smell of dog.

Saint_Chris

Daughter has just exchanged houses with someone who had a dog.

When she went to view the house, she said she could smell dog, but it was a faint smell.

This weekend they've exchanged houses, i've not seen it yet going this morning, but all the family who have, have said that the smell is awful, it's in the front room, and seems to be coming from the carpet.

They do intend as soon as possible to get rid of it, but want to get upstairs sorted 1st.

So what's the best thing she can do to eliminate the smell for the mean time.

Someone said bicarbonate of soda.

thanks.

chris_n_tj

Bi carb of soda. sprinkle it down and leave for a as long as you can before hoovering. repeat if needed. xx

PS use plenty x

Saint_Chris

thanks will try that, although they may only be able to do it at night, before bed, as the kids are in the house.

PudseyDB

Unfoertunately the smell of dog sometimes permeates the underlay as well so the bicarb will only work for so long. It will help though.

Fosterdog

Financially it may not be doable if she already has the expense of moving but hiring a carpet cleaner for a day/weekend should help. Bicarb will help neutralise the smell but won't clean the carpet.

We cleaned ours when we first moved in to the house we are in now and couldn't quite believe the dirt that came out. We had to do it three times until it was clean enough. One of the carpets was cream and looked clean on the surface but the deep clean got loads out.

zaksmum

I have a PetVax which I wouldn't be without. I clean the carpets every fortnight and the colour of the water that comes out is horrendous!

gettingready

Remove/throw away the carpet, wash down the floors under it and live without a carpet for a while....?

That is what I would do anyway...

Person_one

I can't quite believe any dog owners actually have carpets, a waterproof and easily cleanable floor is a godsend!

There are carpet cleaning products in pets at home that claim to get rid of the smell thoroughly enough that a dog couldn't smell it. I have no idea if they work or not though, maybe have a look at some online reviews?

Oh, and have a peek at and a sniff of the underlay before spending much money. If that's soaked and rotten then no amount of carpet cleaning will help much.

Fosterdog

Person_one wrote: »

I can't quite believe any dog owners actually have carpets, a waterproof and easily cleanable floor is a godsend!

Some of us are in rented houses. For the first three years here our landlord wouldn't let us change the carpet even at our own cost, he has now said we can (he's realised we are long term tenants and are looking after the house)but we still have to pay for the new flooring and just don't have the money for it right now.

krlyr

Bicarb isn't toxic (it's actually taken orally as a remedy for a few conditions, e.g. indigestion and UTIs, as well as being used in baking/other recipes) so shouldn't be a problem to scatter while the kids are around.

lostinrates

Fosterdog wrote: »

Some of us are in rented houses. For the first three years here our landlord wouldn't let us change the carpet even at our own cost, he has now said we can (he's realised we are long term tenants and are looking after the house)but we still have to pay for the new flooring and just don't have the money for it right now.

Or bought houses with significant issues and carpet replacing is low on the list.

That said the room my dogs sleep in now has no carpet but concert floors with rugs. Don't worry too much about the dogs being without flooring...they never sit on the floor, but rather the large leather sofas each of the bog ones has as a bed. They also have cushioned beds on the floor which they mainly use to wipe their feet on.:o