h yeah, no question. I can't believe what my new Dyson picked up from what I thought was a clean carpet. It's a dog hair Terminator! Well worth the investment. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ That is what I thought too until it needed some work done on it. Wonder dog chewed the cord. No one in town could replace - then it needed a belt. No one locally could put one on. Can't get parts from dyson to work on them. Has to be shipped back to dyson to be fixed. My dyson is 4 years old. The animal Now my old royal is looking good. And it can be serviced here in town. sally No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.2/1223 - Release Date: 1/13/2008 8:23 PM ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================