What can I do to help eliminate all the dog hair and dog smell in my basement?

My two dogs lay downstairs on the couches all the time; its their favorite spot. Unfortunately they shed a ton so we have laid blankets on the couches and wash them every week or so. Even with this, there is still a bunch of hair floating around and the basement smells of dog. What can we do to help curb this. Would one of those ionizer-air-cleaner things help? Anything else...? We love our dogs very much and cannot banish them to the floor.

Vaccuum and Febreeze! As long as your dogs are adults febreeze is safe for them. I vaccuum my couch weekly to get the hair off.

Yes, it would, but the best thing to do is to keep your dogs clean, brushed and well groomed. And feed a good quality food will help cut down the shedding as well.I have three very hairy shelties and my house doesn't have a ton of dog hair and doesn't smell doggy.

one thing you can do is to brush them everyday. get a furminator, that helps with the undercoat. another thing is to make sure they are clean. I use a waterless bath on my dogs once a week, if not more to help with the smell. and sweep up the hair.

Use a Shop-Vac to vacuum up the loose hair on a daily basis, a sticky roller can be used on the couches, and Febreeze or similar deoderizer as well as regular bathes will cut down on the doggy odor.