Is it an impossible thought that for cowgirls a robot vacuum would work?

I love my roomba!  We only have two rooms with carpet but I use mine daily. We have 2 blue heelers in the house

We got an iLife off Amazon- $128 and it works amazing! I didn't want to spend big $$$ because I was skeptical, but "Scooter" has exceeded our expectations! I use him almost every day, each room (living room, hallway, bedrooms, dining room and kitchen) at least once a week, rotating. He gets full pretty quick, but if you use him frequently enough there isn't as much built up. You still need to mop, but it's so much easier to turn him on than sweep! There's some super fancy ones with WiFi, mops, etc.

ETA: Scooter works great on rugs and hardwood (we don't have carpet), but he does get hung up on rugs with fringe/ties on the end- and he likes to eat clothes and get jammed, so make sure everything is picked up!

We have a Neato D4 that is AMAZING! It is different than Roombas in that it actually scans the house with lasers and vacuums in a grid so every inch is covered. Perfect lines, no bouncing. Makes my OCD happy. And it will charge and go back to where it left off it it needs to. Well worth the money. Ours does the hardwoods, shaggy rugs, low pile rugs, and carpet with no issues at all. We have shedding dogs and I cant tell you the last time I have manually swept the floors.

I love my Shark!! It does a great job cleaning my house. We have a big GSD and it picks up all her hair and then some. Stay away from Eufy. I got my mom one for Christmas because it had such great reviews on Amazon and it ended up being terrible. It even damagaed one of her baseboards! So we sent it back and she got a Shark instead. 

I'm afraid of getting one because we end up with cat votimous masses on a regular basis. Not quite as bad as poop - but still don't want it trailed all over!

Overall, I love our Roomba. We have a yellow lab dog in the house and it greatly reduces the time I spend vacuuming to keep up with her hair. It is extremely helpful but it is not perfect.

It cannot clean our whole house. It runs out of battery before then. So I shut the bedroom doors every day before going to work, to limit the areas it can go. My main focus is the kitchen/living area anyway. There are things you can set up to limit where it goes, but this works better for us.

Sometimes it gets stuck in random places for no reason.

It does not fit under the couches, nor get into corners, so dust bunnies do eventually accumulate there, but that's only about every 2 weeks (or more) than I need to vacuum those up.

If you are unfortunate to have an animal puke or pee in the house, yes, the Roomba will spread it all over...... Fortunately, we have never had that happen but I have heard stories from friends!

It dings up wooden furniture when it "bangs" into things. Our kitchen table and chair have marks on the legs.

But I will never give it up! It has downsides, but it still controls the dog hair.

Thanks everyone.  I really think they sound great.  I just didn't want to spend the money and have it be a waste.  Now to decide which one.  My son says some mop too!

Definitely look into the Neato! Bed Bath and Beyond has them online and you can always use one of their 20% off coupons, which knocks off quite a bit. 

I have the deebot eco bot and I LOVE IT. I have a golden, a lab, and a border collie with all hardwood floors. It runs every day while I'm at work and I empty it when I come home. :)