How To Clean Dog Urine

Accidents happen—this article will help you deal with them. Follow these steps to thoroughly clean up dog urine and eliminate odor. Not only will your house smell better, but your dog will also be less likely to urinate in the same spot since dogs tend to urinate where previous urine is detected.

Young puppies have little bladder and bowel control at eight weeks of age, but this quickly increases over the next couple of months. With consistency, patience, and time, your puppy will learn what is expected as well as who is in charge. This training will also help prevent other unwanted behavioral problems.

Dogs may urinate inside the home for many different reasons, including medical issues, behavioral problems, or excitement. When a pet continues to urinate in inappropriate areas you need to rule out medical and behavioral problems by a trip to your veterinarian or a behavioral specialist.

Some Basic Facts

Dog urine is more concentrated in the morning after a long period of rest. Dog noses are so much more sensitive to smell than human noses, they are able to use them to “read” other dogs’ urine and determine the sex, health, and reproductive status of the other dog instantly. Marking, or urinating in order to give this information to another dog, can occur as a continued behavior, though many dogs will mark a new home once and be done with it.

Whatever the cause, once your dog has urinated in your home, cleaning the urine well the first time will help prevent the problem from occurring repeatedly.

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