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Did you know that I have three dogs, three cats and a kid? The kid doesn’t technically count as a pet, but he makes as much mess as one so I thought he should be included. That’s basically- wait, let me get the calculator- 26 paws (or feet, in my son’s case) trekking all sorts of who knows what through the house. And yes, I really did open the calculator app to do that math. Is it right? Anyway, as you can imagine, when it rains outside my house gets very muddy very fast. Even though two of the cats are completely indoor cats, they tend to step in whatever mess there is and track it all over even more.
That’s just the muddy days. Let’s talk about the rest of the year. I’ve had two of my dogs for 12 years, and Cooper for about 6 years now. Over the years, these are just a few of the messes I’ve had to deal with:
- A nice “package” under the Christmas tree, courtesy of Cooper
- Trash strewn from one end of the house to the other, again, courtesy of Cooper.
- Guess what happens when your dog gets into two-pounds of chocolate chips? It’s not pretty. Again, courtesy of Cooper. I was terrified for two days because dogs aren’t supposed to eat chocolate. Luckily, a mess was all we got.
- Cat “tootsie rolls” in the middle of the living room because a dog raided the litter box. Not sure who to blame for that one.
- Accidents in various places throughout the house because my older girls sometimes forget they have to pee until it’s too late.
- Hairballs. Enough said.
- Dog food all over the carpet because Maia insists on dumping her bowl when she’s not thrilled with the offerings.
I haven’t even covered the boy’s messes yet! Basically, if it can be spilled, he’s spilled it. At my old house, we didn’t have any carpeting aside from area rugs. Cheap area rugs, because I replaced them like crazy. My new house has carpets EVERYWHERE. What’s worse? I rent! So I’m constantly vigilant about picking up any mess I see right away. If I had a choice, I’d definitely go with STAINMASTER PetProtect. In fact, after studying up on it, I’ve decided that when I move into my own place in the hopefully near future, it’s the ONLY choice I’d consider for carpeting.
STAINMASTER PetProtect: Taking the Shame Out of Your Pet’s Messes
I am obsessed with the Dog Shaming site. I’ve been meaning to get around to putting my dogs on it. They’d fit in perfectly with all the others! If you haven’t heard of it, look it up and check it out. Basically, people put signs next to their dogs describing an act of shame, like in my first picture. With STAINMASTER PetProtect, your dog’s (or cat’s or kid’s) acts of shame may still be, well, shameful, but at least you won’t be freaking out about ruining your carpet! So basically, you have more time to laugh about them. My mom doesn’t understand how I can laugh when Cooper dumps garbage all over. Honestly, I can either laugh and clean it up or yell and clean it up. Either way, I’m still cleaning it up. I’d rather find the humor in the situation than be mad at something I can’t change.
STAINMASTER PetProtect Features
Take a look at the test I did with my sample square. I took a “before” picture, then smeared chocolate syrup on it (yes, that is chocolate syrup, what did you think it was???), then I wiped it with a paper towel and used a brush to scrub it for less than a minute. Probably closer to 30 seconds, with just a little hand soap. The end result- the stain was gone. The sample is still wet, so it does look a little darker, but honestly, it’s completely gone.
How do they make it so easy? Take a look at the features:
- Resists pet stains and allows you to clean carpets with more ease.
- Reduces pet odor, as long as you keep on top of messes. I mean, you can’t leave it soak in and never clean it and expect it to smell clean. As long as you follow up with routine cleaning, though, your carpets won’t stink!
- Easily releases pet hair. This would be a major plus in our house! I tell you, within a day we have tumbleweeds of hair floating through the house!
- Commercial-grade color-fast materials resist fading and wear and tear.
- Protects your flood underneath the carpet by preventing liquids from seeping through and soaking in.
- Comes in a variety of styles and colors to fit your home decor.
Awesome, right? So stop shaming your dog and get STAINMASTER PetProtect next time you update your carpets! Do you have pets? What kind of crazy messes do they leave for you to clean up?
When we moved into our house, the entire upstairs was carpeted with off white carpet. At the time, we didn’t have kids and didn’t think much of it – but now that we have kids and a dog, that poor carpet needs a good cleaning!!
Oh geez, white carpets? I would manage to ruin them in five seconds flat! For some reason, when I get near anything white, I become worse than a toddler with spilling things.
My parents could definitely use this product. They have three indoor dogs and a cat too!
Sounds like a great product! I really want to get a dog, but that whole tracking in dirt thing has kind of made me hesitate. This sounds like it’d really help with that!
The dirt is totally worth the fun and love you get from having a dog. 🙂
Don’t feel bad, I sometimes count my kids in with my pets when it comes to messes lol. Then again I also count my husband as a kid. Looks like a great product though! I could definitely use some powerful stain remover in this house!
Honestly, when it comes to messes, I should probably be counted as a pet too, lol! I’m a total klutz. My boyfriend is the totally neat one. I wonder if he counts me as a pet when thinking about messes!
What a great product! We only have carpet in our closets LOL but I imagine it would work great on our area rugs, too!
I think this is a great cleaner for those that have pets. I have messy kids in my house.
I have two kids (6 yrs. old and 23 months old) and a dog who’s under a year old. I could relate about the messes and the carpet that gets muddy and stained. Now, our carpet needs a serious cleaning.
I have wall to wall carpeting and I have a cat who loves swatting things on the floor—eventually I will need new carpeting–I will DEFINITELY be looking into Stain Master Pet protect carpeting.
I have three cats and a dog plus kids and sometimes I think the kids are messier than the pets.
I have two completely indoor dogs and it is amazing how dirty even they are. They are lucky they are cute. We are getting ready to put in new carpet as ours is over 10 years old (ewww). It will have to stand up to the pets and kids.
They are lucky they’re cute, lol. I tell my dogs that all the time.
Lol. Great post. Thank you for sharing the photographs.
I only have two dogs and two cats, and a son. But the amount of mud and dirt they manage to drag inside is incredible. Or if it isn’t mud, it’s broken pieces of paper or any other fun stuff they find to play with!
Isn’t it funny the things that kids and pets can manage to make messes with? My son once shredded a whole big Styrofoam block. That was fun to clean up!
Ok timeouts for these cute doggies
I have 2 dogs 2 dogs and they are a lot tidier than the kiddies lol.
I remember the days of doggie accidents! We went through alot of rugs-this wuold have been nice to have!
it’s because of my cats that I want to pull up all my carpet and lay tile i’m so tired of stains
Don’t you just love the hairball “gifts” they leave all over? I also have a cat that eats with her hands and gets food EVERYWHERE. They make a lot of mess for little creatures!
Wow that’s a lot of pets and I agree with the kid as I have my own fair share of it lol. I have two dogs, two rabbits, and two kids!
I always wanted a bunny! I have guinea pigs and a parrot too, but they don’t make as much of a mess, lol.
I don’t have any pets but could totally use this product. I’m a klutz always making a mess.
LOL, me too!! Sometimes I’m worse than the pets!
I could use this! My Roxy is not to bad with stains but every now and then she does have one.
my dogs and children make MESSES!!! We rent as well and I hate having to clean up mess after mess on the carpet! A little note for you.. playdoh does not come out of carpet.
Cleaning up with pets can be a huge challenge so this STAINMASTER PetProtect sounds life it will definitely take the Shame Out of Pet’s Accidents Thanks for the info
Ugh, this one hits close to home today. My lovely boxer had a tummy ache last night, and instead of waking us up to go out, thought it would be lovely to do her business on the carpet. I have a lovely stain that I have been working on for hours, trying to remove it. I need STAINMATER PetProtect!
Exactly why I’m dying for hardwood in my new house!! (Though that has its own issues.) For any carpeted area, I’d totally try the Stainmaster.
wow the before and after pictures is amazing. I do not have any carpet in our place but I will share with my circles so that they can try out this product!
Awesome product review to maintain carpet quality that your dog can enjoy. Great content you have.