Mishka and I moved into an apartment last year and I instantly missed having a front porch with a hose. Because the apartment complex has a lot of lovely greenways with inadequate drainage, and thus a lot of mud. The apartment also has beige wall-to-wall carpet (of course).
In my previous abode, before the hose, I tried the PawPlunger. It was great in theory, but useless on corgi legs - Mishka's paws barely reached the bristles. Also considered the Paw Wash, etc.....same problem.
But the concept is sound, so I decided to try it with something more corgi-sized: empty Folger's coffee crystals containers - the small size. I'm sure there are plenty of other containers that would work:
Corgi's are RWD.
After first dunk (did front feet first - you lose some water on each foot).
Dunking technique: I also do a lateral shake, where I hold the leg above the container with one hand, and swish the container with water and the paw with the other hand.
After second dunk:
I ask him for his tummy, and use one of those super-absorbent towels to get most of the water out.
Oh, and the mat is one of those IKEA Toftbo bathmats, which is effectively the $10 version of those Soggy Doggy mats. And yes I forget to put it out before fetch most of the time. It hangs on a hook by the door, next to a stack of these absorbent towels (plus a bucket for the muddy towels), and it all goes in the wash at the end of the week.
It has been working well for me for over a year now, so thought I'd share.
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Very nice! We use the low-tech version of a small plastic bowl of water and an old beach towel. For some reason, the dogs love to try to drink the warm dirty water. Blech.
ha! That is INGENIOUS!!!!!
Mishka gets significantly muddier than Cassie the Corgi, probably because we live in a state of perpetual drought -- and also, Cassie hates water unless it's in a water bowl.
But if I had to think about this often, I'd probably use a clean, thoroughly rinsed-out dish detergent bottle -- one of those things with the kind of nipple-like squirter tops -- refilled with clean water. This could be handy to simply squirt over Pooch's muddy feet and legs. You'd still need a towel or one of those mat thingies, to wipe her off with.
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