Being a pet owner can be fun and enjoyable especially when your pets express how much they love you. However, there are also the more technical aspect of being pet owners, as such, you are obliged to feed them, tend to their needs, and clean up after their messes.

Despite being trained to do self-care tricks, such as urinating and defecating, pets can have some little accidents, too. And this is where we play our part of cleaning up after them.

Washable items can be cleaned by using the washing machine and utilizing baking soda together with your usual detergent. If the stain and the smell is still noticeable even after the items have been air dried, the process is to be repeated.

For non-washable items, like carpet and upholstery, it is easy to clean when the area is still wet. Just soak up dried paper towels to eliminate as much urine and fecal matter as possible. You can also place newspaper or any paper under the carpet to absorb more liquid. You can rinse the area with water and blot it dry again.

However, when soiled areas have already dried up on non-washable items like carpets and upholstery, it is more difficult and more complicated to eliminate pet odors and stains, especially when using steam cleaners because the enzymes of urine and fecal matter react with proteins of man-made fibers which make them stick more and permanently set.

This is where Carpet Cleaning Santee comes in. We offer services to clean your carpets and upholstery from pet urine and fecal matter. We use the process of extraction or wet-vacuum wherein after the soiled area has been rinsed with water, the liquid is dried up using vacuum or suction, leaving the carpet or upholstery part clean and dry. We use kid- and pet-free chemicals to completely remove the proteins left in the carpet fibers. It is made sure that there are no noticeable odors are left by using high-quality pet odor neutralizers.

It is better to call professional cleaners when dealing with carpets and upholstery. There is less risk of damage to be done because you might not be able to consider all necessary factors that need to be considered such as the type of chemicals to be used and type of carpet material involved.

In order to prevent accidents with your pets, here are some other tips:

First, during retraining period, make sure that the accident area becomes unattractive to your pets, while their designated potty areas become attractive. You may place the soiled paper towels in their potty areas because they tend to follow their scents when urinating or defecating.

Second, use positive reinforcement when encouraging your pets to perform tasks. Do not be angry when they commit accidents. Instead, smile and teach them their proper potty areas so that they will understand that being able to poop and pee is not a bad thing if it is done in the right place. More so they will show how much they love you for loving them unconditionally.