Pet Stinkies

[MamaM]

Any natural ways to freshen the carpet and furniture from Fido? Thanks.

[puglogic]

Any natural ways to freshen the carpet and furniture from Fido? Thanks.

We periodically rent a steam cleaner (a good one from a rental place, not the grocery store ones) and go through and do the carpets. It helps a ton.

In between, I use something like this: http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/homemade-carpet-freshenerrecip-87163

For furniture, I don't have a furniture steam cleaner (though I used to) and so nowadays we just cover things that they're allowed to sit on, and then wash the covers. Those little mini-cleaners can be handy for upholstery.

[iris lily]

Any natural ways to freshen the carpet and furniture from Fido? Thanks.

I don't mean to be a smart aleck, but carpet is just bad news.

Ceramic tile is bad enough. DH just pulled up a bunch of broken tiles in our kitchen and the old porous tile from 1991 has dog pee permeating throughout.

I think out ancestors had it right--dogs live outdoors, Humans live inside. French bulldogs are not part of that ancient equation.

[goldensmom]

I think out ancestors had it right--dogs live outdoors, Humans live inside. French bulldogs are not part of that ancient equation.
I agree, dogs outside and I’m glad that Golden Retrievers aren’t dogs.


We have one carpeted room and leather furniture. The dogs don’t get on the furniture but their dander does so we just wipe it down with a damp cloth. I’ve tried just about every carpet-sprucer-upper product and find that none work for me. The product does not remove anything but just covers the smell and I prefer the dog smell over the smell of the product….used to it I guess. I find that baking soda sprinkled over the floor works as well as anything. We get our carpet professionally steam cleaned twice a year. We also get the optional carpet treatment that works really well. Liquids, including puppy urine, beads up on top of the carpet and is easily sopped up. The carpet cleaners said the best way to deal with pet dander is to vacuum every day.

[kitten]

That's scary that even tiles can get leakage from pet pee.

We moved into an apartment that has pergo floors. Our cat thinks that if her feet are inside the box, her butt is too - but she's wrong. So every other time I'm wiping up one and two from the floor.

I think our floors were sealed at one time, but it's starting to seem like the urine smell is remaining from one deposit to the next. Is there any way to get urine out of pergo? I had thought pergo would be less porous than wood...

[Wildflower]

For pet odor problems - Nature's Miracle.

This stuff really does work miracles! ;)

[dogmom]

Diluted vinegar in a spray bottle works wonders for urine smells. It might mark your carpets though - test first.

[MamaM]

I have no urine issues. Just the normal pet stink from the dog/cat rolling around outside. Just want to freshen things up.

[Glo]

Dogs live outdoors? Why have them in that case? We have two dogs and two cats and wood floors and leather furniture. Brushing animals really cuts down on the stinkies.

[MamaM]

No they live indoors. Bathed 1x a month. Just trying to freshen up the carpet/furniture. :)

[reader99]

That's scary that even tiles can get leakage from pet pee.

We moved into an apartment that has pergo floors. Our cat thinks that if her feet are inside the box, her butt is too - but she's wrong. So every other time I'm wiping up one and two from the floor.

I think our floors were sealed at one time, but it's starting to seem like the urine smell is remaining from one deposit to the next. Is there any way to get urine out of pergo? I had thought pergo would be less porous than wood...

I had a cat like that. I bought an extra large litter pan with a cover and because as soon as he stepped inside it he turned around, no more on the floor.

[dogmom]

MamaM - have you tried brushing bicarb into the carpets, leaving and then hoovering? Should do some deodorising.

[Tussiemussies]

Carpet is a hard one to solve. We just bought a home with a horrible pet smell. The enzyme cleaners only work when you catch the accident freshly. We had to pull up the carpet which on the bottom showed tons of pee marks, I'm sure the owner steam cleaned it?0, but it really doesn't do the trick long term. Using vinegar helps to neutralize odor since it is an acid and the urine is a base. We sprayed the concrete flooring underneath with bleach and then used a great product called Odor Ban. The house no longer smells except for the hallway going down to the basement that is carpeted and we still need to pull that up...

I did a ton of research on the Internet and this was the best of what I found. Good luck!!!:)

[MamaM]

Thank y'all. I don't have any urine issues, just the general dog smell has worked it's way into the soft goods in the house. I will try the baking soda and see what happens.

[Float On]

I hate that smell of dog when the dog has been lying out in the sun for a few hours and then comes back inside. I actually spray him with a bit of lavendar oil when he comes inside. Seems to help.
I can't bathe him too often because he gets skin issues from being too clean (I think its psychological - the dog is afraid of the water in his water dish - getting a bath about puts him over the edge).

[Float On]

I also use baking soda on the two carpets we have left in the house.