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Our Shih Tzu, NuNu, is 13 years old and has been a part of our family since she was a brand new puppy. She was the baby of our family until a little over 2 years ago when we had our son. While I was home with both the dog and baby for several months during maternity leave, once I returned back to work, NuNu went back to being home alone for 8-9 hours each day.
During that long stretch, because she’s an older dog, messes and accidents happened. Not only were pet odors a huge concern, but cleanliness was a concern as well since we would soon have a crawling baby, and then a walking toddler. We tried things to try to prevent accidents or at least keep the accidents limited to a certain area until something stuck. Eventually, we were able to incorporate a few things that seemed to significantly reduce NuNu’s accidents and help us keep our home clean and fresh.
One thing we did that has made a huge difference is increased the number of times we take her outdoors for walks. Now that I’ve changed work locations, I am closer to home and take my lunch break to come home and take her for a walk mid-day. That way she doesn’t have to try to go for that long 8 or 9 hour stretch between her morning walk before we all leave the house and her evening walk once we are home from work. We also walk her again before heading to bed for the night.
During the day while she is home alone, we keep our bedroom doors closed. This keeps her from going into a bedroom and making a mess that we might not quickly find and be able to clean up before she gets accustomed to that spot. Then we can place dog pads in other areas of the home that we’ve noticed her going to in the past.
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We also continue to have the carpet steamed frequently. This helps to remove old odors and stains from the carpet. We either hire a professional company or rent a steamer to use ourselves.
These are some ways that have really worked for our family to keep our home clean and fresh, despite having an older dog and a busy toddler. Have more tips that I missed? Share them in the comments!