What do you do for muddy paws?

[SixLaneTexasHighway]

I have been looking at the Mud Daddy but reluctant to splash out another £50 having just bought dog a fleece suit to wear. He's ten months old, very lively, loves a muddy puddle and thinks that towels are a fun tug game rather than a way to dry off. It's my first winter with a dog and just wondering if it's worth spending money or just keep trying with wipes or towels - he comes home from his walks tired in that puppy way where he can get very overstimulated very fast and I don't want to finish each one with an undignified scramble trying to get his paws clean.

I have a big rectangular trug outside the back door to act as a foot bath.
"Four paws" and a treat get her in. On really muddy days in and out half a dozen times does the trick. I put a dog towel on the floor inside, before we set off, for her to dry off on.

Bucket of warm water with antibac skin wash outside back door. Dip and dry muddy paws with an old towel before coming into the house. If really muddy I wash and dry belly and legs as well. Lots of clean old towels to dry off every day.

Depends on the dog and their coat, but we found not putting a coat on her when she's out is better. The coat was matting her. We do put a waterproof reflective coat on her in winter if just going round the block in the rain - but for an off lead walk we don't.

We have a lot of dog towels and a doggy dressing gown (ruff and tumble). so paws get cleaned in the car boot, or there's a towel on the floor by the back door. Then into the dressing gown.

Try and train her out of playing with the towel, use treats or whatever - they'll probably grow out of it, but it's much easier if they don't think it's a toy!

Teaching a dog that they need to let you clean them up is just another part of training. Just persevere until they get it.

We've also got a hose outside and if she's really muddy we'll hose her down before she comes in the hose. YOu can get outdoor dog showers and hot water. But a quick hose seems to do her.

Small dog, Border Terrier, double size sink in the utility room with pull out tap. Perfect size for warm dog cleaning without breaking your back.

That is true, we will get there with repetition! I think the trug footbath outside the back door will work - dog will happily get in it I am sure! Then we will just continue teaching that towels are not toys until it finally sinks in...I hope!

Long coated giant breed x 2. Old washing up bowl with warm water and a couple of old flannels, big towels.

Ours is 8kg so would be different if yours is say 58kg!

-Installed hot water taps at the front and back
-We live near the beach so if she gets too wet and cold, I have a towelling bag with a zip, so her body is inside the bag and just her head sticks out. She is still strapped into her seatbelt though
-Pick her up into the utility sink which has a flexible hose. She lifts each leg to let me wash properly 😆

Train him to have his paws wiped sensibly. Have some small value treats handy to reward him for allowing you to wipe. The treats will also distract him from what you’re doing. It’s really important to do this now, otherwise he’ll be playing with you forever. I do this in a small enclosed area like the car boot or my porch. It keeps the dog contained. You can use the lead to tether him, so he can’t get away.

we live with it unfortunately!

a massive golden retriever does wonders for lowering clean floors. I clean the paws but inside outside inside outside inside outside ad infintium

Grab him, hold him, firm rub of the paws, job done.

Same for us when they're in and out of the back door all day @JanuaryLove We only do the footwash routine if they've got very muddy paws and belly after a long walk. For garden play, we just live with the big wet pawprints.

If he has furry paws or webbed toes you will need a plan B.
A washing up bowl (just for dog use) to grab quickly, fill with warm water and get between the pads before everything sets.

You have to train in that this is part of the unwind after a walk routine.

Chop their paws off.

Nah seriously in this weather I don’t bother. I have the back door open all day as I like my dogs to be able to get in and out whenever. Perhaps if I was more house proud or had fewer dogs or only let them into the garden once or twice a day…but with five dogs there’s no point.

Completely depends how big the dog is.

In the wet muddy months mine just gets carried straight upstairs and plonked in the tub (with non slip mat) for a leg and belly hose down until water runs clear.

After every walk, takes 5 mins.

She's 8kg though so....

He's 14kg and something about the wet weather gets him particularly bouncy (ie even more of a dickhead than usual) but sadly I have to accept the answer is always training and perseverance and never a magic tool that solves the dog 🤣 Thank you for all the ideas, I just need to work out a routine that he can get used to - he is quite a fast learner and he does love treats!

We got flooring the same colour as the local mud. Its a sort of reddish dark beige, quite nice really. Our old house was a yellow clay area, so a lighter sandstone colour did nicely.

We’ve put a towel by the back door and taught ours to ‘spin’, Helps to get his paws dry.

We also have an earlier version of this. Costs more than Mud daddy, but useful for the garden as well.

https://www.karcher.com/gb/en/home-and-garden/products/oc-3-foldable-p15993040

Watering can, microfibre cloth, towel and in.

We’ve been using this for years…it’s brilliant.

https://amzn.eu/d/06TrkZR6

I have a mud daddy and I think it is great for mud loving dogs(or rollers, with a little squirt of shampoo) but especially for longer, curly coats. The brush on the end is worth it, in my opinion. Also I’m guessing maybe that water consumption will be less than with a hose/trough. Then I dry off with towels laid down underneath them in boot so I’m not bending as much and they are on a ‘clean’, dry surface. I put treats down to my left then right and dry paws and tummy whilst dog is distracted getting treats. Also I constantly praise them while drying and reward after. It’s not perfect but it works for me.

I have got a massive laundry bin filled with old bath towels that I cover the floor with and then they get a paw wash either in a washing up bowl or the utility sink depending on how muddy they are. I then wash these every couple of weeks when they're grubby. I gave up with coats/fleeces as you just end up washing those as well.

we do have a mud daddy but I only use it now on holidays etc. I generally just use a towel and if he is too muddy for that he gets carried (11kg) to the utility room where we had a dog washing sink (basically size of a double sink) with a pull out hose tap. Mud daddy is ok for paws and belly but I wouldn't use it for a full shampoo wash as best to do that inside. You do need somewhere to tie them up to use it and I would definitely recommend the powerbrush. We don't have it and I get fed up pumping. I also am not organised enough to pre-fill with warm water so the dog prefers the indoor sink.

I just wipe off the worst of it on an old towel and also wipe the kitchen floor where she has left paw marks. It's not perfect but I think the muddy paws go with the dog hair that ends up everywhere too.