Tammy,
Have you thought of getting an exercise pen and setting it up in the house for your dogs. You could get a large tarp to go under the exercise pen. Even place puppy pads if you feel the dogs cannot go the whole day. I used one once for a shepherd. I put her crate in also both as a place to sleep and a way to keep the pen from moving. The tarp protects the rugs/wood. You can place the pen in the middle of the room. Since you have small dogs, they probably cannot move the exercise pen around. Even if they do, it will still be on top of the tarp. This gives them a much larger area to run around, but protects your belongings. The tarp shouldn't pick up the smell like a rug does and is a lot cheaper.
Let us know how things work out,
kjd
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