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hedgewitch

Joined: 26 Nov 2005
Posts: 5834
Location: Daft wench GHQ

Posted: Tue Oct 10, 06 1:59 pm Post subject: Hound Pee Problem - Help!

I'm not sure where to post this, so hope the Livestock forum is OK

My saluki X greyhound was a bit absent minded on Sunday and pee-ed in the house. He usually eats his food then goes outside and to "wash his paws" but the door had swung shut and I wasn't around to open it, so he trotted towards the front door and decided that was far enough in the circumstances.

If you aren't familiar with hounds, you should know that they do not pee very often (marking aside), but when they do, they really go for it.

The other thing to bear in mind is that hound pee also has much more amonia in it than usual dog pee. Sorry for the detail, but it is part of the problem

I cleaned up straight away with Ecover disinfectent. But this did nothing to remove the dreadful pong! So I then applied a product that claims to remove all odours of dog pee. You apply it liberally to the area, let it dry, then vac it up and odours should vanish. It did work while it was wet, but it dried properly over night and the pong was back this morning. I've done the area again, with more stuff as I don't think I applied enough the first time. But I'm worried that hound pee is stronger than the neutralising substance. All seems to be wiff-free at the moment, except for a floral/air-freshener smell from the cleaning product (usually a pet hate, but believe me, it's better than what was there before).

My greatest fear is that the volume was so great (we're talking tidal wave here) it's soaked through the carpet drenched the chipboard floor stuff underneath too

Has anyone got any advice?

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22789
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Tue Oct 10, 06 2:03 pm Post subject:
Is the product that you tried one of those enzymatic ones? They helped a lot with some nasty whiffs that we inherited with this house that had gone through to the floorboards. It did take a few days to fully take effect though.

hedgewitch

Joined: 26 Nov 2005
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Posted: Tue Oct 10, 06 2:12 pm Post subject:

judith wrote:

Is the product that you tried one of those enzymatic ones? They helped a lot with some nasty whiffs that we inherited with this house that had gone through to the floorboards. It did take a few days to fully take effect though.

Yes - it seemed to work OK at first. I'm beginning to think I hadn't put enough on to start with because of the volume

It's useful to know it worked down to the level of floorboards for you - thanks

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
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Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Tue Oct 10, 06 2:14 pm Post subject:
Keep trying. I hope it works for you. I know what you mean about the nasty flowery smell though. It does fade after a while!

hedgewitch

Joined: 26 Nov 2005
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Location: Daft wench GHQ

Posted: Tue Oct 10, 06 2:27 pm Post subject:
Believe me, for the first time ever I can say, hand on heart, that it's better than the alternative

Cathryn

Joined: 16 Jul 2005
Posts: 19856
Location: Ceredigion

Posted: Tue Oct 10, 06 8:01 pm Post subject:

I wish I could help here as over the last two years we have recycled three dogs one of whom still pees every night. I have tried probably every product going.

I now keep a bottle of biological liquid just for this purpose as this is supposed to be strong enough to discourage them doing it again in the same spot. I think the smell does eventually go (I hope I am right about this and that i have not just lost the ability to smell it myself

) The stains however have never gone. All the carpets in the house are now ruined mainly by dogs or cats although children have assisted them at times and we are saving up to rip them all up and replace them with wood. (It will be years...)

Nanny

Joined: 17 Feb 2005
Posts: 4520
Location: carms in wales

Posted: Tue Oct 10, 06 8:07 pm Post subject:
i absolutely swear by Milton weak bleach really but whenever the cats have made an error or any other really unpleasant odour that needs to be negated, i just rub it with a cloth with neat milton on it or pour milton on the floor or whatever and it takes the smell away, stopping them from going to the same spot again.... cheap and effective...

Cathryn

Joined: 16 Jul 2005
Posts: 19856
Location: Ceredigion

Posted: Tue Oct 10, 06 8:08 pm Post subject:
Right off to the shops in the morning

Nanny

Joined: 17 Feb 2005
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Location: carms in wales

Posted: Tue Oct 10, 06 8:09 pm Post subject:
hope you find it works rubes....................... i am never without my milton..............

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 46211
Location: yes

Posted: Tue Oct 10, 06 8:45 pm Post subject:
dry bicarbonate of soda (food grade )absorbs and chemically neutralises dog wee . i dont often say trust me but on hard surfaces use it as a strong solution ,dry on a carpet with newspaper on top as a wick works well, then hoover and rinse it does happen ,but they make up for it in other ways and i have had far scuzzier housemates than dogs .

Bernie66

Joined: 14 Jan 2005
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Location: Eastoft

Posted: Tue Oct 10, 06 8:56 pm Post subject:

dpack wrote:

i dont often say trust me but

Yeah right

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes

Posted: Tue Oct 10, 06 9:07 pm Post subject:
this is a subject i have too much experience with

Bernie66

Joined: 14 Jan 2005
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Location: Eastoft

Posted: Tue Oct 10, 06 9:11 pm Post subject:
Saying "trust me" to the ladies?

@Calli

Joined: 03 Jul 2005
Posts: 1682
Location: Galway

Posted: Tue Oct 10, 06 9:35 pm Post subject:
Or hound pee...... Not sure which is worse Dpack???

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes

Posted: Tue Oct 10, 06 9:38 pm Post subject:
hound pee better than tomcat

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