very embarrassing question... - Page 1

 Hooooo-kaaaayyyyy....

Please y'all, no derogatory remarks about my kids, 'kay?  Well, seems they thought all dogs lifted their legs to pee... and so they've been "watching" my new girl and apparently just letting her go pee in a certain corner of the living room.  There may be a leftover scent from the previous owner of the house.  We had a huge problem when we bought the house, he got a puppy right before selling us the house (who does that???) and apparently just let the pup pee all over the house.  It reeked.  The guy he hired to clean the carpet insisted on showing us with a black light what was left *after* he had taken the carpet up and cleaned from the top and the bottom.  So we had almost all the carpet and pad replaced, and treated the flooring underneath the carpet, but there must be something still about that corner because after being outside for an hour, she'll come inside and go straight to that corner to pee.

So my question to you guys is, what is the absolute best way to get rid of the smell?  The Rug Doctor has a product with enzymes that I used the whole bottle of, but I want to do a second treatment and wondered if there's a better brand.  I found something online called SCOE 10x that sounds almost too good to be true.  Is it?

I also want to buy a black light.  We bought a little bulb during the carpet fiasco but it's just 60 W and not much shows up even if it shows up using the carpet cleaner's light.

Yes, you heard me right, we got a whole house full of brand new carpet right before getting a dog.  ROFL  Don't worry we still love her, just like we still love our cats even though they shredded our brand new Italian leather living room furniture.  But I would like to use the best product available on this "spot".  Any suggestions?  (No smart remarks please!)

Don't worry, we aren't letting her anywhere near that corner now.  And the kids are no longer authorized to monitor her for potty breaks.  

Simple Solution is great for eliminating odors.

Simple Solution gets my vote too. And no need to be embarrassed...stuff happens with animals.

Thanks y'all.

Part of the embarrassment is that I asked my son if he was watching her making sure she wasn't going potty, and he is looking right at her saying she isn't and when I looked around the corner anyway, she was peeing right in front of him with him watching!

Yes, you heard me right, we got a whole house full of brand new carpet right before getting a dog.  ROFL  

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Well, I do have a suggestion to save the carpet until you're sure the odor is gone...

Get some puppy pads and put them in that corner!

I had problems with a cat peeing in the house, and it was amazing how good he was at sneaking into a room, or into my bedroom closet to use his favourite pee spots!

And with kids in the house, that will just make it harder to keep him out of that room. What kid remembers to close a door 100% of the time?

 

 

 

 Yeppers, new carpet.  LOL  We're just stupid that way.

Just like we believed the salesman who said leather was better for cats than fabric, that the leather was too tough for a cat to puncture.  I thought that *had* to be BS...  it was...

He musta been thinking of declawed cats or something.  

Anyways, it's much worse than keeping a door closed,  This is in the living room that is all one open area with the kitchen and dining room and front entrance.  Fortunately the "corner" in question is the farthest from normal traffic.  We've just increased our monitoring and decreased our free-roaming of the house, which we were already careful about because we're still making nice between the cats and dog.

If the flooring under the rug is wood, you have a problem. Once it soaks through into wood, or any kind of porous material, you need to replace it. You will never get the scent completely out - even if you don't smell it.

 The flooring is plywood, and we painted two coats of something called Killz before the new pad and carpet were installed.  Also it aired out about a month before the new pad and carpet were installed.  (long story)

I would've thought the Killz had gotten everything.  Maybe not.

I would stongly suggest you use Natures Mircle direct on the wood sub floor, under balck light gone, then I would cut that piece of padding and replace it (pad is cheap) then I would treat the back of the carpet with Natures Mircle, Do not get carpet soaked, it will shrink, then have carpet cleaner come out and treat back and  front, then put it back down. If the cleaner can not do it call an installer. Also if in corner have to treat the trac strips

I second the Nature's Miracle suggestion.  Best stuff ever.  When my two Danes were potty-training I went through gallons of it.  I've always soaked the carpet with no problem, but I've never tried a corner or thought of shrinkage.

Once it's cleaned, maybe blocking the area off with boxes or a chair or something would help break her of her love affair with that corner.  Good luck!  And remember, at least puppy pee isn't cat pee!