Wet dogs

[Gents]

I know that many of us have our best friends with us when we go away, but I have a serious question, if it is continually raining, & it’s not always possible to dry your most favourite companion, he or she, or even they start to smell a bit wifey at times in a small Motorhome.
What do you use to combat this odour, that is pet safe and tried & tested.

 

[Mick and Ruth]

We have a lab that will find the smelliest puddle or pond in a desert, and disappears as soon as clean water arrives to clean her down. We have an external shower point to clean her off and a number of microfibre towels to rub her down that we then dry in the bathroom with roof light open. We also have a hairdryer we can use on site if on EHU. Then to cap it off she gets a squirt of Pawfume (from pet store and pet safe) to make her smell good.
We also have a shark cordless Vac for daily cleaning with fabreeze spray.

 

[Cal54]

I too have a dog that loves finding mud and muck (fox poo). I carry a ‘Mud Daddy’ to wash him down and a selection of towels. He also has a towel that zips up like a bag with him in it but obviously with his head out This ensures he dries off nicely without wetting every seat he chooses to jump on!! I also carry a dog cologne. All this is possible in my PVC as he is a small breed - JR x as per my avatar. I usually dry his towel by placing next to the boiler which is under the bed.

 

[Jim]

Dogs with dense undercoats do chuck up a fair bit. In my experience Labs especially can be quite fruity We'd never had a Long Haired GSD before and that was a surprise benefit. Very little undercoat and no offensive odour at all. In fact, after a lifetime of dog ownership this is the first dog I've never had to bath. She's 4 this year and never seen shampoo. Everyone mentions how nice her coat is.

She does like a dunk in the sea though, so maybe that helps

 

[In a Pickle]

I have Ruff and Tumble coats for mine when they have got wet. You can leave them on to dry your dog.

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[Gents]

I know that many of us have our best friends with us when we go away, but I have a serious question, if it is continually raining, & it’s not always possible to dry your most favourite companion, he or she, or even they start to smell a bit wifey at times in a small Motorhome.
What do you use to combat this odour, that is pet safe and tried & tested.

I too have a dog that loves finding mud and muck (fox poo). I carry a ‘Mud Daddy’ to wash him down and a selection of towels. He also has a towel that zips up like a bag with him in it but obviously with his head out This ensures he dries off nicely without wetting every seat he chooses to jump on!! I also carry a dog cologne. All this is possible in my PVC as he is a small breed - JR x as per my avatar. I usually dry his towel by placing next to the boiler which is under the bed.

Thanks, All, Me & the boss (Boss, that is in our eyes ,not the dog’s) , are soft as muck and end up taking his bed with us, which is v thick & padded, it’s that , that I caught a whiff of, which made me write this thread, without running it through a washing machine & drying it completely it gives off quite an odour. I’m afraid, I love my dog (that’s an understatement, if ever there was one), and previous dogs just lay on a mat, but we seem to be falling for that old marketing ploy, it’s cruel, not to give him a full blown, feather bed. Perhaps I might have to change it for a mat. When first got him as a pup, we needed a place to make him lay down, he got used to “In your box”, then as he filled out we got soft, in came the nice soft cuddly stretch out bed,
I can hear you saying. “MUG”.

 

[Cal54]

Gents - have you tried spraying the dog bed with Fabreeze or similar? Not sure the dog will thank you but the van should smell better

 

[Gents]

Gents - have you tried spraying the dog bed with Fabreeze or similar? Not sure the dog will thank you but the van should smell better

Yes, tried that but, (there are 3 of us, 1 of us, ,didn’t like the aroma, , Years ago, I was given a tip, which works brilliantly. Sprinkle Bi Carb powder in whiffy teenage trainers, I wonder if that might work. Just remembered that. .

 

[The Coops]

Just strap her to the roof till she's dry! ( Joking) yes smelly dog ours has two coats a soft under and a wire outer coat, we tend to clip her which helps but let it grow for winter, its like walking round with blotting paper at times! External shower point, microfibre towels and a good dog shampoo.

 

[Catchic]

I can highly recommend both Cooper and Gracie and For all dog kind products. the Cooper and Gracie itch relief smells of cloves and although designed for skin problems certainly would'nt hurt.
For all dog kind are essential oil based and take the edge off.
For carpet/surfaces I've found Formula H and Petguard disinfectants effective at odour elimination, but a test area is advisable.

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[Razamataz]

Dogs sweat through their paws!!
If you don’t believe....just smell them.
So.. just bathe up to their ankles periodically and that can keep smells to a minimum

 

[Gents]

Razamataz, like that, thank you, we learn something every day. Ours may become a first with a dog foot bath, on tow!!!like we used to have to walk through before entering the public swim pool.

 

[Mick and Ruth]

Razamataz, like that, thank you, we learn something every day. Ours may become a first with a dog foot bath, on tow!!!like we used to have to walk through before entering the public swim pool.

I had seen these advertised might be useful in summer months as well as winter ?? We also use a Timber Wolfe extreme basket which you can blast down with water. Thinking of it the dog has more kit than us

Dexas Mud Buster Dog Paw Brush Cleaner Various Colours And SizesMedium / Light Grey

The Dexas MudBuster provides quick cleaning of a dogs dirty or muddy paws before they track it all over the house! It features an array of soft, gentle, thick silicone bristles inside an easy-to-grip tumbler. Add a little water, insert the muddy paw, do the twist, dab the paw dry, repeat for 3...

www.webpets.co.uk

 

[Cal54]

I also have the ‘paw plunger’ gizmo which works well. However as my muttly has such short legs I find his under carriage needs washing hence getting the ‘Mud Daddy’.

 

[Stonemags76]

We put a fleece blanket over the cushion in our Springer’s bed , & that can be washed & dried very easily on the road!

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[Billylyne5]

We put ours in this until she’s dry(ish) but she’s never been a very smelly sort of dog tbh

 

[Viennese]

I know that many of us have our best friends with us when we go away, but I have a serious question, if it is continually raining, & it’s not always possible to dry your most favourite companion, he or she, or even they start to smell a bit wifey at times in a small Motorhome.
What do you use to combat this odour, that is pet safe and tried & tested.

So which smells the worst? Lots of tips for the dog, what about the wife?

 

[Bailey58]

I know that many of us have our best friends with us when we go away, but I have a serious question, if it is continually raining, & it’s not always possible to dry your most favourite companion, he or she, or even they start to smell a bit wifey at times in a small Motorhome.
What do you use to combat this odour, that is pet safe and tried & tested.

Did you mean wifey or whiffy? The difference could be very damaging to your person and not to be recommended in these times with hospitals under pressure already.

 

[Potty]

We have a DogRobe for ours, a towelling bath robe . Dries on the dog and never smells. Still have to use small towels for head, tail and legs. Prefer it to the bag type. Can also be used in hot weather by damping and using as a cool coat. Works as a ”thunder coat” during thunder storms and firework.

Bicarb sprinkled on beds sound a good idea, together with giving the mattress a good brushing and hanging outside if possible to air. Wouldn’t use febreze or anything like it as some chemicals can cause allergic reactions.

 

[Gents]

I had seen these advertised might be useful in summer months as well as winter ?? We also use a Timber Wolfe extreme basket which you can blast down with water. Thinking of it the dog has more kit than us

Dexas Mud Buster Dog Paw Brush Cleaner Various Colours And SizesMedium / Light Grey

The Dexas MudBuster provides quick cleaning of a dogs dirty or muddy paws before they track it all over the house! It features an array of soft, gentle, thick silicone bristles inside an easy-to-grip tumbler. Add a little water, insert the muddy paw, do the twist, dab the paw dry, repeat for 3...

www.webpets.co.uk

Love the dexus mud buster, i think that is not a “Must have”, but a “Foolish not to have”.

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[Speve]

We put ours in this until she’s dry(ish) but she’s never been a very smelly sort of dog tbh

we do the same towelling bag zipped up works a treat on our Spaniel and Terrier

 

[Gents]

Did you mean wifey or whiffy? The difference could be very damaging to your person and not to be recommended in these times with hospitals under pressure already.

Hey! apart from the typo on Whiffy, I checked it over, I met my wife during a Mud Wrestling contest in Kurdistan, I have always been labelled as “handy” but not flipping “Stupid”. She talks, I quiver!

 

[Phill D]

We use DOGGY Wipes seems to freshen him up! a bit!

 

[IanF]

they start to smell a bit wifey at times in a small Motorhome.

Not quite sure if you intended to be sexist in this thread????
Perhaps you meant whiffie! a little less sexist!

 

[Gents]

Not quite sure if you intended to be sexist in this thread????
Perhaps you meant whiffie! a little less sexist!

Ian, no didn’t mean to be sexist, I struggle with small phone keypad syndrome.

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[Gents]

So which smells the worst? Lots of tips for the dog, what about the wife?

Sorry Viennese, I suffer with small key pad syndrome, meant Whiffy! dog.

 

[Gents]

So which smells the worst? Lots of tips for the dog, what about the wife?

 

[eddie]

As soon as the colder wetter weather arrives we shave our dog, so when he gets wet and muddy we can simply blast him down with a pressure washer and then towel him off before he goes into the camper.

I do think that some people are too soft on their dogs.

 

[Langtoftlad]

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Is her name K-9

 

[Ridgeway]

Keep the coat short (just done the Cocker and the Irish Terrier last week) and we always bucket wash ours before they can get in the van although this Autumn i did use the Karcher OC3 on both and it worked quite well (less water and clean dogs) then we just towel dry them as much as we can. We cover all the sofa areas with throws that are tightly stretched over the base cushions and these are washed after every trip.