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It's a good idea to have a special promotion this month to adopt a shelter dog.
It is wonderful what animal rescues did during the hurricanes. Many dogs were moved around, to other shelters, so many must be quite full at the moment.
I do hope however, that any rescued from the hurricanes were eventually re-united with their human companions. I lost track of the news about that. There was some concern about how people would trace their (particularly un-microchipped) dogs if/when they had been re-located across states.
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I didn't even know I was adopting a dog in the adopt a dog month lol. Silver Bullet is happy snoozing on the couch right now. Only peed in the house twice today. I can't wait to get the carpet shampooer Thursday!
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You celebrated adopt a dog month and you didn't even know about it.
Silver Bullet sounds like he is settling in and he clearly has his dream home.
Yes a carpet shampooer is definitely a must if you have dogs. I keep a can of special spray to remove nasty poop from the carpet. When you've got snakes you've got nasty poop. You might want to check that out at a pet store. It also works on big lizard poop for the times when Barrie surprizes me.
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Your carpet will last a few more years if you give it a good shampooing.
There is no point in getting new carpet while you are training Silver Bullet. Best to let him have his accidents on an old carpet.
Carpet and pets are not the best combination anyhow.
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I am with you. I would want to rip up the carpet and have the hardwood. Carpet is so hard to keep clean. Dirt collects under it.
My carpet was like yours when I moved in, but there was a flood (not my fault) and my carpet had to be replaced. I like the carpet sort of. It is a tight weave. If I had it to do over I would want laminate flooring. It is so easy to look after. I don't like ceramic tile. It is cold. Maybe where you are cool tiles would be a good thing. I suppose dog claws could scratch hardwood and they might find it slippery. I don't know what the best flooring would be for dogs. No floor is perfect. They all have their pros and cons.
What ever you end up doing you will be glad to get rid of your carpet. When carpet starts to bubble like that it isn't nice to walk on. You can spend the winter looking at carpet choices so you will know what you want when the time comes. Choosing is fun. Having it installed is not so much fun. Removing the old carpet would be a step in getting a new carpet. Maybe the dogs will chew on it a bit and you will have to tear it up. Good luck with that.
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