<p>Well. The name of thread is self explanatory. What is the best way to remove the odor. The rug is dark and patterned so I can’t really see the stain but I’'m concerned about the odor. I already applied a solution of water and white vinegar but is there something better? Thanks for any help you can offer!</p>
<p>I use a spray product called Resolve. </p>
<p>Be glad it’s not cat pee.</p>
<p>I usually use hot water with Murphy’s Oil Soap. It usually gets the odor out. For tougher odors I use baking soda.</p>
<p>Go to a Pet Store and buy “Nature’s Miracle: Stain and Odor Remover”. It works extremely well on urine odors. It is made of enzymes that eliminate urine odors so puppies and dogs do not pee again in the same spot which many do especially before being housebroken.</p>
<p>Second the Nature’s Miracle</p>
<p>Would that work on wood as well?</p>
<p>Be careful with Nature’s Miracle. I found that although it eliminated the original pet stain and odor, it left its own kind of stain. I preferred Resolve.</p>
<p>Better than the Nature’s Miracle currently available in stores is Petastic.</p>
<p>It IS the original Nature’s Miracle formula.( There were 2 guys, one owned the formula, one owned the name and they had a fight. The guy that owned the <em>formula</em> renamed it! The pet business is <em>crazy</em> like that!)</p>
<p>Sponge it on, blot, let it dry. You can also dilute it and use it in your carpet cleaning machine.</p>
<p>(signed)
she who owns the pet shop!</p>
<p>I love my dog, but I deal with this frequently.</p>
<p>As soon as I discover the wet area, I spray it with Bissell Pawsitively Clean “ewww” spray. Then I shampoo.I have a small carpet cleaning machine and use Bissell Pawsitively Clean for compact machines. It only takes a few minutes to spot (no pun intended ) clean.</p>
<p>Bought both products at Petsmart.</p>
<p>Don’t use any ammonia product…that just encourages more peeing.</p>
<p>A mix of half white vinegar and half water will neutralize the smell. Then shampoo/clean as usual.</p>
<p>Ditto Resolve (applied immediately), followed by Febreeze if necessary. It is more of a problem if you’re out when it happens. Our dog’s spots were mercifully odor-free, for some odd reason–maybe because they were always very small, and the accidents didn’t start until shortly before he died. I confess that I left a spot in his memory.</p>
<p>I would go with cnp55’s advice, since the original Nature’s Miracle was the best thing ever for pet urine.</p>
<p>“I confess that I left a spot in his memory”
^^^</p>
<p>Now that’s love.</p>
<p>Thank you everyone. I did neutralize it with the vinegar/water mix and I will get that Petastic. I hate the smell of Febreeze so that’s out.</p>
<p>Very unusual for my dog to do this. We were having a lot of company that night and I think she just got overly excited. She really is a very good girl. :)</p>
<p>Nature’s Miracle and Eliminate are the two best products, but, oh, are they ever so expensive.</p>
<p>When Nature Miracle failed to remove cat pee from my bed (I think I know why thanks to cnp!), I tried Oxiclean, and the results were fantastic: not even a trace of smell could be detected by my GC/MS nose!</p>
<p>Read The Monks of New Skeet.</p>
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<p>Crate training is the sure-fire way to house break your dog. Honestly, I’d never had a dog that DID NOT pee in the house until I found out about crate training. My dogs wake me up now if they have to go outside to pee. </p>
<p>Awesome.</p>
<p>Yes. She was crate trained. I don’t know what got into her but I do know what came out! I think she was so excited about all of the people in the house she didn’t notice that she needed to go until it was too late.</p>
<p>She’s hard to stay mad at. Thanks everyone. So glad I don’t have a cat. The neighbor’s cat likes to use my garden as a litter box and the smell hits me in the face when I leave the house.</p>
<p>Eptr, look for cat repellent tips on the web. A Scarecrow sprinkler will definitely teach them a lesson. 
cats also hate walking on bristly surfaces, so some bark or stone mulch will make your garden less appealing to them.</p>
<p>2010 USNWR Rankings of dog pee removers:</p>
<ol>
<li>Resolve</li>
<li>Nature’s Mircale</li>
<li>Vinegar/water</li>
<li>Oxiclean</li>
<li>Resolve + Febreeze</li>
<li>Eliminate</li>
<li>The New Monks of Skeete</li>
</ol>
<p>This stuff is amazing – it’s called Fizzion - – it gets rid of odors; it gets rid of stains (even really, really old ones); it’s cheap, non-toxic, and environmentally friendly. You dissolve 2 tablets in a 32 oz spray bottle (mix with water) – supposedly the freshly dissolved tablets will maintain their cleaning potency for a year, but it was so awesome that I have pretty much gone through the first bottle really quickly. The bottle + tablets is less than $10 – but you keep the bottle & only buy more tablets (cheaper) when you need them. </p>
<p>I’m going to throw away my Nature’s Miracle – I literally had pet stains on my carpets & curtains that are years old and I spray this stuff on and just watched them disappear. Plus it got rid of odors I didn’t know were there – I mean, I’ve done Nature’s Miracle, I’ve done baking soda, I’d thought I’d gotten rid of odors a long time ago - but there was noticeable difference after I sprayed this stuff – the whole room just smelled cleaner and fresher.</p>