1,870,453
As long as it is only pet fur stink there is really no problem as a shampoo on both the dog & carpet will do the trick. Urine & stuff - nastier stuff obviously. There are new odor-air-changing-molecular-ozone bombs that I would use. Can't think of the name of them but they are like a cup of soup in which you pour water & then a gas starts coming out. You exit the building at that part. Come back later & voila no-el-stinko. Works for curry so this should be easy.
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Ryan Huggins - Thousan...
Thousand Oaks, CA
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Kathleen Daniels, Prob...
San Jose, CA
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Michael Setunsky
Woodbridge, VA
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Raj Taj
Lake Bluff, IL
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Ron and Alexandra Seigel
Carpinteria, CA
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Roy Kelley
Gaithersburg, MD
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Allie Angeloni
Oro Valley, AZ
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Lynnea Miller
Bend, OR
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
2,818,727
If it's just topical/fur, you can try professional carpet cleaning. I think they may have some specialty items to help with this. Note: it may only be a temporary fix.
If it's urine, the only solve is to rip up the carpet and carpet cushion (as it will be in the carpet cushion. Usually the plywood is okay as it gets stuck in the carpet pad (but occasionally, we needed to replace a piece or two of plyood (which is much better than Kilz).
Also, you may need to eliminate all other upholstery items (e.g. sofas, pillows, window treatments, etc.
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Wayne Zuhl
Cranford, NJ
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Doug Dawes
Topsfield, MA
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
1,101,059
Dogs don't sweat, or did you mean 'Sweaty tenant's dog?" LOLLL
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Allie Angeloni
Oro Valley, AZ
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Eve Alexander
Tampa, FL
5,167,142
Can't help but looks like you got some good ideas. Hopefully no pee or that rug has to go, and perhaps treat the sub-floor
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Allie Angeloni
Oro Valley, AZ
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
6,687,332
If it is just sweat then pet odor eliminator spray will work, as will and ozone machine.
If it has lots of urine then tear up the floor.
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Allie Angeloni
Oro Valley, AZ
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
613,494
Professional cleaned...with a truck mount that actually sucks out the dirt.
Sears and Stanly Steamer seem to be the best. They may charge extra for spraying it down and removing odor.
Eve
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Allie Angeloni
Oro Valley, AZ
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
5,584,639
a professional cleaning company should be able to handle that.... if not, cut the carpet in that corner and replace with tile.....small job.... will look great with a large ceramic pot and plant....
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
1,713,581
Better dogs than cats but try to have the carpet professionally cleaned to see what odor might be left. Other than that replace it.
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Allie Angeloni
Oro Valley, AZ
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Bob Crane
Stevens Point, WI
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
5,312,483
Professionally clean the carpet. Have the house cleaned with ozone, but that might be more expensive than replacing carpet.
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
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Raj Taj
Lake Bluff, IL
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
933,048
You can try baking soda, work it into the carpet, let it set a day to absorb odors, then vaccuum. Or try some http://www.amicusgreen.com/store/p119/AFM_Safecoat_Carpet_Shampoo.html
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
1,619,531
it always comes back but professional cleaning is a temp solution
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Tony and Suzanne Marri...
Scottsdale, AZ
187,002
I plan to use OdorX and Febreze in my van this weekend, thankfully I'm potty trained.
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
3,988,138
We recently had a stinky unit and after repainting, heavy cleaning, changing filters, running HEPA ozone machines and steam cleaning carpets the stink continued. We bought a product called OdorX and left it in the unit for a week to 10 days. Odor was gone.
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Raj Taj
Lake Bluff, IL
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
1,525,616
My hubby just cleaned our carpet with a shampoo specifically for pet odors. That seemed to help!
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
5,483,653
Think Lyn Sims covered the new products available to overcome the odor! Good luck
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
5,487,118
Do you guys have a COIT service there? They do a fabulous job of getting rid of bad odors, regardless of the cause of them, Fred Griffin!
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Allie Angeloni
Oro Valley, AZ
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
2,230,207
Get rid of the tenat
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
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Anthony Acosta - ALLAT...
Atlanta, GA
2,848,509
Bleach bath to kill the germs that cause the smell
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Carol Williams
Wenatchee, WA
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Debe Maxwell, CRS
Charlotte, NC
1,231,853
Delete the dog! Unless you own the property NO PETS.
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
1,751,737
Get your own sweaty dog and you won't mind the smell anymore? OH! Wrong answer?
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
1,327,305
I have used a Ozone machine it works.
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
4,738,312
Call in the professionals although it may be too late and the flooring may need to be replaced depending on the severity of the issue. Good luck.
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
3,344,851
Not much will help with the dog still in the house...confining him/her to one area ? While the rest is treated with special pet carpet odor penetration treatment ?
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
3,986,473
There is a product that uses live bacteria to eat on any kind of dropings of dog and cat and once gone it dies with no trace.
Has worked very good for me
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
5,275,787
I'm impressed with Lyn Sims answer!!
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
1,262,352
baking soda and possibly lemon juice. As for subfloor wood too late. Replace the subfloor...
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
8,151,243
You have received some answers to consider.
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
290,969
Would carpet shampooing help, or if not, a professional carpet/tile cleaning company, that knows a dog has been an issue in a certain area? At least it's not dog urine . . . oy! People can smell that 'a mile away' as they say, Fred Griffin. So if the obvious doesn't work, maybe carpet replacement is in order. Now is the 'front corner of the house' in the living room, or an entry way? That would certainly determine if carpet replacement would be in a room or just an open area. I wonder if the oder has gotten down into the plywood . . .
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
3,416,372
A professional carpet cleaner should do the trick. if not, may have to replace
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
759,702
I don't have any helpful tips as I am not a dog owner. Looks like Lyn Sims may have a great answer.
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Lyn Sims
Schaumburg, IL
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
827,875
Have they had a professional cleaner come in? If that doesn't work try googling it, might be idea's on there to help.
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Nina Hollander, Broker
Charlotte, NC
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
177,646
Now WHO was the landlord that allowed dogs in the rental? Carpet has to go. Bleach and repaint. Redo the floors with something other than carpet. Make the long term investment and not the short term bandaid. No more dogs, unless they buy the place.
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
1,650,442
Many local carpet cleaners offer specials on pet related damages. But I personally do not believe in removing urine odor without removing the carpet staff.
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
509,499
How about deep cleaning the carpet?
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
1,538,464
A deep carpet cleaning would be in order. Usually fixes most smells.
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
3,430,182
Glad I stopped by and read Lyn Sims comment.
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
922,414
In addition to all the cleaning efforts, air out the place well.
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
921,504
Dogs don't sweat.
They do drool and slobber.
What creates the sweaty odor is the paraffin from the dogs coat of hairs.
However if the odor is due to various forms of other body excretions, going cheap will cost more.
You say it smells like sweat NOT like crap.
That's is good, clean and paint and of course, remove dog or have dog groomed monthly.
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
809,308
We have a pending listing that they cleaned the carpets and did some ozone thing. Worked pretty well. -Kasey
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
719,777
Likely as suggested a good carpet cleaning company. A black light (used when dark) helps to identify pee stains. And there's also an ionizer machine out there that you can rent and it takes the smell out of the air.
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
1,009,428
I sold a house like this last year - it took 2 full cleanings by professionals and there was still an odor.
I also just got rid of a tenant with this problem this month...
You have to get rid of the carpet IMO Fred Griffin
That's the only way the odor will be completely gone
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
1,466,257
Fred Griffin Looks like Lyn Sims has your answer.
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
1,618,024
call the carpet cleaner professional
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
2,708,028
Thanks, everyone. Great answers, great suggestions.
Just a reminder: Keep an eye on your Tenants! The Tenant paid the rent on time, so the owner never went to check on the place. Tenant's boyfriend and his dog had moved in without permission, violating the lease.
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Steve Higgins
Kelowna, BC
1,394,983
3,074,389
Thomas J. Nelson, Realtor, CRS nailed this one!
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
4,322,035
Fred Griffin - you got some great answers....
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
5,774,100
Fred,
I think that Lyn Sims gave you the perfect answer. A
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Fred Griffin Florida R...
Tallahassee, FL
4,434,227