...to think clean floors and dogs are incompatible?

[BigDamnNCFail]

We've just moved house. For almost two years my lovely parents put up with me, DH, the two DCs, our two dogs and two cats (they also have a cat and dog). They have a large house and the dogs spent most of the time in the 'sun lounge' so all the living room floor had to content with was the cats and kids (granted that was more than enough considering autistic kids' tendencies to throw Cheerios around mid-meltdown). The soil there is also pretty sandy so dries quickly and doesn't really track much mud inside.

In the new house, however, the garden leads straight into the dining room/living room (open plan) with some weird painted wooden floor. The soil here is regular mud and it's been raining quite a but the last few days.

AIBU to think we're never going to have clean floors except for the five minutes directly after wiping a wet towel or cloth around the place halfheartedly with my foot mopping?

Do other people with dogs and no extra room to put them in manage to have clean floors and if so how? They're big dogs (German shepherd and husky) and within seconds the floor is just covered in mud when they come in from the garden.

[MissBeaHaving]

Aw lovely MadBengal
My mat is called DirtMagic I think,it doesn't really help though as our garden has been so sodden.

Tornado dog has worked out how to open the back door which is a nightmare,the other week he let himself out in the rain little piggy followed & they had a whale of a time in the mud for about 10 mins before anyone realised they were out in it
The towels would've been a waste of time they were so black,they both needed bathing!

[Alexa444]

My nan used to put her westie in sandwich bags when she got too old to be able to do the bending and wiping and mopping thing. She just stuck his paws in them and wrapped rubber bands round them. He was so good not ripping them off lol.

[AvonleaAnne]

YANBU. I now own three different mops just so I can mix it up a bit when it comes to the non-stop cleaning.

We have the entire ground floor tiled in white. If only I had picked mud brown.

It's crazy that I love her so much!

[MewlingQuim]

We have a towel by the back door and wet doggie paws wiped on entry. I am strict about this and DDog knows it and waits for the towel when her feet are wet.

There is only one patch of the carpet which gets grubby due to the dog. She sleeps there every night rather than in the washable bed I provide for her but the steamer cleans it easily enough.

DH is the sole cause of muddy footprints in this house. The dog has proved considerably easier to train