Tips on managing MUDDY PAWS in my house!

[Ollie's Mom]

I am copying my post to Puppy madness here because Ollie is black.

 

Hello doodle friends! Ok, we just bought a nice new home last July, we got  Ollie in September and he is almost 6 months old. He is still potty training but  ringing the bell to go out about 85% of the time. Sometimes he rings it and I  open the back door and he won't go out w/out me. (Hey! It's 30 degrees!)

So back to my topic, he will sometimes go out and I have no idea what he's  doing back there but he comes back with gross muddy paws (our backyard stays  pretty moist which stinks). I like a clean house so how do I manage this? If I  try to wipe his paws w/ a wet cloth he freiks out and I don't end up really  getting them clean. I've tried running the paws under a faucet but that makes me  get soaking wet because he's thrashing. Is there a happy medium?  We are  looking to buy some new furniture, rugs and I am so afraid to get anything new  bc he just seems to "darken" anywhere he goes!

[Linda Finley]

My Mazie manages to always get dirty feet...I use an empty Folgers can and fill it with soapy water and wash each foot.  Seems to work pretty well and I can move it from foot to foot without sloshing water every where.