Pets and carpet padding... solutions for soiled carpet? Ideas for new flooring?

We have Allure (available at Home depot) in our house. It is a flooring that looks like wood, acts like vinyl. It has adhesive strips that glue one strip to the next so its virtually moisture proof. It doesn't sound noisy and hollow like Pergo and it wears great. And its really inexpensive. I love this flooring, it was easy to install and easy to clean and no oops is going to ruin it. Good luck!