We've had A LOT of rain in the last few weeks, it's eased off the last few days but still very wet and muddy outside.
We have an 18 month old lab, and although we give her a good rub down and wipe all her paws after a walk/toilet break in the garden, dirt still ends up on the floor. We have a light tiled kitchen floor and biscuit coloured living room carpet, and the amount I'm using my steam cleaner is ridiculous! Only to clean up yet again when she next comes in after a wee.
One solution is to just restrict her walks to round the block and back in the winter, but it would get boring for her and she so needs that run-around at the park, otherwise she's climbing the walls by the evening!
I'm not a particularly houseproud person, it's just that we go through phases of having a lot of people in and out, especially weekends, and I'd rather the floors didn't always look filthy, especially when I've already cleaned them that day!