Spot Bot

[PocketsMom]

Kinda off topic but does anyone have one of these. It is that carpet cleaner for a small area.

I was thinking I would get one for those inevitable accidents. Although we have been doing well, I know it is only a matter of time before I have another spot. My one dog has a very senstive stomach (bad allergies too) and throws up a lot as well so I was thinking all in all it would be good.

Thanks

[corgimom]

Pockets mom,

What small cleaner are you talking about? I use "spot Shot" for pet stains -(I know I already mentioned that to you in another thread) sometimes my cats will vomit and it does work very well and does not foam up. We actually bought a Rug Doctor last year and love having it. We also bought one of those Dyson vacuums(the animal one) and it is amazing at what that thing picks up - with 1 dog and 3 cats, we needed it.

Linda

[Michael Romanos]

At present I have a solution for serious carpet stains.
Early last year I had my entire house recarpeted. And what happened. No Taylor didn't vomit over it - he's never vomited yet - but my yougest son did and a few weeks later my daughter followed suit on the lovely new carpet. So I contacted the insurance company and both times they sent out a carpet cleaning firm to professionally clean the patch of carpet affected. And there was no charge of any sort even though we have a excess for these kind of claims of paying the first $100 of any claim. The insurance company was happy to meet all expenses because there is the danger of me squeeling that the carpet was not returned to its original state so I therefore want the whole carpet replaced. This could go on for years. I hope so. So there, that's your answer.

If you clean it yourself, use warm water and after dabbing in some water with a clean cloth, add some white vinegar to your wet cloth and rub that on gently towards the centre of the stain. That should help. White vinegar counters acid for one thing. And there is acid in a dog or cats vomit and urine.

[corgimom]

Michael,

I don't know of any homeowners insurance companies here that will pay
to have vomit removed from carpeting - and if anyone knows a name of one,
please tell me who it is. Most deductibles on homeowners here are $250 or
$500 and even with that, I don't think they have a provision in their policy
for cleaning vomit off of carpet.

linda

[corgimom]

Michael,

Do you own a cat or have you ever? Vinegar can work well in some instances, but cat vomit(which is much darker than dog vomit), is a stain
that is hard to get rid of in carpets and vinegar just does not do it.

linda

[Chip's Mom]

My sister has one of these little contraptions that she bought for the same purpose. She said it worked great. I will have to borrow it sometime and try it because it is hard to spot clean the carpet. They are very easy to use. Just place them over the spot and they do the work. My insurance company would laugh me out the door if I called them for that type of claim

[Michael Romanos]

Insurance - I could have a policy with no excess - but the premiums would be considerably higher. But in answer to Linda, any kind of stain is tackled by professional cleaners through the usual insurance companies in NZ There are no provisions for excluding any specific cause of stains. Perhaps the worse and most common stain of all is fruit juice that is not color free. And if not properly tackled, these kind of stains can permanently ruin carpet - and even with the pro cleaners there is no guarantee that these stains can be entirely removed.

I have never had to remove stains caused by cats - so I had assumed that their mistakes are similar to dogs, rabbits and humans.

[corgimom]

Michael,

cat vomit is the worse and until you have had to try and clean it up, you
have no idea how difficult it is to clean.

linda

[PocketsMom]

Originally Posted by Chip's Mom

My sister has one of these little contraptions that she bought for the same purpose. She said it worked great. I will have to borrow it sometime and try it because it is hard to spot clean the carpet. They are very easy to use. Just place them over the spot and they do the work. My insurance company would laugh me out the door if I called them for that type of claim

Thanks. If I get one I will let you know. I am going to do a good all over carpet cleaning next week after we have had a little more time to potty train, then will see where the other gets me!

[Jhemphill]

We have a spot bot and use it quite often. We have three dogs in the house, one being not quite 4 months, so we clean up alot. It works very well, we use the solution that is for Pet stains. I recommend it for any one that has animals or children, it has a hose attachment for stairs, and furniture, but for floors set on the spot, turn it on and walk away, it will beep when it is done. As I write this the spot bot is doing its thing, the puppy had just went pee pee and poopie. We usually spray the spot with a Resolve for pet stains type cleaner before we use the spot bot as an added cleaner. We love our Spot Bot.

[PocketsMom]

Awesome Thanks!

[Michael Romanos]

JUst gassing on about insurance again. I realise that in the USA insurance premiums are extremely high and I guess there must be all kinds of exclusions from policies. In NZ, insurance is still affordable by everyone. I have my cars insured with an excess level of $250 but it could be lower or nil with just a relatively little more premuim cost.
My wife and I have shares in insurance companies but we want to sell in the very near future because of the huge increase of uncertainty in the world from disasters, terrorism and wars.

Insurance companies here will basically pay out for anything and everything - irrespective if damage etc is caused by any kind of animal. Long may it last.

So if a Corgi or a cat runs rampant through my house, scratches or bites into furniture, toilets on carpets and mats, eats the parrots, uproots my garden and sinks their teeth into my car tires - they're all covered by insurance. Some insurance companies here have their roots in the USA, UK and Australia.

[PocketsMom]

Here deductibles are high, you have to fight to get them to pay anything and it is pretty expensive to boot! they have all the clauses about everything. A lot of times it ischeaper to repair things yourself rather than claim it and pay deductibles and have your premium raise. Again making want to move to NZ.

[corgimom]

Pockets Mom,

you are so right, better to sometimes fix or replace it yourself or your
premiums can go up if you file a claim.

linda

[Michael Romanos]

Repairing electrical goods in NZ, from heaters through to toasters - I guess the same in the USA - has now become mostly obsolete because it is sometimes cheaper or little dearer, to buy a new item rather than have the used one repaired.
There are numerous problems in NZ and many stupid or incorrect political decisions and poor attitudes - but without a word of a lie, there are probably less problems here and a more community and communicatorial way of life than anywhere else. There are some stark differences between us and the USA - just yesterday I asked the AKC for some rather simple info and they wanted me to pay US$60 for it. The NZ Kennel Club would charge nothing to give out this kind of info.
A lot of people in NZ have a poor attitude to dogs. Here are two examples. A shop manager in a city mall has been stopped by the mall management from taking his tiny and harmless Griffen in a carry bag into his shoe shop where the customers are happy and all the responsibility rests on the shop manager. What does that achieve and what is so wrong with well behaved dogs going into shops and shopping malls.

A drunken woman ordered two dogs to attack two policemen. They didn't and one of the dogs did not even belong to the drunk. The police successfully ordered both dogs put down. I ask you, apart from anything else, how many dogs understand the word "attack." My Tayor doesn't.