Rocky helps with remodeling project

We are in the final stages of a small remodeling project at home to move the girls’ playroom downstairs and turn the room upstairs back into a dining room. This weekend all we had left to do was to paint and put the rooms back together. First we cleared everything left in the rooms. Without the furniture, I realized that I need to clean my carpet more regularly now that we have two dogs! There was a clear dirt path through the upstairs room and mystery stains in the basement.

I know exactly where the dirt path came from. Our dogs have this habit of running several laps around the house as soon as we let them in from outside. I would love to understand why being outside gives them a crazy energy burst as soon as they come inside?!! The racetrack goes from the back door, across the hardwood floor and through the new dining room. I was so happy that I have the BISSELL ProHeat 2X deep cleaner. It did an amazing job with the dirt path and all the spots. I love having a full-size cleaner at home so it’s there whenever I need it!

After the carpet was clean and dry, we finished the painting. About midway through, Rocky came running up to my husband with a few more white spots than usual. He managed to rub the whole side of his head and shoulder in wet paint. Does anyone know a good, safe way to remove house paint from pets? Good thing he is so cute, we couldn’t even be mad at him. Here he is looking a little guilty about “helping” with the painting; you can still see evidence of his brushwork on his ear…