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Post By Jill (Guest Post)
(08/22/2008)
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Will using Vinegar get rid of the bacteria and the smell, or just the smell?
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Post By Maria (Guest Post)
(08/02/2008)
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We moved into a 3000 sq ft home in GA. The whole house had been steamed cleaned and locked up for a week before we moved in. We entered our new home in the middle of Dec to utter stench! We had to open all the windows and turn on fans. We hired a carpet specialist who used a black light to find the urine damage.
What we found out was that the whole entire house had huge urine areas, including the 1500 sq ft finished basement. Previous owners had two boys and two dogs. They did not let the lab size dogs outside to pee and the boys did their business on the carpet too. We found fecal matter in the children's bathtub and also on the walls. It was gross beyond any words.
In the end, we had to remove all the carpet, paint the floors to seal the odor, and have all new padding and carpet. We also had the entire house repainted from ceiling, walls and cabinets. The worse find we had was when my husband was checking a vent tube in the basement because it looked funny. When he touched it, it came loose shooting out urine soaked material all over him. The vent was from the utility room above, the dogs had been peeing into the vent.
It cost us $25,000 to fix the odor and damage hidden by the previous owners. Beware of air fresheners in the house and do not request home sellers to have carpet cleaned due to pet stains when making your home deal...because the owners will be void of any pet damage costs.
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Post By nancy (Guest Post)
(07/30/2008)
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After having a problem with one of my cats, I tried numerous things and was at my wits end. I finally tried the following solution and have had the best results so far:
mix together 3/4 cup hydrogen peroxide and 1 teaspoon dish detergent. sprinkle baking soda over area and drizzle some of the peroxide solution over baking soda and massage into carpet. let dry completely before vacuuming.
Keep a spray bottle of white vinegar handy, and if you see your pet even looking at the area, give him/her a little spray (not in the eyes), and eventually he/she will get the message. Good luck.
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Post By A. Mahlman (Guest Post)
(07/26/2008)
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I work at a small Co-Op in Sault Ste Marie (Shaw Milling LTD.) and I have sold a product named Odor-Mute to people with similar problems. Each person that has come back has told me it worked WONDERS. In fact I'm renting a place now with carpeting in the living room which is giving me much the same problem and just realized that maybe I ought to give it a go. It's an enzyme based product as well so I highly doubt any staining.
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Post By Brad (Guest Post)
(07/23/2008)
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Woolite oxy pet stain was the best until we found Nature Clean. In southern Ontario we find it in the organic food section of Fortinos. It's clear in a clear bottle with green & red labeling more or less. It's around $7.99 and easy to use. We dry towel up the most we can by stepping on the towel, then follow with Nature Clean. Spray on/walk away. It's unbelievable. Puts all other products with dual chambers & such to shame.
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Post By jelopez@fuse.net- jodi (Guest Post)
(07/20/2008)
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Did you ever get rid of the dog urine smell? I have the same problem. Thanks. Cincinnati Ohio
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Post By soochatty (Guest Post)
(06/29/2008)
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My friend (a professional carpet cleaner) reccomended NATURES REMEDY when I was house training my pup and he had a few accidents. He told me to shake the bottle well then squeeze it deep into the carpet so it goes clear through to the liner. Let dry and the odor and stain are gone. NATURES REMEDY has enzymes to get rid of the problem. You can find it at any pet store. I have used it and it works.
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I cleaned some pet stains up with oxy-clean. Now-3 years later the spots are now a shade lighter than the rest of my carpet.
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Post By Linda (Guest Post)
(06/27/2008)
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I had a problem with my cats when we moved into a new place. I tried a lot of stuff -- don't mess with anything at the pet stores, they don't work. I finally found a product online at www.justrite.com which is an enzyme cleaner that you soak the carpet with and it pulls the odor and bacteria from underneath the carpet. It really worked, and since the odors were gone that cats went back to using their litter boxes and have ever since (over a year now). It was a lot cheaper than new carpeting or padding.
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How do I get the smell of pet urine out of the carpet? The whole room smells. I've had a shitzu for about 3 months. She is house trained. I stopped putting her in a crate because I am gone for most of the day. She wasn't' peeing in the house, so I decided to leave her in my daughters room. Now she has started to pee at the door, and other places in her room. I have cleaned it up but it smells bad. I don't know what to do. I don't' want to crate her for too long, but I can not continue to let her pee. The room smells horrible. Any suggestions?
Delilah from TX
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It won't be easy. For very stubborn stains, you'll need to buy a carpet machine. Soak the spots with an enzyme-type urine neutralizer such as Zep. Let sit for a day at least. Then using the carpet cleaner, wash with a 50-50 mix of vinegar and water. Soak it well. Then wash with a 9:1 mix of water and bleach. Then rinse with a powerful deodorizer mixed with water. Let dry. If the smell is still there, do it all over again. One step eats much of the urine, the next neutralises the PH level, the next kills bacteria and the last freshens. Don't be afraid to soak it well. Just make sure you extract as well as is possible. (06/04/2008)
By Brend
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Soak it with white vinegar. Vinegar smell will be around for a week, then febreeze it for like a week. Gone. (06/24/2008)
By Anna
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Hello to all you wonderful people out there I need your help. My dog decided to go pee pee where I couldn't see her and of course she left a yellow stain on my new beige rug and of course it also smells of urine. I've tried most of the store bought items like resolve to get the stain out but to no avail the stain still sits there yellow and smelly. help can anyone give me suggests on how to get this stain and smell out of my carpet. :-(
Adele from Belford, New Jersey
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I have had good results with a mixture of 2 tablespoons of 20 mule-team borax and a tablespoon of oxy-type stain remover. mix with hot water and then put into a spray bottle and use as needed. The borax takes out the urine smell and the Oxy gets the stain. (07/16/2007)
By Jewel
Urine smell in our rented home
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My husband, myself and our two children just sold our home, and have decided to rent for a while. This lady is a nightmare that rented the house to us. Apparently, the previous owner, and probably previous owners before that, had pets. Cats, dogs, who knows. I can't rip out the carpet, and I'm sure that the urine is in the carpet, pad, and floor boards. We didn't notice the smell until we cleaned them ourselves - and now... wow! To make matters worse, we have pets of our own. They were perfectly potty trained, but now they smell the odors. I've tried vinegar, carpet sprays, professional steam cleaning. I can't find the exact spot either. It's like the animals previously peed everywhere. I have air fresheners in the house, but they are only temporary fixes, and give us all headaches. This is awful. Oxi Clean is a bad idea though. We did this to our old house. We thought it was great, but when we steamed cleaned when we moved out - the spots we treated were discolored. Please help us!
(b)Editor's Note:(/b) A black light will help you find the spots that are "dirty". (07/29/2007)
By Jme
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We inherited my father's house, and his senile wife had cats (no cat box) and dogs inside as well as an occasional rabbit. The wall to wall carpeting was in good shape prior to them moving in, but went south in a hurry! When we got it, I bought a Rug Doctor steam cleaner on e-bay, because I knew it would get a work out. Since entire rooms were polluted, we chose the worst and started in. I wet vacuumed the worst spots using the nose to find them. We had a black light and it showed urine everywhere. Commercial cleaners will do nothing as they hit it only once (been there, done that twice!). I hit the bad spots repeatedly for about a 6 week period, until the waste water came out almost clear. I soaked the carpet clear down to the floor boards and then sucked it up REPEATEDLY. I used about 500 gallons of fresh hot water on one room. When I was done, some smell remained, so while the carpets were still wet, I mixed 1 gallon Petzyme (cheapest enzyme available at Petsmart) with 4 gallons water and saturated an area until it "squished" under foot. Leave it like that for 12 hours or more so the enzyme can work. Then wet vacuumed with clean water, let dry. Vacuum. Sprinkle with baking soda based odor control powder; let it remain for a day, and then vacuum again. Now they don't smell like urine anymore! (08/10/2007)
By Ray K.
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Use vinegar by itself and poor it on your rug. The rug and or house will smell for a day or two but the smell of urine goes away! Do not be afraid to use a lot. Also i do not know if this works on wool rugs. (09/13/2007)
By brielle
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My son who is 2years old has to run away and pee on the carpet and I found that 1/4 part regular white vinegar and 1 part water is good enough to remove the smell completely.
1. Make the mixture enough to fully cover the area
2. Fully soak the area to cover the pee area with the solution or rub it in for a couple minutes
3. Pat or rub dry with a towel.
Your spot will smell of vinegar for about 1/2 hr after but after its dried its like it never happened!
(10/15/2007)
By Jwala
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My husband and I have been working on a spot in our carpet and a corner on our couch for the last few weeks that our dog has pissed on! We have rented a carpet cleaner and went over the spot several times within a two day period, still smell the urine. I have used vinegar and water several times, still smell the urine! I have purchased multiple brands of pet odor removers, still smell the urine. We are so aggravated and at our wits end! We have tried almost everything I read about on the internet....nothing works! Not even the stuff that guarantees your money back if it does not work(good luck getting your money back!) NOTHING WORKS! You will be my hero if you can give me a working solutions that does not include throwing out my new couch or ripping up the near new carpet! HELP!
Sincerely Frustrated,
Jenn B (11/24/2007)
By Jennifer Belczak
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Dear all frustrated people. I have been cleaning carpet for over 9 years now. Urine is very tricky. Dog urine is different that cat urine. For the lady with the couch, you are treating and retreating the outside of the couch. Don't forget there is fabric on the inside that you are not able to treat. Typically vinegar is suggested remedy because it is of a low ph. If you get the stain fresh (Good luck with that) then it should do the trick. Please throw away all resolve cleaners, it will cost you more in the long run. Oxy clean usually is only safe on Olephan (or plastic carpet) Ive heard recently that natures miracle with citrus oxy clean works. My client swears by it and I don't smell anything when I clean her past effected areas. Use at your own risk though. I hope this helped. Please remember that anything you put down chemical wise you must neutralize it. This is why when you clean a stain it goes away but then the stain comes back faster, you are leaving a residue that attracts dirt. Any questions feel free to contact my email Wres4life43 AT hotmail.com make sure you reference carpet. Good luck to all. (12/27/2007)
By Ray
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I just used a vinegar/water, hydrogen peroxide/dish soap solution I found online, with baking soda on 2 dog urine spots on my brand new berber carpet. Brain surgeon me did not test a small spot first, and my carpet looks bleached out! I think I am going to throw up seeing my carpet is only 5 or 6 months old. And if thats not bad enough, the spots are right in my formal as you come in my front door! There is now way you could miss them! Guess I really screwed up this time! (01/27/2008)
By Kristie
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First Lesson:neutralize then clean. Vinegar has become a staple shelf product in my house. Goodbye Bleach, Hello Vinegar! When I was preparing to move in I thought I could wipe EVERYTHING down with a mild bleach and water solution. That's when I learned the neutralize first trick. Cleaners mask but don't remove scent. So it began with a mixture of white vinegar and water in a spray bottle (50/50). It got better, only on still or rainy days or if the windows had to be closed there was a slight scent lingering. Big guns came out, went to straight white vinegar in the spray bottle. Gone! Goodbye bleach, hello vinegar.
My husband and I bought a house from an estate sale. The house was un-occupied for three winters in NE that I know of and the previous owners were a couple who tended to Ferrel cats. After he was taken out, the estate didn't know how long, how many or how they accessed the run of the house, perhaps through a cellar window. Even after the estate removed the obviously damaged furniture, and anything of value from 1920 era house, the walls showed spots of the animals. It took me nearly two years to rid the house of the scent completely. (03/30/2008)
By CJ
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Help! I had a couple of spots show up on the carpet where our elderly beagle must have peed and then it dried. Nature's Miracle works when I find the wet spot. I soaked the spots with NM and let them dry. Then I rented a Rug Doctor to steam clean using just water. Now it smells worse than before -- there must have been another stain I didn't know about. I've spread the smell over a larger area with the carpet cleaner - ugh. Any suggestions? Vinegar in the carpet cleaner? (04/20/2008)
By Kathy
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I am a pro at urine removal. Most of the things on the internet sites are wrong. The vinegar myth is one of the biggest myths. Vinegar only lowers the ph of the urine, not remove the odor. Bleach or hydrogen peroxide will bleach out most carpets to the point most have to be repaired or dyed to remove the white spots. Urine odor is mostly a complex chemical odor that has a high ph level. That does not mean a home owner can't remove it sometimes. However try this method: if it doesn't work, call a pro and have it removed.
Treat the area with vinegar and water mix 50-50 mix. Blot the area to remove most of the liquid, then apply simple solution odor eliminator,mfg by brampton, available in most pet stores, Walmart, Target, Kmart, pet departments, etc. FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS ON THE BOTTLE. Repeat these steps if the odor returns. (05/05/2008)
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I have pet stains on my carpet. What will clean stains and kill urine odor.
Joaquin
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Oxy Clean with your steam cleaner will do the trick. I have cats and have had them urinate on the carpet when they were sick. Oxy Clean gets the smell out and removed stains as well. I love the stuff! It is the best!
By Molissa
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Hello I worked in a professional carpet cleaning supply store for the past six years and am a certified carpet cleaner.
Please do not ever use oxi clean on your carpet, Oxi Clean is what is know as an oxidizer what it will do is strip your carpet of its color. You may think it is working just great, looks good, until you have your carpets cleaned then you will notice irreversible damage there will be spots where the product is used that will appear lighter and have a greenish tint. This cannot be changed. If you want to use this product you must use it on the entire surface equally as not to notice the lightening.
Next onto the subject of the urine smell, the only product I recommend is a professional product made by a company called Pro's Choice. They have a website at www.proschoice.com that goes into great detail for professionals on how to get rid of urine. The product that I would use is called OSR it will remove the odor and stain. They have a product called Urine Stain Remover that is absolutly the professionals dream urine stain remover. You just apply after cleaning and it will make the stains disappear. Truely a blessing.
Hope this helps, you can buy these products online just do some research.
By Ann29
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Sorry I forgot to mention, as far as enzyme cleaners for urine go the one to buy is made by Big D Industries and is called Enzyme D. You can buy this at www.bettymills.com This is the most economical and is what the professionals use. Don't waste your money on the ones that the pet stores sell or grocery stores. This is a concentrate and will last you forever.
By Ann29
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To clean up pet urine:
- Start by first cleaning the area with a Vinegar-Water solution: Use 2 -3 parts water mixed with 1 part Vinegar. (It's easiest to put this mixture in a well marked spray bottle). Clean and Blot, with a white towel or white rag.
- Buy "OUT!" (this is the most important step) brand pet odor neutralizer at Walmart, it works by "eating" any organic stain or odor by using "good bacteria and enzymes" it cost only $4.79. The main trick is to keep the "OUT!" wet so the good bacteria stay "alive" by covering the area with plastic wrap or an unused plastic garbage bag. Do NOT blow dry area as this will kill the good bacteria that "eat" the stain and smell. "Out" smells like yummy vanilla, which is nice.
- The second day: Repeat the application of the "OUT" product.
- The third day: Pour plain old drugstore hydrogen peroxide on the area and let it fizz and bubble up anything that's left. Do this and I can bet your pet urine smell will disappear!
*** A side note: NEVER use Ammonia to clean up Cat or Dog urine! Because Cats adn Dogs will be attracted right back to that same spot to go again, since all urine is so strong in ammonia, this "fools the pets nose".
Be careful to pre-test the carpet in a discreet area before using the Hydrogen Peroxide, just to make sure the carpet won't fade. (I've use peroxide many, many times to clean spots on my carpet and upholstery and it's never hurt my carpet, upholstery or any clothing fabric.
Peroxide works to remove ANY organic stain (that means it will remove grape juice which is natural, but not grape Jell-O or grape kool-aid which is artificial, anyway, you get the idea.) Peroxide will also remove Blood, Coffee, and Hot Chocolate! Peroxide is a totally amazing stain remover! It works by using Oxygen to "fizz out" the stain, simple, but effective!
Do NOT use the stronger peroxide that women bleach their hair with. Use the cheap 59 cent peroxide that is sold in grocery and drug store's "first-aid" aisles.
Above is how I got rid of that nasty cat pee smell on our carpet, but this works just as well for dog urine.
By Cyinda
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I just want to say that i recently used a mixture of ammonia and oxy clean and although it did get rid of the "urine" smell, it left a funky sort of musky smell. Any answers?
Editor's Note: Leave out the ammonia. It just makes the animal want to use that place again. Pet urine contains ammonia. Try it just with the oxiclean.
By Nikki
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How do I remove dog urine smell from carpet. My 13 year old lab has had a few accidents. I use a carpet cleaner, but the smell is still there. Thank you!
Maria from Sterling Heights, MI
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What I use is baking soda, sprinkle on carpet, leave overnight, then vacum. It might take a few goes, but it does work. We are looking after a baby lamb inside with our 14 year old maltese. (08/23/2006)
By nimwe
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I owe you folks my LIFE!
I moved into an apartment that is fully carpeted and had been inhabited by a "bunch of guys" and who knows what animals. When I steam cleaned the carpet it pulled up intense old urine odor in the living room and bedroom. A friend gave me some of a commercial concentrate that she swears by. Oh dear... the odor got worse. I was desperate, no only because I could not bear to come home to the odor, but my cats would soon start adding their contributions if I didn't solve the problem.
I found this site via google. I have soaked everything in cidar vinegar and the odor went mostly away immediately. Just to be sure, I sprinkled arm and hammer powder when the carpet was dry and vacuumed after an hour or so. So far so good. If something shows up again in a day or a week I can always try borax and other suggestions. (09/10/2006)
By choosenow
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My house had 6 cats and 2 dogs previously living in it. I have already ripped out the carpet and pads and I applied enzymes to eat the urine (WARNING: Don't use any cleaners! The enzymes won't work if you attempt to clean the urine!). Unfortunately, we tried cleaning with bleach before using the enzymes so they didn't work as well. I'm waiting for the enzymes to dry then I will pressure wash the floors. After the water dries again, I will put 3 coats of a shellac primer down to seal the smell. I will never have any pets or even any carpets in my house for the rest of my life. (09/29/2006)
By Mark
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On a humid day, does your house smell like a zoo? Why spend big bucks on carpet cleaning, and enzymatic cleaners when trying to remove pet urine smells from carpet?
Mix one gallon of white vinegar with one gallon of water. Pour it straight on the area with urine and let is soak the carpet, pad, and sub floor. After letting it sit for about 30 minutes, use a carpet machine to pull out as much solution as you can. Your house may smell like vinegar for a few days, but it will dissipate over time. The vinegar neutralizes the urine smell and your house will smell so clean. Enzymatic cleaners cost approximately $12 -
$15 per 8oz. 1 gallon of vinegar is $2.50. What a savings and just as effective!
By Meari
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If you have the dog or other pets you will need to use an enzyme based cleaner, available at most pet stores; even WalMart carries a good one called Pet Out. White vinegar will remove the smell as far as a human is concerned, but will leave enough scent to continue attracting animals to the area. Treat the carpet according to the product directions. If you can get to the under-layment, then you can coat that with any shellac based primer to seal in any remaining scent. It has to be shellac, don't settle for Kilz. (07/07/2004)
By Patticat
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I agree with Patticat. Once it gets to the under-layment, you will need to use shellac to seal in the smell. If it is in one place, pull up the rug in that area and treat the rug, pad and floor with Pet Out, Nature's Miracle or another enzyme type cleaner. Once the under-layment is dry, coat it with shellac, making sure to go outside the edges of the stain.
When the shellac is dry, put the rug back down and shampoo the carpet in that area. Hopefully that will remove all of the smell. If it is all over the place, it may be necessary to replace the rug. It is easy to tell where the under-layment is ruined once the carpet is up. If the under-layment is warped, you may need to replace it, too. Nasty job but sometimes it's necessary. (07/07/2004)
By Susan from ThriftyFun
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Go to your local Dollar General Store, and, on the laundry aisle, get a bottle of DG Fabric Refresher Super Strength - $1.50. It's the same as Febreze. Spray liberally on every layer of carpet, pad and floor. Leave to dry. It will lift the odor out; there will be no smell when the spray dries. (I'm sure that Family Dollar has a similar product, also.) (12/12/2004)
By Janet45101
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Get a steam cleaner solution made for pet odors. Steam clean repeatedly. The scent will indeed come up again so this is why it is necessary to steam clean three, four times in the area. In-between efforts use arm and hammer carpet powder for pets and also vacuum the area before steam cleaning. If the smell remains try febreeze (or alternative) and spray liberally every day for a week. This is what I always try to do but is very time consuming as you can see. I personally will be trying the vinegar! (01/23/2005)
By Melody
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Use white vinegar and then spray the Stay Off Training aid to help keep the pet from going to the bathroom on the carpet again. (03/10/2005)
By Michelle
Borax
Sprinkle borax on the area, rub in, vacuum it up or shampoo, but let borax work for at least a half hour! (08/10/2005)
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