Life with the Three Crazy Dogs

Our carpets in our house were almost brand new when we moved in.  The former owners replaced new carpets 4 years ago and maintained them very well.  When we saw the house we knew they have cats (the main reason why they had to replace their carpet) but their cats did not leave any mess at all.  Moreover, they had some home improvements to the kitchen and main bath, back hallway and the entryway.  They installed tiles on these floors which helped make cleaning much easier.  And the Berber carpeting in the basement is durable, very tough looking where the dogs have been romping downstairs most of the time when it’s hot upstairs and the carpet is still holding together, still looks good.  Any carpeting needs to be shampooed, well, so does  the Berber downstairs. 

Now that we are in this house for over 2 years, we can see the carpet needs to be replaced in some rooms.  The carpets in our house are cleaned at least 5 times a year especially where there are heavy traffic like entrances where the dogs go in and out and even with a rug/mat over the carpet, the carpet will still get dirty from the dust and any particulars they have under their paws.  If we were to replace our carpets upstairs, I would rather get rid of the carpet and replace them with laminate flooring from Empire Today. 

The reason why I want to pick laminate flooring is because it will be more versatile than the carpets we have when we have 3 dogs in the house.  Like I have said earlier, these dogs are not as clean as they look.  They do roll on the grass, bringing in the dust, dirt on them into the house.  If I want to get laminate flooring, I would get the hardwood laminating style flooring which looks exactly like a regular hardwood floors and cost much cheaper.  Moreover, with regular hardwood floors, they are easier scratched up by the dogs’ nails.  This happened to our hardwood floors when we were living in the rented home.  Once they are scratched up, it is hard to get rid of the scratches no matter how much we polished them.

I do hear commercials from Empire Today almost every day on TV where it says you can order them today and Empire Today will install them for you tomorrow.   They will have their sales rep over to your house, goes through what you want and provide all the suggestions they have for your home flooring installations.  The very next day their installation guys will be at your home to install them.  If anyone who would like to get more reference stories about Empire Today’s services, you can check out Empire Carpet Stories which inspired me to contact Empire Today for my next carpet or flooring installation.

Yep, Chase is here with us.  He is getting used to us now.  He chilling right now, laying by the dining table with the other boys. 

We got him here til the baby is born, I think.   A pup is a pup, full of energy.  Dang, wish I have that kind of energy.   He is a sweet looking, pup, though, but I had to stop him from jumping on the couch or even tries to.   Hahaha, I’m giving him some obedience, that fella was jumping all over me on the couch yesterday.  Then this fella looks like he is going to be a dominant one, but I don’t know about that yet from what I observed but DB said that first.  Will see.  I know he is jealous when I pat the two other boys, Chase will be whining up a storm, barged in between the boys and scoot his way to be right in front of me.  It’s funny but I’m trying not to let him to do that so much.  The next funny thing is when it comes to feeding time, he whines a lot.  Oh.My.God.  I have never heard so much whining.  Again, it was funny.  Made us laugh.  I have to knee him a lot from not jumping on me.  But what seems to work is I’m making him work for his food and his demands.  He needs to sit before he gets his meals; sit or laydown before he gets his treats, and sit before he comes in the door which all seems to calm him down a little.  I didn’t want to do the obedience but I had to do it.  He almost knocked me down a few times, little guy like him has so much strength.   Did a lot of repetition on “down” today, hopefully he will get it by tomorrow.  Tomorrow is another day with this fella.  It’s hard to get angry with him with that puppy eyes.