Mud season and dogs.

[TheLivelyCat]

Mud season is upon us now, after twice this month my yellow labrador has decided to turn herself into a black labrador. I was wondering how you all deal with mud season? (My dog hates baths, and trys to escape).
Muddy paws and legs I don't worry about to much, it when like today she jumped in a muddy swamp and came out black, thankfully we did manage to get the worse of it off in a cleaner part of the lake.

My dogs will happily jump into the bath and let us shower them. I would persevere until they get used to it, or get a hosepipe outside the door.

We hose off outside in summer and have a portable shower for winter, wash off at the back door, have a muddy mat (or noodle bathmat for a fraction of the price) at the door and dry with a car microfibre towel.

I hose off - if my moron doesn't feel the cold when rolling in the swamp then I'm sure he can cope with the hose before being towelled off and going indoors.

I had a hot tap installed in my garden, one plumber fixed it so it doesn’t get hot hot, just warm. So hose is attached and I hose them down after a walk, dog towels ready by the back door

This! My dog happily plunges himself into large bodies of cold and muddy water. I don’t think a hose will
bother him.
it’s the damp after that is a problem. Lots of towels is the only answer

i miss summer!

We use equifkeeces for our dog

Restriction to one room and lots of towels on the floor - so that the little beast can writhe around on his back missing them altogether.

Why do dogs do so much energetic pleasure-growling while they rub themselves dry? It's like they believe that the noise itself will dry them.

That's true, if only I had an outside tap it would have been used 😆.

I bought a portable dog wash - the Mud Daddy. I can fill it with warm water and leave in the boot of the car or leave it by our back door and lots of towels. Also have an Equafleece to keep my low to the ground dog cleaner !

My dog wears an Equafleece. They keep him dry and clean ish. Then I shower his paws when I get home.
https://www.equafleece.co.uk/home

I also have a mud daddy, I wouldn’t be without it. Just enough to wash the dog and my boots.

A Mud Daddy and a Ruff and Tumble Drying Coat. Essential.

We have hot and colds taps outside with a shower attachment then put her in a drying coat and use a microfibre towel to dry the uncovered bits. A mud daddy would work as well if you dont have outside taps.

We have a Karcher portable device, OC 3 or something similar. Useful for the dog and for the garden.

I’ve never put my lab in a coat. They have a double coat. Would they overheat?

Exactly this, mine will swim and wallow in all sorts of cold, skanky water all year round so a hose is fine. I'm certainly not faffing around bathing or showering her inside.

@TheLivelyCat is this new to you? It's just that my dog can find mud twice a day from about now until spring.... twice a month would be great! This might only be the start of it!

Without an outside tap I'd either go with a Mud Daddy or similar but I found this a real faff. When camping we tend to just use a bucket of cold water and a cloth or sponge, dry with a towel and then a drying coat (Ruff and Tumble are great as someone recommended).