Mud and house dogs...how do you manage?

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Enfys

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It has been raining here for two days non-stop (OK, so that's nothing compared to bits of the UK) and my dog room is vile, stinks of wet dogs, is slippery and mud coloured, how I love lino flooring:) I was just pondering (as I cleaned it up and they came in and filthied it up again) how those of you who have dogs in the house manage.

Do you have mud rooms?
Or wash/dry your dogs before they come in?
 
We bought some of those dog fleece coats at Bramham as it was torrential rain and we wanted to wick the wet off the dogs before they went in the caravan. Theyre great, and we use them in the house too now. Other than that, a real fire seems to be the solution for dog driving!!

Piccy below, excuse the bright colour, but we wanted them to show up in the dark of the lane and stable yard..

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Honey08 said:
We bought some of those dog fleece coats at Bramham as it was torrential rain and we wanted to wick the wet off the dogs before they went in the caravan. Theyre great, and we use them in the house too now. Other than that, a real fire seems to be the solution for dog driving!!

Piccy below, excuse the bright colour, but we wanted them to show up in the dark of the lane and stable yard..

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that just looks wrong :D
 
I have a black Equifleece jumper, makes the dog look like the Milk Tray man.
Usually stick him in his outside run until he has dried off a bit then towel him before he comes in. It's not so much mud we have to worry about, but sand/seawater. He left an amusing crime-scene style imprint of a dog on the carpet last night, actually.
 
I would give my right arm for a mud/boot room. :o

I shut the living room door as we go out and there's a stairgate on the stairs, so upon returning to the house the dogs are contained in the kitchen. There's a big dog towel hanging on the bannister by the back door so dogs are roughly towelled off in the kitchen, harnesses hung up on hooks to dry and dogs then let into the rest of the house.

There's a damp rag behind the kitchen sink to wipe off the leather sofa and the fabric sofa is covered in vetbed of which I have several strips to wash and wear. Carpet is hoovered every day anyway due to hair. Kitchen floor mopped after last big walk of day before I leave for work in the afternoon (damp mop lives by back door).

If dogs are really, really soaked through then they have their Equafleeces on for an hour which dries them out well and then the mud just shakes off.

Can't be doing with washing them off, not good for the skin if done all the time and they'd only track all the mud upstairs to the bathroom, nowhere at home to hose them outside, I tried once at the yard and the screaming was unbearable anyway. :rolleyes:

My muddy kit is all stripped off by the back door and again hung up on bannister or hooks. Rig, bike etc. gets put in the shed wet and bucket washed whenever I can. Harnesses and lines can be machine washed.
 
Thankful for a short haired dog! If very muddy he is hosed off (usually at yard as most walks go from there), towel dried and will be pretty much dry in the 10 min journey home :) he them has his jammies put on (equafleece!!) and told to lay on his bed till totally dry. He knows the routine and it works well. :) :)
 
I have 4 dogs including a disgusting Bulldog who rolls in puddles and mud constantly. If they really wet and muddy I wash them off with a bucket and warm water and towel dry them and leave them in a stable in the garden which has a huge big straw bed.

I then let them in when nearly dry, we have oak floors all down stairs, am forever mopping up as they wander in and out the house all day.
 
Im lucky with the Dobes they dont roll in puddles or mud but do gallop through it, but being short haired they are easy to rub dry with a towel.The Lancashire Heeler being short to the ground and having a longer coat does get wetter but again a rub with a warm towel and she is fine.

My Dobes are so easy they lift up their paws, back up, come forward and turn around on command its a pleasure to rub them down. Its also an ideal situation to check for ticks or cuts. Im so glad I didnt get a long coated dog:D
 
My lot have towelling coats and we ripped up the carpet in the living area and put down tiles with underfloor heating. We usually go to the park at the minute so the mess is minimal, but when in the woods, the mess is horrific! :eek:

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The corridor at back of the kitchen is very useful and the heating pipes run under it so they can dry off there too.

Brig gets a bit excited when wet:
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If she's really dirty she gets a hose down before she comes in, then her thermatex on and left to dry in the kitchen. Today she came in after a walk in the fields, head to toe in cow muck and mud, picked her up and straight into the bath for a shower :D

Since we live on a farm and she comes in dirty most days it's more of preventing the worst of it rather than keeping the place spick and span. Her bed is waterproof with a wicking cover on it which helps.
 
kirstykate said:
I have shares in Domestos!!! and I only have one ickle terrier. I am constantly washing the floor and the dog:):)
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I do hope you aren't washing the terrier in Domestos!!!

Hard floors and let them dry and then sweep and wash the floor a lot. We have slate tiles which are extremely forgiving.
 
I have 5 ,one can only walk in mud I wash all their feet in a bowl and then dry but still have to mop at least once a day at the mo as everywhere is covered in mud :( oh for summer a lot less work all round!
 
What a brilliant thread!

Equifleeces sound the way to go. The biggest problem I have is with muddy paws as I have three dogs and a very muddy back garden and the amount of mud they can track through the house is amazing. I have a shed outside the back door which I am seriously thinking of turning into a wet dog shed as really can't face another winter like last year!

What do people think is the best bedding to put down in the shed to aid drying but that also wont get carried into the house?

My three are short coated but I've got Mum's scotty dog staying and although fairly newly clipped she is just a mud magnet. Mine will come back from a walk wet and a little muddy but even dry she will have clumps of mud in her coat and where she lies down is a squidgy wet mess on the floor.
 
I have a mud-coloured carpet! Honestly, its very beige/brown without doggy help.
Other than that, he just doesnt seem to get that muddy, or I encourage a dunk in the river before coming home.
Now the car- oh my word, that really is a shed on wheels!
 
I generally drive Dex to our walks, so he is dry by the time I get home- the joys of a short coat- the back of my car however- utter pigsty!
 
Teflon coated whippets!

I bundle them in the car for a walk and drive the long way home so the fleece on the car bed dries them.....

Open boot.... out jumps 2 clean, dry whippets! :D
 
I take my two into the shower/wet room with me!! :) Little man loves it, big dog not so sure.

Then I bung on their equafleeces to dry them and plonk them in front of the Rayburn and hey presto, sorted.

I'm just Lurvin' your piccies of your dawgies!!! Fantastic!

If anyone is interested (NOT advertising here!!) the website for the fleece doggie jumpers is www.equafleece.co.uk - they do some very nice human stuff plus I've got their quarter sheet which keeps my traddie boy's bottie lovely and warm! Their stuff isn't cheap BUT its good quality. I've got one of their "Endurance" riding fleeces and its a lovely garment, keeps me lovely and warm and I don't know how I managed without it.
 
My 2 collies get a quick skite with the hose then they get brought in and get towelled dry. They then stay in the kitchen till they are totally dry and then they come back into the living room - and climb up on the couches!
 
Towel and a log burning stove, oh and being able to turn a blind eye on that mud streak across the side of the sofa/wall/washing machine/kitchen unit/ curtain/dresser :D
 
I scissor off the longest hair on the under carriage and breeches of the little hairy one, the sleek long-legged one gets clean and dry so quickly you would think he was teflon-coated (half whippet).
The dogs' garden area is cement slabs and bark chippings so no mud. We are very lucky that the soil here is fine sandy loam and does not stick to dogs or carpets and furnishings. We have carpets throughout the house which get hoovered when I have time which must be less work than washing hard floors every day. After a wet walk, the dogs get roughly towelled then go and finish drying on their beds, the rugs or the settee!
Reading the other posts I really thank my lucky star I do not have to cope with clay covered dogs.
 
My lot are towel dried at the door! I have a short haired JRT who is easy to dry, a Dobe puppy who has long legs so doesn't get too muddy and a long haired JRTx who is a mud magnet and is hard to dry, think he has about 3layers of fur.

The long haired dog gets clipped in the winter and wears a coat as it makes drying him much easier and he doesn't like being too hot (I have the heating on 24/7 in winter!).

I have a dog&cat Miele vacuum cleaner that gets hammered! A carpet shampooer for the upstairs carpets and living room rug and a steam mop for downstairs (tiled floor!) - I have fleeces on the leather sofas, and big throws on the beds to protect the posh bedding that never sees the light of day!! - I have a bit of OCD and enjoy cleaning!!
 
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