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.

Great idea! :)

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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