How to Remove the Smell of Cat Urine from Running Shoes

Last Updated: October 21, 2021

Kitty got it really wrong when he decided to pee on your favourite running shoes... Never fear, here is how to banish that stench for good!

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Find a plastic bag large enough to fit the shoes. It will also need to have enough space to tie up once the shoes are inside.
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Place the offending shoes into the plastic bag.
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Shake vigorously to get the baking soda all over the shoes.
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Longer than this is fine too.
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Remove the shoes outside or somewhere that you can shake them, like the bathroom . Shake the baking soda off the shoes completely.
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This did not work for me, why is that? I followed all of the steps and it did not work, did this work for anybody else?

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You could instead use a dawn dish soap and Oxi clean mixture. Put it in a dawn dish soap bottle. Then put the shoes in the washer. Squirt with dawn and Oxi mix and then start the washer.

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If the runners can be spot washed, try to do so using a suitable urine remover. But only put dry runners in the bag unless it sits in direct sunlight, in which case, you risk fading of the runners.

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If your cat has the temperament to do this once, he might get around to doing it again, so reconsider where you keep those shoes!

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Plastic bag, large enough to fit shoes
Rubber band to tie bag up with (optional)
Baking soda
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