Best value, carpet cleaner for dog owners - Page 2

OK people I know about hardwood, laminant and so on I need a CARPET CLEANER, my wife wants the carpets cleaned more than once a year, and because the dogs are my thing I have to give in. Like the old saying goes, Mama's happy THEN everone is happy, Mama not happy knowbody is happy. Thanks

I would just go rent one every few months then, every local grocery store around me has them for rent.  If the dogs are your thing, you rent and run it.     Carpet Cleaner versus vacuum cleaner.

I tore carpet out many years ago and installed   tile...dark grout because it turns even though you seal it..

love tile,, easy to keep clean and never tears or gets worn like linoleum.

I left carpet in bedrooms and close doors when any dog is loose in house..only thing about tile is:

you drop a glass , or vase, or anything breakable   and   it is gone , into a million pieces.



YR         other than that   I carry peroxide and alcohol , with me at all times,,,even use it in the truck..along with  Odo ban from Sams Club..

Peroxide is one of the best cleaners and nurses and doctors use it in the camps with the soldiers to clean..it is not an insecticide and it pulls the stain residue up and out of the fibers.  
  The formula of peroxide contains the oxide that releases stain materials loosens them and keeps the stain out of carpets....use on my clothes when I drop spaghetti sauce on my shirt I just put on clean....yikes makes me mad......also the isopropol alcohol  is what is put with carpet cleaning solution ./along with peroxide and that is what is in the pet carpet solution they charge you 16.00 for a gallon , consists of....a bottle of peroxide is only still 48 cents and alcohol is 60 cents...use the math scale for what you need to.........



My carpet installer /owner told me about this solution many years ago...gave me a free bottle and isopropol alcohol  takes the smell of the poop out.................I then later go back over with  Odo Ban ,,,bought at Sams club in gallon and dilutes to make 32 gallons , cleans and deodorizes and I spray only a tiny bit and vaccum three or four times with a good vaccuum... I have a rainbow so the residues of dust , etc, dont go flying thru the air and I use a dash of odo ban in my water, or I use an oil in the water for fresh smells...

I would never run a kennel on concrete without Odo Ban.   I also use white vinegar for a lot of cleaning in bottoms of wire kennels or the air crates...White vinegar is used on a q tip or a soft baby wipe for cleaning dog ears also.

Yr                                (   I do use a very mild chlorox solution on my tile floors...but no dogs are on that tile...for many hours as I mop at 2 am in the morning..)

EisenFaust - I know you're looking for an upright steam cleaner.  I just bought a Bissell Spot Bot for pets (small compact cleaner) which is really for just cleaning particular areas and not an entire carpet.

Muttlover - I have hardwoods on the entire main level of my house.  I love them.  I also have 2 GSD's in the house as well and yes the floors do get scratched.   No avoiding it.  I have several large rugs throughout which helps.  Funny thing is - if one has an accident which is few and far between you would thin they'd pick the hardwood but nooooooo they go to an area rug.  Grrrr.

All of our dogs have always been indoor dogs, so I know the pain of hair, poop, puke, etc.  We have a dyson animal (purple one) and it does a great job on the hair.  Our main living areas are laminate wood flooring, but the rest of our house is carpet. and can get pretty nasty.  We bought a Hoover steamvac  from Walmart and steam cleaned the carpet, boy were we disgusted at how much dirt we were able to pull out.  I did research on steam cleaners before we purchased and the Hoover one gets very good reviews.  I would highly recommend buying a steam cleaner, you will definitely use it over and over again.

I also have a Hoover Steam Cleaner.  Works great & really gets the dirt out of the carpet.  For spot cleanups I use Woolite Oxy Deep.  Someday I'll have hardwood or laminate floors throughout.

Susan

I did not like my Bissell at all.  My mom does swear by her new carpet cleaner (she has three dogs) and it also gets high praise on some websites.   Hoover SteamVac with Clean Surge F5914-900.