The Pet Owners Guide to Winning the Battle of the Dirty Carpet
Enter the Beast. The “terminator” of all vacuum cleaners; the big, gleaming new Hoover Steam Vac with Surge Clean arrived in the mail a month ago. At first, I thought, “Oh great, it needs assembling. What’s a single, mechanically challenged woman to do with this?” but after sitting down and reading the directions, I had the whole thing up and running in a half hour. And run, it does. Just fill up that handy water tank with cleaning fluid and hot water, and the machine storms through the worst of stains. Cat barf, be gone! It charges along like a raging bull, destroying scuzz and pet residue right and left. Not bad, considering I was skeptical about paying a little under $200 for it. A normal vacuum wouldn’t do, and this was the answer to all my prayers. I chose the model just below the “All Terrain” variety, which was a hundred bucks more. The medium quality one had all the bells and whistles I needed for my humble living space.
Now my floors are unbelievably clean, the rug looks like new again and smells great. The cats may have accidents on the rug in the future but now, I’m fully prepared. I bought extra jugs of the cleaning detergent as ammo, and with this machine in my household; nothing can stop me from keeping the carpet sanitized and fluffy. My two cats look at the vacuum in awe, as if somehow they know that they have finally met their match. Such a sight is enough to bring a tear of joy to a pet owner’s eyes. The battle of the carpet is now won. Bring it on, dirty pets; I feel the power of the Premium Pet Formula Carpet Detergent. Thank you, Hoover! It was more than worth having to get out that screwdriver, read instructions and actually need to assemble something with hand tools. Mission accomplished, and who knew there would be such satisfaction in staring at a newly washed carpet? I’ve found my zen. Life with a spotless carpet is very, very good. At last, victory is mine.