Finally....Carpet Is Clean

[judy]

My steps and the landing are still carpeted. Everything else is either laminate or tiles. Annie's pee pad is on the landing, only because she decided it would be so nice to pee on the carpet up there! I figured I might as well stick a pee pad under her butt when she does go up there.

It can really smell, especially when it's hot out. I have the cleaning woman wash the rug on the landing once/month with vinegar and Odoban. It masks the smell very nicely for a while. I don't want to redo the carpeting. They'll just pee on the new one! I may replace just the landing with laminate. I'm afraid to leave the steps uncarpeted. They would just be too slippery.

When I moved up here, I knew carpeting was out of the question!

[DianaB]

Lindsey, I'm afraid that the spots will still be there even after you steam clean it. I just cleaned mine and the spots still shine.....unfortunately. It will drive me crazy!!! I shouldn't have bought the black light!!

[Lindsey]

Originally Posted by DianaB

Lindsey, I'm afraid that the spots will still be there even after you steam clean it. I just cleaned mine and the spots still shine.....unfortunately. It will drive me crazy!!! I shouldn't have bought the black light!!

lol! Scott said he got one of the spots completely out last night, but it was a fresh spot and after cleaning it didn't show up on the blacklight. I think after it's there for awhile it's too deep down to ever get clean.

Yesterday evening I tried getting Layla used to her room again (the laundry room). I kept her in there while I was cooking so I was still near, and she didn't seem to mind. Overnight, I put a tiny bit of water in her extra dish in my bedroom, and closed the door for the night. At 4 am, I woke up to her sniffing at the door and whining quietly. I took her to the laundry room but she didn't do anything. 10 minutes later she was whining again. This time I took her and put her gate up and left her for about 5 minutes... I came back and there was poop on her pad! I praised, praised, praised, gave her a treat, and we went back to bed. This morning I took her straight out to the deck and she peed on her pad out there I left her in the laundry room this morning so hopefully she's still there at lunch.

For the past week or so we've had so many pee spots overnight on the carpet right outside the laundry room (we gave her a little hallway between my room and the laundry room overnight, with the bedroom door open). So this is really a big improvement! I'm losing a little sleep definitely, but I think eventually she'll be able to hold it for the whole night. I just want to let her know now that if she DOES have to go, there's a right place to do it!

[DianaB]

I keep Reuger and Jazzi in kennels during the night. They won't potty in the kennels and they don't wander around the house. I'm sure that they would both potty in the house if I didn't keep them in a kennel during the night. They both sleep right beside me. We tried letting Reuger sleep with the door open but he made noise running around the house. We all sleep better with them in the kennel and no accidents.

When we first got Jazzi we let her sleep in the bathroom but she whined and cried all night. When I put her in the kennel beside me she quit crying and sleeps really good. She always keeps me in her sights.

[Janet]

Awww...she loves her mama!!!

[DianaB]

Yes, she does!!!