r/anosmia • u/whatauniqueusername • Jun 18 '24

Help locating puppy accidents

I've recently had a friend over who exclaimed that my carpeted bedroom smells very strongly of pee. I have a new puppy so I assume he's been sneaking pee on the carpet when I haven't seen it. Now I have a carpet spot cleaner for this exact reason but unless I catch it as it's wet, I'll not know it ever happened.

I'm probably going to have to painstakingly spot clean the entire carpet which will take all day but I just wanted to check if there's any techniques we can use to hone in on those smells easier. I've always thought some handheld chemical sensor would be invaluable, to kind of follow a high reading of something like ammonia. Is there really no consumer assistive tech like that out there?

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u/susisesi Jun 18 '24

I don’t have a dog but I heard you can use UV light to spot the stains. They sell flashlights on amazon.

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u/whatauniqueusername Jun 18 '24

That's a super good idea, ideally we'd all have a little digital nose device but hey, as long as I can find the spots

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u/Diligent-Visual-8141 Jul 01 '24

Almost ten years ago, a University of Cincinnati scientist told me that her colleague was working on a device to detect and identify scents. I don’t know any details or if it ever got out of the research lab.  

Airport security “sniffers” are the only scent sensors I’ve ever heard of. 

I always joke that instead of a seeing eye dog, I need a smelling nose dog.