{"id":14309,"date":"2011-07-29T07:16:24","date_gmt":"2011-07-29T14:16:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/?p=14309"},"modified":"2016-06-03T10:55:43","modified_gmt":"2016-06-03T17:55:43","slug":"ah-the-joys-of-having-a-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/ah-the-joys-of-having-a-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"Ah, The Joys of Having A Dog"},"content":{"rendered":"
We absolutely love having Speckles. She is a real joy and is extremely sweet. Having a dog, though, does add the burden of extra cleaning.
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I have to sweep daily just to get the little fur balls that collect in the house. Every other day I need to vacuum to get the other remnants that are hiding on my carpet. How I regret that we did not invest in a better vacuum cleaner<\/a>. Even after going over an area a few times I never really feel that it picked up everything since the color seems to hide it a bit. That’s not all though.<\/p>\n Last week, Speckles was sitting next to my bed as I was lying down. All of a sudden I heard her start to gag. She had only done this once before but I knew it meant something was on its way out. Fortunately, there was a rag nearby and I was able to get under her before she threw up her breakfast. Unfortunately, some of it fell off the rag onto the carpet. So I jumped out of bed, threw the nasties away, and headed to the closet to fetch the carpet cleaning spray. After such an abrupt awakening, I laid back down to rest after I had cleaned up the soiled area. Speckles again came to sit near me and I scratched her back. As I laid there I began to smell something like fish, rotten fish. I looked over at the furry suspect but didn’t notice any droppings. She SEEMED innocent.<\/p>\n A while later I finally forced myself out of bed. I still smelled that lingering odor and wondered what it was. As I got to the hallway I noticed a light brown spot. I reached down and, yes I had to test it the dumbest way possible, I stuck my finger in it and smelled it. Eiuw – that was just wrong! I ran back to my bedroom where Speckles sat and saw a smeared trail about 3 inches long. I checked Speckles’, ahem, backside and saw a bit of glistening liquid. Yes, somehow she leaked a little and when I was scratching her back, she ever so innocently dragged it across the carpet. Out came the carpet cleaner again. After I doused the area with cleaner, I opened the windows and shut the bedroom door so the area could dry. That was all a quick fix. I know I’ll have to have the carpet deep-cleaning sometime soon.<\/p>\n