If a sick dog poops on the carpet, there are no holds barred—bring on the steam cleaners, disinfectant by the bucket-load, or a small flame thrower, perhaps. That might even be fun! But if the floor is just covered in dirty footprints, water and a drop of cleaning fluid are all you need. That combination is already enough to reduce the bacteria population of your floor by 90 percent, and it leaves the normal, healthy population of the floor a chance to recolonize the territory. What remains of any harmful elements is so little as to be negligible.
