Got a household cleaning question? Pet stains? Doggie odor? Canine hair everywhere?

Starting in DOG FANCY's February 2008 issue, household cleaning expert Schar Ward, aka Clara Klutz, will respond to select reader questions every other month in a new Q&A column.

Ward, owner of Domestic Engineering, a Twin Cities-based cleaning business, has authored several books on cleaning, including “It's About Time: Time Saving Tips for Every Day – Home or Away” (The Book Peddlers, 2006).

Send questions to barkback@dogfancy.com ("Cleaning Q&A" in subject line), or mail to Cleaning Q&A, DOG FANCY, P.O. Box 6050, Mission Viejo, CA 92690-6050. Please include your full name, address, and telephone number.

Ms. Ward can respond only to published questions. Because of the volume of questions received, we cannot use all that are submitted. Questions cannot be acknowledge or returned, and become the property of BowTie Magazines, a division of BowTie Inc., which reserves the right without further consideration, to use all questions in any publication, media, and related promotions.