stinky carpet

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Marla, the best thing I have found to get the stain & odor out is Borax (in the laundry section). If the stains have already dried but you know where they are, wet them well (I use a spray bottle of water), then sprinkle on the Borax. It will pull the urine right up & turn the Borax yellow. If there is a large area, you may have to keep adding more Borax until it stays white. Annie pees buckets, so I shop-vac the area first; otherwise it takes 2-3 boxes of Borax to get all the urine up. I have done this with old stains & it works. Sometimes I think I've gotten all the urine up (or my family members think they have gotten it all), we shampoo the carpet, all looks great for a couple of days, then the stains pop back up. When that happens, I wet the area & use my Borax. Of all the various things I've tried, it works the best. Once all the urine is pulled up, I scoop up the wet Borax & sweep up as much as I can. After it's completely dry, then I vacuum it. (When my son was house-sitting for me last year, he vacuumed up all that wet Borax with my regular vacuum cleaner. Yuk, what a mess. We had to take it completely apart to get all that pee-soaked Borax out. So definitely let it dry before you vacuum it.) Occasionally I find I missed a spot & have to rewet it, but not often. I have it down to a science now. I've been trying to put diapers on Annie at night, but with her long thick body, I haven't found any that fit right. I'm using the biggest toddler pullups, but they look like Speedos on her! The smallest adult pullups are too loose around her legs. Well, it's back to the vet tomorrow; maybe he'll have some ideas.

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> To: Neurosarcoidosis > CC: > Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:27:28 -0700> Subject: RE: Rose,> > Hey Rose I have 3dogs and my sons best friend let his girlfriend bring her dog over and that dog pee inthe room so ofcourse my dogs must had to mark there spots and a few others in the house I just got the carpet cleaned and a couple rooms still smell bad so will to have those rooms done again Grrr why do they have tobe so cute??? > Marla> Re: Rose,> > > > > thank you for telling me about tracie. And dont' ever feel bad or say sorry for telling me whats going on in your life.. I hope your baby gets better soon. those UTI can be bad for them...> I also hope the NS can help you with the pain... but i do hate to see you go under surgery.> Good luck and keep me updated.> many blessings and hugs and a pain free day> > > > > > > What's for dinner tonight? Find quick and easy dinner ideas for any occasion.> > > > > > Windows Live? Hotmail®: Celebrate the moment with your favorite sports pics. Check it out. > > > > > _________________________________________________________________> Windows Live? Hotmail®: Search, add, and share the web?s latest sports videos. Check it out.> http://www.windowslive.com/Online/Hotmail/Campaign/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_QA_HM_sports_videos_072009 & cat=sports> > > > ------------------------------------> > ~~~~ *** ~~~ *** ~~~ *** ~~~~> The Neurosarcoidosis Community> > > CHATROOM LINK: http://www.sarcbuddies.com -- Open all the time.....> > Message Archives:-> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Neurosarcoidosis/messages> > Members Database:-> Listings of locations, phone numbers, and instant messengers.> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Neurosarcoidosis/database > >