re: #1 CuriousLurker

Did I ever tell you how much my terrier likes rugs?

I have the most horrible, useless, worthless dog on the planet. She weighs 10 pounds. She’s half Jack Russell Terrier, and half Italian Greyhound. If you read up on either of those breeds, you’ll find they’re high energy dogs that are easily distracted - like ADD personified - and they aren’t particularly well suited to following rules or obeying commands reliably. Italian Greyhounds (often called “Iggies”) are notoriously hard to housebreak, and have claws that need constant trimming because they grow like crazy.

So, my dog is hyperactive, not truly housebroken, can top out at nearly 30mph, is driven to kill rodents, eats bugs until she throws up, doesn’t mind, doesn’t pay attention, and has claws like a freaking Velociraptor.

But she loves rugs. If I stapled a rug to a wall she’d climb the wall just to pee on it, instead of the tile floor. She’d throw her kibble on the wall, on the off chance some might stick, because she hates eating from a bowl. And she would stand on her racehorse hind legs and scratch holes through the rug, right through the drywall, if she thought there might be a bug underneath.

Needless to say, my imported Persian rug in the dining room hasn’t fared well, and I’m always on the hunt for something more… disposable. So, 1.) where do I get one of these, 2.) does Jesus forgive a dog that might pee on the very artistic representation of his face, and 3.) are the rug’s powers diminished in any way by dog hair?