YOUR best Get Pee out of the carpet Trick Please

[Jennifer and Jack]

Sorry for two posts back to back.

OKay I need to know your best get pee out of the carpet trick.. I admit, I am an OCD clean to the extreme so I am particularly picky.. HOWEVER.. Jack has had some kidney/bladder infections and he has not been able to make it though the night to potty.

I do get up with him however, there is one spot in my bedroom that he has peed on, obviously more then one time. I have used the Anti Icky poo. It did nothing to help at all, I used a brand new carpet shampoo machine with shampoo especially made for animal urine. Just to give you an idea, NO ONE even walks on my carpet with shoes ever and if their feet are not totally clean I make them wear booties... (my lungs catch everything so no one can bring germs in)

I have tried vinegar and water, hydrogen peroxide, Bissel Pet pre treater stain remover, dish soap, and about three other urine remover products. No one can smell it no one was able to smell it but I CAN.. I have my nose in the carpet and I can still smell it.. so if I can I know Jack can.. I have gated off that section of my bedroom.. I am going to lose my mind if I can't get this smell out of my carpet.... I would replace the carpet totally but it is just one small spot. and like I said no one has ever even walked on the carpet with shoes so there is not a stain anywhere. PLEASE tell me you have something I can do to get this smell to leave. I am ready to call a priest and have an exorcism performed.

 

[Susan and Sasha]

Oops!

I mean...No More Smell!!  Wa La!  Lol...

[Christine & Camus]

Jennifer, When you tried the hydrogen peroxide was it a fresh unopened bottle?  There was a "How to clean everything" person on some TV program I was watching, who recommended hydrogen peroxide, however she emphasized that it had to be a fresh bottle.  I gave it a try and it seemed to work.  I poured it over the area, let it rest for about 10 minutes and then blotted it. (of course I poured the whole bottle over the area)

[Jennifer and Jack]

No the bottle was old, I will try a fresh bottle thanks!!!

[Ricki and Tara (doodle)]

I agree with J that the remaining odor is probably coming from the pad and/or flooring beneath the carpet which are areas that your cleaning attempts probably fail to reach. Hopefully it is close to a wall and you can pull the carpet back and try the things that she has suggested. Good luck!

[Kaytlin and Cooper]

if the regular stain and odour remover wont work (such as petastic, natures miracle or urine off), and Id use the entire bottle and leave it to dry for several days - I use baking soda and white vinegar

[Sharon & Monty]

I'll bet the problem is the padding.  Cleaners, machines, nothing can reach the padding.  You need to pull the carpet back and clean the padding.

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

If the urine actually got through to the padding, you won't be able to totally get the smell out....at least that was my experience.  I actually had to replace my carpet, but until I could do that I used an area rug which covered the spot so that Murph wouldn't go back to it.  Good luck.

[Jennifer and Jack]

That is a good idea, I can not replace the carpet right now, I do not know the name of it or anything, I bet I could find it in my building packet I got when I had the house built now that I am thinking of it, For now I will just cover the area, it is right at the door where my walk in closet and bedroom meet.....

 

Guess I will be saving for new carpet because it will make me more insane then I already am....knowing I have pee on my carpet padding...I wish I wasn't that way but I am... so it just must be in the padding... I hate carpet and want hard wood floors, I just can't swing it yet.

 

Thanks everyone!!

[Gina and Finn]

I am a huge fan of Nature's Miracle. Has been better than anything for me.

[Kathy, Harley & Roxie]

soak up urine with paper towel (big wad and stand on it).  Then saturate area with equal parts water and vinegar.  The vinegar cuts the ammonia smell in the urine.  Soak up vinigar with paper towel.  sprinkle area with baking soda, allow to dry then vacuum.  Works great....I have light carpet, so I don't know if it would cause a color change in dark carpet.

[Jennifer and Jack]

Thanks for all the ideas. I tried the vinegar that cut the smell a bit.. I did however find other spots on the carpet today.Right now I have live enzymes on the spots and supposedly these live enzymes eat the order making bacteria.

 

I priced out new carpeting and I am willing to do it as soon as I can be sure Jack is not going to just pee on that too.

 

. We went out and got Jack a new crate tonight because I was going to lock his little monkey butt up in it since he only pee's on the carpet at night. We stopped to get some dinner on the way home. Jack's specialist called to talk with me and check in on Jack. I adore her....

 

I told her about the urine stains I have found and the fact that he did it again last night.. We are all confused what is going on with him... His urine is not infected so there is not any reason for him to have this excessive urination that he is.

 

Not to negate from his abnormal lab values because they are what they are, but the theory is more and more that Jack is having issues with knowing that I am sick and acting out on it because he feels insecure.  How are we going to fix this? No idea....

 

The specialist is going to call my regular vet tomorrow and they are going to see what they can do about the abnormal lab values but we need to do something to make Jack less anxious about me. He has had a lot of stress in his life in the past few months, from my mom and Molly moving in, to me being in and out of the hospital.. bringing a newborn baby into the house. etc but honestly he has peed on the carpet before any of this.

 

I think the straw for Jack is when I am sick... That is not something I can change, I am good at faking it to a lot of people... I spend a lot of time telling people in my real life I am good or okay. Even when I tell Jack that, he doesn't listen to my words, he just knows.

 

So the crate is in the car. The areas where he peed are barricaded off. I am convinced I have pee stuck in my nose for good and am seriously considering sniffing coffee beans to get the smell out of my nose...

 

I am trying to make Jack's life as normal as possible. Routine is staying the same to the best of my ability

 

In one way I am so frustrated with Jack, I admit it. I am Pissed ( pun intended) that he is acting out in what I consider one the worst possible ways. For me a dirty house, or a house with urine which has bacteria in it, is dangerous for me and makes me want to vomit. For someone who is OCD clean I want to rip all my carpets out now. Yep, I am an over reactor, but we established that when I took Jack to the ER for a tick he had on him.

 

Then part of me is sad that I am affecting Jack so much that he feels so insecure that he is acting out. I feel like I am a burden even to my dog and that I am causing him angst. 

 

We are going to have to find a way to work this out somehow... I can't have peed on carpets and Jack can't be so stressed about me that he is acting out. and yet I can't make myself better. There has to be a happy medium somewhere

 

In the meantime, I have tried so many at home remedies, store bought products and have assessed a few carpet shampoo machines. I know how to use an IV needle to inject fluids not only into a body but into a carpet.

 

My mom has extra hard wood flooring left over from her house that was just built, we are going to see if it is enough to go in my bedroom, at least then I can keep it sanitary.

 

Thanks again for the ideas...

 

[Wendy and Eddie]

I found the little spots were hardest to clean, because there were little dabs everywhere. One tip I read was, after thoroughly cleaning the spot, to saturate the carpet/pad with the solution, cover with a plastic sheet (I used a plastic trash bag) for a day or two to let the solution work down into the carpet before it dried. That seemed to help.