Ok let me set the scene.......

its a wet muddy Sunday and we've been out for a long walk. Marleys' off playing in the garden and I've settled myself in front of the telly to watch the match........

My boys score early, we're beating Arsenal and I'm celebrating, Marley hearing all the nosie runs back into the kitchen and starts barking to come into the house. In my good mood I leg it out, grab a towel dry him off and let him in. As he runs down the hallway I suddenly realise I may not have dried him properly.....



so I yell for Marley and by then he's made it into the living room! As I go to grab him he spots an opportunity for a game and the chase begins! He hares all round the room, across the settees, all across the carpet and I'm shouting that I'm going to kill him....

By the time Chris hears the comotion and arrives downstairs i've gone past the point of wanting to kill him and am creased up laughing at the whole thing! Between us we manage to catch him and then we assess the scene left behind........





and the culprit....



just waiting for it to dry off and hopefully it'll brush out.

He looks like he's been practising hand brake turns and wheel spins- or the springer equivalent. Bless the little monkey- he looks quite proud

it was a lot like that, he's great at the "can't catch me" game! it was all over in about 30 seconds, clean to ruined in no time at all!!!

but is he now clean??????

Looks like a spangle house to me .

It'll brush out don't worry. If you don't mind me saying cream carpets (and lovely they are) and springers do not go well together !!!!

OH MARLEY!!!! Looks like he had a good time!

i feel so much better for seeing that having light carpets and white sofa's

Oh the Joy of owning a springer
I also have cream carpets .. the carpets were there before the springers
What i wouldn't give for a tiled floor that i could just MOP

You need a Vax

Are you sure it was Marley?

Looks to me like you might need a visit from the Carpet Doctor

Left it to dry out properly, will try tonight! Yes I know its not a great combination but the carpet was there first. Actually its not ideal for us as we're quite outdoory people anyway but it came free with the house!

And yes we are also the owners of a professional carpet cleaner (inherited it), I think it should be compulsory when you get a springer, along with bed, water bowls etc!

I think we've found the source of the mud though, there's a big hole appeared in the flower beds by the fence........

Perhaps there is a market out there for ready patterned dirty springer skid marks carpet....someone could make a fortune!!!

He looks very proud of his handiwork in the last shot Jen

And hey, not laughing at you, laughing with you.....we also have a cream carpet!