We all know the story. You turn your back and your pet decides that your floor is a good place to relieve itself. There are few things more snarl-worthy than when you just get home from a beautiful restaurant, open your door, and smell something off. Oh no, you think as you walk in and turn your nose towards your living room, already knowing that something went wrong. Your dog is meek and has sidled up next to you, and you both move into the living room together. This article will help you find and then clean up what you see when you walk into the living room, whether that be urine, feces, or vomit.
In order to clean the mess, you first have to find it. A tip that can save you a lot of time blindly following your nose is to purchase a black light. A portable black light can show you even old urine stains, and all you have to do is turn out the lights, turn on the black light, and then determine where the mess is. Once you've found it, outline it with a piece of chalk or string.
If your dog has been throwing up, contact a veterinarian if you believe it may be health-related. If your dog has been going to the bathroom in the middle of your house, it is absolutely essential to remove the scent of its urine or feces from the house. If you do not, then any training methods you use to try and convince the pup to go outside will be thwarted, as they are creatures of habit.
If you walk in to find your carpeted areas or upholstery fresh with feces, urine, or vomit stains, soak up as much of the excrement as you possibly can. Do this by removing any solid bits and then covering the stain with paper towels and then laying newspapers on top of the paper towels. Stand on it for a minute or two. Repeat until the area is dry. If you have a place where you would like your dog to do its business, take the paper towel that has been soaked with urine and place it in the designated pee/poo spot. After you've done that, you can take some cold water and rinse the area of your dog's accident by blotting it or using a wet vac.
If you walk in to find your washable items wet with urine, add a pound of baking soda to your regular detergent during the washing phase and then hang it out to dry. Many pet stores offer a product called enzymatic cleaners that break down your pooch's poop and pee smell.
If you walk into your hardwood-floored living room and see dog urine or vomit, use this little trick, and do it quick: if you leave vomit/urine on a hardwood floor too long, a gross black stain will be your punishment. Once the floor is discolored, there has already been a chemical reaction where the varnish or wood has reacted to the urine's acidic properties. You need to act quickly.
First, immediately soak up all excess excrement with dry paper towels. Lay the paper towels on the hardwood floor and allow the urine/vomit to soak into the paper towel. Once completed, reach for the paper towels again, only this time take a trip to the bathroom and grab some peroxide. Douse the dry paper towels in peroxide and lay them in sheets along where the poor pup had its accident. Once you've completed this, cover the whole mess with a black garbage bag and leave it be for a good six hours, checking every couple of hours on the progress. If you've caught it in time, you will have removed all the urine/vomit that was soaking into the wood, and will have avoided the need for new flooring. If you still smell any urine or vomit, grab some white vinegar: it's an acid while urine is a base. Many professional rug-cleaning companies spray vinegar on wood- or concrete-staining dog excrement to remove the smell. It neutralizes it. Then, of course, clean it all up.
If you follow these directions, you will hopefully be able to remove any mess your dog made while you were out. Good luck!
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