kazzy220
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- Jul 31, 2010
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- Country
- England
- Bulldog(s) Names
- Maggie (My Angel Baby 5/31/2012). Daddy (2 years). Linus (1year). Bella (4 years)
I hate doggy smells ... really really really hate doggy smells.
In my house I had cats and dogs, but wooden floors all the way through so guess what .. no pet odours. I move to USA and the last house we replaced all the downstairs carpeting with hardwood floors and so the odors kinda left. They were mainly on the furniture but my two current couches have removeable covers so every couple of weeks I just washed them and put them back on.
Fast forward to this new house. A wonderful old farmhouse built in 1852 and all wooden floors except the family room. So the room that has the tv in and that we spend most of our relaxing time in now has a deep pile carpet. So the dogs want to be there too.
It's also fairly new, so I'm guessing the sellers put it in to try and sell the house.
If it was up to me I would tear it out, sand and finish the flooring underneath and say goodbye to the carpet forever. However, the hubby is almost cooing over the fact that we once again have a carpet so looks like it's staying for a while.
The family room (like the rest of the house) is paint in a disgusting colour. This one is what I like to call muddy brown .. why, because the previous owner liked colours that didn't show up the dirt ... so despite my husband (aka the interior designer specialist) deciding this is a really nice colour, it's not staying. I'm going to be decorating it very soon and until then the carpet is just going to continue to collect bulldog slobber. After that I'm going to get it professionally cleaned with every specialist deoderizing treatment they can offer.
After THAT I'm on my own!!!
SO .......... does anybody have the stinky carpet problem that I have??? If so, what carpet cleaner did you buy and that you could recommed?? Also, how often do you clean your carpets??
In my house I had cats and dogs, but wooden floors all the way through so guess what .. no pet odours. I move to USA and the last house we replaced all the downstairs carpeting with hardwood floors and so the odors kinda left. They were mainly on the furniture but my two current couches have removeable covers so every couple of weeks I just washed them and put them back on.
Fast forward to this new house. A wonderful old farmhouse built in 1852 and all wooden floors except the family room. So the room that has the tv in and that we spend most of our relaxing time in now has a deep pile carpet. So the dogs want to be there too.
It's also fairly new, so I'm guessing the sellers put it in to try and sell the house.
If it was up to me I would tear it out, sand and finish the flooring underneath and say goodbye to the carpet forever. However, the hubby is almost cooing over the fact that we once again have a carpet so looks like it's staying for a while.
The family room (like the rest of the house) is paint in a disgusting colour. This one is what I like to call muddy brown .. why, because the previous owner liked colours that didn't show up the dirt ... so despite my husband (aka the interior designer specialist) deciding this is a really nice colour, it's not staying. I'm going to be decorating it very soon and until then the carpet is just going to continue to collect bulldog slobber. After that I'm going to get it professionally cleaned with every specialist deoderizing treatment they can offer.
After THAT I'm on my own!!!
SO .......... does anybody have the stinky carpet problem that I have??? If so, what carpet cleaner did you buy and that you could recommed?? Also, how often do you clean your carpets??