I had 2 GSDs with very sensitive stomachs, and I swear by Folex. My local Lowes carries it.

It depends...is it stained with barf color? Or has the color changed due to bleaching or some other breakdown of dye?

I've had pretty good results cleaning up cat barf with Nature's Miracle, although the smell is very strong. Agree with Feathers that Folex is very good.

Disclaimer: I do not have wool carpets so I cannot guarantee what will happen with wool.

I use Nature's Miracle more than I care to think about. Like Feathers, I have had GSDs with sensitive stomachs. I often find that once I treat the area with Nature's Miracle (and often use a Little Green Machine carpet cleaner, but probably shouldn't do that on wool), then I need to take a clean white towel or cloth-like paper towel and set it on top to help draw out the moisture. Sometimes it takes multiple rounds where I clean and then keep checking and changing out a towel. It helps pull the soaps, vomit/feces, and water out of the carpet. It won't work if everything is dry. But if it's wet, gently pressing the towel down and leaving it there seems to help draw things out. I've also had issues where if the accident was severe, multiple treatments (with towel applied to wick out the moisture) is necessary or the stain will just spread.

One of the challenges is that pretty much every cleaner says if you use any other cleaner before theirs, then theirs won't work. Cute.

It's funny how some people swear by Nature's Miracle. It's never worked for me for stain removal. It works ok for odor removal after I get the stain out though.

I have dogs who tend to throw up highlighter yellow bile, including one beloved girl who would throw up quietly in the middle of the night, so as not to wake us up I guess. Highlighter yellow bile on white Berber carpet. Good times.

Resolve carpet cleaner in a red spray bottle.

It often takes several rounds of scrubbing, but has never failed me yet on a stain.

Oh @Ally De your midnight vomiter sounds so thoughtful. I know exactly what you're talking about though, that terrible highlighter yellow bile. Yuck. Earlier this year my pup was having stomach issues so we gave her pumpkin to help firm things up. Some guests stopped by and she got too excited and threw the orange pumpkin vomit up on our nearly white carpet. Took quite a bit of work to get that stain out.

My mother in law also swears by OxyClean for cleaning up pet messes. (She had a sweet elderly pup who was having bladder issues throughout the house on light carpet.) Not sure how safe it is on wool.

I also swear by Folex. Towards the end, our poor girl had it coming out of both ends and just destroyed our rug. Folex took out every spot. And we had grease drips on our carpet that had soaked into the pad and would come up through the carpet every few weeks, for years. I tried everything on them. Folex was the thing that finally absorbed the grease.

Honestly, I'm not sure how it works. I recently sprayed it on a coffee spill, blotted at it, the stain was still there, and then later in the day, it was gone.

My cats are indoor only and their only choice is to barf indoors. It cleans up better than the glass of cabernet I spilled on the arm of the couch a few weeks ago. Ugh.

I’ve had good results with Spot Shot.

I don't have any advice but I really enjoyed reading the pet barf stories. Our cavadoxie made herself a little snack last week while on a romp (I would not let DH give me a full account). She seemed fine and then at 3 in the mourning, blammo. Luckily, she had jumped down from the bed. The floor was wood and we scooped it up fast enough that it totally cleaned up.

Good luck with the stain. Judging from the CSR accounts I've been reading, they, like everyone else in the country, are crabby.

I am familiar with Meow Mix stains. Probably wasn't Meow Mix, but it is fun to say.

Seconding the suggestion of Resolve but I use Resolve Ultra foam with a blue lid for pet messes. Good luck!

I want Fori's dog. 😆 I have exactly ONE nice rug in my whole house. Everything else was on clearance from JC Penney. I'll give you one guess where the fuzzbutts run to throw up. It's like they screw with me on purpose 😆

My beloved yellow foam barfer passed a few years ago. She was a great girl, middle of the night silent yakking notwithstanding.

I had acquired a lovely wool area rug with several old pet stains - urine, not vomit, though. Anyway, I took the rug outside and draped it over my patio chairs, sprayed it heavily with Nature's Miracle, massaged it in, then rinsed it with a strong spray of water from the hose nozzle (I actually think that I used my power washer on its gentler setting). Had to repeat that treatment, then I sprayed the entire rug with gentle laundry detergent, let that soak in and work for a little while, then repeated the rinsing with the strong spray. Then let the rug drip dry.

It came out beautifully. I think a major part of the success was being able to use a strong rinse to drive the stains out of the fibers.

My DD's dog was prone to accidents both vomit and fecal, and I believe her go-to was Woolite Pet stain remover. I tried their upholstery cleaner on a very dirty and stained desk chair, and it was amazingly effective.

Thank you for all the product recommendations. I've used Nature's Miracle on light colored carpet at my daughter's house and been amazed with the results, so was surprised at my poor results. And Raee I have thought the same thing about soap and water. I think that is what the pro's use when I have taken orientals to be cleaned. My carpet guy just responded and offered to try to clean, so may go that route this time, but good to know which cleaners to pick up for next time.

I should have included that mine was a woven wool rug with no backing. Many modern wool rugs are fibers that are glued to a backing, and the backing will dissolve if gotten wet - so you have to be sure that your rug is one that is safe to get wet.

I use Zep Pet Stain remover - works better than any of the many other things I’ve tried. Works on every kind if stain including red wine, red cake frosting, dirt tracked in by humans, etc etc.

Love a good power washer story, Raee.

Dee, I noticed, too, that some stains treated with Folex disappear over time. One particularly bad accident didn’t initially come out of a rug. I thought I would have to replace the rug so gave up trying to remove the stain. But over the course of a week, it disappeared. I realized I could no longer tell where it had been. I got down on hands and knees for a sniff test. Nothing.

I don't know for sure what the stain was, not immediately noticed and no one confessed, but I suspect tomato based, not pet based. Nothing I tried got that stain out, not even my reliable Resolve. Dining room carpet, off white, although not wool.

About a year later (and after trying everything I could think of) I used a Bissel Stomp and Go Pet Stain pad on it. I left the stomped pad overnight, and the mark came completely out. I didn't even have a pet at the time, but still keep a supply in the utility closet.

I havent tried this on a wool rug, but I was just reading an article about a bar of Fels Naptha being wonderful for removing just about any type of stain. It’s one of those items everyone should have in their home for emergency cleanup. Might be worth a try since it’s easy to use.

Never heard of Stomp and Go but I just ordered some. My cat sitter isn’t available when I’m gone in November so my neighbor is taking care of my cats. These will be very convenient if any of them barfs while I’m gone. They’re all in pretty good shape right now but you never know.

No real recommendations, but you triggered memories of our old cat who vomited a lot on the LR carpet. The stomach acids and cat food permanently stained the carpet, so we had a carpet guy come in and dye the spots. It allowed us to get a few more years out of the carpet.

Wow, I never realized Nature's Miracle wasn't to be used on wool. But now that I look, it does say that on the back of the bottle. Thanks for the warning.

Maybe fur cleaning methods would work on wool.

graywings123, I initially looked at my bottle and couldn't find the info about using on wool. I got my magnifying glass out to read again and found it. You would think they would put it in bolder print with a caution.

I ALWAYS start with hydrogen peroxide on a white rag & warm water. It breaks down blood, wine and body fluids....like stomach acid. Reapply, soak it up...repeat. Then, Awesome. It's mostly soap and fragrance.