Want to scream! Dog had horrid loose stools on *really* nice rug. HELP!

[iamme]

It's not the first time, but it's the second time on our first nice new rug.

Yesterday we woke to two huge runny poops on our rugs-one rug I could care less bout, the other-totally bummed about.

In the past, I've made a bigger mess trying to clean up after, even rearranging furniture.

This probably sounds gross, but my current plan is to just leave it till it hardens, and then try to deal with it.

Any suggestions? Our dog is fine-she just does this every know and then if she gets into something in the yard, etc..

TIA!!

[Oubliette8]

I'd use an enzymatic cleaner- Nature's Miracle or Simple Solution. And I would use it FIRST, before you try anything else. If you try to use something else on it, sometimes the enzymatic cleaner doesn't work right. You caqn buy them at any pet specialty store.

[oiseau]

Our cats were having problems with diarrhea on white carpet. The best solution we found was hydrogen peroxide. Get up as much of the poo as you can, then pour the hydrogen peroxide over it. It sometimes needs to be re-applied a couple times, but it always cleaned the carpet perfectly. You'd never know there had been cat poo there. In addition to getting the stain out, it also kills the poo bacteria.

If your rug is colored, test the peroxide out first in an inconspicuous spot. We've used it on colored rugs before, but I always test them.

I think hydrogen peroxide is a miracle cleaner! Also, it's super cheap!

[iamme]

Originally Posted by Oubliette8

I'd use an enzymatic cleaner- Nature's Miracle or Simple Solution. And I would use it FIRST, before you try anything else. If you try to use something else on it, sometimes the enzymatic cleaner doesn't work right. You caqn buy them at any pet specialty store.

Originally Posted by oiseau

Our cats were having problems with diarrhea on white carpet. The best solution we found was hydrogen peroxide. Get up as much of the poo as you can, then pour the hydrogen peroxide over it. It sometimes needs to be re-applied a couple times, but it always cleaned the carpet perfectly. You'd never know there had been cat poo there. In addition to getting the stain out, it also kills the poo bacteria.

If your rug is colored, test the peroxide out first in an inconspicuous spot. We've used it on colored rugs before, but I always test them.

I think hydrogen peroxide is a miracle cleaner! Also, it's super cheap!

Okay, thanks! But, I still have the little problem of two poo pancakes that are right *here*. Do I let them get nice and hard, *then* tackle the clean up?

Yes, I need some hand holding here.

[Catherine12]

I would clean them up now rather than after hardening. First, scrape as much poop off as you can, trying not to push the remaining poop deeper into the carpet (use something flat and stiff to skim poop off the top). Then I would saturate the poopy area with bac-out, nature's miracle, or some other enzymatic poop-specific cleaner. If you have a wet-vac type thing, I would then try to suck up as much of the poopy cleaner liquid as possible. Otherwise use a cloth (if you have old cloth diapers, they are great at sucking up liquid). Then repeat, over and over, until you have gotten all the poop out and the carpet looks and smells clean (may take awhile). Basically, what you're trying to do is dissolve the poop in the cleaner and then remove the cleaner. If all you do is scrub, you may just end up pushing the poop deeper into the pile.

If your dog is in the habit of doing this, I would make sure her food does not have added coloring. Food dye can come out in the poop and cause bad staining. "Natural" poop usually doesn't stain if cleaned properly.

[Tizzy]

We've also had pretty good luck using the little (wet/dry) shop vac for awful messes.

[oiseau]

With the messes at our house, we always scoop up what we can of the poo right away. In one instance, I accidentally smeared it and made a bigger mess than the original mess (try scooping up diarrhea...it wasn't pretty). Then I just pour the peroxide on the mess and keep reapplying until it's gone (usually within 24-48 hours and 2-3 applications)

[dbsam]

When one of my dogs had horrible diarrhea all over very light carpet, I considered ripping up the carpet that night. But instead I cleaned up what I could and had the carpet cleaning guy out the next morning. He left a yellowish stain he said he couldn't get out. I saturated the stain with Bac-Out repeatedly. Over time all traces disappeared and the next time the carpet cleaning guy came to our house he was shocked and asked where he could find Bac-out!

As a pp mentioned, I've also used peroxide on carpet stains. But it can damage some rugs.

[SquishyKitty]

I would be careful with the peroxide, test it in a very small area first and make sure you leave it for 24 hours to make sure it's not going to fade or discolor anything.

I would take it up now, pick itup, don't scrape it up. I am very gaggy when it comes to picking up poop and puke and other gross bodily fluids, so I feel your pain.

I am going to borrow a friends carpet cleaner to get our rugs done nicely, now that the weather is better and everything is drying out.