Bringing a pet home is a major adulting moment. In fact, many couples use it as a test of their relationship, but adding a four-legged friend to your family also comes with a lot of responsibility. Swiffer has teamed up with Dr. Evan Antin to kick off National Pet Month in May, and to offer tips on how to make pet parenting easier.

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Pet Vet Dr. Evan Antin demonstrates one of the key adulting moments of new pet ownership - cleaning ...

Pet Vet Dr. Evan Antin demonstrates one of the key adulting moments of new pet ownership - cleaning - while using a Swiffer Sweeper and holding an adoptable puppy from Bideawee Animal Shelter, Wednesday, April 26, 2017, in New York. (Photo by Diane Bondareff/Invision for Swiffer/AP Images)

There’s more to having a furry companion than just picking a cute name. With cuteness comes mess and shed. Tackle the shed and mess of having a pet like an adult with Swiffer – the original cleaning “hack” for pet owners! Swiffer’s variety of products help busy, time-starved pet owners clean quickly and effectively. No matter how much time there is to clean, Swiffer’s WetJet, Sweeper and Dusters help tidy up life’s dirtiest moments, and muddiest paws, fast.

“When you have pets, you learn that one of your biggest duties is to keep their areas safe, and a big part of doing that is cleaning up their things and the areas they live in,” shares Dr. Evan Antin. “As a wildlife vet, I often spend long hours in the office which leaves little time to spend with my dog Henry and the cats, let alone clean up after them. Having a Swiffer at the ready helps me quickly clean my home so I can spend more time bonding and playing with my pets and less time cleaning the shed in my life!”

Last year, Dr. Evan Antin’s Instagram took the social world by storm when his well-documented dedication to his exotic, small and wildlife patients went viral. Since then, Dr. Antin has been on a mission to bring to the forefront the world of wildlife veterinary science and to educate current and future pet owners on the responsibility, and mess, that comes with having a pet.

Recently the Swiffer brand celebrated its 18th birthday and launched the, “If You’ve Got A Life, You Gotta Swiffer,” campaign to show time-starved families that with Swiffer you don’t have to spend your whole life cleaning to have a clean home. Now the brand, with the help of Dr. Evan Antin, is sweeping away cleaning worries for pet parents. If you’ve got a pet, you gotta Swiffer!

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