He sounds a lot like my dad! First, no dogs in the house. then we got one and it became, no dogs sleeping on furniture, in bedrooms (she was locked in the kitchen for three nights before she was allowed upstairs) the it was (of course) no bed. then it was no bed when I'm home.. and so on...

His dogs currently run the house and he moves around them!

As for the carpet, one rule we made when we got new carpet two years ago was "NO shoes at all in the house" it has been a blessing - our carpet still looks new despite three teenagers, two cats, and a dog... to be honest, we humans damage carpet more than the pets anyway!