Any tips to prevent snow balls sticking everywhere?

[Christy&Riley]

Every bathroom break has become an event because of all the snow that clings to Riley. I've been using a warm, wet hand towel to try and get the snowballs off but it isn't all that effective. Any tips on speeding up this back breaking job? Thanks!

[F, Calla & Luca]

I sometimes have to put Luca in the shower and spray him with warm water on his legs. The good news is that this gets better when the snow isn't as fresh!

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Questions: Are the snowballs bothering his pads or is your concern his coat or just the fact that your home will get wet? Or all three?

Unless we are really romping outside, the small amount of snow on Spud melts in 10 minutes. I place him on a throw rug in the kitchen and it melts wonderfully.  Just 10 minutes.  This also adds moisture to my very dry house and funny but my dog looks so clean after a light snow sponge bath.   

On the bright side, it is sooooo much better than the Spring muds

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

Pulling the snow balls off really makes Murphy crazy, so I wrap him up in towels and put him in a "down/stay" on a carpet by the door....and we just wait until they melt off.

[Joanne ~ Spud*]

Spud hates that pulling off too! That has to hurt so we leave them alone, If they get in his paw pads we just hold our warm hand on his paw for a few seconds and they melt off just with our body warmth. 

[Sher Scott]

I purchased a large snowsuit, unlined, that zips over the back and covers the legs.  It leaves the underneath rear portion open for the dog to relieve herself.  Waiting for snow.

[Christy&Riley]

It has been fun watching Riley enjoy the powdery snow but her belly especially gets covered in sticky balls. My husband wanted to have her melt in our mud room but she looked so uncomfortable just trying to sit down. I asked him to put her in the tub to speed up the process last night but we can't do that every time. While she knows stay, she will sometimes sneak closer to be near us and she melted all over our new floors the other day. If it doesn't hurt her I'll have her stay in the mud room and block the door to reinforce until she is dry. Also going to buy boots so that will help a little too. Just wondered if there was a miracle solution I was missing. :-)

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

I have this problem times two. I sometimes try and brush them out. Other times, I wrap them up in blankets and let them drip dry :)

[Sher Scott]

I have a new large zip up towel and after putting that on Kauai and massaging the moisture into it from her hair, I take it off and use a blow dryer on medium.

[Christy&Riley]

Oh my. I hadn't thought about you multiple doodle families! I feel better now about just wrapping her in a towel to melt. Wanted to make sure that wasn't mean. Probably my biggest challenge is getting it all to melt before I leave for work as she will track it all over the wood floors in my absence. My husband carries her to her crate but I can't pick her up. I also hate to crate her all day if I don't have to. Maybe I'll put a blow dryer by the back door to expedite the process.

[Stella]

I've put mine in the tub before to rinse them off with the shower head, they get so cold and miserable lying around waiting for them to melt off otherwise. My other tip is keep their coat shorter, less hair for the snow to stick to and it melts off faster.

[Christy&Riley]

I actually gave Riley a haircut before the snow thinking it would help. The crazy thing was that the biggest snowballs were on her underside where she doesn't have much hair. Hmmm...

[Amy and Annabelle]

She goes directly into her kennel with a nice warm towel.  When she comes out after about 10 minutes, she is warm and dry. It does up the towel laundry. The weekend will be mud, so it will be back to baths.