We just bought a house. It was hairy, scary, and now we’re stuck with a house we LOVE, but dog pee that we, uh, don’t. How white trash is that, that someone would let their dog pee all over the house? And how dumb were we that we didn’t get suspicious about that one upstairs bedroom window always being open when we viewed the house?
Last week it got cold enough that we shut the windows and turned on the furnace. And hoo-boy! Can I just say I admire you women who clean up after pets after wiping mini-bums all day? If you find yourself with a pet who pees in excitement, or fright, or laziness, or whatever, ON YOUR CARPET, take that pet straight to the POUND.
Ok, fine, keep Lassie, but get yourself to the pet store and become the proud owner of a Nature’s Miracle Blacklight. Even if you don’t have a recalcitrant pee-er, kids think a blacklight is the funnest thing since those glow-bracelets from the dollar store — especially if they have freckles, which look really eerie.
Husbands who like gadgets think blacklights are cool, too. Enough that they’ll treat the dog stains asap even while turning a blind eye to the dishes in the sink. And speaking of eerie, here’s a look at Dick’s toenails with the flash off:
After you’ve identified your problem areas, simply apply Nature’s Miracle (smells like rubbing alcohol) or OdoBan (with lemony undertones) or white vinegar THOROUGHLY. And voila! You are pet-odor-free.
That works-for-me, though next time I buy a house (hopefully never, unless we’re talking a beach house), I think I’ll insist on viewing it at night, just me and my black light.
Tags: black light, cat urine, dog urine, housecleaning, nature's miracle, odoban, pets, tips
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Whenever people move out of base-housing here, the inspectors use a black light on the carpeting. It TOTALLY makes sense to do that when buying a house. I would’ve never even thought about it. I’ll file that away for a future time when we are getting ready to be homeowners. Hope you get that smell taken care of!
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Mmmmm. Ya, not getting a puppy yet.
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Great Info, Thanks!
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How cool is that! I would never had thought of using a black light for that.
Happy WFMW!
Sherry
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That’s funny! I’d have never thought about the blacklight, either. But when I clicked over to read this, I already had it in mind to suggest Odoban. The stuff works great! I use that on the kids mattresses when they have accidents.
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I’m shopping for a house. Thanks for the tip!
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The previous owners of our new house were also animal lovers – they had 2 dogs, 1 parrot and several rabbits or gerbils or something. We had to have the tile in one of the closets professionally cleaned which took out SOME of the odor, but not all. I’ll have to use the Nature’s Miracle stuff on the carpets, since they still have odor despite carpet cleaning. I’m not brave enough to use a black light on my carpets – I’m sure they would be scary. I really wish I could just replace them all! Oh well – thanks for the tips!
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Is this Odoban and Nature’s miracle stuff also for cats? Our cat decided this year to start peeing in our dining room carpet (yes some idiot built this house with carpeting in the dining room). Every time we cleaned it up, we’d find she did it again. I have used vinegar. I’ve used hydrogen peroxide, I’ve steam cleaned it and used carpet shampoo that claims to take care of pet odors and stuff.
But I can still smell it faintly, even months after the cat stopped peeing there (because we laid newspaper around the edges of the dining room for months). Blegh. Cat urine is one of the most acrid smells possible.
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Oh the fun you can have with a black light. Way cool. Might not want to take that to your next hotel room. I’m not sure you’d want to know.
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Kimberly — Yes, they’re supposed to be. Nature’s Miracle says that you might have to pull up the carpet and pad in order to get to all the stain (in case it’s seeped all the way to the concrete. You’re supposed to really saturate it and give it 2 weeks, and only then put the carpet/pad back down.
Good luck. I’m so glad to finally have laminate flooring in the dining room! — Though carpet IS good for noise reduction, which, if you have kids like mine, is a really good thing.
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Thank you for reminding me of that point of view. Great minds think alike!!! I\’m going to link to your site on my blogroll.
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I cannot say how right you are!!! These other people have failed to see your point. I am going to put a link on my blog back to you ok?
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