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Dog Urine Smell on Hardwood Floors

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Date: 04/02/2007 Topics: Cleaning > Pets | Pets > Pet Stains | Readers Request > Cleaning  
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I have hard wood floors, they need to be refinished, but I can't afford it right now. I have dogs that come in the house. They stay outside most of the day and sleep inside at night. They often use the bathroom on the floors and No Matter what I use to clean the hardwood floors, I can't get the urine smell out. I have even used bleach water. I need any advice out there.

Thank FF's Wife.
Pamela from Louisiana
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By timrific1 (Guest Post)
I used hydrogen peroxide for the black urine stains on the hardwood floor and there were many. The peroxide, after several applications, lightened the stains or made them disappear all together! I haven't tried anything for the odor yet. Will let you know!

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By Rae Leff (Guest Post)
I've used Orange TKO for years - it even penetrates into cement & wood under the carpet. It's inexpensive & I use it to clean everything! The best thing is it's an odor barrier to animals; my animals don't chew, dig, scratch or lay where I spay it (for days, then I reapply until they l-e-a-r-n). I get it by calling Alan at 305-283-4352 (I've never seen it in stores).

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By lisa (Guest Post)
Please can anyone recommend getting rid of the smell of dog urine? I have tried expensive products and vinegar with no luck. Please help.

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By badboys525 (Guest Post)
I heard from my step-mother that using vanilla and inject it into carpet with a syringe will get rid of cat urine smell. I have dogs and hard wood floors. What works great for me is Mr. Clean with Febreze. It gets rid of the smell and freshens the whole room.

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By LaLa (Guest Post)
We just recently moved into a new place. New carpet has been put down through out the house but there is an AWFUL dog urine odor coming from all over the house. I'm guessing the wood underneath the carpeting is soaked with urine. Its disgusting! Of course air fresheners only help temporarily. We're only renting so we cant do any tearing up of the carpet. But I cant live this way! I am embarrassed to have guests because of the smell. Its repulsive. I lie awake at night because the smell is so bad. WHAT CAN WE DO? Something that isn't too expensive.

I read that someone used vinegar on their hard wood floors. If I just moved all the furniture and soaked all the carpeted rooms with vinegar, would it soak into the wood underneath and help with the smell? I wouldn't mind the house smelling like a salad for a while as long as the dog pee smell was gone! HELP!

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By Brandy H.G. AL. (Guest Post)
I am still looking for answers on how to get the dog urine out of my hardwood floors. Now it has turned black in the spots where she has urinated, so I assume the wood floor has soaked it up, so what to do?

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By JEANNIE (Guest Post)
I have just purchased a house and the previous owners obviously let the dogs take over the house. I have to pull up all carpet and vinyl flooring. There is hardwoods floors underneath. I know by the look of the carpet that the underlying floor isn't gonna be much better. I am looking for suggestions to get the urine smell out of the floors.

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By Michael (Guest Post)
After no luck with vinegar or Nature's Miracle, I used Odormute on our patio with excellent results. We have a male and a female Doberman and you can imagine the urine smell before we used this. I followed the instructions explicitly and it works great! Be sure to use gloves as it will irritae skin. Again follow the instruction to the letter.

http://www.odormute.com

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By Michael (Guest Post)
After no luck with vinegar or Nature's Miracle, I used Odormute on our patio with excellent results. We have a male and a female Doberman and you can imagine the urine smell before we used this. I followed the instructions explicitly and it works great! Be sure to use gloves as it will irritae skin. Again follow the instruction to the letter.

http://www.odormute.com

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By ThriftyFun (3427) Profile Blog! Contact
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this tip works well for cats urine so i am sure it should work
just use vanilla essence in the water, also place a small amount in a small bowl on the window sill.
enjoy your day
catherine

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By denise warner (Guest Post)
hi your older more dominate dog doesnt need meds to stop him from peeing unless that is what the vet told you.i have 2 dogs and one is older if i let him disturb my other dogs areas in the house he pees to mark the spot so i now have 2 special areas for each dog and if one goes to the others area i chase him out now the dogs have stopped peeing to mark their spot because they know ill stick up for them seems funny but it works

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By mdspark (2) Contact
Does the Listerine really work?

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By Wynn (Guest Post)
I sprayed febreeze above my floor for cat urine and then sprinkled baking soda and left it for a day or so. The Febreeze masked the immediate odor and the baking soda the rest. It worked and the cat never returned to the area.

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By rae ann. (Guest Post)
Cat urine is even worse than dog urine. My cats urinated on my sofa cushions with a foam core. I took them outside and poured water through and let them dry for several days in the sun. The smell was gone for awhile but eventually came back. A week ago I found some Frebreze pet odor eliminator and figured it was worth a try. So far,so good. If the smell comes back again, I'll spray it again. It was with all the other Frebreze sprays.

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By Fluffy (Guest Post)
I had to fumigate an entire basement that had had 5 dogs in it. Vet suggested vinegar. I mixed it half and half with water and applied and let dry and applied 2 more times and let it dry. The house smelled like a salad for about a week. It finally cleared up and the cement floor had no odor or visible spots. I think I would try the vinegar in an unseen spot first if I was using it on hardwood floors and see what happens and maybe use white vinegar first. (I used brown vinegar on the basement floor) I also found a cleaner at a carpet store and I've forgotten the name of the cleaner but it was pricey. It was diluted with water also. It worked well but was too expensive for the area I had.

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Request: Dog Urine Smell on Hardwood Floors

Archived on 04/01/2007

My older, more dominant, dog is often peeing on our area carpet which invariably stains our hardwood floors, leaving a terrible urine smell. Can anyone recommend a "homemade" product that's not so costly or recommend one on the market? I've tried a few items such as "natures miracle" and "simple solution" but neither really takes the smell out. Also, if you know of an inexpensive medicine for my dog for this habit, I would like to know of that too.

Thanks,
Connie Bodine in Austin, TX

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RE: Dog Urine Smell on Hardwood Floors

Just heard this on talk radio the other day... A man called in and said this is what professional "cleaners" use LIQUID DOWNEY FABRIC SOFTNER. He claims the swmell will NEVER come back. Good luck. (06/01/2005)

By Mary

RE: Dog Urine Smell on Hardwood Floors

Try full strength Listerine mouthwash. (06/04/2005)

By gazookeeper

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