My carpets are stinking of dog wee, bringing up two pups and the accidents that go with them has made my house smell so disgusting its embarrasing.
I cannot afford to replace them so please out can I get rid of the smell and bring back some freshness.

Get a professional into to clean them for you ! I borrowed a machine from my work and it was really hard work but I got there in the end.

Margaret

Hi Bev,

I agree with Margaret that a professional carpet cleaner could help - don't know what the cost of that is, probably depends on your location plus number and size of rooms being done.

Personally I invested in a Bissell Carpet Shampooer and have found it a Godsend - it's cheaper than carpeting one average room and you've got it for life (well, many years at any rate ;) )  I use mine for any household spills immediately and of course it's great to bring out if the dogs are sick (yukky bile is quickly and totally sucked up before the acid leaves any green stain :rolleyes: ) and ideal when there's a not quite fully trained pup or incontinent oldy around.  In all honestly I'd not be without it. 

If you are having them shampooed whether by an outside company, self-hire or buying your own, remember to make sure the underlay is clean, dry and fresh - if not, the smell will remain and only be temporarily disguised. 

HTH, regards, Teri :)

Agree with Teri - the Bissell is fab and being an upright, it doesnt break your back either!! Ive only had mine for 8 months and I reckon its paid for itself a few times over allready!!

You could try sprinkling bicarbonate of soda onto the carpet, letting it stand for an hour or so, then vacuuming it up. If that fails, a professional carpet cleaning company is your answer.

Im going to be honest and tell you that professional carpet cleaning will probably not help.......I had this problem and realised that the wee was soaked right through to the underlay. No carpet cleaner will get through to that. For me the only answer was to rip out the carpets and replace with laminate. The underlay was totally manky..yuk :(

Luckily there is no underlay they were cheap carpets fitted on a budget, They will be replaced in about a year but having had 2 puppies tiddling on them over a period of 7 months they are getting to smell disgusting, especially as my youngest babe is a big girl and as she is only 11 weeks and I'm still getting accidents I don't want to replace them until she is a bit older and I know there will be no more tiddles or ponds, put onto the carpet.
I know housetraining is going to take a bit longer with her as I cannot have the back door open as she just goes and obsessivly eats dirt and stones.
She does try and ask most times to go out though to be fair, but at times I miss her and the inevitable happens.
I may invest in a carpet shampooer as it will always be useful for when they get older too and decide to throw up all over the floor or something LOL.
Would a shampooer be better than a steam cleaner?
Thankyou.

Bev

Are they laid on a porous surface like floor boards?  Concrete can even be porous, anything that soaks up the urine will hold it regardless of cleaning, professional or otherwise :(

The floor underneath is tiled, but apart from the fact they are horrible tiles I don't want my dogs slipping and injurying themselves on them when they are chasing each other wildly around.

Bev

I can understand you don't want tiles - but I'm just warning that the smell may go deeper than just the carpet :(

You can hire a carpet cleaner and do it yourself, it would be cheaper than buying one or getting other people in to do it for you. My mother-in-law hired one as her mastif which is getting old now has been weeing on floor, and it made them look and smell like new. Well untill she did it again :D

Yes I think to hire or get someone in may be false economy, especially as the youngest probaly as many more huge puddles to do.  So think I will see about buying something.
Not sure if a steam cleaner would remove smells though, probaly a shampooer would at least have nice smelling shampoo.
Bev

Hi again Bev,

I have both - although the steam cleaner is only a mid-size one, bigger than a hand held, more like a very small cylinder vacuum that has attachments for kitchen/bathroom areas, cleaning glass and a long hose with floor attachment.  TBH I don't use it on floors (I do go round edge of flooring where it meets the skirting boards now and again in case of flea but I've never found evidence of a flea on dogs, us or furnishings in my life so ..... )

I like the carpet shampooer and wouldn't be without it now - I use the manufacturers shampoo and add a little Zoflora disinfectant simply because I like the smell and find that although the shampoo itself has a pleasant smell, the Zoflora lingers for about a week ;)

Regards, Teri 

something spooky going on here Teri I use zoflora too!!!!!

Roni

Hi Roni,

You been getting any of those dark side vibes per chance ;)  See, may be a dark side but we're very hygenic with it - all the sacrifical areas are sparkling clean :P

Teri ;)

Neutradol carpet freshner works well in an emergency, but will only last till the next tiddle.

I'd think about taking the carpet up if you have tiles underneath and just buying some cheap rugs for now. Get some of that anti-slip tape if you're worried and you may even find the tiles are not that slippery to dog paws. An affront to the eyes is better than one to the nostrils - he-he!

Curry's have the upright Bissel carpet cleaner in for £99 it is worth thinking about buying as even hiring a carpet cleaner is quite expensive.

Lynn

we've just hired a Rug Doctor from Johnson's the dry cleaners - it was brilliant.  I couldn't believe the colour of the water when it had finished.  The only down side was it took over 24 hours for the carpets to dry completely, so next time I hire it, I'll make sure it's when it's going to be a hot weekend.

The way ive got round this, due to elderly  contrary salukimoodog, and her inability to stand on a hard floor, is this:

Hard floors all round (im lucky, ish, in that downstairs is all asphalt, not absorbent)...

Then BIG rugs on top, my living room rug covers most of the floor.

Any wee on the rug is quickly mopped up with a towel, then a clean towel is put UNDER the rug, then a good half bucket of warm water is poured on top, so it washes the wee through, repeat if necessary. Replace underneath towel and put one on top and then jump up and down on it. Then remove towels and go over it with a vax carpet cleaner or similar.

Speed is of the essence, once the wee starts to dry adn crystalise on the back of the carpet, you are b*ggered and it will smell for ever.

Em