Labradoodle & Goldendoodle Forum
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!
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We got a Paw Plunger and love it! It is like a giant coffee mug that we fill with warm water. The lid screws on and acts essentially like a golf ball cleaner. Put one paw in, and plunge it up and down. Then dry his paws off with a towel! He wasn't sure about it at first, but he's now used to it, and of course, he gets a treat!
Either supervise him out there, or have a bucket by your back door. When we first started "dunking and wiping" Winnie's paws, she also would "freak out." She would thrash around and try to bite at the towel. But with time she learned to just relax and let me do it. Now, she knows that when she comes inside she has to sit by the door while I am on "Paw Patrol." :-) And, the good thing about all of that foot handling is that she has absolutely no problem letting me clip her toenails!
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