Thursday, April 22, 2010

Willow The Purple Pawed Puppy

It's been awhile since my system had a good shocking, and I figured I was due for something somewhat dramatic in the near future.

But not this.

Oh heavens...not this.

I was coming out of the bathroom when Willow trotted past me and I caught sight of his purple paws.

Yep...I said purple paws.

See?



I wasn't kidding, was I.

I froze and he froze. We both stared at his feet as my mind worked in slow motion. Why are his paws purple? What made them go that way? Did he get into grape jello mix? Grape Kool-aid mix? Do I even own Kool-aid mix??

What would he have eaten that was purple??

Then I remembered that I signed a field trip permission form for Sam this morning and signed it with my purple sharpie.

I jumped up and walked through the kitchen praying that if there was any ink to be found, it would be on the kitchen floor. Not the carpet...please not the carpet...



...sure enough, it was on the living room carpet.

I think I stared at it for a full five minutes. I thought I was going to be sick. How on earth would I explain this to Ian?? I called him at the office and as soon as he answered the phone I felt the tears start. I told him what had happened and he told me where to find the bottle of carpet stain remover.

I squirted and blotted and prayed...squirted and blotted and prayed...

Between that miracle stain remover and our steam cleaner, it all came out.



Hallelujah!

Now if only I had something to help wash it off of Willow!

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24 comments:

  1. Oh HEAVENS, Kate! I'm impressed that it came out of the carpet - what is this miracle carpet stain remover of which you speak? I'd like to order it in 5 gallon buckets!

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  2. I know the feeling on the color doggie feet
    I have a maltipoo and hes a lil pup and my hubby was outsde painting our porch and what did i know the pup walk across the green paint omg! i flipped!

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  3. what was that stain remover? i need to have that on hand. ya know, just in case!

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  4. Oh. My. Word.

    That is the funniest picture ever. (willow feet) And your commentary directly after is... priceless. I can read it every time I need to laugh. THANK GOODNESS it all came out!!!

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  5. LOL! So glad it came out!

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  6. Yikes! Glad you got the stain out of the carpet.

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  7. Oh my gosh! I am amazed your miracle carpet cleaner got it out, but that is awesome! Poor Willow. You can call him the purple people eater for a bit!

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  8. LOL!!! THis is something that would happen in our house!!!

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  9. I can NOT believe that came out! BUT I am soo glad it did... please email me the name of your carpet cleaner.. I need some.. I spilt hair color on my carpet.. and umm.. its still there!! DH whines about it ALLLLL the time!

    Loving Willows purple feet tho... he is a mess :)

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  10. this is especially funny since your dog recently completed obedience classes :)

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  11. Thank goodness YOU are Willow's mommy and not me, she might not have made it through that over here! Glad it came out! What kind of miracle cleaner do you have over there!?

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  12. That sucks! Glad you got it cleaned up. I am just laughing that you have I mean had a purple sharpie hehe!

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  13. Too funny! Well, you did a good job getting it out of the carpet!

    Hey, your nav bar looks great! Good job!

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  14. Oh my word...I need some of that spot cleaner. And a steam cleaner. And Kate, to come clean my carpets.

    Ooooooh, will that get you here? Come clean my carpets!!! ;)

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  15. so glad it came out. how did it get on the carpet? i chuckled at the thought of you and the dog staring at his paws :)
    have a blessed weekend!

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  16. stopping by from I Am Mommy. too funny about your dog!! loving your blog!

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  17. Glad to see the stain came off the carpet. What stain remover did you use? I have carpeting in my son's room, and well that's probably not the best place to have it in.

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  18. Willow...bad boy...you are suppose to be the perfect gentleman...especially after doggy obedience classes. You've let us down this time..but we still have faith in you! Kate, I'm sure it was just a momentary relapse. I think it happens to the best of us..even after obedience training! ha ha

    So glad it came out of your carpet. WAY TO GO!!

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  19. I need some of that miracle carpet cleaner! Glad it all ended happily---did you ever find something to clean Willow's paws?

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  20. Stopping by from Mama M.

    So, I'm picturing a dog drawing on your floor with a purple sharpie... hard at work & concentrating.

    Do tell what the cleaning product was.

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  21. Tee hee - I needed that laugh!

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  22. Oh my goodness! I would have stared at it as well, and then laughed ... it would have been so hard to get it out but you just have to laugh at things like that!! At least it came out of the carpet! Are his paws still purple?

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  23. I found this post this morning and had to laugh. Sorry. But having two cats and two dogs, I KNOW the things that happen in a pet household!! :-)

    I am so happy that the stain came out of the carpet. Maybe Willow heard you say you liked all things purple. ;-)

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  24. I found this post this morning and had to laugh. Sorry. But having two cats and two dogs, I KNOW the things that happen in a pet household!! :-)

    I am so happy that the stain came out of the carpet. Maybe Willow heard you say you liked all things purple. ;-)

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