When my wife and I bought the Dyson DC07, we thought it would suck up our kitties. It's been now a couple years, we have to physically push the lower front of the vacume down in order for contact with the carpet. The lower part of the vacume doesn't fall into place in order to get the appropriate amount of suction. It does take forever to suck up kitty litter. Well, guess our kitties are safe now.