There are only a few worse things in a proud home owner’s life than having to get rid of dog urine stain from the carpet. Dog urine stains are nasty things that may exist throughout eternity if you don’t take immediate action.

PREVENTION IS ALWAYS THE KEY

Your best defense against dog urine stains is preventing them from happening in the first place. Your new pet must be properly housebroken or trained in order to greatly minimize the chances of having your very expensive carpet ruined.

Among other things, the most important lessons you should impart on your pet is the need to obey house rules and that means no urinating on the carpet!

Dogs usually urinate some time after the meal. Knowing this, you can always lead your dog to the outside yard until he’s done with his business. When you make this into a habit, your dog – being innately smart, like all his fellow canines are – will surely get the picture.

THE PROCESS OF CLEANING

Whichever dog cleaning product you end up choosing, this is usually the process that one makes use of when getting rid of ugly dog urine stains from the market:

If the stain is the result of combined urine and feces, make sure that you get rid of the solid waste first. Yes, it’s an icky task to accomplish but remember, a pet owner’s gotta do what a pet owner’s gotta do!

Vacuum the stained area to remove pet hair.

Whatever solution you choose to use, this is now the time to use them. You could either use a sponge, a brush or paper towels to apply the solution or dog cleaning product.

Scrub!

Use an enzyme inhibitor to get rid of the smell as well.

DIFFERENT TYPES OF DOG CLEANING PRODUCTS YOU CAN USE

Detergent and Water – Since they’re tried and tested against various fabric stains, people thought that they might do just as well in a fight against dog urine stains in the carpet. Guess what? They certainly can!

Toothpaste – Besides cleaning enamel, toothpaste has also been commonly used by people to clean metal. Now, there’s yet another new way that toothpaste can make our lives easier: using it to get rid of dog urine stains. And yes, they really do work!

Peroxide – In addition to letting brunettes have a taste of blond fun, peroxide can also help in getting rid of terrible dog urine stains on the carpet.

OTHER TIPS AND WARNINGS

Try to correctly identify the level of damage caused by your pet’s urine and base your choice of dog cleaning product on what you’ve observed.

Carpets generally have pocket or porous areas that do not react well when a solution is applied. If a dog urine stain appears in one of these areas, the only thing you can do is take your carpet to a professional cleaning shop and let the experts do their job.

There are countless dog cleaning products that are out in the market. Be very careful about the choice you make; remember to consider not only the effectiveness of the product but take its biochemical formulation in account as well.

If and when your carpet is not properly protected or covered, you may have no other recourse left but to replace it when the stains appear irremovable.

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Michael Louis is a dog lover with a passion for knowledge who enjoys sharing his dog cleaning care secrets. Did you find these dog odor tips useful? Learn to house train your dog at the-dog-stop.com

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Cleaning Pet Urine from Carpets

In general, carpets and indoor pets are a dangerous combination. You may love having your pet in the house, but you should be prepared to undertake the task of cleaning pet urine from carpet not just once, but many times. You may have paid good money for a professional dog trainer to potty train your pet, but there'll be times when your pet is going to urinate on your carpet. After all, if your pet needs to go, he'll go wherever the need to catches him.

Unless you don't care much about your carpet and you don't mind living in a house that smells of pet urine, you'll need to put it on top of your list of priorities. The only way you can dodge the carpet pet stains is if you kick your pet out and never let him inside your house.

Whether it's a cat, dog, hamster or some other pet that stains your carpet, pet urine is not something you'll want to remain on your carpet. Pet urine has an extremely powerful odor and it leaves a visible spot on carpets.

Here's a tip to removing pet odor from carpet with the help of baking soda and vinegar: The pet stain needs to be completely dried down first before applying baking soda. Take some paper towels and press them down against the urine on the carpet. When you have most of the urine out, dampen the area with clean water. Next, sprinkle baking soda over it. Allow the baking soda to dry for several hours (even overnight). Vacuum over the area the next day.

Alternatively, you can use white vinegar. Mix 1/2 cup of white vinegar with 1/4 cup of warm water. Pour the solution over the stained area. Place a dry towel over the area and press it down with a heavy object. Keep the towel pressed over the area for at least two hours or even overnight. The next morning, take off the towel and clean the area with a soft hairbrush.

Sometimes, you'll see no visible stains on your carpet but you could definitely smell them. It can be rather hard to get rid of pet odor from your carpet if you are unable to find where exactly on your carpet the odor is coming. It could be that your pet urinated in a hard-to-reach corner of your house. Or it could be that the odor has become so impregnated into the carpet that it's virtually impossible for you to determine exactly where it coming from.

For those hard-to-see pet urine stains, use a black UV light. Close the blinds, turn off all the lights and turn on the UV black light. Pet urine stains glow under black UV light so you should be able to see where the pet odors are coming from and then you can take steps at removing them.

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Niv Orlian is an experienced Home Improvement Adviser who writes articles for his Flooring & Carpet Cleaning online guides.
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