Removing the traces of dog mess?

babyshoes

I agree that you need something biological if it is an ingrained smell. You may need to make a paste of bio washing powder and leave it on for several hours to make sure it gets right down into the wood.

Failing that, google 'Nature's Miracle' - it is a range of specialist biological pet mess clean up stuff. It worked on my carpet where the ferrets had missed the newspaper!

foreign_correspondent

Davesnave wrote: »

In that case, it is odd that Jeyes own fact sheet gives one use as 'disinfecting kennels.'

http://www.jeyesprofessional.co.uk/_FACT%20SHEETS%202008%5CGeneral%20Cleaning%5CJeyes%20Fluid.pdf

It is odd, I certainly would not use it.

Other common poisons:

Slug bait (metaldehyde), ivy, lilies, fly agaric, deadly nightshade, ibuprophen, aspirin, digitalis, laburnum, yew, daffodil
bulbs, mistletoe, rhododendron, onion, macadamia nuts, yeast dough, tobacco, box, laurel, bleaches, strong acids
(car batteries), antifreeze, de-icer, soap pads, high cocoa content chocolate, cocoa mulch, barbiturates, weed killers –
paraquat, chlorate, warfarin, coumarins, calciferol (vit D), alphachloralose, iron, lead, mercury salts, vitamin A, cyanide,
organophosphates, organochlorides, phenols – Jeyes fluid, creosote, acrolein, arsenic, strychnine, carbon monoxide,
chlorine gas (swimming pools), petroleum products (kerosene, diesel, white spirit, paint thinners), bacterial
toxins – Clostridium botulinum, raisins, venoms – snake & toad (UK), wood preservative, tar, mothballs, batteries

From a vetinary practice poisoning factsheet
http://www.ovg.co.uk/1st%20aid%20notes.pdf

If you google - phenol dogs - there is a lot of information about phenol poisoning

HOW DO DOGS AND CATS CONTRACT PHENOL POISONING?
Dogs and cats can contract phenol poisoning by chewing on or ingesting materials that contain adequate concentrations of phenol compounds. These include wood products treated with cresols and creosotes, clay pigeons, tar accumulated from newly laid asphalt, insulation, and tar paper used in roofing.

Phenols can also be absorbed through an animal's skin when they come into contact with housing products such as flooring that have been treated with phenol-based disinfectants. Sometimes pets will inadvertently get these substances on their feet or fur and lick them off during the natural cleaning process.

Bored_Housewife

Thanks for all the suggestions.

I did go for the Jeyes, which i diluted, left for ten minutes, scrub the whole decking with a stable brush, then power hosed it all down. Just to be on the safe side i also spray around a bit of Get Off. It has come up like new and hopefully once we have retrained the dog it will stay like that.

The dog was kept in while we sorted the garden and until now we havent allowed him onto any part that was treated.

We are all taking it in turns to retrain the dog to use the spot we have designated as his toilet.

Thanks again

Davesnave

foreign_correspondent wrote: »

It is odd, I certainly would not use it.

From a vetinary practice poisoning factsheet
http://www.ovg.co.uk/1st%20aid%20notes.pdf

If you google - phenol dogs - there is a lot of information about phenol poisoning

Yes, I think the key words there are 'adequate concentrations.' However, I have learned a few things about what not to leave around with a dog.

foreign_correspondent

Davesnave wrote: »

Yes, I think the key words there are 'adequate concentrations.' However, I have learned a few things about what not to leave around with a dog.

Of course, and I expect that when it is rinsed well there is little risk - however, if you have a pup that likes to chew wood, or underestimate the amount of rinsing off the jeyes needs, or if it runs off into another area where the dog may ingest it there is clearly a risk...

Personally, I would stick to things like bio washing powder - it breaks down the correct proteins to remove the smell and is less hazardous.

foreign_correspondent

coincidentally, re Jeyes fluid, I just visited another forum I use, to find a very similar query - someone has responded to it as follows:

Do NOT use Jeyes Fluid!! A friend of mine lost four Labs when his yard was washed down (incorrectly) with it. His vet said that it was absorbed through the dogs pads, and is toxic to dogs

...whilst I think the vet must have said it was picked up on dogs paws (and cleaned off by the dogs as described in the quote in my earlier post), rather than absorbed via them, it is perhaps worth considering the risk of using Jeyes around animals.