Do certain odors scare your OES?

We had some friends coming over for dinner tonight, so of course I spent most of the day cleaning. After I mopped the kitchen and laundry room floor (which is where we feed Blue), Blue freaked out. He would sniff the floor, then crouch down and almost crawl on his stomach, crying the whole time, then suddenly leap like he was being attacked and run out of the room. He repeated this bizarre performance several times while I tried to figure out what in the world was going on, then he refused to go in the kitchen at all. He'd run back and forth between the two doors, stand in the doorway, and cry. As the day went on, he would walk in the room as long as I was with him, but he'd still act very oddly, crouching and jumping for no apparent reason. When Jon came home, he even joked that maybe a ghost had moved in overnight. When we fed Blue tonight, he wouldn't even eat in the laundry room. We had to move his bowl out of the room. The only thing we can figure is that he didn't like the smell of the cleaner we used. We bought something new this last time and it had a strong citrussy scent. Maybe it reminded him of something negative from his past? He's a rescue and we don't know much about his history. Any ideas? Should we get rid of this cleaner and try something else or just hope he gets used to it?

Josh

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Try the Simple Green Cleaner. It is the only one that doesn't set off my allergies and the 4-foots don't mind it at all.
We had problems with some of the previous ones we tried.

Oh, and it's not expensive. A plus in my book.

I recall reading (on this forum) that undiluted Pine-Sol could be a problem. I imagine any strong cleaner like Top Job or Mr. Clean could be problematic as well.

Was the floor dry already? Was the cleaner scented? Which did you use?

Ron wrote:

I am the one who had the problems with Pinesol...
Peanut still coughs every now and then.
The Pinesol burned his throat when he inhaled it undiluted while I was washing under the over.

What elissa said is probably what happened to blue. Maybe the cleaner with the citrus smell was too much for his senses and maybe caused a burny sensation in the nasal passages. You have to remember that a dogs sense of smell is so much stronger then ours. So smells from certain products can be overwhelming to them.

Annie puked a few times after the cleaning ladies would leave for the day. I attributed it to the floor cleaners (either smelling or licking). So...we now only use whtie vinegar and warm water.

lisaoes wrote:

I agree.

When I first read this thread, the first thing I thought was "I don't know if any odors scare him but I know some odors that come out of him scare me!"

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