The Tools of the Trade!
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas M. Newbold joyfully announce that their Basset Hound puppy, Nosey Anne, is "officially" house-broken at the age of 8 1/2 months.
It has been quite a long haul, with many false starts... But, she has gone several weeks without any accidents and has been granted full run-of-the-house privileges.
Now, I'm no Martha Stewart, but these months have kept me on my toes. I now own an industrial-style carpet cleaner, a tiny hand-held one and have tried just about every urine remover/neutralizer known to man. I am partial to Urine Gone that you can buy at Target, but most everyone I've tried works about the same.
Today the Stanley Steemer guys are coming to deep clean the rugs and carpets, but I am proud to say that I have kept up my part of the deal. We spent more money on paper towels and rubber gloves lately than on groceries!
I came up with one thing on my own that has gotten the smell out of rugs and upolstery. The label on most of these cleaners says to saturate the area and leave it to soak in. I didn't feel I was getting it in deep enough that way, so went to the vet and asked for a syringe with the longest needle possible. I used that to get the solution deep into the padding of the carpets.
Guess what? It works... Though I feel a bit like a drug fiend when I'm doing it! ;)
