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[gategrrl]

Ever since Goldy (my dog) has gone on diuretics to help clear excess water out of his body because of his congestive heart failure, he's um...incontinent when he wakes up, or when he's asleep. So I'd ignored his most popular sleeping spots on the rug, to my chagrin. There's now a very stinky small stained spot in our hallway carpet (I don't like the carpet anyway, came with the house, but still...) that, even with our rug cleaner Bissell, still stinks. I'm going to have to start laying down a rug or small heavy blanket on that area, and another spot or two where I know he likes to sleep.  Ugh. 

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[whisper99.livejournal.com]

Give Anti-Icky-Poo a try. I use it for my pets and nothing I've ever tried has actually worked to get rid of the stinky smell except this stuff. You can buy it off amazon.com, which is where I get mine.

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

I'll try it out, thanks for the referall. Our hallway is really stinking (when the air flows in the wrong direction).

[jennywren102.livejournal.com]

Try this to save your carpet: Lay a plastic runner designed for overlaying carpet on the floor under his favorite spot to sleep. Put a favorite blanket over the plastic to encourage him to sleep there. Wash the blanket and wipe the plastic as needed. {{{Hugs}}} to Goldie.....

[gategrrl.livejournal.com]

Our dog is weird. When I spread a towel over the cleaned spot he wouldn't lie down on it at all. He slept *around* it, but not on it. However, a plastic runner sounds like an interesting idea. I'll run it past the hubs. But I think the damage has already been done to the carpet and the layer under it. Yuck.

[jennywren102.livejournal.com]

You may need an enzyme cleaner. I don't know if Anti-Icky-Poo is an enzyme cleaner, but whatever you use may have to be applied with a syringe. To get the right guage buy one at a carpet store. You'll have to inject the cleaner through the carpet and into the pad underneath. It's important to let it dry before extracting (steam cleaning) the area; the enzymes will "eat" the odor source (uric acid crystals) and die harmlessly once there's no food source left. Repeat applications may be necessary.

(I used to do this sort of thing for a living)