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01-13-2009, 09:52 PM | #1 |
YT Addict Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Bay Area, California
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| What am I doing wrong? So, I have Mahina pee pad trained and she misses the pad. I bought a re-washable pad that's bigger but she'll still miss! So, there's pee on the floor. Everytime she does it I soak up as much as I possibly could and soak the carpet with Natures Miracle. Well it still SMELLS! I went ahead and steam cleaned hoping it would make things better, it smells even WORSE. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Basically this is what I did. Used a blacklight to find the pee stains, which not many showed up. I sprayed them all, but didn't exactly soak it. I filled my steam vac up with water and in the container where you put in the cleaner I just filled it with Natures Miracle. I went over it twice, soaking and sucking up, soaking and sucking up. I've made it worse, it stinks SO BAD! Please tell me what I'm doing wrong. I'm trying to train her to go outside, so I don't want her smelling the carpet and frankly I'm tired of febreezing my room because I made it worse. Also, she'll pee outside everytime at my boyfriends and I think it's cuz they have dogs so she pees where she smells it. She refuses to pee in my backyard, should I have the other dog come over and pee on my grass a few times? Think it will help?? Or should I save some pee and put in the grass?
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01-13-2009, 10:07 PM | #2 |
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| try filling up the cleaner with vinegar and water or straight vinegar...it kills the smell and it may smell like vinegar for a day or two but it goes away
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01-14-2009, 12:20 AM | #3 |
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| At our house, we spray the stains with the enzyme cleaner, let it soak and DRY overnight (this is key) and then go over it with a steam cleaner. It's never made it smell worse. It sounds like you're doing everything right. Have you tried emptying out the disposal container and rinsing it out? What steam cleaner are you using?
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01-14-2009, 01:20 AM | #4 |
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| I did the same thing........I found out it wasn't the pee smelling, I had it so wet it was the plywood under the floor........it was pulling the smell of the wood.....I now have hardwood floors, and the plywood actually had to be replaced in some spots.....is that possible? and the vinigar thing works great..... |
01-14-2009, 04:46 AM | #5 | |
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First, I'd put her pad on a floor that doesn't have carpeting. You may have to move it slowly, because dogs don't just get trained to the pad, but they get used to the location. I put the pad in a doggie litter pan. Lexi has to go IN the pan to use the pad, so we don't really have problems with missing the pad. Finally, if you do want her to go outside, it might be a good idea to put some of her urine outside where you want her to go, or take a pad that she has peed on once, place it outside, and bring her there to go. After she gets used to going there a couple of times, she might not need the pad. Good luck!
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01-14-2009, 06:23 AM | #6 | |
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I should try letting it soak and dry overnight, thank you.
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01-14-2009, 06:23 AM | #7 |
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| Hmm if all else fails I may have to do this! Thank you.
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01-14-2009, 06:25 AM | #8 | |
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01-14-2009, 06:27 AM | #9 | |
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I tried the litter pan thing and she refused, I'd put her in there when I just KNEW she had to go and she wouldn't, she would run off and pee elsewhere. I tried this for a while and she just wouldn't do it, so I gave up. I'll do the pee pad thing outside, thanks for your help.
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