After a few months of using this vacuum I find myself wondering why this is recommended for use with pets since it does a very poor job of picking up cat litter if there’s any litter in the cup already, which there usually is. That’s why I bought it! Litter actually falls out of the front and I’m not talking about a full cup. It’s good for getting fur off of carpet with that attachment but that’s not what I mainly got it for. I thought I should have gotten Hoover and that’s what I’m doing now…the price was just so much better on this. I have 3 cats that kick a lot of litter around. This vacuum is NOT for that