ourselves!! 

BobSweep Pet Hair Slam Robotic Vacuum Cleaner and Mop

I can now answer everyones number one question… Does Bob really work? And my answer is a straight up YES! He works extremely well. Not only am I impressed by his mechanics but I am hugely impressed with how well he sweeps and mops the floors. 

First things first, you need to plug Bob in and charge him up. He comes with his docking station that plugs into the wall. If you’re like us and have higher electricity voltage, you will need a special adapter plug. Once he is charged you turn him on and link him to the app you download. Once that is done it’s as easy as pushing the play button on the cleaning setting and off he goes! 

Robo Vacuum

Bob maps your house on his first clean, remembering where obstacles and objects are. His mapping can be seen on the app in real time! It is incredible to watch. We set him to sweep up first, collecting dog hairs and cat hairs because we have pets and along the way he collected and swept up some rice that Gia had dropped during dinner time and anything else he could find. Like I said, we really put Bob to the test!

Once the sweeping was done we changed his attachments to the water compartment, attached the mop cloth and set him off again. I was absolutely blown away with how the floors turned out! He takes his time and doesn’t rush making sure he does his job to the best of his ability. His battery life is also pretty great. He did our entire house sweeping and mopping and still had some battery life left. Once he is done he happily returns himself to his docking station. You can also stop his cleaning session at anytime and return him to his docking station. 

Bob has no issues manoeuvring around pets- haha. Zara was most unimpressed by Bob and his antics and refused to move out his cleaning path. Luckily Bob doesn’t worry about things like this and happily worked his way around Zara! 

robo vacuum

You can also schedule Bob, meaning you can tell him when the best time is for him to clean your floors. Once he has mapped your house, you can decide which rooms you want him to clean and when. While he was mapping our house we closed a few doors to rooms we didn’t want him going in, you also need to be careful around stairs, you don’t want Bob injuring himself! We have set Bob up for our main areas of living but you can easily set him up for every room and bathroom if you wish. 

Overall, I am hugely impressed with the BobSweep Pet Hair Slam Robotic Vacuum Cleaner and Mop!! If you are looking for a little help with keeping up with pet hair shedding then Bob is most definitely the thing you need. 

BobSweep Pet Hair Slam

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Easy Christmas Dog treats

In our home, Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. We love to eat all the treats and get into all the festive feels by listening to Christmas songs and doing silly dances, taking Christmas photos in matching pyjamas and snuggling up to enjoy a few Christmas movies together and yes that includes Zara too.

While Christmas treats are a must have in our home, most of them are not dog friendly at all so to include Zara in our Christmas treats this year I have made these two really easy Christmas dog treat recipes which we hope your doggos will love too 🙂

Christmas dog treats

Frozen Beetroot Christmas treats

Ingredients

4 medium beetroots

Directions 

Roast, boil or steam your peeled beetroot. Once cooked and soft blend them up into a smooth puree. Spoon the puree into silicone Christmas themed moulds and freeze over night. Pop them out the moulds and let your pups enjoy 1 or 2 at a time! Keep frozen.

Christmas Pancakes 

Ingredients

2 eggs

1 cup milk

1.5 tbs melted butter

1 tsp vanilla 

1.5 cups of flour (plain, wholemeal or oat)

1 tsp baking powder

Directions

Beat together eggs, milk, butter and vanilla. Then sift all the dry ingredients into the mixture. Beat or whisk until properly mixed. Heat a pan and you can either make giant pancakes and then use your Christmas cookie cutters to cut out the shapes or you can put your cookie cutters into the pan and pour the pancake batter into them. Once cooked allow them to cool before your pup enjoys them 🙂 

Make a big batch and freeze them, take them out as and when you need them- allow to defrost before serving. 

Christmas dog treats

These are two really quick and easy dog treat recipes (fit for humans too) because I know this time year can get really chaotic. We hope your furry loves enjoy their yummy Christmas treats as much as Zara does.

Follow all our festive fun over on @stylish_paws Instagram.

Merry Christmas everyone! Thank you for another year of enjoying our blog posts!

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Animal Inspired Toddler Gift Guide

If your toddler is anything like Gia then you’ll love this animal inspired gift guide. Gia is extremely drawn towards anything that includes an animal- be it wild animals, sea creatures or pets she loves them all and she loves learning about them all. This gift guide is filled with toys and goodies that are animal inspired that Gia absolutely loves. Puzzles, real life stories, figurines and play scenes to encourage imaginative play, fun collectables and interactive toys.

*please note that Stylish Paws is an Amazon Affiliate member. Should you decide to purchase one of the items mentioned above, I may receive a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you at all. Thank you for your support.

Animal inspired toddler gifts

Little Live Pets Bird & Bird house

Fingerlings Marge the Sloth

Purse Pets purple cat

Pets Alive Pet Shop Surprise carrier

Magical Unicron Pony set

Play Doh pony set

Pretend Play grooming set

Pretend Vet play set

FurReal Pooping dog

Hatchimals Hatchery nursery 

Bunnycorns

Puppycorns

Mini Rainbowcorn set

Coco Surprise cone

Misfittens

Daisy the Rottie story book

Gizelle the sheep

Jungle puzzle

Ocean Memory game

Magnetic Pet Hospital play scene

We hope your toddlers love these animal inspired gifts as much as Gia does! Tag us in your toddler fun over at @stylish_paws instagram!

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December Printable Calendar

Wow, here we are… Hello December! I feel like we got here really fast this year, but then again I think I say that every year- haha! Either way it’s December time, a time we absolutely love in our home. Summer is in full swing, we have Coco Puff our elf causing chaos and of course we cannot wait for Santa Paws to arrive.

We hope your 2022 has been filled with lots of love and memory creating… So here’s to more love and even more memory creating in 2023. Stay safe and happy holidays everyone!

December printable calendar

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Christmas Gifts for Cats

I’m not sure about your cats, but our cats Ollie and little Roo are very intrigued by all the happenings of Christmas. The tree, the shiny decor, the lights and all the gift wrap and ribbons. So here is a little shopping guide filled with some Christmas gift ideas your cats and kittens will love because ours do 😉 

Happy shopping.

Christmas gifts for cats

*please note that Stylish Paws is an Amazon Affiliate member. Should you decide to purchase one of the items mentioned above, I may receive a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you at all. Thank you for your support. 

Hot Cocoa Cat nip toys

Cat Nip Candy Cane Plush

Dr Seuss Cat toys

The Grinch Cat Nip toy set

Chirping Bird

Cat tree with leaves

Crinkle Christmas tree toy

Small Mouse Pack

Christmas sock cat tunnel

Gingerbread Cat House

Christmas tree cat bed

Christmas tree scratch post

Snowman scratch post

Cat Tree with leaves

Christmas Cat Hat

Christmas Cat outfit

Christmas Cat reindeer antlers

Christmas Cat bowl

Cat advent Calendar

Cat Treat Advent Calendar

Red cosy cat bed

Holiday Cat Treats

We hope your cats and kittens enjoy these goodies as much as Ollie and Roo do. Follow all our festive fun on @stylish_paws Instagram.

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The Best Christmas Gifts for your Pups

It’s hard to believe that Christmas is around the corner, but it is. And to avoid that last minute shopping rush, This gift guide has the perfect Christmas gifts for your pup. These are some of Zara’s most favourite things, so happy shopping.

*please note that Stylish Paws is an Amazon Affiliate member. Should you decide to purchase one of the items mentioned above, I may receive a small percentage of the sale at no extra cost to you at all. Thank you for your support.

Christmas gifts for your pup

No stuffing Christmas tree three pack

Candy Cane plush

Roast Turkey Plush

Outward Hound Invincibles Reindeer

Outward Hound Invincibles Gingerbread man

Outward Hound Invincibles Santa

Reindeer hide and seek toy

Reindeer poop plush toy

Three pack Christmas squeaky toys

Elf hat

Outward Hound Santa hat

Gingerbread Man plush toy

Emoji Poop Santa

Santa Outfit

Merry Christmas dog jersey

Christmas dog scarf

Santa bandana

Christmas Bandana set

Candy Cane Dog Treats

Christmas dog treats

Christmas Bark

Roast turkey hat

Chicken Leg head topper

Bitten Gingerbread man plush toy

Zippy Paws Santa rope Tugz

Zippy Paws cocoa and marshmallows toy

Zippy Paws Christmas penguin

Interactive Toy

Christmas tree plush toy

Petqwerks Babble Ball

We hope your puppers enjoy these Christmas goodies as much as Zara does. Follow all our festive fun on @stylish_paws Instagram.

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Hello September

September is probably one of my favourite months of the year simply because the days get warmer and flowers are blooming everywhere. Our family loves the warmer months and after our really cold winter, we are welcoming this spring with open arms 🙂

September is also Ollie’s Gotcha month so of course we will celebrate our little nosey cat!

September 2022 calendar

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Zara Turns 6

Today is Zara’s birthday. Six whole years of loving our sassy Zara! And there’s been a whole lot of love in those six years, a kind of love I never imagined but a kind of love that I am so grateful for. 

Zara turns 6

I often get asked how we ‘trained’ Zara to be so gentle and kind towards her baby sister Gia, how she tolerates her brother Ollie the cat and how caring she is towards our bunny girls Misty and Clover. And my answer is always the same… we never ‘trained’ Zara to do anything. We simply showered Zara with a whole lot of love and respect and taught her our ways. 

My husband and I had a conversation the other day and I asked him if he thinks Zara would be as gentle, loving, kind and loyal in someone else’s home or is she as amazing as she is because of us and the love we have for our family and each other. His answer to me was that every dog is brought up in a different home and different environment and so their level of love and respect is different. Zara found her way to us for a reason and that reason is so we could show her what our love is and for her to be the best version of herself with us. I was pretty satisfied with that answer…

And so today we celebrate Zara in all her glory… 

Zara’s Pup Cakes

It’s a tradition in our home to make something special for Zara to enjoy on her own so this year baby sis Gia helped make some yummy blueberry birthday pupcakes for our pup 😉 

blueberry pupcakes

Ingredients- cake

1/4 cup blueberries (we used fresh but frozen would work too)

1 egg

1/3 cup plain yoghurt (we used plain double thick)

2 tablespoons coconut oil

1 tsp vanilla extract (optional)

1/2 cup flour

1 tsp baking powder

Ingredients- icing

3 tbs plain double thick yoghurt

3 tbs plain cream cheese 

*Fresh blueberries to decorate if you want

Directons- cake

Preheat your oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Prepare a cupcake/muffin pan with paper cupcake holders. In a mixing bowl using a whisk or electric beater, mix well the yoghurt, coconut oil and vanilla extract. Then add the flour and baking powder and beat for 2 minutes. Then gently fold in the blueberries using a spoon. Add some blueberry bater to each cupcake holder and bake in the over for +-12 minutes or until cooked through and golden in colour. Once cooked leave the pupcakes to cool down completely before icing and decorating them. 

Directions- Icing

To make the icing beat together the yoghurt and cream cheese until light and fluffy. The spoon onto your pupcakes or pipe the icing. Decorate with blueberries.

pupcakes

Zara’s Presents

Zara also gets some new toys and special things on her birthday and this year baby sis Gia helped me choose some goodies she thought Zara would love. Some of them can be found in our amazon storefront so click here if you would like to shop any and some of them are local South African brands who we love 🙂 

Zara's birthday presents
Zara turns 6

We will be sharing all of Zara’s birthday fun on Instagram so be sure to follow along @stylish_paws

Thank you for enjoying Zara’s 6th birthday with us! 

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