Stain Removal: First Response

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NEED ADVICE! Dog Lifting His Leg and Urinating on Things in the House!!

YUK!!!!!!! Our 100 pound Akita has recently started lifting his leg and urinating on things....including the carpet, an armchair, 2 different couches and even on a stack of shoes boxes in my master bedroom closet. That is just what we have caught. I know that pets can act out when a new baby arrives (which we had a baby girl in Jan) but WHAT THE HECK? I am looking for advice on 2 things. 1) How to make him stop? 2) Tricks to get the smell out of the fabric? I have had a professional company come 3 times and clean the carpet and once...

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Unknown Stain on Laundry and Clothes Dryer

Hey everyone! I started to do a load of laundry this weekend and in the process of the washer filling, something happened with our water so I had to shut it off. We are still not sure if it was frozen pipes or what, but we had very little water until yesterday. To make a long story short, after the plumbers got our water flowing again, there was black gunk in it that looked like potting soil. Yesterday, my husband started the washer back up to finish the load that I had started when the water stopped. Yes, I know I'm a lucky...