Advice on carpet

[Anonymous]

We have a wonderful 1.5 year old mini Goldendoodle. She's our first puppy and house trained quickly but she occasionally pees on the carpet. We had it cleaned by Sears about 6 months after we got her and subtle stains still remained. Now we have more and it seems like the carpet always smells like pee. What do people do about this? We have light grey carpets in our kids rooms that look terrible now (they are two years old), and a higher quality darker grey carpet in our family room that looks fine but has a few pet spots on it. What do people suggest? Get our own cleaner to use more often? A different professional cleaning service? Rip up the carpet in the kids rooms and get hard wood? We are on a limited budget and I'm trying to avoid wasting money every few months on ineffective carpet cleaning.

[Anonymous]

Nature's Miracle urine destroyer for removing carpet odors:
https://www.amazon.com/Natures-Miracle-Destroyer-Residue-Eliminator/dp/B003UMNVJ2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1486236456&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=nature%27s+miracle+urine+destroyer&psc=1
And I use washable incontinence pads to line the floor for my elderly incontinent dog:
https://www.amazon.com/Priva-Waterproof-Incontinence-Protection-Innovative/dp/B000FOA7C2/ref=sr_1_2_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1486236539&sr=8-2&keywords=incontinence%2Bbed%2Bpads&th=1

[Anonymous]

A small carpet cleaner machine will run you about 120$. Buy the solution at Costco or another discount store. Ours was so worth it.

[Anonymous]

I rolled up my area rugs and stored them until my pup was 2 years, and I was sure she was dependable. That was after having them professionally cleaned. If its wall to wall carpet plan on replacing it after the dog is housetrained, because those stains are not coming out, and you are probably missing a few areas as well. the cleaners are not meant to be used on a continual basis.

[Anonymous]

1) If the stain is fresh, lay a cloth rag on it to soak up as much liquid as you can. If the stain is dry, skip this step.

2) Use an enzyme cleaner. I don't think Nature's Miracle is strong enough to eliminate urine odors. Some of the other extra strength enzyme cleaners work better. I like Simple Solution, and lately, I've been using the Simple Green Bio Dog solution with great success (I like the scent, too). If you're just spraying it on, it's not good enough. Unscrew the cap and pour it over the stain making sure it soaks into the padding under the carpet. You don't need to pour out a quart of it, but make sure you've covered the entire stain and used at least as much liquid as the dog provided. Let this sit for 30+ minutes, and then use a towel to mop up the excess. Once it dries, you'll find the urine odor is probably gone.

3) If a stain remains, especially if it's vomit or poop, use the Spot Shot aerosol stain remover product. Spray it on as it says in the instructions and let it sit for a minute. Then use a rag to give the area a good scrub. What you see after this is as much stain as you're going to get out, but it should be mostly or all the way gone. This product needs to be rinsed, so dump a cup of cold water on top of it and soak it up with a clean rag. Then let it dry.

4) I do have a Hoover Carpet Cleaner (~$100 on Amazon) which did a good job on large areas but it doesn't really get the odor out of the padding. Most professional services don't quite pull that off, either, so you're going to have to spot treat for the odor before shampooing the surface of the carpet.