Fresh ideas for your home:
Use natural dog odor eliminators (baking soda, vinegar and vodka) Purchase an air purifier with HEPA filters used where the dog hangs out. Use odor-neutralizing sprays to freshen the air and your fabrics. Activate odor-removing gels that can usually absorb odors within 450 square feet.
Deep Clean Your Hard Floor
Bad smells, whether they are caused by pet mess or dog body odour, can linger on tiled or other hard flooring. Oftentimes, not even daily sweeping/vacuuming and mopping is enough to get rid of a persistent dog smell because the floor cleaner merely masks the odour temporarily.
How long does a cat or dog's scent stay in a house? It can last for months or even years, depending on the type of odor. The different kinds include those that come from: Dog or cat urine.
Dogs sniff for a wide variety of reasons, but it is primarily to gather information. Dogs have a much better and more refined sense of smell than us mere humans. When your pampered pooch sniffs and smells, they're learning more and more about the world around them, and the people or other animals in it.
Plus, most pets aren't stationary creatures, so these odors don't stay in one spot — they travel with your pet, all over the house. An air purifier can help remove these pungent odors from a room, instead of just covering them up with a better scent.
Yet, they do sweat in their paws and through their fur, which has an odor to it. Dogs can then track this smell through the house by walking about or rolling on the carpet. This leads to your home smelling like wet dog. Another cause of dog odor can be due to skin issues, dental problems, bacteria, or ear infections.
Air Purifiers: Bad Smells Be Gone
One of the most effective ways to keep your home smelling fresh is running a high-quality air purifier. Essential oils, diffusers and houseplants can help cover up bad smells, but air purifiers can actually remove many of the contaminants that cause them.
On average, homeowners spend between $500 and $800 for pet stain and odor removing service and with the most paying about $650 for steam cleaning, addressing minor spots and applying deodorizing treatment for two or three rooms.
Febreze Odor-Fighting Air Freshener
This GH Seal-star spray quickly tackles airborne cooking odors, smoke, must and more with its cyclodextrin technology that surrounds odor molecules and pulls them from the air. And all this performance comes at a great price, making it our Best Value pick.
use scented candles and diffusers
Reed diffusers are ideal for keeping your house smelling nice because they release fragrance gradually and continually. The reeds absorb the scented oil, which then evaporates into the air. You can ensure a stronger scent by using more reeds or turning the reeds more regularly.
Pungent herbs like rosemary, mint, and basil are enough to make a dog crazy. Despite their distaste, these scent aversions can come in handy when reinforcing good behavior–especially when you want to keep your dig-happy dog out of your garden.
This means that odors will eventually seep through the material through tiny microscopic holes, allowing your pooch to catch a scent. But containers made from metal or glass are non-porous and will keep all odors inside when vacuum sealed.
Dyson Purifier Cool Purifying Fan TP07
It has two levels of filtration—an activated carbon filter for pet odors and a HEPA filter for small particles—and it uses the brand's signature Air Multiplier technology to circulate the clean air throughout the entire room.
Febreze 3Volution Air Freshener Plug-In Diffuser Refill, Fights Pet Odour, 120 ml, (20 x 6)
Coway Airmega 200M True Hepa
(It cleans over 361 square feet versus the 540 square feet of the Blue Pure). The Airmega's four-stage filtration system includes an activated-carbon layer that's designed to capture odors, including those from a beloved — yet stinky — pet.
When dogs sniff people they are gaining all sorts of information about us. They know if we are familiar or a stranger. They know which scents we have attracted while we've been away. They know if we are experiencing changes in hormones, such as those that occur during pregnancy.
Either use one cup of baking soda alone or combine it with one cup of cornstarch. Baking soda will deodorize your dog's coat, while cornstarch will absorb oil and soften the coat. Brush your dog and sprinkle the baking soda on the coat from the neck to the tail.
Dogs are also more attracted to certain people's crotches, like people who recently had sexual intercourse, are menstruating, or recently gave birth. That's because all of these people are producing more pheromones than normal, which naturally causes a dog to be more interested in a sniff.
Various infections, dental issues, and even run-ins with wildlife can cause seemingly unexplained odors on a dog. There can be many reasons why a dog has a foul odor. Sometimes a bath may be all that a dog needs but other times veterinary attention is necessary to fix the source of the smell.
While some house odors can indicate problems, most of them can be easily eliminated with regular cleaning, simple solutions like baking soda and vinegar and appliance cleaners that help break up and eliminate residue and buildup.
Add about 25 drops of your favorite essential oil to 2 tablespoons of baking soda and stir to combine. Lemon and lavender are great choices, but eucalyptus is my favorite because of the refreshing scent. Pour the baking soda and essential oil mix into the water and stir. Then funnel the water into your spray bottle.