Natural Way to Remove Pet Odors

We've tried all kinds of pet stain and odor removers, and now only use a 50/50 solution of water and vinegar. It works every time!! And it's inexpensive! We put the solution in a spray bottle, just like another mom suggested.

A.

Have you tried white vinegar? I know that is a strong odor, but I know it also helps prevent dogs from returning to that spot. I want to say it is a 1 to 1 ratio, you can either spray it on or pour a little on and circle inward to prevent the spot from spreading.

Hi K.,

Try diluted white vinegar. It works great!

=) A.

Make a mixture of half water and half white vinegar, pour or spray on area, let sit a minute, scrup it in carpet with rag or brucs sponge of some sort, then soak up with a towel. The room will smell like veingar for a couple of hours, but it will go away. It is better then smelling urine.

Hi K., I have had dogs all my life. The best product by far, & I tried alot of them, is called Zero Pet Odor (www.zeropetodor.com). It really works. However, once that urine is in the carpet it worked its way down to the pad. You must have the carpet cleaned professionally (machines have a stronger extraction). This product has no harmful chemicals and no fragrance of its own. It is an amazing product and reasonably priced too.
HTH, Nana

Nature's Miracle or PetZine.... both at Pet Smart are great. Good luck!

You can mask the odor all with want... odor removers, sanitizers & carpet cleaners....it doesn't matter... I would recommended cleaning your carpets with a steam cleaner using vinegar. Once a cat or dog urinates on the carpet and if it has not been absorbed within a timely matter your carpet pad absorbs the urine, therefore holding that stinch until replaced! Good Luck

The other solutions sound good, but I would try plain white vinegar first. I would saturate the carpet and then step on a papertowel to soak it up. Once it is dry the vinegar smell will go away hopefully neutralizing your pet smells. My grandmother had dogs all her life, and raised three boys in the 50's. She swore by this until the day she died, and for the record had no pet stains on her carpet.

I got a free bottle of "No Return Odor & Pet Stain Remover" when I purchased 2 Oreck air purifiers...about that time my elderly schnauzer was beginning to have more accidents in the house as he aged. That stuff was awesome. It's expensive, but it really works. You can order it off the Oreck website, or purchase it in an Oreck store.
Oxy 2 works well, too, but if you have serious issues, get the Oreck.
Whatever you do, do NOT get that Urine Gone stuff they sell on TV. It's worthless, but you do get the cool blacklight.

Hi K.-

I'm a pet-sitter so I deal with this ALL the time! Natures Miracle works well but Oxy Pet Stain remover cleans the stain better and seems to remove the smell really well. Good luck!

I got a product at Walmart called "Kids n Pets". It usually by the cleaning products on the bottom shelf. We used this for our dogs and to clean up my sons puke on the furniture.

I have steam-cleaned with vinegar and it works for cat urine.

Nature's Miracle works great! You can get it at Petsmart, and it works on all pet and human stains.

I agree with Jennifer. A friend told me about Nature's Miracle and it is great. It has worked every time!

No, but from experience the smell is in the pad as well and the treatments aren't making it through to the back side of the pad. Febreez helps a lot but if the room gets hot or it's a humid or rainy day the smell will return until you remove the pad or spray on more Febreez. At least that's what happened to us. (We finally had to remove to remove the pad.) I know Febreez isn't natural but just letting you know what we did.

I do know of a natural way to remove the odor! Here is a website link to the description and product label. Let me know if you are intrested I will show you how to order it. I use it and it works great.

http://www.melaleuca.com/ps/index.cfm?f=ps.productDetail&...

C.