Possible Clues:

• Felt love about sweetheart so dressed down
• Tended to accept favourite being hauled over the coals
• Worried about the dog getting all over the floor
• Perhaps setter with short name such as Rover, initially reprimanded
• Reprimanded local runner for taking drugs to succeed in the end
• Wigged, ie provided with rug?
• Darling gets bothered about being reprimanded
• Seems the fish tee'd this underfoot
• Having a rug
• Covered with woven material, wigged