Contents insurance

[MalignantTomber]

Not an AIBU, but posting here for traffic.

FIL was staying with us over Christmas, and one of his dogs, ate what I can only assume was shit of some sort and then puked it up all over our lovely cream carpet. I've tried everything to remove the stains, carpet spray, special vomit and fences remover, bicarb and vinegar, bleach and a prope carpet cleaner, but we just have 5 large brownish orange stains.

So I was wondering about claiming on our contents insurance, our contents insurance however doesn't cover accidental damage by paying guests (which FIL wasn't) or pets, would you read that as our pets only or guests pets too? I'm going to call them in the morning, but wondered what the general consensus was.

As an aside if anyone has any amazing ideas on how to return our carpet to something approaching its original colour, I'm willing to try anything that will save us the small fortune of replacing it.

Go to an independent DIY shop. Buy some ammonia. Spray it on the carpet. Get an old towel. Iron.
Move the towel over so clean bit is over the stain. Repeat until the stain is out. May take a few attempts, and it will smell like pee until it's dried. Good luck x

I've got a local professional coming next week, fingers crossed, but I'm not holding out much hope.

Does FIL have pet insurance? Sometimes policies third party damage.

Thanks hungry, willing to try anything

In the short term can you cover it with another rug?
My ex flatmate once painted over a stain on our carpet

I hate cream carpets for this very reason! You have my sympathies.

Whoah, that's bad.

Get a rug!

If you have a spare piece of carpet you can get it "whipped" (stitched professionally around the outside to make a rug). A carpet shop would probably be able to do this for you.