dog people- muddy feet

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jeeze, sorry for being a PW today. I just feel like I haven't had time to get on here and chat with you guys for a while.  

Our dog walker takes Betty to the park to play, but the ground has been super muddy lately. He does wipe her paws when she gets home, but there's still a ton of mud caked into her fur. 

It's just at the point where it's too much to be taken off by a baby wipe, but washing her feet every night is also a pain. 

How do you combat the muddy paw problem? 

[madDawg228]

We keep a towel by the front door and towel Conan off when he comes in and his feet/legs/belly are wet/dirty. We really try to avoid extra muddy areas, and keep walks on semi-damp/concrete. Sorry that's no help

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bwhahahaha look at what I just found:

www.alldogboots.com/Waterproof-Dog-Rain-Snow-Boots-p/favblbr.htm

[madDawg228]

There's an older Great Dane who lives in our apartment building and he wears shoes whenever he is outside, but I think he wears them for ankle issues he has. He seems comfy enough with them.

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I was going to suggest little shoes - she's fussy enough
Our dogs never seemed to have much of an issue..we'd tell them to "wipe" and they wiped their feet on the entry mat or we'd towel them on really bad days and it was enough.

[sotally tober]

We have a cement patio that takes some of the water/dirt off of Lucy's feet. But, we also have a rug similar to this that really helps
www.plowhearth.com/19-x-29-medium-mud-rug.htm

ETA: This likely won't help when it's caked into her fur..when that happens with Lucy, we just wash her paws. It's a pain, but it's the most effective. 

[InBetweenDays]

Honestly, we've given up somewhat. Tucker has to go out so frequently that we'd be wiping his paws ALL the time. We do wipe them if its really bad, otherwise we just mop more in the winter.

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Jan 29, 2015 14:23:31 GMT -5 InBetweenDays said:

Honestly, we've given up somewhat. Tucker has to go out so frequently that we'd be wiping his paws ALL the time. We do wipe them if its really bad, otherwise we just mop more in the winter.

Does he sleep on your bed too? I feel like she's getting the bed dirty.

[InBetweenDays]

No, but Hoss does. Hoss doesn't go out as much as Tucker and doesn't tend to walk through the garden beds, etc. So we haven't had a problem with him having dirty paws on the bed.

[fiddles]

Um we have a big dog so don't have this problem. Their belly's aren't that close to the ground. We do have a towel in the garage and by the back door. Their paws get wiped and in between their pads each time they come in from outside if it's wet.

[mkate710]

Easy- get a smaller dog

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Jan 29, 2015 15:46:26 GMT -5 mkate710 said:

Easy- get a smaller dog

Lol. We can't handle another dog. And Betty won't diet.

[dana86]

Between outside and our addition there feet usually get wiped but if the hound goes digging then I have to take an actual towel to her paws to scrub in between toes and under nails. Besides that I just mop more when its wet out. My biggest issue is our area rug thats a pain to clean but I haven't found a solve for that.

[alias]

Sophie has tiny paws and it's rarely a problem. I don't do anything about it.