Taking your dog for a walk in the wet, dark muddy evenings.......
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Taking your dog for a walk in the wet, dark muddy evenings.......
How are you guys coping? Every single damn field is like a mud bath. This is what annoys me the most! The rain and the dark I can deal with as I take out a huge Fenix torch but its the mud that's really grinding me! Every walk my dog comes back literally soaked, he may as well have jumped in a lake and added to that is dirt and mud all in his fur which means I have to spend about 20 minutes every evening trying to get the mutt clean and dry! I wish I could stick to roads and pavements but that's no exercise so we have to go off-lead through fields.
Anyone else feeling the frustration? If we had a proper icy winter, the fields would be solid/frozen which would be a lot better but no, they're like bogs at the moment!
Anyone else feeling the frustration? If we had a proper icy winter, the fields would be solid/frozen which would be a lot better but no, they're like bogs at the moment!
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Have a Jack Russell and a garden big enough for her to run around like an idiot in, her main focus is chasing the increasing number of Doves and Wood Pigeons that seem to spend their days hanging about out there.
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Just walk ours on the roads in the week but try to get into the fields at the weekend so it's not too bad, although 2 weeks ago it was really muddy, we had problems with horses in the field so had to go round it was blowing a gale - fun nevertheless.
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How are you guys coping? Every single damn field is like a mud bath. This is what annoys me the most! The rain and the dark I can deal with as I take out a huge Fenix torch but its the mud that's really grinding me! Every walk my dog comes back literally soaked, he may as well have jumped in a lake and added to that is dirt and mud all in his fur which means I have to spend about 20 minutes every evening trying to get the mutt clean and dry! I wish I could stick to roads and pavements but that's no exercise so we have to go off-lead through fields.
Anyone else feeling the frustration? If we had a proper icy winter, the fields would be solid/frozen which would be a lot better but no, they're like bogs at the moment!
Anyone else feeling the frustration? If we had a proper icy winter, the fields would be solid/frozen which would be a lot better but no, they're like bogs at the moment!
Clean dog + no risk of long term joint and bone issues due to over exercising
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Yep mud is an issue. I like to take her out on the trails rather than round the streets, so she can go off the lead. She's not bothered about the mud or puddles, it's just me really! Hoping we get colder weather to solidify the ground a little it will make walking easier!
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My son also has this complain wth muddy paths. He was talking about the fog being another hurdle for dog walking.
This has just given me an idea. I can get him a top notch torch for his dog walking as a Christmas stocking filler. Something that tears through the fog, something that spots things from miles! Men are obsessed with torches, anyway. I'm sure he'll appreciate that.
Back on the topic, although cats serve different purpose to what a dog serves, I am lucky that I don't have to take them out for a walk, as they take themselves out for a wander. On occasions, I have seen that they had brought some little mud on them. But I don't have to clean them, as they wash themselves prim n' proper for ages with their thorny tongue. Thin one won't let me, but I do towel dry my fat cat sometimes when he comes back in after his galavanting session in rain.
This has just given me an idea. I can get him a top notch torch for his dog walking as a Christmas stocking filler. Something that tears through the fog, something that spots things from miles! Men are obsessed with torches, anyway. I'm sure he'll appreciate that.
Back on the topic, although cats serve different purpose to what a dog serves, I am lucky that I don't have to take them out for a walk, as they take themselves out for a wander. On occasions, I have seen that they had brought some little mud on them. But I don't have to clean them, as they wash themselves prim n' proper for ages with their thorny tongue. Thin one won't let me, but I do towel dry my fat cat sometimes when he comes back in after his galavanting session in rain.
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Same as..
Our GSD takes about 5 mins tops to rub down with old towels and they got straight in the washer..
We live within the peak district national park and ours gets muddy most days,he loves laying and digging in old tractor tracks...
When he is old enough you could always play ball and find within your garden.. GSD's love to work,they find it really enjoyable.... But they will get lazy if you let them.
Our GSD takes about 5 mins tops to rub down with old towels and they got straight in the washer..
We live within the peak district national park and ours gets muddy most days,he loves laying and digging in old tractor tracks...
When he is old enough you could always play ball and find within your garden.. GSD's love to work,they find it really enjoyable.... But they will get lazy if you let them.
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Guys, (and girls) just be aware this is rife in sleeply old Wiltshire at the moment and seems to be moving about.
Something I'd never heard of before but it aint pretty. Alabamha Rot. No known reason why it occurs but woodlands and mud seem a big factor. Have a google it can lead to a dogs death in under 2 weeks if not treated quickly.
Something I'd never heard of before but it aint pretty. Alabamha Rot. No known reason why it occurs but woodlands and mud seem a big factor. Have a google it can lead to a dogs death in under 2 weeks if not treated quickly.
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My Lab & Spaniel have road walks during the week (especially at the moment). We've got fields right by the house too - reserved for weekends and holiday time at the moment.
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