Hi all,
I have a dog that doesn't usually go for leash walks. In most cases, we let him go out back, and I clean up every day or two. The solid waste is easy enough to deal with, and keep the smell down (covered trash can), but the urine smell is pretty bad. Over the years, I've tried to deal with it by washing it away with the hose. That's not a solution. I bought a garden sprayer and started spraying laundry bleach in the area. That was a good temporary solution, but the smell would be back, sometimes in only a few hours. A gallon of bleach a day is not an option.
Most recently, after we bought a new washing machine that needs "HE" detergent, I used the old, non "HE" Tide with Downey detergent to freshen my dog's toilet. This is a longer term solution, and I only use about 5 capfulls added to 1.25 gallons of water, so it's way more economical than the straight bleach. It also smells like clean laundry. I do have to reapply in a couple of days to keep the stink from creeping back in.
Another down side is that when it rains hard, that area of my yard gets loaded with soap bubbles.
Are you using something better?
I have a dog that doesn't usually go for leash walks. In most cases, we let him go out back, and I clean up every day or two. The solid waste is easy enough to deal with, and keep the smell down (covered trash can), but the urine smell is pretty bad. Over the years, I've tried to deal with it by washing it away with the hose. That's not a solution. I bought a garden sprayer and started spraying laundry bleach in the area. That was a good temporary solution, but the smell would be back, sometimes in only a few hours. A gallon of bleach a day is not an option.
Most recently, after we bought a new washing machine that needs "HE" detergent, I used the old, non "HE" Tide with Downey detergent to freshen my dog's toilet. This is a longer term solution, and I only use about 5 capfulls added to 1.25 gallons of water, so it's way more economical than the straight bleach. It also smells like clean laundry. I do have to reapply in a couple of days to keep the stink from creeping back in.
Another down side is that when it rains hard, that area of my yard gets loaded with soap bubbles.
Are you using something better?
Some dog's pee smells worse than others. Things like urinary tract infections etc…can make it smell worse so you might want to get a urinalysis done if you suspect something is wrong. Vinegar works well for neutralizing dog urine odor but then it smells like vinegar. FWIW more protein will cause more not less nitrogenous waste. A good AAFCO approved food should work well (Purina, Iams, Hills, Royal Canin, Eukanuba all make AAFCO approved foods) and provide everything you dog needs. LOTS of marketing out there now about dogs needing higher protein (which they don't, cats do) and things like poultry byproduct meal being bad, which it's not.
), but the breakdown looked better than Iams'. It listed lamb where Iams said lamb meal, corn where Iams said corn meal, and one or two other similar things. it comes in a larger bag, and is a bit lower in price, as well. I will have to look into AAFCO and see if this food is approved (I just looked at Petco's site, I think it's Purina One).
