If you’ve ever heard anyone say that someone or something “pees like a cocker spaniel,” it’s the most aptly coined phrase that could be heard. Throughout my childhood we had a string of the little beasts. Four of them, if I’m not mistaken. Now I’m not sure if each one peed progressively more than the one before, or if my getting progressively older just meant that I had to take on more of the pee cleaning responsibilities. It was especially bad during the Minnesota summers where a normal day in August is 90° F and 90% humidity. The smell could gag a maggot. It sometimes got to the point that if I didn’t do a good job cleaning it up, the dog urine smell was enough that it was embarrassing to bring friends over. So, through trial and error, I got pretty good at dog urine removal. If you’d like to just skip the trial/error part and save your social life, check out this article and learn how to get rid of dog urine odor for good while keeping both you and Fido happy. Put dogs out frequently, especially puppies. 

I know it can be tiresome but you will save yourself a lot of time and effort. Remember, every time the puppy eats, sleeps or plays it’s gonna have to go outside. Also give the dog/puppy lots and lots of praise for doing it’s business where it’s supposed to. That will go a long way to preventing dog urine odor where it doesn’t belong. Be stern and consistent.It’s confusing for a dog if it only gets scolded sometimes for peeing on the floor. The lesson will be learned much faster if the pooch is scolded for every mess you find. Just don’t forget to give Poochy some lovin’ after about 15 minutes or so after the scolding. If you can’t be with the dog, keep it on hard floors. For many people, this means barring the pooch in the kitchen or foyer with a baby gate. Wee-Wee Pads (sold at Amazon) should also be left with the dog. These are small absorbant mats made with an attractant that dogs like to whizz on. Find the dog urine with a black light. Many pet stores and online vendors carry hand held black lights for just this purpose.

Just turn out the lights and systematically search for the bright glow of urine. After all, cleaning dog urine is much harder if you can’t find it.best way to steam clean tile grout Recipe for dog urine remover. carpet cleaning colorado springsIf you’ve got the time and the patience, you can easily make your own dog urine cleaner. carpet cleaning machine brisbaneThis method is not only good for removing dog urine, but also for getting rid of dog urine stains. carpet cleaner hire gold coastFirst blot up as much of the urine as possible. rent carpet cleaner west london

Then mix 3 parts water to one part vinegar and saturate the spot. Next, blot it all up again. After it’s dried sprinkle the area with baking soda. best way to clean travertine floor tilesNext stir ¾ cup of 3% hydrogen peroxide up with one tsp. dish detergent and drizzle over the baking soda. To make sure the hydrogen peroxide won’t discolor your carpet, first try this concoction on a small inconspicuous area. Next, use your fingers or an old brush to work the baking soda in. I recommend a hairbrush with little bits of plastic over the tips. Once it’s dry, vacuum it up. If there’s still a slight odor or a little bit of the stain left when done repeat the process. It’s sad, but life has become more involved than hanging with friends, chasing girls and trying to find someone to buy beer for me. This means I usually don’t get to go through the lengthy (yet highly effective) processes of home remedies for serious dog urine scrubbing.

These days I frequently choose to clean dog urine with a good enzymatic cleaner such as Nature’s Miracle, Simple Solution, Capture Pet Stain and Odor Neutralizer or Complete Pet Stain and Odor Remover by 8in1. As with any good dog urine cleaning product, these will actually break down the stains and odor causing molecules instead of just masking the odor like so many of the cheaper sprays. These products also employ bacteria producing agents that continue to work until the dog pee smell is completely gone. Better yet, they’re ridiculously easy to find. Any pet store, online or otherwise, will carry some or all of the ones I suggested. And remember above all else, while you’re using your new dog urine odor remover, you must shout: “Out, darn’d spot! For years I’ve been a Simple Solution customer. I have purchased gallons of it (I’m not kidding) to clean my cat Gaijin’s messes, since she has this horrid habit of peeing on everything that is fluffy and porous — from the couch and the rugs to piles of dirty and clean, folded laundry.

(Yes, we still love her very much despite all that, don’t know how, but we do.) Sometimes I’d purchase Nature’s Miracle as well. It seemed as effective as Simple Solution. Then the competition grew. Simple Solution came up with OxyClean. I loved it because it seemed to have a stronger effect. Or was it just the strong smell that made me think it had a strong effect? I really don’t know. My point is, I have tested so many enzymatic products — various Simple Solution products, Ewww, Nature’s Miracle, Zero Odor and Fizzion — and I can assure you they all do their job very well. It’s impossible to tell which one is the best. I wonder if there would be a way to test them on identical surfaces and then analyze the molecules, which sprays left untouched more or less pee molecules. Bottomline, all of them work great to neutralize pee odor. (I’m pretty sure Ewww also does the job. But the smell was so pungent I couldn’t tolerate it. I’d rather live with cat pee odors.

It gave a colossal headache when I tried it. The two fragrances that Simple Solution launched also gave me mild headaches. I am very sensitive to scented products. But the formula with no fragrance works great for me.) Except for Ewww, I spray my cats’ four litter boxes every time I scoop them with any of the products I have tested. And the sprays neutralize the poop and pee odors, and the cats feel comfortable visiting the box right away. In areas that have been soaked with pee, you may not get the same results. Nature’s Miracle, Simple Solution and OxyCharged have not eliminated 100% of odors in our furniture. I’d try Fizzion first and see if it works. The inventor of Fizzion explains in a YouTube video that Fizzion won’t solve 100% of the problem if you previously sprayed the area over and over with other products. So, if you’d like to try enzymatic sprays in a reeeeeeally filthy area, you may want to test Fizzion first, and then try other products later if necessary.

(And then pleeeeeeze tell me if Fizzion worked. I’m dying to know.) The best results you can obtain with those products is by thoroughly washing the area with plenty or water, and then applying the enzymatic cleaner. So if it’s a pillow, take it into the shower, let the water run through it for 10 minutes, squeeze it several times in the process, then let it dry naturally, then apply enzymatic products by literally pouring the entire jug onto the pillow. Let it dry naturally again. Repeat the process if necessary. But be careful if you are planning on cleaning fabrics. I’d recommend you test whatever product you choose in a small area, and then go for the big wash. They may stain your fabric. Nature’s Miracle and the old Simple Solution formula didn’t stain our couches, but Oxy Charged did stain one of our armchairs (but did make the it bearable to sit on), and I’m pretty sure Zero Odor would stain it too because it leaves a white residue wherever I spray it. If you are looking for the perfect product for you, I’d start by considering prices (see chart below) and how sensitive are your and your cat’s noses — what kind of odors coming from the spray you are willing to put up with.

Because these products also smell, and some can be quite strong. I’d like to add that all products I have tested failed my “cave test”. The cave is an area under my kitchen counter where the cats from the previous home owner used to pee. They had a black cat and two Bengals — one of them so big that he used to poop and pee outside the litter box, kept in that small space under the counter. (It wasn’t his fault. He was too big for the box they had, and the pee poured into the crannies between the wood and the linoleum floor.) I don’t need to tell you  how gross the oak cabinets are. They have absorbed the pee over and over, and now the pee molecules are inside the wood. I have sprayed everything you can possibly imagine there to no avail. It gets better, and it’s under control, but only because I regularly spray the are with enzymatic products. Just don’t get discouraged. Some areas that have been peed over and over may never get 100%, but they may still be salvaged.