How to Remove Dog Urine From Carpet?

Pets are wonderful companions, and that is why more and more people are getting pets. Dogs are agreed to be the most adorable of them all, but they can be messy at times. Every pet owner should know how to get the dog or cat pee from the carpet.

Dogs are used to peeing on any surface in the house, especially when you start house training them. Therefore, you should know the best carpet cleaning solution for pet pees to make your home look and smell fresh.

 

Why Does Dog Pee Stinks?

Dog pee comprises ammonia, bacteria, hormones, and uric acids; the ammonia in the urine gets stronger over time. This makes it into methanethiol which is a gas that makes the smell of a dog’s urine distinctive. Because of ammonia in the urine, it is not recommended to use ammonia-based cleaning products to clean the pee stains because it would worsen the situation.

Because of how dog urine smells so bad on carpet, you have to clean it as soon as possible to become a permanent smell. And the longer it stays without cleaning, the harder it gets to get rid of.

 

What Cleaners are Safe to Use?

When the dog first urinates on the carpet, the pH scale is on 5 or 6, which puts it on the acid side of the plate, and it is easier to clean at that time, but as soon as it stays on the surface for up to 10 minutes, the pH scale moves between 10 and 12, and this is on the high side of the plate which makes it alkaline.

The best thing to do is clean the urine immediately you detect it because the ammonia smell in the urine is terrible for the lungs. There are three main approaches to cleaning pet urine from carpets. The three approaches are:

1. Disinfectants:Using disinfectants is the safest way to use them because the disinfectant would kill the bacteria.
2. Bio Enzymes: Using Bio Enzymes is the most effective method because it is fast and very effective. Bio Enzymes are live bacterias that would make the bacterias from the urine die. This process can be done by professionals only because the bio Enzymes must be at 72 degrees to be effective. It would help if you considered putting plastic over the spots to keep them moist. And it also does not work on a surface where disinfectant is applied because the disinfectants kill the bio Enzymes.
3. Oxygenation:Oxygenation means using fresh air to kill the wrong scent, but this method takes more time than the other methods. This is not a reliable method to clean carpets off urine stains and odors.

How To Make Home Made Cleaners

Aside from the professional methods, you can also make some homemade cleaning solutions to clean the dog’s scent and spots.

First, you need to mix ammonia into warm water.

Then you dip a white cloth into the solution and use it to blot the spot until the stain is not visible.

Then you mix two spoons of white vinegar into a cup of warm water.

Then use the solution to blot the stained area, then dry the carpet with hair dryers or towels.

 

How to Clean Dog Urine from Carpets Naturally?

The present world is one where everybody is doing away from organic substances, and this might cause you to want to clean your dog urine stains and odors naturally. It is effortless to clean the stain naturally. The things you need to clean the dog urine are:

• Paper towels
• Vinegar
• Baking Soda
• Vacuum Cleaner

The vinegar is a natural stain removing substance, and the baking soda would help get rid of the smell.

You can make a vinegar stain removing solution in a bottle to make it easier to use when needed.

Step 1: To clean a stained spot on the carpet, you need paper towels to blot the stained area till it’s dry. Change the paper towel and continue blotting till the stain is dry.

Step 2: Then, you should spray the vinegar solution on the surface till it’s wet, then scrub with a soft brush. The vinegar solution would neutralize the ammonia and clean the urine.

Step 3: After that, you should put baking soda on the surface while still wet with the vinegar solution. The baking soda might take a while to dry, sometimes a day or two.

Step 4: After that, you should use a vacuum cleaner to vacuum the carpet. Cleaning the rug would take away all the stain and the baking soda out of the wig.

If the dog pee is on a spot or different spots on the carpet, you need first to clean the place or spots because cleaning the carpet without cleaning the sites first allows the areas to be still visible.

 

What Should You Do When You Find Dog Pee on Floors?

When your dog pees on the floor, you are expected to clean it. It would help if you considered the following when cleaning dog pee stains on the floor.

Act Fast

The best way to clean dog pee from the floor is to clean it immediately and fast because delaying the cleaning would make some residues of the stain not come off after cleaning, and it would make the odor linger around for a longer time.

Also, not cleaning fast might make them see that spot as it’s the favorite peeing spot.

Use Steam Cleaner

Immediately you find out that your dog peed on the floor, you should get a fresh towel and use it to soak up the urine. Change the towels repeatedly till the urine is dry.

Then put the vinegar solution on the ground and use a sponge to rub it for 5 to 10 minutes. After that, wipe it with a dry towel. After that, you can apply a steam cleaner for pets to steam wash the floor to kill the odor.

Refreshen the Floors

To freshen the floor, you should add baking soda before steam cleaning. The alternative way to freshen the floors is by using natural enzyme-based cleaning products to soak the stain.

 

How to Remove Dog Odor?

Many dog owners have sacrificed their pets because they could not manage the dog odor in the house. However, there are different ways to get rid of dog smell in the house.

A popular method that many people follow is by using cleaners. You shouldn’t use products like ammonia or vinegar when trying to get rid of dog odor because these products would make the smell worse to bear. That is why it is better to buy pet odor cleaners from stores.

Also, you can get rid of dog odors by steam cleaning the floor if the floor is the type you can use a steam cleaner on. Steam cleaners would need you to add a cleaning solution to the cleaner according to instructions. The steam cleaner would use the steam from the machine to clean the house and smell the smoke.

You can also get rid of the dog smell by using machine-washable items. This process is done by adding baking soda to the regular detergent and using the solution to wash the blankets with a machine. You can only use the machine wash method on materials that machines can clean to get the odors out.

 

How to Prevent Dog Stains on Carpets?

Once you have successfully gotten rid of all the dog stains and odors from the house, the best thing is to ensure the dog does not pee in that particular place ever again, and you can do this by making the area unattractive to the dog. Doing this would save you the stress of cleaning dog urine too frequently.

One important thing is to clean the place immediately after the dog pees because the longer the dog sees the pee at that place, the more it will know the place is the right place.

Also, try to recognize why the dog picked that particular place and change the location of whatever motivated it to another area of your choice. This would make the dog see the new place as where it is supposed to use.

Lastly, visit a veterinarian to help you rule out sicknesses that could cause the dog to pee anywhere.

 

Conclusion

Even after training your dog, you need to know how to clean dog pee stains and odors because sometimes accidents happen. And there are different ways to clean, depending on your preference; you can make homemade cleaners with baking soda and vinegar if you do not like chemical cleaners. And you can also get cleaners from stores.

It is essential to use a cleaning solution on the surface immediately after the pee is discovered to disinfect the place faster.