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August is National Dog Month: 

August is National Dog Month 

A Celebration of Drool, Chaos, and Unconditional Carpet Damage

It’s National Dog Month, which means it’s time to honor the one creature in your home who thinks every visitor is either a burglar or their new best friend.

Dogs are amazing. They love you more than they love themselves.
They’re loyal. They’re enthusiastic.
And they have absolutely no understanding of boundaries, flooring, or gastrointestinal timing.

They will fetch a ball 73 times without asking why.
They will bark at a leaf for 12 straight minutes.
They will consume half a sock and then stare at you like you’re the weird one.

And through it all, your rug just lies there—silently absorbing the consequences.

The Rug: Unsung Hero of Dog Ownership

If rugs could speak, they would scream.

Your rug has seen things.
It has been peed on, barfed on, chewed at the corners, and used as a dinner plate for something wet and formerly alive.
It has endured muddy paws, shedding that defies physics, and the emotional trauma of being “marked” in front of company.

And yet, it stays.
Loyal. Quiet. Forever holding the scent of Golden Retriever Shame.

So while you're celebrating National Dog Month by taking your pup to the beach, buying gourmet biscuits, or dressing them in costumes they hate, consider this:
Your rug deserves a spa day too.

What Your Rug Really Wants
(Besides a Restraining Order)

Here’s the problem with most rug cleaning methods: they don’t remove the smell.
They politely ask it to wear deodorant.

You get your rug back smelling like “Mountain Breeze” or “Citrus Explosion,” which is code for “We gave up and sprayed Febreze.”

But at Luv-A-Rug, we don’t cover up the scent.
We erase it from the timeline.

Using our high-tech, canine-resistant cleaning process, we restore your rug to its original, pre-dog glory.
Soft. Fluffy. Fragrance-free.

Not lemony.
Not lavender.
Just clean. Like… invisible clean.
Like the kind of clean that makes your dog sniff the rug in confusion, glance around suspiciously, then sit down and fart.

National Dog Month Is About Love.
But Also Sanity.

So this National Dog Month, go ahead and pamper your pup.
Buy the toy that looks like a squirrel having a nervous breakdown.
Post 48 photos of them sleeping in positions that would kill a human spine.
Let them lick your face even though you know where that tongue has been.

But don’t forget your rug.

Luv-A-Rug:
We clean your rug so well, even your dog starts to feel a little guilty. (Briefly.)

Dusty Roberts

Luv-A-Rug Team Leader


Stephen "Dusty" Roberts is one of the most experienced and qualified area rug carpet cleaners in Canada.   He has completed the Master Rug Cleaner program with the Oriental Rug College Program, he is a Senior Fellow of Academy of Oriental Rug (AOR), is IICRC certified, and Wool Safe Certified.  He is an Industry Speaker at conventions, Rug Cleaning Trainer and Business Coach. Dusty has traveled all over the USA and to Australia, England, Turkey and many other European countries learning and teaching about area rug history, identification and proper cleaning.  He is also a noted oriental rug appraiser.  Discover more about Stephen "Dusty" Roberts at our About Us Page