I havent looked at your pic - We ran into this on our second home back in 1980..

I hate to tell you this - the stained wood - it's prolly black where the pee is...

it aint goin away - unless you tear out the wood - maybe there IS something out there
that works that I am not aware of - hopefully I am wrong - for your sake..

but it's been my experience that pee is a really good stain for wood - IF
you want it stained black - tell your dog or cat to do their business on the
wood - otherwise - a new floor will be on your shopping list.....

again - I hope that I am wrong, since it's been 30 years and 4 more homes since
we got the one with the wood strip floors (red oak).....

sorry.....

kevin

We had a similar situation at my mother's home with a lot of cat urine (spraying), which may be stronger than your "issue". When we refinished the floors, the wood looked pristine after sanding and staining. BUT....once the top coat was applied, all the areas turned black and we had to replace the boards.

I'm hoping that someone else knows a better treatment. Or, perhaps fresh dog urine might not be as harmful. You probably know about Nature's Miracle for scent removal and staining on carpets and other materials.

Poor baby missed you!

I couldn't see the pic. But I'll guess it was an oak floor. Oak turns black with prolonged contact with water. You may be able to lighten the darkest areas with peroxide but it won't match the unaffected areas.

P.S. Your dog was probably more scared than disgruntled. Think lost toddler in a grocery store.

Now let me get this straight..you went on vacation and left the dog alone, in the house? Did you think he was going to open the door if he had to go pee? He wasn't 'p*****' off about your leaving him alone, he HAD TO GO PEE. Did you expect him to hold it until you got home? Where did you expect him to go?!?! Animals are no different than children.

I (hope) suspect they had a pet sitter. We used to use one in our house when we went on vacation, but I can tell you, it's an imperfect system since my dogs would eliminate in the house (and the pet sitter wasn't nearly as eagle eyed as I am!) so we came home more than once to a stain on the rug. Luckily, heart pine seems to handle dog urine better than other types of floors.

Have you tried a little wood bleach or oxalic acid (Bar Keepers Friend?) - try a bit in an inconspicuous spot and see if it helps. If yes, then go for it over the entire area. Or try Nature's Miracle first.

Our dogs have been pretty awful about going out since we moved to this temporary apartment and I swear I've been through a gallon of the stuff on our living room rug. Some days I forget they're housetrained. Sigh.

Thanks for the feedback, all. But clg7067 and patty cakes, give me a bit o' credit, will ya? :-) The pup was well cared for, with a house/dog sitter for the evenings and mornings and a dog walker during the workdays, just like when we're home. And just fyi for all, the pic is viewable if you cut the link I included in the second post and paste it into your browser. Not sure why I couldn't get it to show up normally...

And an update: Spot is still there, just like in the picture from a few days ago. Big bummer....

Okay. I hadn't thought of that. Well, actually I had thought of using a petsitter myself, but it doesn't seem that practical, as you seem to have found out.

If you don't get it in time, the urine will turn the floor black (some woods). Otherwise, I clean with a good carpet rental and a urine enzyme like Nature's Miracle, and Oxygen bleach.

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