[garyfindlay]

Cleaned a carpet today, with the most rancid dog odour i have ever smelled. Took a 100% polyester rug home and used enzall, and craftex deoderiser on it, but still the smell is not gone. Anyone have any tips?

[garybristow]

depending on size immerse in a water based detergent,pressure wash,extract and dry
GaryBristowclean

[Ian Rochester]

We cleaned a long pile rug a couple of years ago and even after submersion cleaning it 5 or 6 times it still stunk of dog

[Mr Dvae]

did the top of a staircase a few weeks ago, cleaned it and cleaned it, still a sweaty doggy smell remained   not nice, doused it with degreaser and rinsed an awful lot of water thru it and eventually the smell went. however we did do a lot of rinsing on that area.

Dave

[markpowell]

Its the bacteria that live in the grease in the dogs coat that can cause the smell, hit it with high PH and heat and sanitize
Mark

[Colin Day]

I would rinse thoroughly with "Clean-Guard"

[derek west]

this might be a glue/chemical reaction and not a dog smell. we had one that smelt of urine but no animal had been near it.

then again it might not, and if not then as gary b says, immerse in a paddling pool with some clensan instead of detergent. all depending on what type of rug though. if that don't do it then i would guess its the above i suggested.

hope this helps.

[Helen]

this might be a glue/chemical reaction and not a dog smell. we had one that smelt of urine but no animal had been near it.

then again it might not, and if not then as gary b says, immerse in a paddling pool with some clensan instead of detergent. all depending on what type of rug though. if that don't do it then i would guess its the above i suggested.

hope this helps.

Strange how some odours come about. We found a "bad" instance of gassing off staining with rugs on a wool carpet yesterday. During cleaning, it started to give off odours very similar to sod met.....

[robert meldrum]

Well spotted Mr West this is something that can happen with particular carpets ( long pile twist ) and the problem is in the adhesive, but if it's localised and where a dog usually lies it's likely to be the dog.

[Jim_77]

if it's localised and where a dog usually lies it's likely to be the dog.

Agreed.....However, sometimes the dog's presence can introduce moisture to the carpet (I know this from my own dog, coming in wet from the river and smelling a bit funky!).  This moisture can then cause the same problems described above when these problem carpets are wetted.  Just a thought

However, having said that, foul odours from off-gassing or adhesive are not really the same as doggy smells in my experiences.

If the rug is a tufted construction, immersion is a bit dodgy - the latex can break down causing the rug's structure to be ruined.

If it's a hand-knotted oriental, subject to dye bleed testing, walk in the park!  An Axminster-construction rug should be OK to fully immerse too.

Need to know what you're doing though

[garyfindlay]

it is not outgassing, but did smell of outgassing slightly after cleaning. The rug, and house is the worst I have smelt of dog ever. It was the usual next quality item