Dogs with short legs, harnesses and mud...

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Do you have more than one harness so you can wash/rotate them? Or do you just dry the harness out each time and put it back on the dog?

It’s never a problem I’ve had before, but I’m finding out how difficult it is having a dog like George who is so close to the ground 😂 He gets filthy, ploughing through mud and puddles in his best 4x4 terrier mode, and so does his harness 🙄

 

[Sandstone1]

I've got a mud daddy which helps clean them off after muddy walks. I've got a help um up harness for my old girl which does get muddy. I've only got the one as they are very expensive so I wash it when its dirty and it dries quite quickly.

 

[Pinkvboots]

I have a short legged dog I don't use a harness in winter I just leave a collar on when walking, but I mainly use a slip lead so she has nothing left on then but she is very trustworthy she never runs off, then on return I put her in the sink and just wash her legs and tummy you only need a few inches of water then I just towel dry her.

 

[PapaverFollis]

The spaniel has two harnesses. There's usually one that is dry or at least just damp. Given that within 5 seconds of bring let off the lead he'll be utterly sodden again I don't worry too much about putting a damp harness back on. I have started not using the harness for walks where they'll be mostly off lead which has prolonged the life of his current harnesses.

 

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I think it will be a second harness then.... sadly George can’t be off the lead (even though he loves it) because he randomly attacks other dogs without any provocation 🙄 and he has to have a harness because of his partially collapsed trachea 🙄 Bless him, it’s a good job he is so totally adorable 😂

 

[planete]

I just put all the muddy harnesses in the washing machine on the rinse cycle after a walk. As it is all nylon, it dries very quickly. The mud/water gathering long haired terrier also gets bundled into a warm drying coat with a wide tummy band to keep his damp undercarriage warm while he finishes drying as he has a tendency to stiffen up if not mollycoddled a bit these days.

 

[meleeka]

Mine has an everyday harness and one for when she’s not going to the field, so her “best” harness. Her field one just gets left by the radiator to dry and washed when it’s really awful.

 

[Tiddlypom]

Oh gosh, is this something else that I ought to guilt trip about ? I’ve only just got the elderly JRT his first harness, I’ve always clipped the lead to his collar up to now. He and the new harness went through a lot of this yesterday on our flooded roads:-



And all I did was to hang the harness on the back of a kitchen chair and let it drip dry. Though he doesn’t have more than one off premises walk a day, so it nearly dried out overnight.

 

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Well I threw George’s harness into the heap with all dog leads yesterday after a very very wet muddy walk so it was still really wet today, that was my main reason for the question really 😊

Today I’ve been slightly more sensible and put it over a radiator to dry!

I’ve ordered him a spare one as well, I’ve never met a dog that loves mud as much as he does

 

[vallin]

Daisy's gets chucked in the washing machine after most uses (both her hiking and canicross ones) as I'm a bit of a clean freak 😂 they dry quickly and wash well

 

[deb_l222]

Willow gets her Halti in a state most days because she's an idiot and still pulls and drools and generally mucks about.

In the summer, I blast it with the hosepipe and just hang it outside to dry but wintertime, do the same thing but hang it on the radiator. The synthetic collars/harnesses don't take too long to dry.

 

[Mister Ted]

Do you have more than one harness so you can wash/rotate them? Or do you just dry the harness out each time and put it back on the dog?

It’s never a problem I’ve had before, but I’m finding out how difficult it is having a dog like George who is so close to the ground 😂 He gets filthy, ploughing through mud and puddles in his best 4x4 terrier mode, and so does his harness 🙄

I have two which I can wash and dry by the time he needs them again.. harnesss that is.!