Mudmonsters - how do you keep them clean?

[JeanetteM]

so my little collie is a right mucky pup, she will wear a coat when out and about but then 'chicken walks' won't run and has no fun, so I leave it off,

when we get home I towel her off, and usually put a fleece on her while she dries off, then I brush the mud off her, sometimes we'll give her a bath maybe once a week but I don't really want to bath her more often

so yesterday I towelled dried her off, this morning I've gone to brush her and there is no way, the mud is stuck in little balls on her fur, it would be cruel to to try to brush them off, which leaves me to my dilema, is this a case of bath time?, I presume/hope the water will 'melt' the mud and so I can wash it off? at worst I'll resort to scissors eek I've never seen mud 'ball' like this *scratches head*

how do you keep your mud monsters clean? whats your regime after walks?

how do you keep your walls clean, I seem to be spending an hour or 2 a day cleaning my walls of mud splatters and how do you prevent said splatters?

the rain and mud is driving me nuts this/last year and normally I'm such a mud wollower lol

 

[Victoria25]

My rottie lives in the mud whilst playing at the farm - my car and my house is constantly being cleaned ... no advice Im afraid .... I'd def say the bath would get the mud out though??? x

 

[CorvusCorax]

Mine would be in the sea and the river a lot which helps. I put him in a crate with lots of fleeces and towels for a while after a walk to dry him off and at the moment I brush him every night (rubber curry comb then a long-toothed paddle brush). He looks a lot better for it.

 

[misterjinglejay]

If ours are really bad, I hose them down and towel dry, if not, it's just the towel, then slicker brush the dried mud out later.

 

[emm0r]

Snugly hoods do a dogs body! Try their website the material stops mud getting through and dog can still move!

 

[Mince Pie]

My car has a plastic boot liner with an old horse fleece on it for comfort (so it can be washed!). Dog get hosed off in the farm yard before coming in the house

This is him when the hose outside froze!

 

[galaxy]

Harley is hosed off and towel dried before he goes in the house then has his equafleece put on and has to stay on his bed until totally dry.

 

[lexiedhb]

Short haired dog is the way forward!!

 

[Dobiegirl]

Short haired dog is the way forward!!

Very true although my Dobes do get in a state, I put the watering can over their legs and dip their paws in a water bucket then towel dry. The Lancashire Heeler being close to the ground soaks up the wet like a sponge so into the shower with her and towel dry.

 

[JeanetteM]

I do normally wash her feet and lower legs and towel dry them and I've taken to trimming the excess hair around the tops of her feet

fleeces are great for the front end but its the fluffy knickers and tremendously hairy waggy tail that flicks mud every where

this is what my daily battle looks like atm lol she goes out at least 3 times a day so thats x3 arrrgh *looks at piles of towels to be washed*

normally she's totally white and pink underneath

 

[lexiedhb]

Dex gets in a right state- as he is partly Hippo!! Generally he has wiped it all round the back on the car by the time I get him home- so a quick paw clean on a towel and he's done! Can you shave her belly? LOL

 

[Dobiegirl]

Dex gets in a right state- as he is partly Hippo!! Generally he has wiped it all round the back on the car by the time I get him home- so a quick paw clean on a towel and he's done! Can you shave her belly? LOL

Haha, what happens is if Im out with the ball and they all go for it she gets knocked and rolled over but complains bitterly to them lol, Darcy tries to mug her as well but she fights her off, meanwhile she is getting plastered. She dont take no s***e even though she gets plastered in it lol

 

[Luci07]

At the moment its a case of trying to reduce the mud. I never thought of myself as particularly anal but its just ridiculous this year. Mine now wear coats with belly pads on to cut some of the mud down. I have been known to amend walk routes in order to avoid certain mud pits and stick 2 of the dogs in a crate which has a lot of bedding in to try to get some of the mud off. Luckily, the stafford that is out the most as she hacks out, is very light footed so isn't so bad. Failing that, they get their feet and tummies washed when we get home. And then I have to clean the bathroom. Again.

On a brighter note, it is now still sort of lightish at 4.40 when 3 weeks ago it was light at 4.15...

 

[Cyrus]

Hosed and blasted if she's really bad a proper bath then blasted dry, doesn't help that shes a complete hippo bog trog, thinking of trying that water free shampoo at pets at home wondering if it's any use?

 

[weaselwords]

Mine are short haired too and you would have thought that they wouldn't get too bad, but I've just clocked a huge streak of mud across the radiator by the front door and tail marks up the door itself. More for me to clean . We towel dry and try to confine them to their beds, but I'm probably just going to keep the worst at bay until it dries up and then give the house a really good clean. We have never let them up on the sofas, so at least the seats are clean. To be honest, us humans are just as muddy when we get in and probably contributing to the tide of mud flowing through my house.

 

[CorvusCorax]

We have big muddy tail marks around the door frames. It's a thing of beauty, that tail. Oh and I got most of the way through work today without realising I had a million mud splatters from said waggy tail on my good black trousers.

 

[Bourbons]

Hosed and blasted if she's really bad a proper bath then blasted dry, doesn't help that shes a complete hippo bog trog, thinking of trying that water free shampoo at pets at home wondering if it's any use?

It's rubbish for mucky dogs, it's best used on little handbag dogs that need a freshen up. I used to groom for PAH, wouldn't touch that stuff with a barge pole tbh

My Staff x Collie X Hippo gets a good layer of mud over him whilst out on walks. Yesterday he literally had a good inch of thick, dripping clay/mud and it was dripping from him. So I made a detour on the way home to the local pond and in he went! Luckily it was fairly mild and he adores swimming anyway. Towel dried him off, then stuck his fleecy rug on until he was dry.

If I can't chuck him in the pond I rinse the worst off and towel dry him. I don't see the point in bathing him atm unless I stick to the pavements, but he needs to free run for a good few miles every day to stay calm and happy, so it's not really an option tbh!

Roll on summer!!

 

[celia]

Our retriever is definitely a mud monster! One of his favourite pastimes:

He has had to be hosed off before being dried nearly every day for the last two weeks and his belly fur is still looking distinctly grubby. When the ground isn't quite as wet I sometimes use the '7 day mud away' spray I have for the horses on his belly and legs. It does seem to help but at the moment everywhere is just so muddy that I haven't even been bothering. My border terrier just gets toweled dry - but he is rather particular about his appearance and doesn't like to get mucky!

 

[Toast]

My stinky little rottie likes to get muddy, she knows shes not to go in the house til she's been hosed off!

 

[camilla4]

My Lab, who doubles as a water-diviner in her spare time, is either dried off with towels or, if very muddy, hosed and then dried off - vigorously!!!

 

[Bourbons]

Hahaha Celia! My dogs loves to wallow in mud too!

 

[stargirl88]

I love that photo Celia

Tbh I just tend to hose muddy dogs down or shower off their legs. Then towel time!

 

[JeanetteM]

loving the pics .. all happy dogs which I love to see, I know when my dog is wallowing I stand and laugh at her while everyone passing goes "omg arn't you going to stop her??" especially when she stands up, pee's in the mud and then rolls some more .. me stop her? .. not a chance, she's having a ball

I hit the bank balance this week tho, the lounge carpet is now going, its ruined, I'm in the process of ordering laminate, and I've ordered a bissell carpet washer for the stairs and bedrooms, all this mud shall be defeated ... ahem .. maybe .. possibly not

 

[Bourbons]

Get brown carpets?? Hahaha

 

[LearnerLou]

Hahaha Celia! My dogs loves to wallow in mud too!

Haha! That is one chuffed looking doggy!

No tips from me, we're forever showering and towelling off I use the hose in warmer weather but can't be doing with the cold hands at the mo!

 

[Bourbons]

Haha he is such a sod for laying in muddy puddles! It's usually when it's mild and he has got hot chasing his ball, he'll seek out the muddiest puddle, look back at me and then flop in it. Occasionally he will roll in it too. The first time he did it is was like ---> what are you doooing?!

 

[Sealine]

Been very muddy recently due to the wet weather so I have been hosing off legs and belly then towel drying. He then comes in to lay on his Thermatex dog mat to dry off. The Thermatex mat was an impulse buy at Olympia but it has proved very useful.