New Dog Scent Marking

[ZooKeeper83]

Boy, I'm sure using the dog section a lot lately. 

Well, we did it!  We adopted a new girl!  I wanted to first tell about her in the dog tails section, but I haven't had time to upload pictures.  She's a wonderful girl - black lab/probably border collie mix, 2 years old, saved from a kill shelter in Ohio and was brought to PA to hopefully be adopted out, only wants to please, and gets along with everyone else in the house!

Only one problem.  She's marking on our nice new carpet upstairs repeatedly.  I've mentioned Dopey's peeing issue in another thread.  He now wears a belly band about 90% of the time due to peeing all over the house without always asking to go out.  Well, about 2 days ago I forgot to put the belly band back on him when he came in from outside and he later peed in our office while I was painting in the bedroom.  By the time I found it, it was dry and Lacey had now marked over and around it a few times lightly.  I soaked the areas in vinegar and sopped it up.  She marked over them again, and in a new section on the floor.  I brought over my Odoban which had seemed to work at my mom's house and soaked the areas with that last night.  Today I found she marked again.  She's no longer allowed upstairs until I figure out what to use that will keep her from marking over the areas.  I do have my own carpet cleaner, but I haven't brought it over to the new house yet and I figure it's pointless if I'm not using the right cleaner in it.  And she definitely is just lightly marking over the floor, not a full peeing.  I know she's just trying to show that this is her house now, but I'd rather she not show it on our new carpet. 

Any one have any idea as to what REALLY does get the scent out of the carpet for dogs?  I hear all sorts of suggestions, but I never know what REALLY works.  She's my first repeat marker.  Dopey's had accidents for awhile now, but I've never had to worry about him going back to the site and doing it over and over on purpose.

Thanks in advance!
Melissa

[fluffy pluffy]

I did a google search for you,and found this . Did it help any? 

[Heather]

I've always been told enzyme cleaners are the best like Petastic, Nature's Miracle. There's more but those are the only 2 I remember. They have diapers for dogs.. perhaps put one on her for awhile until she's satisfied she's "marked" everything?

[Punkygirl0101]

I recently watched an episode of "Its Me Or The Dog" in which someone had 6 dogs, 3 of which were females who marked ALL over the place! What she did was, she told the owner that EVERY 60 minutes she needed to let the dog out (They were small dogs, so you could probably do it every 2 hours). And to keep doing this all day, making them go out before they ask to be let out. And then at night, have them sleep in a crate.

[ZooKeeper83]

Thanks guys!  She has been absolutely fine when we're at work (unkenneled but with access to the dining room and living room only, while the basset boy is kenneled) and goes out at least every hour when we're home due to Dopey having to pee constantly (at least we're up to every hour and not every 15 minutes like it was for awhile there  ).  Her only issue so far is this one room due to Dopey peeing there first.  Now she just doesn't want to stop marking over it. 

I've seen the enzyme cleaners, but I wasn't sure if they actually worked of if they were just another product put out there because animal people will buy anything.    Guess I'll buy a bottle of Nature's Miracle next and then use the carpet cleaner over it.  If that doesn't work maybe it is diaper time for her - at least when she's up there.