If you are the owner of a new puppy and also happen to have carpeting in your home, you are most likely wondering about how to clean dog urine from carpet because your puppy has, no doubt, had one or more accidents. The smell of dog urine can be quite potent and if the urine has seeped into your carpet you have a big problem. It is possible to get rid of the smell of dog urine from a carpet, however.

The first thing to remember when thinking of how to clean dog urine from carpet is that, as tempting as it may, do not use toxic products. This includes using bleach. Bleach is extremely toxic. You do not want to expose either yourself or your dog to the harsh odor left behind by bleach.

The first thing to do when dealing with the problem of how to clean dog urine from carpet is to get a good supply of paper towels and keep them on hand in a place where you can get to them quickly. As soon as your dog has had his or her accident, put on some rubber glovers, grab some paper towels and a garbage bag and start soaking up as much of the urine as possible from the top surface of the carpet. This is crucial and it is important to do it as quickly as humanly possible in order to keep the urine from soaking down into the carpet’s fibers. After you have finished blotting up the surface urine, place something heavy on top of a good supply of paper towels and leave this on top of the carpet for a few hours. Change the paper towels every hour or so.

Once you have done this, sprinkle a liberal supply of baking soda on the spot. Test this on a hidden spot of your carpet first to make sure that it will not cause any damage. Be sure to use a very liberal supply. If the carpet has not been damaged in the test spot, then a lot of baking soda will not harm it. Allow the baking soda to sit for about forty-five minutes so that it can soak up as much of the urine as possible. Then vacuum.

The best way of thinking of the problem of how to clean dog urine from carpet especially when you have a small puppy that is in the process of being house trained, is to avoid the problem of having dog urine on your carpet to begin with. This means that if you can not be with your dog physically, that you keep it in a place where it will not have access to your carpets. This also means that you make sure to take your puppy outside to go to t he bathroom very frequently. When your dog does its business outside be sure to praise it very well and give it a treat.

If you suspect that your dog has urinated on your carpet and you want to find the urine spot so you can deal with the problem of how to clean dog urine from carpet you might want to invest some money in a black light. Most pet stores have black lights that can be held in your hand and are used just for this purpose. When you turn it on, you simply look for places on the carpet that glow. Once you have discovered the spot, you can treat it.