We have two dogs and one child at the moment. Our dogs are Shetland Sheepdogs--so they're nearly human-smart. The older dog has never taken kindly to our son. She was here first. The younger dog is a male and is extremely sensitive to being lower in the "pack" than our son. This is a situation ripe for urine stains... and we are well familiar with the remedies and removers for urine.

One weekend in November, we were working on our Fall Cleaning and removed everything from our son's room to clean baseboards and floors--the works. With everything gone, the urine spots on his medium blue carpet glared at us. It was horrible. It occurred to me that I had occasionally walked into his room and wondered what that faint, underlying smell was. Now I knew. We knew the dogs did this intermittently, but we also believed that we had caught every occurrence and blotted the urine out completely. Clearly, we were wrong.

My husband and I decided the carpet couldn't be salvaged and off I went to see if the local carpet store had a bound remnant to replace it. Yes, for $240 they had one. I shook my head: we didn't have that kind of money.

At home, I looked in my cleaning products pantry and pulled out Resolve Spot & Stain Remover. To be fair, I have no clue why I bought this. I believe it was for stains in the car and I know that I have used it to successfully remove spilled coffee from the car carpeting.

Off I went, paper towels and Resolve in hand. I have learned to read the directions on cleaning products for best results. As instructed, I sprayed it on and let it sit for five minutes. The smell was pleasant and didn't burn my nose and it didn't make the dogs sneeze.

When five minutes was up, I had a hard time figuring out where the stains were. I had to feel the carpet to see where it was damp to find the treated places. I found the spots, blotted out the Resolve, and wondered how long this would last.

A few days later, when the carpet was completely dried, it still looked like new. My husband and I were in complete awe. The bottle of product was less than $10 and saved us $240.

Needless to say, I give a HUGE thumb's up to Resolve Spot and Stain Remover!