16-07-2025
Woman Receives Message From Robot Vacuum, Not Prepared for What It Says
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The notification a robot vacuum sent to the owners of a potential new rug in the bathroom left the couple in stitches after they saw what caused the alert.
Aubrey Fetté shared a video on her TikTok account @zeebatheibizan earlier this week about how her husband received a notification on his phone from their vacuum. The vacuum detected a new carpet in the bathroom and wanted to check whether or not to begin cleaning it.
"We get all of the usual alerts from our vacuum, like getting stuck, or the dust needs to be emptied," Fetté told Newsweek. "But this was the first time that it had identified a rug in our house."
Red flags went up for the couple as they knew full well there was no new rug. Her husband looked at the app, which gave a very distinct outline of the rug in question. He immediately knew the culprit: the couple's 1-year-old dog, Leo.
Screenshots from a July 14 TikTok video of a woman realizing what the vacuum detected as new rug was the dog.
Screenshots from a July 14 TikTok video of a woman realizing what the vacuum detected as new rug was the dog.
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The Borzoi spends about 90 percent of the day sleeping, Fetté said. He'll lounge on his side, looking "flat as a pancake." And given the dog's long hair that mimics a shaggy rug, it is no wonder the vacuum got confused.
"When the vacuum asked if we wanted to try carpet cleaning, my husband immediately said 'no,'" she said. "Can you imagine the chaos of a vacuum trying to 'carpet clean' long, silky Borzoi fur?"
Fetté couldn't stop laughing at the vacuum's confusion. In the clip, she added a cut-out picture of Leo sleeping on his side and placed it on top of the detected "rug," showing viewers the vacuum's perfect outline.
Leo stayed in his spot, unafraid of the vacuum. Nothing could disrupt him from his nap, which is pretty typical. Fetté said he's the "epitome of unbothered."
"He does not bark at people who walk past the house," she said. "He doesn't worry about his barky, bossy little Chihuahua sister. In fact, this morning, his brother, Argos the Ibizan hound, sat directly on his head. And Leo did nothing."
'Unbothered King'
The TikTok video instantly went viral, bringing in over 3.4 million views and 656,000 likes within two days. People obsessed over both the dog being an "unbothered king" and the precision in the outline.
"It's crazy how perfectly dog-shaped it is," wrote a viewer, while a second commenter echoed: "It drew such a good picture of a dog."
Another person joked: "It said, 'Ma'am, this carpet is dirty.'"
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