OT- How do I get dog urine smell out of my house

[taraprather]

I babysat my brothers dog all last month, and he's not completly house trained yet. The dog has now went back to my brothers but my house smells like dog urine (DISGUSTING!!!). Does anyone have any budget ways to get that smell out of my house?
Thanks

 

[ameraumi]

Budget: Vinegar & water

I have a bottle of Odoban that I bought at Sam's Club and it takes out any nasty smell! We had a potty training accident on my new couch and it took the urine smell out as well as disinfected it. DD vomited the other night on the hallway carpet and took the smell right out. I love this stuff!

 

[gonemousin']

If the smell is embedded in carpeting and you've already scrubbed the area with a cleaner, try throwing down some baking soda (super cheap!), let it sit for an hour or two and then vacuum it up.

 

[summerrluvv]

My son peed on our carpet years ago. The smell has never came out. I tried vinegar (the house smelled like a salad for a week). I tried all those enzyme cleaners that say they get rid of the smell. I had it professionally cleaned, tried baking soda, etc. nothing worked. This was berber carpet BTW. If the smell doesn't go away, you most likely need to replace the padding and the carpet and scrub the subfloor underneath prior to putting new carpeting down. The smell gets worse when it's humid out too!

 

[Piecey]

My son peed on our carpet years ago. The smell has never came out. I tried vinegar (the house smelled like a salad for a week). I tried all those enzyme cleaners that say they get rid of the smell. I had it professionally cleaned, tried baking soda, etc. nothing worked. This was berber carpet BTW. If the smell doesn't go away, you most likely need to replace the padding and the carpet and scrub the subfloor underneath prior to putting new carpeting down. The smell gets worse when it's humid out too!

That is our problem, too!

Rink (puppy in my siggy) isn't completely housebroken yet and while he's good about using his puppy pad he sometimes gets his front paws on while his rear is hanging out on the carpet--- and he just lets go and pees everywhere!

We put down baking sode, pour vinegar on top-- and it bubbles up and then we scrub it up with hot water. So far, that has worked the best-- but when it gets humid you can still smell it.

 

[DawnCt1]

Perhaps not budget but effective. Buy a gallon of Simple Solution at PetCo, etc and follow the directions. It has always worked for us and doesn't leave your house smelling like a salad.

 

[chewbacca]

I have used Nature's Miracle. I did have to use alot of it but the dog urine smell did eventually come out.

 

[Disnefan]

not specific on odors, but how to clean it:

http://www.catalogs.com/info/pets/how-to-clean-dog-uring.html

 

[photo_chick]

I have 4 cats. I have had to deal with this problem! For me the long term solution was to rip up the carpet and put down laminate flooring in most of my house.

The best solution for just one or two areas...Pull the carpet back and replace just that section of the pad. It will not cost that much, you cna usually get remnants of pads pretty cheap. It is also very easy to do. Most carpet pads don't clean well and if the urine gets into the pad than you pretty much just have to get rid of it to really get the smell completely gone.

Urine is hot liquid and penetrates the pad. Cleaners are generally cold liquid and do not get that far down. Steam cleaning does not really extract the cleaner from the pad only from the carpet, so that does not help much either.

 

[HeatherFeather]

This is exactly what we had to do after we went on vacation and left the teenage neighbor in charge of our dogs. I had already paid someone like $200 to come and professionally remove the stain/odor. The stains were gone, but I could still smell something. We just pulled back the carpet, cut out the pad in offending areas out and cut a piece to fit back in. That took care of the problem, which was good since we had to sell the house two months later.

I have 4 cats. I have had to deal with this problem! For me the long term solution was to rip up the carpet and put down laminate flooring in most of my house.

The best solution for just one or two areas...Pull the carpet back and replace just that section of the pad. It will not cost that much, you cna usually get remnants of pads pretty cheap. It is also very easy to do. Most carpet pads don't clean well and if the urine gets into the pad than you pretty much just have to get rid of it to really get the smell completely gone.

Urine is hot liquid and penetrates the pad. Cleaners are generally cold liquid and do not get that far down. Steam cleaning does not really extract the cleaner from the pad only from the carpet, so that does not help much either.

 

[kandeebunny]

Febreze makes a pet odor remover, it seems to work pretty well!

 

[rcraw45425]

That is our problem, too!

Rink (puppy in my siggy) isn't completely housebroken yet and while he's good about using his puppy pad he sometimes gets his front paws on while his rear is hanging out on the carpet--- and he just lets go and pees everywhere!

We put down baking sode, pour vinegar on top-- and it bubbles up and then we scrub it up with hot water. So far, that has worked the best-- but when it gets humid you can still smell it.

Shih-Tzu, right? Our male is that way, but sometimes it is with the other (#2). He'll be so proud, I just rate him on the percentage system, How many hit the mat vs how many hit DHs bathroom rug That's his favorite spot!

 

[IDoDis]

If the urine has already soaked down into the pad, spraying the carpet won't help. You'll need a professional carpet cleaner to get the smell out for good. If you ever dog sit in the future and the dog wets on the carpet, blot with paper towels over and over until the towel comes up dry. Push down with lots of pressure, stand on the paper towel, whatever it takes to keep blotting until it is no longer getting wet. This could take up to 20 minutes of blotting depending on the amount of urine/size of animal. After that, spray the carpet with Nature's Miracle or another similar product (available at pet stores). Blotting up the wet right after the accident is the key though. Our dog had bladder problems as she got older. She's now waiting for us a the Rainbow Bridge, but our carpet has no urine or doggie smells after years of accidents.

 

[MyZoeJane]

Replacing the carpet is the only thing that will get rid of urine completely. Other things might lessen the smell for awhile... but it'll come back... ESPECIALLY when it's hot and humid. If replacingthecarpet isn't an option, I second the suggestion for Nature's Little Miracle...

Reason number one I will never get another dog.

 

[Piecey]

Shih-Tzu, right? Our male is that way, but sometimes it is with the other (#2). He'll be so proud, I just rate him on the percentage system, How many hit the mat vs how many hit DHs bathroom rug That's his favorite spot!

Yep! He's a Shih-Tzu. I called a trainer who said it sounded like he was giving me a bit of an attitude-- trying to let me know he was boss and he was dominant.
She told me to cage train him (at that time he slept with me ) but not to put his cage in my room. Hard to convince my parents to let me put a crate in the middle of the living room (where the lady suggested) but it really has helped him. He loves that cage and it's a great place to stick him whenever we need him out of the way

 

[A Mickeyfan]

This is exactly what we had to do after we went on vacation and left the teenage neighbor in charge of our dogs. I had already paid someone like $200 to come and professionally remove the stain/odor. The stains were gone, but I could still smell something. We just pulled back the carpet, cut out the pad in offending areas out and cut a piece to fit back in. That took care of the problem, which was good since we had to sell the house two months later.

You make it sound as if it were the teen that watched your pets fault (don't know for sure unless they just did not let them out at all).... trust me, it wasn't! I have dogs & when I go away, my son stays here & I have my friend who is an adult stop by, the one dog will still go in the house out of spite! I don't know if you are blaming the teen or not, but if so, try not too.. I can almost bet it is not their fault, but your pets fault. Unless they did just outright not let the dogs out.

Over the course of the years, we finally tore out our carpet & installed tile.. much easier to clean the urine & leaves no odor....

 

[2buzzboys]

Borax works pretty good. I have a dog that seems to go more on the carpet then outside. I now put some borax down for the day and it seems to soak up some of the smell and the stain.

 

[rcraw45425]

Yep! He's a Shih-Tzu. I called a trainer who said it sounded like he was giving me a bit of an attitude-- trying to let me know he was boss and he was dominant.
She told me to cage train him (at that time he slept with me ) but not to put his cage in my room. Hard to convince my parents to let me put a crate in the middle of the living room (where the lady suggested) but it really has helped him. He loves that cage and it's a great place to stick him whenever we need him out of the way

Yep, those dogs, especially the males, are all about the attitude! I posted on the CB last weekend about taking Scruffy to someones apartment complex that had a Shih-Tzu mix. My stinker smelled that dog on my jeans (he never saw the dog), and while I was talking to this lady, my dog proceded to lift his leg and pee on my leg, not once, but twice!

 

[A Mickeyfan]

Yep, those dogs, especially the males, are all about the attitude! I posted on the CB last weekend about taking Scruffy to someones apartment complex that had a Shih-Tzu mix. My stinker smelled that dog on my jeans (he never saw the dog), and while I was talking to this lady, my dog proceded to lift his leg and pee on my leg, not once, but twice!

that is what I have, 3 males the oldest is a gem execept for when we go away. He has been that way since day one. He let's us know that is is mad that we left him. He will usually go (and for some strange reason) the day we come home I have no clue how he knows that is the day we are to come home but that is the day he will go in the house. He will go before we get home too! He is now 13 & has been doing this for 13 years! Other than when we are away, he normally will not go in the house (unless he is sick) I am just lucky that he has never decided to lift that leg & go on the luggage the night before when he see's it I really should not laugh...

 

[A Mickeyfan]

Borax works pretty good. I have a dog that seems to go more on the carpet then outside. I now put some borax down for the day and it seems to soak up some of the smell and the stain.

I usually place a bowl of amonia on the counter and it will absorb all the odors in the house but it will not get anything out
of the carpet. My husband swears by Resolve.. I don't. I personally didn't thing anything worked for the smell. That could be the mind over matter thing with me though so I use my bowl of amonia.. that stinks but does take up the other odors..