Amen to that. It gets up barf and loads of hair.
Gen

"Leslie & The Furbabies in MO." wrote in message
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Doggie muddy feet and doggie barf convinced me to buy my own carpet
shampooing machine. It's amazing and I love it! It's a Bissell Pro Heat
2X- around $180 and a great investment. Ask Gen- she loves hers, too!-
you'll be shocked at what that baby gets out of your carpets. Pure mud
and gobs and gobs of pet hair that's worked it's way down into the nap-
even with vacuuming religiously it still finds all kinds of yuck in there.
Wonderful machine and not difficult to use..... even for an ol' arthritic
like me. VBG

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

"Polly Esther" wrote in message
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Sorry, Pauline. I just assumed that since Leslie had four much loved QIs
inside that she would be the expert.
We have carpet and a Yorkie who does occasionally kiss a toad to see
if he'll turn into a prince. The hurling that follows reminds him not to
do that again (for a while)
The procedure is simple. Scrape up the solids, blot up the sour and
then we follow the instructions on the Woolite Carpet Pet Stain spray
can. We've used other brands and they've all worked just fine. Sometimes
it takes more than one application; never any permanent damage.
I know the HGtv people are just pure goofy about hardwood floors but
we won't do that again. We had truly magnificent pecan floors for 25
years. They are loud, cold, and, if you'll pardon me, just a little
puddle of puppy pee can do serious damage.
It's time for me to get going but there's a 'furthermore'. The
magazines and tv folks have also gone crazy about stainless steel
appliances. Can you just imagine how many times a day you'd have to
polish off sticky fingerprints and doggy nose snuffles? Polly

"Pauline" wrote in message
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I know we should look at alternatives. When we redid the kitchen &
family room, we put tile on those floors & in the entryway. We were
going to put hardwood thru the rest of the house with some area rugs, but
all the flooring people have told us the dog will scratch the hardwood.
Personally, I like a "lived in" look, but I know DH would have a heart
attack if the dog started scratching the floor. We do play with him in
the house too; he likes to play "keep away" & it would be hard for him to
do that on a slippery floor. I know - are we designing the house around
the dog or around the people - clearly, it's around the dog! Someone
suggested we look at commercial carpet, because it is more stain
resistant - but it doesn't sound very homey to me. Maybe there are nicer
commercial carpets than I realize.

Poor dog - clearly something didn't agree with him - he threw up 5 times
& poor DH had to clean them all up. Since my hip is so new, I can't get
down on the floor yet. Liam slept all night - no interest in dinner,
but now that it's time to go to bed, he seems to be feeling better.
Sure wish they could talk

Pauline
Northern California

"Dreamweaver" wrote in message
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I'm no help with the spot removing dilemma but I would suggest other
flooring besides carpeting because you will end up right back where you
started! Just a thought!!!

Dreamweaver

"Pauline" wrote in message
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We had an Irish Setter that stole food all the time. One day my
mother slid the oven rack with a ham in a roasting pan out. She must
have gotten distracted, because when she turned back to the store, the
ham was gone & Tara (the dog) was nowhere to be found. She had stolen
it & taken it downstairs to the garage. Bad doggie!

Question - does anyone have any proven techniques for getting dog
throw-up out of the carpet? Our 3 1/2 year old Brittany eats
everything he runs across. We don't always see it happening, but we
always find the dogs throw-up. It happens about every other month.
We are almost ready to put new carpet down & after the dog threw up
this afternoon, DH said & why are we putting new carpet down?
(Because the old is disgusting & we knew we were replacing it, so we
didn't care if we got paint on it when we were painting.)

Pauline
Northern California
"Dreamweaver" wrote in message
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She was a sight to behold! I thought her belly would burst it was so
full, and you're right, all she could really do was lay around and
sleep! She was quite the character.

Dreamweaver

"Polly Esther" wrote in message
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I seem to remember something about turkey containing something that
makes people sleepy. After 22 pounds of turkey, that should have
been some lovely long nap. Polly


"Dreamweaver" wrote in message
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LOL!!! You reminded me of the time my mom cooked a 25 lb turkey
for 4 of us! Lots of leftovers...right?...see this one
coming?......Brother took platter out next day to make a sandwich,
left it on the counter, and yep, our Irish Setter had the best and
worst Thanksgiving of her life!!!! She was miserable after eating
about 22 lbs of turkey but boy was she happy!!!!!

That poor baby!
Dreamweaver (she was miserable for days and the post clean up
wasn't exactly enjoyable either!!!!)

"Polly Esther" wrote in message
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Yeah, that's kind of sad about no drumsticks - and no wishbone. I
remember the time my sister tried the method where you put the
bird in a paper bag and set it to cook very slowly overnight.
They were blasted out of bed by the smoke alarms. And the time
she put her turkey in a sink full of cold water to thaw -
forgetting that their lab could easily remove anything at counter
height that was appealing. He did. Labradors are sweet and loyal
dogs but they are tall. You'd think she would have noticed.
Polly


"Dreamweaver" wrote in message
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But Mz. Polly!! How can there be a fight over who gets the
drumsticks if'n there ain't no drumsticks? BG Does sound a
whole lot easier though!

My mamma used to cook that bird until it fell off the bone, and
yet it was always moist and yummy and the gravy was heavenly,
just heavenly!!!

Dreamweaver, who loves the dark meat!!!!

"Polly Esther" wrote in message
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It is time to move your frozen turkey from the freezer to the
refrigerator. If you 'are' a turkey, this is a good time to
disappear. It takes a long time for a Big Bird to thaw. The
quick way of putting the frozen bird in a sink of cold water and
constantly changing the water is a pain. Start early if you can
and simply move the turkey to the refrigerator to slowly thaw.
I'm trying a new turkey production this year. Carving a
turkey looks good in old movies but there are not any carving
artists in our family. I've bought boned turkey breasts and hope
to get away with an easier time of it. Sounds good, don't you
think? Polly