Wool Rugs

Wool rugs are wonderful!
Or you can call them carpets...is there a difference, I wonder.

Wool nap, so soft and springy...are calisthenics more comfy on wool nap, do you think?

But wool is animal fur. And you have smelled wet animal fur I'm sure. Stinks. Well, if you love the animal, really loooooooove it, wet wool smells like wet dog.

But wool is sheep.
Have you had mutton?
Have you had leg of lamb?
Do you know that gamey taste?
(though not so strong in very good, very fresh meat)
But damp wool does have a sheep overtone to it.

Well wool is sheep and when the dog barfs on the wool rug, there is a dilemma.

One idea:
Scoop up the vomit, (in this case right after dinner, yuck)
Mop up the wet spot scrubbing a little.
Spray with something that says,
"Fresh 'n Clean"
"For Pet Stains and Odors"
"By Arm & Hammer"

There is still some elbow grease needed,
and gucky removal still is gucky, but all in all,
this could be a quick fix.
Let dry and there you go.
Fumes and ick disperses.

But nooooooooooooooo...
Men think big!!
They think, "Grab that big 'ole heavy rug, drag it by it's heels out to the great outdoors where the air is sweet and the hose is at the ready. Hose down the whole carcass with high water pressure, physically removing the horrible (though smallish) mess. Spray the whole damn body of the thing because this is one of the most disgusting things that civilized people must deal with in this modern age and more is always better."

Now, where to dry this damp dander?
It is monsoon season in the Bay Area. Usually summer breezes and sunshine and heat clear up damp sheep shearling. Rain and cold cannot work the same miracle.

Dripping, drying in the garage with the door wide open to the storm, blow with a fan. Hmmm, doesn't do the trick. So, next day, bring it into the kitchen, lay the on the linoleum. No turning up the heat! Our heating bill for November was a whopper! Think what December will bring: people actually visited, walking comfortably on the wool rug! So in the cold, but dry house dry that rug. Nope, no good. The wool begins to do for us what the sheep wool does for the sheep...sog and sog; no hope, but keeping the linoleum quite dry underneath.

The 3rd day? 4th? I don't know, but I've had it.
Women think, "Get this thing done immediately! Bundle it up, damp and heavy and get it to the one warm room, the bathroom (no showers today). Just hang the long snaky wool runner on the shower door, drape it over the laundry hamper, push it along the counter top into the dry sink, stretched out like a sunbather, but instead, a heatbather this time. Now shut the door!!"

The heater rumbles along.
Hopefully all this self righteousness will give me the win.

Hint:
I suggest using the Arm & Hammer next time.
It's just a suggestion.

And by the way, a great big thank you to the men in my life. Men NOT in tights, but in big boots and hard hats with big muscles and strong backs. Like lumberjacks, they chopped down the big pine tree! With a 14" electric chain saw, no less! My greatest thanks and adoring admiration go out to you both!