I would have to say that one of the worst parts of spring is muddy dog feet.
I´d say especially so when you have a dog with long hair and who hates his feet being touched, So today when we were getting ready to go up to bed for the night, husband was letting the dogs out. Husband: It´s pretty muddy outside. Me: Then maybe you should walk the dogs out on leashes. Husband: Opens door. Dogs run out. Five minutes later when the short haired dog barked to come in, he hapily wiped her feet off with a towel that we keep by the door. Two minutes after that, the long haired dog came in the door and all I heard were explitives and sighs. We have tried all different techniques for getting mud off of this dog´s feet; rag towel, wet towel, dunking his feet in a bowl of water (usually he knocks the muddy-water bowl over- makes matters worse)... Husband then called me to come ¨help¨ him with the clean up. This time I suggested we just carry him upstairs, over the rugs and carpeted rooms, and put him in the bathtub. And it turns into me carrying the dog (the 70 pound dog) up the stairs, around the corner, into our bathroom, and running the bath, then soaping up his paws with my shampoo, rinsing the stuck on grass off, getting the bottom of my pants soaked, getting kicked, getting a dog muzzle to the forehead multiple times, and realizing all of this could have been avoided if they were just walked out on leashes, With doggy feet pretty well cleaned, and as I was wrapping up the fiasco, husband did his part by bringing me some towels. At this point I considered leaving the mud at the bottom of the shower for him to find tomorrow morning.
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