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washing feet after a walk Does anyone else wash their dogs' feet after going for a walk? Am I being ridiculous? I take my Yorkie, Edie, and my Westie on walks in the morning (early, to beat the heat) around our neighborhood. After we get home, I put them both in the utility sink. I spray their paws with a dilute shampoo solution, lather, and rinse. It only takes a minute for each dog. I started doing this in case they stepped in something bad during the walk, but it could prevent illness too, I suppose. But my dogs have all their innoculations, so it's probably not necessary. Edie's paws always have some visible dirt wash off. Hopefully, this is keeping my house a little cleaner. |
No you are not being ridiculous :) I had a Bichon who was trained to wipe his feet on a foot rug whenever he came back inside from being out. I would say "wipe feet" and he did. ;) My little ones, while I don't wash their feet every time we go out, I do a quick wipe with baby wipes of the bottom of their pads, especially if its wet and muddy outside. |
i think it's GREAT that you wash their feet after their walk. :thumbup: maybe just make sure they don't get dry paws? :p they sell lotion for dogs ;) i bought i small bottle to put on milu's belly because she has dry skin. |
I do this all winter and the rest of the year if it is wet or muddy. |
I have always wiped Buds feet after a walk. He is trained to sit on the entrance rug until I take his leash off, I then pick him up and go into the kitchen and take a damp paper towel and wipe each paw and his lipstick as well. I feel better knowing his paws are clean in the house and on the furniture. |
I do too. :) |
I think that's a great idea - not ridiculous at all. :) I use baby wipes on my little Bella's feet after her walks. |
Yep, I do it every day. It's part of her daily grooming....which comes after her evening walk. |
I do it everyday too :) I use paw wipes from petsmart!!! |
your not alone...I always wash his feet after being outside |
Lol, I would never ever think of doing this. I guess we don't take our shoes off when we come inside, so we bring "stuff" in, and sometimes I walk barefoot, especially in the back yard, and don't wash my feet when I come in. If we had more actual dirt or water where there was mud I would, but no just because he has been outside, I don't wash his feet. Are you guys afraid of germs, or dirt? |
I would if they got into mud or a lot of dirt, but normally they are just in the grass in our yard. So, no I don't wash their feet everytime. Mine are in and out all day long, that would be a lot of feet washing! Ben does get his underside wiped with baby wipes though. He has long hair and poor aim ;) |
Yea sometimes i wash munchies little feet YEA SOMETIMES I WASH MUNCHIES LITTLE FEET. LIKE TODAY HE STEPED IN SOME POO:confused: BUT I HAVE THIS SPRAY THAT IS LIKE A WATERLESS BATH. YOU JUST SPRAY AND RUB IT IN AND IT CLEANS |
Honestly , no Its never crossed my mind. Her feet are so tiny, I don't see the need at all. It could be because her feet compared to 2 teenagers with dirty football boots seem like nothing in comparison.:p |
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I used to do this, and I still will if Thor's been somewhere very muddy, but I've been getting laxer and laxer about it. Thor is so low to the ground that he gets dirty very easily. I don't know, I never felt like the wipes do much, maybe I'm using the wrong brand. I dunk Thor's paws in the sink if it's really necessary, but that guarantees bath zoomies, and usually I take him out to get him tired, not amped. I think he cleans himself anyway, no? He's kind of like a cat sometimes. |
I have children running in and out all day long that track in far more than little doggy paws do. If it is raining or muddy I do clean off my Golden Retrievers paws just with a dry towel because he loves to play in the water and makes a big mess. I don't worry about the germs though. I live in the country though, so my dogs don't walk in areas that any other dogs have been around. I rarely "walk" them because I have a huge fenced in backyard where they run many times a day, so they don't need the exercise. If I lived in the city I guess it would be something I might put more thought into. |
I wash both my girls feet each time we go for walks, the streets here still have lots of gravel and dirty. Then if grass is cut they get grass strain on their paws too and the sticky stuff from the pine trees stick on their paws too big mess |
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We started when he was a puppy.(I had white carpet when I got him :eek:) Each time we came back inside, i would say wipe feet and then take each one of his paws at a time and wipe it on the entry rug. He was around 8 months when he was doing it on his own without me lifting his little paws for him :) I wish his potty training would have been that easy, lol |
I always wash my baby's paws when I get home from a walk.. I dont trust whats on the ground outside the house..... and I would be afraid if he liked his paws and then something might get him sick, so I always make sure he is cleaned as soon as we enter the house...:animal-pa:animal-pa:animal-pa:animal-pa |
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i bought milu some shoes, but she hasnt been wearing them. :p |
Nope, no feet washing here. :) |
I don't, i'm a big barefooting it person in the nicer weather myself though and I don't wash mine until right before bedtime.. my skin kids same thing. I suppose maybe I should at least wipe Coco's right before bedtime :) Just realized, then I should also be wiping Spooky's, Willow's, Chloe's and Ravens... that would be a lot of paw washing LOL |
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