Ideas for getting dog poop smell out of carpet?

fluffypuppylover · 01-04-2006, 10:04 AM

Poor Abbie has had diarrhea a few days in a row now. Once or twice outside, but she's been going on the carpet at night and seems to go THEN come wake me up and ask to go out. Vet thinks its the Wellness i switched her over to. She was on Nutro but I switched her to Wellness, it wasn't a fast switch, i've been mixing it with the Nutro for two weeks and she was ok until it got to be about 80% Wellness. I did switch back to all Nutro yesterday, but still the diarrhea continued so now we're not sure what the problem is. Last night was actually worse, she went all over the living room floor and there were little piles all the way out to the kitchen door.

It's cleaned up now but the house reeks of poop and cleaning supplies. Its tried just shutting myself off in my bedroom which is dog poop free but it seemed to have wafted up that way and I could still get a pretty good whiff in there. The windows were open, but I can't really leave them open as my poor rat would freeze to death.

Any ideas on how to get the smell out? I'm going through crazy amounts of air freshener here and the smell is still gag worthy.

mulroony · 01-04-2006, 10:10 AM

I would try various spray on carpet cleaners. There are some you sprinkle down, let sit, then vacuum later. Try nature's miracle or zero odor, both of those work well. Otherwise maybe a clothes pin on the nose for the next couple days...

mrsgrubby · 01-04-2006, 10:12 AM

Many hardware shops or laundry mats rent out carpet cleaning machines. I would rent one of those and clean your carpets. Bissel makes a carpet cleaner for pets to use in one of those cleaning machines.

I find the machines work well when a dog has been sick like that.

calgal · 01-04-2006, 12:07 PM

You can put the natures miracle in the machine. It's a stain AND odor lifter. Works great.

linnie · 01-05-2006, 01:58 AM

I use white vinager it works really good to nutralise and remove stains
Use plenty and then sponge it up

theGOOCH · 01-05-2006, 06:53 AM

I had the same thing happen on New Year's day and it takes a lot of work to get it out. I have a little green machine and I bought some Nature's miracle to try. It's still not all gone. After I cleaned it I've started using just water and pulling it back up whith the green machine. I'm going to continue that until it starts coming up clear then clean again. I would also appreciate any other ideas.

D.Schäferhund · 01-05-2006, 08:07 AM

Hi
i run over accidents with a bissel, carpetcleaner.pretreat with some spray they have for hard stains. then I swear on arm and hammer crpet petodor remover, they have the nonvaccuumspray and the powder, i use the spray sometimes for prewash and sometimes when I remember where a stain was.

When it is try i use the powder, it kept the whelpingroom and all the accidents lowscent, we had carpet in that room so i had the steam and vac going almost everyday...

at walliworld they have a petstain and odor remover, that one is ok , too.
and hoover has a spray for petodor, too, that i like, too. never smelled like poo in the house very long...

anaconda · 01-05-2006, 03:19 PM

Ammonia has a good strong smell, but dogs hate it. Works well, though.

***Cassiepeia*** · 01-05-2006, 03:30 PM

I always thought ammonia was suppose to smell like urine and therefore encourage animals to pee where it was used? Or is that just cats?

Cass.

Shadowkins · 01-05-2006, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by D.Schäferhund

at walliworld they have a petstain and odor remover, that one is ok , too.

Your quite right D. that's what I use too and i swear by it...it even took out red wine stains on my grey carpet...plus it has a nice smell.

D.Schäferhund · 01-05-2006, 08:37 PM

oh wow haven't tryed that one yet, need to get in on heavier stains, too , i guess... if it gets out wine, that is great stuff then I just noticed that the puppies don't get peaspots it never hit the same spot, so it must work and really brake down the urin....

anaconda · 01-06-2006, 11:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Cassiepeia

I always thought ammonia was suppose to smell like urine and therefore encourage animals to pee where it was used?

Perfumed ammonia exists. But anyway, I don't think urine makes your eyes water. In any case, why anyone would want to make a cleaning product smell of pee, lol.

***dogs4life*** · 01-14-2006, 11:50 PM

I use BacOut from BioKleen and use the shop vac to suck up the wet stuff. Sometimes I put hot water on the spot and quickly suck it up with the shop vac. Wash, Rinse, Repeat.... Good Luck

***Cassiepeia*** · 01-14-2006, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by anaconda

Perfumed ammonia exists. But anyway, I don't think urine makes your eyes water. In any case, why anyone would want to make a cleaning product smell of pee, lol.

It doesn't smell like it to us, but to them I thought it was suppose to. It's probably just a cat thing. LOL I know it's a bad idea to use it with cats around.

Cass.

01-04-2006, 10:04 AM	#1 (permalink)
fluffypuppylover Toller Girl Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Bethlehem, PA Posts: 94 Rep Power: 0	Ideas for getting dog poop smell out of carpet? Poor Abbie has had diarrhea a few days in a row now. Once or twice outside, but she's been going on the carpet at night and seems to go THEN come wake me up and ask to go out. Vet thinks its the Wellness i switched her over to. She was on Nutro but I switched her to Wellness, it wasn't a fast switch, i've been mixing it with the Nutro for two weeks and she was ok until it got to be about 80% Wellness. I did switch back to all Nutro yesterday, but still the diarrhea continued so now we're not sure what the problem is. Last night was actually worse, she went all over the living room floor and there were little piles all the way out to the kitchen door. It's cleaned up now but the house reeks of poop and cleaning supplies. Its tried just shutting myself off in my bedroom which is dog poop free but it seemed to have wafted up that way and I could still get a pretty good whiff in there. The windows were open, but I can't really leave them open as my poor rat would freeze to death. Any ideas on how to get the smell out? I'm going through crazy amounts of air freshener here and the smell is still gag worthy.

01-04-2006, 10:10 AM	#2 (permalink)
mulroony Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Champaign, IL Posts: 2,100 Rep Power: 121	I would try various spray on carpet cleaners. There are some you sprinkle down, let sit, then vacuum later. Try nature's miracle or zero odor, both of those work well. Otherwise maybe a clothes pin on the nose for the next couple days...
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anaconda Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Spain Posts: 410 Rep Power: 69	Ammonia has a good strong smell, but dogs hate it. Works well, though.
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*Cassiepeia* Chihuahua Mum Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: NSW, Australia Posts: 8,281 Blog Entries: 9 Rep Power: 286	I always thought ammonia was suppose to smell like urine and therefore encourage animals to pee where it was used? Or is that just cats? Cass.
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01-04-2006, 10:12 AM	#3 (permalink)
mrsgrubby Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 2,476 Rep Power: 146	Many hardware shops or laundry mats rent out carpet cleaning machines. I would rent one of those and clean your carpets. Bissel makes a carpet cleaner for pets to use in one of those cleaning machines. I find the machines work well when a dog has been sick like that.

01-04-2006, 12:07 PM	#4 (permalink)
calgal My Yorkster kids! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: central ca. coast Posts: 6,876 Rep Power: 234	You can put the natures miracle in the machine. It's a stain AND odor lifter. Works great.

01-05-2006, 06:53 AM	#6 (permalink)
theGOOCH Doberman Pinscher Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Cincinnati, OH USA Posts: 754 Rep Power: 99	I had the same thing happen on New Year's day and it takes a lot of work to get it out. I have a little green machine and I bought some Nature's miracle to try. It's still not all gone. After I cleaned it I've started using just water and pulling it back up whith the green machine. I'm going to continue that until it starts coming up clear then clean again. I would also appreciate any other ideas.

01-05-2006, 08:07 AM	#7 (permalink)
D.Schäferhund let's work Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 1,821 Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 115	Hi i run over accidents with a bissel, carpetcleaner.pretreat with some spray they have for hard stains. then I swear on arm and hammer crpet petodor remover, they have the nonvaccuumspray and the powder, i use the spray sometimes for prewash and sometimes when I remember where a stain was. When it is try i use the powder, it kept the whelpingroom and all the accidents lowscent, we had carpet in that room so i had the steam and vac going almost everyday... at walliworld they have a petstain and odor remover, that one is ok , too. and hoover has a spray for petodor, too, that i like, too. never smelled like poo in the house very long...

01-05-2006, 08:37 PM	#11 (permalink)
D.Schäferhund let's work Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 1,821 Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 115	oh wow haven't tryed that one yet, need to get in on heavier stains, too , i guess... if it gets out wine, that is great stuff then I just noticed that the puppies don't get peaspots it never hit the same spot, so it must work and really brake down the urin....

01-14-2006, 11:50 PM	#13 (permalink)
*dogs4life* I'm Crunchy Admin Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Pismo Beach, CA Posts: 2,009 Blog Entries: 11 Rep Power: 105	I use BacOut from BioKleen and use the shop vac to suck up the wet stuff. Sometimes I put hot water on the spot and quickly suck it up with the shop vac. Wash, Rinse, Repeat.... Good Luck

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