Mud, mud and more mud ahhhh

[WheelyCote]

Help!!!

How do u keep your lovely homes clean from all the mud when letting your dogs out??

Apart from following them round and washing there feet every 90 mins or so when let out into the garden...how does your house survive the mud fest?

[Squirrel26]

My ‘lovely’ house is covered in mud. Have 2 big Hug mats in the hall, a towel hanging up by the door to wipe paws, hosepipe outside and oh yes, my garden is 90% paved. There is still mud EVERYWHERE. And my car... It’s just hideous. I also have a horse, which really doesn’t help (he doesn’t live in the house, but from the state of it you might think he did )

[SwimmingInTheBlueLagoon]

I'm actually using puppy pads as back door mats. Each dog has to lie down on one whilst I clean paws with a towel. It's more effective than the superabsorbant door mat was.

I've also trimmed the cockers paws and feathers very short. I'd say that reduced 90% of the dry mud dust that was appearing by the dog beds.

[fleshmarketclose]

Eric is filthy constantly because the more wet and muddy it is the more he likes it. We have Karndean on most of the downstairs and the mats above and he's not allowed off his lead onto the lounge carpet and sofas until he's been washed and dried. Fortunately he only goes out on his walks, never bothers with the garden so at least it's more manageable to do three clean ups a day than it would be if he was in and out the garden all day. I'm sick of the wet and the mud this year I think it has been the worst one since we had Eric tbh.

[RandomMess]

It is indeed very smug, she is very easy and a good fit for us "walk mummy, walk nooooooooo let's have a cuddle instead" we literally force her outside for a wee and she chooses to stay on the concrete rather than the lawn/mud bath!

[pigsDOfly]

You're very lucky Random is that a smug grin? :)

My dog likes to sit in the garden in inclement weather. She doesn't like to walk in the rain but is happy to sit/lie on the muddy grass in the garden when it's raining. She also likes to sit in the open back doorway of an evening, especially when it's nice and cold out.

[RandomMess]

Our dog refuses to go out In inclemental weather and avoids mud and puddles

[WheelyCote]

Iheart the reviews are great on the matt, I shall go have a look. Might look into changing their biscuits if it helps with how smelly they are. Love their smelliness but not when i walk in after getting in from work lol

[pigsDOfly]

Wish I'd known about it through the winter; my poor carpet.

[IheartCaptainHolt]

@pigsDOfly the mats are amazing! They come up like new after a wash and I've had mine 18 months now. They do fill the tumble dryer with fluff but it's a small price to pay.

[pigsDOfly]

Ooh must go to Dunhelm and get one of those mats, thanks for that CaptainHolt. At the moment I'm wiping her paws every time she comes in from the garden or walks, although walks usually involve a more thorough wash as she's low lying - short legs - and long haired.

I'm so fed up with winter and mud.

[joystir59]

House doesn't smell doggy. Washable covers on sofas, laminate flooring, dog and dog bedding washed regularly. Dog fed on meat and vegetables with raw meaty bone treats. I think his food helps

[joystir59]

If he's too (poo-rolled) or muddy he gets lifted into the shower

[villainousbroodmare]

Re doggy smell... No dogs on furniture, choose 100% washable beds and wash them often, bath dogs regularly and leave the shampoo on for 5 -10 minutes. And don't have a lab!

[joystir59]

Towels at both back and front doors, and he is (more or less) trained to wait for his feet to be wiped before he goes any further.

[WheelyCote]

Tomorrow Im buying a new mop and a new big matt

Any hints and tips about avoiding a doggy smell please?? I have two girls. They are smelly dogs even after bathing...which is no easy feat.

Currently have plug ins everywhere and use smelly candles.

[steppemum]

huge turtle mat by back door, and then a thick towel laid on the floor, every time dog goes out and comes in we make him stop on the towel for a fuss. That helps a lot, but yesterday he did that and then ran intot e lounge and left huge muddy prints all across capets everywhere.

After a walk he is hosed down, so wet rather than muddy and I dry him with a towel, and do between his toes

But I don't look too closely at my kitchen floor...

[WheelyCote]

Love it!!! its not just me!!!

April your dogs are lovely

I have carpet in the frontroom....cream now has a walkway of dirt. Im on my hands and knees cleaning the passage and kitchen floors repeatedly.

[secretnutter]

Sigh....I'm so fed up of mud!!! After walking they get their legs cleaned with warm water outside, then they get towel dried.
But ultimately painting the kitchen (where the back door goes to the garden) brown helps hide the dirt also mopping the walls!!!!!!

[Floralnomad]

We fenced off the patio area with an ornamental fence it’s a win win , no mud indoors , the garden stays intact and in the summer we can all use the grass including the dog .

[IheartCaptainHolt]

I have two of these laid end to end in the utility room so when she comes in from the garden most of the mud has come off. They get washed every week or so at the moment.

www.dunelm.com/product/marvel-candy-rock-washable-mat-80x150cm-1000093455

Also got a hosepipe outside the back door for when we get back from walks.

I also just put up with a smear of mud at dog height around the walls but when I've had enough of it a baby wipe does the trick.

[KarmaStar]

April your dog's are gorgeous

[CMOTDibbler]

Karndean all through downstairs, muddy dogs don't go upstairs. Currently I have a mop bucket filled all the time in the hall so that I can whizz it round a squillion times a day as even my very low standards are struggling with the amount of mud my two dogs, plus two fosters are bringing in. The fosters are pups, so are going out hourly to wee, and just that tracks a whole lot in.

[Hoppinggreen]

No carpets
Frequent floor washing
Low standards

[Elphame]

Hall and dining room (which has the back door into the garden) are tiled. Luckily the garden is big enough with enough grass that he doesn't come in muddy.

Totally different story when it's from a walk. It's tuck under arm and straight into the shower.

[SleightOfMind]

Morning meant???
Moment, obv