How to Remove Dog Urine From Leather

Leather is luxurious, fashionable and extremely comfortable until your dog decides to use it as a urinating post. Dogs usually urinate on leather to mark territory and show ownership. Learning how to remove dog urine from leather is essential if you want to keep your leather material in a tip-top, usable fashion.

Things You'll Need

  • Disposable platex gloves
  • Paper towels
  • Castile soap
  • Nature's Miracle odor eliminator
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Instructions

    • 1

      Soak up urine spots on the leather with paper towels. Put on a pair of disposable platex gloves and carefully blot the urine to prevent it from spreading. Dog urine usually runs in many different directions, therefore inspect the leather closely to ensure you blot out all urinated areas. Place the urine soaked paper towels into a secure garbage can to prevent leakage.

    • 2

      Place a small amount of soap on a damp paper towel and gently rub the urine infested leather. Dale Dorman of the University of Georgia Cooperative Extension Service recommends using castile soap, a hard bland soap made from olive oil and sodium hydroxide, to clean the urine stains. You can purchase castile soap at specialty shops or you can make it yourself from home.

    • 3

      Grab a fresh, damp paper towel and wipe off the remaining soap. Rub the damp towel in circular motions to prevent the soap from spreading.

    • 4

      Rub a dry paper towel over the leather to soak up any remaining water. Place the leather material in a safe, dog-free area to air dry for a few minutes.

    • 5

      Place an odor eliminator, like Nature's Miracle, onto the leather. Even after removing the dog urine from your leather material, an odor may still remain. Follow all directions on the store-brand odor eliminator of your choice to prevent accidental damage to your leather material. You can purchase odor eliminators at major supermarkets and hardware stores.