Your Carpet's Worst Enemy

You may be thinking that juice, or maybe
chocolate, or permanent markers, on your
light-colored wall-to-wall carpeting is your
worst nightmare. These stains aren't pleasant to
deal with, but they are not as unpleasant as
set-in odors from pets, which are often not
visible as stains.

Nothing is quite as hard as removing pet odors
from carpet. Removing pet odors is difficult
because of the odor-causing bacteria that cannot
be seen, but are definitely smelled, even if you
have thoroughly removed all traces of a pet
stain. These odors can remain for months or even
years and have you turning up your nose every
time you enter a room, or worse when your
company enters your room. If your carpet's worse
enemy is pet odor, here are some tips on removing
pet odors from your home.

* Clean up pet stains immediately. These are
the chief cause of pet odors, and the longer
they stay, the deeper they set in and the harder
they are to clean and eliminate all traces of pet
odor.
* Bathe your pets. They leave traces of their
hair and smell everywhere they lay, which may be
contributing to your pet odor.
* If you are having trouble locating the
problem areas, turn off the lights and use a
black light bulb to help you find any dried up
spots so you can start removing pet odors.
* Cleaning carpets with a steam cleaner is
sometimes effective at removing pet odors from
carpet, depending on how deeply set the odors
are into the carpet.
* Sometimes baking soda is used, and products
which neutralize pet smell by fighting the
bacteria which causes it. Avoid anything that
contains bleaches or other chemicals that may
stain your carpet worse or leave behind toxins
for your pet to pick up.
* If odors from stains are heavy or have
remained for a while, the carpet padding may
need to be replaced to totally eliminate the
odor. This is, of course, a last resort, but
having an odor-free carpet is worth the labor
and expense.
* If you find yourself regularly removing pet
odors from carpet in your home, you need to take
a closer look at your pet. They may need to be
re-trained, or may have behavior problems that
need to be addressed, such as loneliness. Pets
are the source of pet odors; treat the source
and you may eliminate your problem.

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