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That mat is minging

65 replies

IsolationPeach · 17/03/2020 15:05

MIL bought DH and I a rug for our dining room. It’s red. My son sent me a picture of an ocean pink earlier on and I could smell the rug from in the living room. Basically we have a male dog that constantly pisses on his bed but since we got the rug he’s started pissing and shitting on that instead, I bought a vax all in one cleaner but it’s constant and the rug is full of stains from the dog. Last night DH said “that mat is minging” and yes it is but he won’t throw it out because MIL bought us it!!! The dog is a frenchie and we have had behaviourist in and everything and although he knows to go outside and normally does, if he’s left alone at all (even if we’re in another room) he will go and piss or shit on the rug.

AIBU to insist we throw it out??

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Izzybuzzybuzzybees · 17/03/2020 15:08

Definitely throw it out!

nestisflown · 17/03/2020 15:09

Gross

LucyAutumn · 17/03/2020 15:09

Ugh, I'd just go ahead and would have no problem with my DH pointing the finger of blame on me if MIL, surely she would agree you were right to?

nestisflown · 17/03/2020 15:09

YANBU

LucyAutumn · 17/03/2020 15:09

*if MIal asked

Namethecat · 17/03/2020 15:10

and the dog (lighthearted)

pilates · 17/03/2020 15:10

Just throw it out, the dog can smell it however much you scrub and will continue to use it. How old is the dog?

Aloe6 · 17/03/2020 15:11

Yanbu. Bin it. ‘Accidentally’ spill bleach on it if needs be.

IsolationPeach · 17/03/2020 15:11

He’s 4 years old! He’s lovely but very frustrating. I put him out for a bog and then he won’t come back in and makes me late for work. I feel like he’s trying to spite me all the time (I know he isn’t)

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MissBax · 17/03/2020 15:27

What's an Ocean Pink?! Confused

possumgoddess · 17/03/2020 15:55

Another one who is confused by the 'son sent me a picture of an ocean pink' bit.... OK can you clarify? Probably Just a typo but if not I am completely clueless... Should I know what this means? Am I now so old that I am not getting perfectly ordinary references? Oh dear. And definitely get rid of the rug.

Scarlettpixie · 17/03/2020 16:23

Yanbu. We couldn’t have rugs with one dog or she would wee on them. She also sometimes went on beds if we weren’t around so we had a stair gate and got rid of the rugs which largely solved the issue.

whiplashy · 17/03/2020 16:30

what’s an ocean pink

Bluntness100 · 17/03/2020 16:33

My son sent me a picture of an ocean pink earlier on and I could smell the rug from in the living room

I’ve also no idea what this means.

However yes, the rug should go out.

Bluntness100 · 17/03/2020 16:35

Google says an ocean pink is a seafood tray. I’m not sure of the correlation of receiving a pic of one and smelling the rug.

pussycatinboots · 17/03/2020 16:39

Put the bloody rug, the shitting dog and DH in the garden and leave them both to it.

CandyLeBonBon · 17/03/2020 16:42

I too now need to know what is an ocean pink!?

Wolfiefan · 17/03/2020 16:42

Put him out for a bog?
Ocean pink?
WTF?

You have a dog that pees everywhere. Sounds like you’ve never toilet trained it. Whole house must stink. Don’t leave the dog. Treat it like a pup and back to basics. Actually toilet train it. Blush

Soubriquet · 17/03/2020 16:45

I have the same problem.

We have just had to chuck out rug number 3 purely because the dogs keep weeing on it.

They will go outside, but when we are asleep, they just pee

MissBax · 17/03/2020 17:52

Ahhh I've just thought, could Ocean Pink be rhyming slang for stink? Ie poo? I might be clutching at straws...

64sNewName · 17/03/2020 22:36

I'm just here to find out what an ocean pink is

Onemorehitandillcrumble · 17/03/2020 22:47

Ocean pinx?
Although I still don’t get why him sending a picture (of dyed, shaped fish or something else entirely) meant you could suddenly smell the rug

www.estuaryfish.com/product/ocean-pinx/

Newernewist · 17/03/2020 22:55

I also need to know

Gazelda · 17/03/2020 22:56

Ocean pink sounds very romantic. The rug, less so.

Sleepycat91 · 17/03/2020 22:59

Can he be crated whilst your out? Simple solution is good for that, removes the enzymes, so stops the smell and prevents re marking, might save the rug? Also does he still have his fuzzy plums? Simple solution saved my landing carpet from having to be burnt thanks to a cat that decided she was too mad at me to use her litter tray for 2 days