The Red Dog Inn

OC WAS TAKEN TO THE Orange County Animal Shelter! If you’re interested, please go inquire about him ASAP!

Say hi to OC. A move forces his family to rehome him. Here’s the description we’ve been given by a friend of OC:  He is a full blooded red nose pitbull; he is 2 years old; he has his papers; he is house trained and mostly an inside dog (spoiled), very good with kids and knows basic commands. He’s very playful.

If you live with critters, eventually you’re going to clean up an accident. Here’s are a few solutions to cleaning up those accidents.  Before  trying these, check manufacturer instructions and TEST in an inconspicuous spot.

Urine on carpet – Blot. Lay a few paper towels over the spot and put a weight on top. I take an old metal tray and add a few weights.  This will sop up the urine. To get the SMELL out, mix a 50/50 solution of white vinegar and water. Dampen a paper towel with the solution, cover the spot and add weight. In about 30 minutes, pick it up.  The vinegar smell will disapate, and you won’t have soap residue on your carpet. A bonus: Vinegar has anticeptic properties.  Vinegar shouldn’t bleach your carpet.

Fecal Matter on carpet - Hopefully, you’ve been feeding a good diet and all you have to clean are well formed stools from your carpet.   If so, just pick them up and use the 50/50 vinegar solution to disappate any odors. 

If you have a sick pup with loose stools, you’re going to need a little more firepower.   Butters got sick after eating too many biscuits.  You’re going to need paper towel, plastic bags, something you can scrape with that’s disposable may be helpful, too and hopefully a small carpet cleaner.  Clean up what you can with the paper towels and scraper, e.g. paper plate, dust pan, etc. and place in plastic bags. (take those to the trash.) Spritz the remaining stain with the vinegar and water solution, then use the small carpet cleaner to finish the job.  You may want to respritz with the vinegar solution.

An alternative to the last spritz with the vinegar solution is to spritz with water that’s been laced with 20 drops of tea tree oil.  Tea tree oil is an anticeptic, but also has a really nice scent.

Vomit has acids. So proceed with the clean up procedure for loose stools but you may want to mix a baking soda solution to neutralize the acids. 1 teaspoon baking soda to 1 cup water dampen a paper towel and weight. Follow up with a spritz of tea tree oil solution and let dry.

We had a heat wave where we live, and my husky-cross wasn’t drinking much water during the day.  It’s not for lack of water. I have a couple water bowls strategically placed throughout area full of fresh drinking water. So I was a little worried about him staying adequately hydrated and stumbled across this solution.

I mixed a 50/50 solution of water and low sodium chicken broth (If you have a Trader Joe’s by you, pick some up. I checked the labels and TJ’s Low Sodium Chicken broth has the lowest sodium content!)  and poured it into ice cube trays.  When I’d leave for the day I’d give each dog a couple cubes.  They LOVED them. Not only did they get a low calorie, low sodium treat, but they stayed hydrated while I was out.

Give it a shot!  Let me know how it works for you and your pet.