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Incontinent dog
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Solomon_Broad
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My dog has recently been diagnosed as diabetic, and we're still trying to get the insulin/food levels sorted out. But she's drinking so much it's making her incontinent. Thankfully, she always makes it to the entry before going, which is an enclosed paved area outside of the back door. Opening the windows isn't an option. I do hose it down as soon as I notice she's gone, but unfortunately she isn't regular, which means the smell sometimes lingers. There's no carpet or anything like that, just paving slabs. I've been using diluted disinfectant to shift the smell, but it's starting to get rather expensive.
What else can I use to get rid of the smell?
What else can I use to get rid of the smell?
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Plain old bleach is good. You could pour on the smart price thin bleach, then scrub with a stiff brush and hose it down.
Also, we use this for where our dogs pee sometimes near our back door. If you dilute a small amount in water, about half a capful, and use it to wash the area down, it get's rid of all toilet smells. It's only 2.99 for a huge bottle. It is thick green liquid - they also do a pink one - and it does stain the area slightly if used neat, but if you rinse it it is OK. ( I spilled some once, but by the next rainfall it had gone.) Don't know how important this would be as opposed to the smell of urine.
You can buy it in any Halfords type place, or any Caravan retail shop and some caravan sites. I think they sell sample bottles too. Don't pay their delivery charge! I only put the link to show you the product.
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Give your dog a big cuddle from me.....:)0 -
Most domestic cleaners have a small amount of amonia in them which intensifies the wee smell. Try to use something like non-bio washing powder that doesn't to clean the area. HTH and your doggie's insulin levels are balanced soon."all endings are also beginnings. We just don't know it at the time..."0
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The following may provide some help...
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HopeElizzy wrote: »Try to use something like non-bio washing powder that doesn't, to clean the area.
...with all respect, wouldn't that be a little expensive?0 -
Not really - I have used asda's cheap as chips version and it works a treat.
Or you could use a mix of white vinegar and soda crystals. Bleach actually encourages animals to mess in that area as it smells like wee/amonia.If you wait for perfect conditions, nothing would ever get done! :T
I'm not short - I'm condensed awesome!
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Jeyes Fluid is very good for this sort of thing.Its got a nice clean smell. We used to keep racing greyhounds and used it for cleaning the kennel runs. Its not cheap but lasts a long time as you dilute it.Do what you love :happyhear0
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HopeElizzy wrote: »Most domestic cleaners have a small amount of amonia in them which intensifies the wee smell. Try to use something like non-bio washing powder that doesn't to clean the area. HTH and your doggie's insulin levels are balanced soon.
I agree. Bicarbonate of Soda is a great general odour neutraliser too. I sprinkle it over my carpets then hoover to get rid of any general doggy smells. Outside I use a biodegradble orange cleaner which you can dilute and then scrub the patio area. Its probably not the cheapest option, but it smells lovely and doesn't harm the dogs if they lick it of their paws.
Good luck & I hope you dog is better soon?"I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect it for I shall not pass this way again."
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