Dog sick on a rug...

[James Drake]

I know, who knew that such a glamorous subject matter would catch your attention!

So, my Jack Russell / Patterdale cross has been sick on our rug. To make matters worse it is the kind of rug that is lots of little bits of material(suede) that stick up in the air.

Any tips on the best way to clean it? It is a fairly big rug so no chance to wash it. I've obviously picked up as much as possible but I don't want it to smell, plus my daughter crawls on it so need to make it hygienic.

Poor little pooch, not sure what caused her to feel ill but she looked really sheepish when she'd done it (we heard it happen)

Any help appreciated!

JD

[toohuge]

Try and find a biological spray to break down the vomit. You may want to rent a carpet cleaner to do a spot clean, if not, a spray on carpet cleaner (in a can) and then vacuum.

Considering our dogs eat a bowl of food in under 30 seconds, we deal with vomit on a regular basis

[ali_kat]

You need a Vax

[James Drake]

toohuge said:

Try and find a biological spray to break down the vomit. You may want to rent a carpet cleaner to do a spot clean, if not, a spray on carpet cleaner (in a can) and then vacuum.

Considering our dogs eat a bowl of food in under 30 seconds, we deal with vomit on a regular basis

Top tip - thanks. Wish me luck!

[Fermit The Krog]

In my line of work there is a product I swear on to remove odours of pi5s, sweat, puke etc from leather, its Em Clean by LTT in Harrogate. I've not got the number to hand but Google LTT Leathercare and they're the top match.

[James Drake]

Thanks for the advice all. I've picked as much of it up as possible and heavily sponged the area, just with water for now as it happened this evening and there was no time to pop out and get any artillery - sorry I mean cleaning chemicals.

JD

[ali_kat]

Diluted Washing powder is recommended for cats accidents, but that's for other bodily fluids rather than sick.

Never had to use anything more than Dettol wipes or the Vax, sorry!

[FiF]

Before our pup was house trained we found accidents on the rug weren't really dealt with decently by these preparations which promise to break stuff down, deal with the smell etc.

Echo the comments about a Vax cleaner with the Pet solution. See there's now an ultra version on the solution, not tried that.

[James Drake]

Borrowed a Bissel "little green" carpet cleaner and accompanying pet solution. What a machine! Seems to have removed all traces.

[ali_kat]

[The Moose]

James Drake said:

Borrowed a Bissel "little green" carpet cleaner and accompanying pet solution. What a machine! Seems to have removed all traces.

You then have to clean the whole thing usually!