You don't need to be an 'investor' to invest in Singletrack: 6 days left: 95% of target - Find out more
Meet Frankie. 11 month old Labradoodle.
Proper soaked today.
What top tips you got for drying your wet hound?
Apart from towels and laying them in front of a stove.
Drying mitt and a drying robe.
Ruff and tumble drying coats but dry the feet separately
We have a constant rotation of old towels as we can't keep Fin out of the water.
Towels. It's not difficult
Ours jumps on the bed and lies on my side until he is dry and the bed is muddy and gritty and he is very slightly cleaner. Works great.
I'm so lucky with our dog in that his fur/ double coat has lots of oil and is self cleaning and waterproof. He gets washed once a year - any more strips the oil out of his fur.
Mud/dirt doesn't stick and water beads off him.
Didn't quite answer your question though!
[url= https://i.ibb.co/WVsD4qH/IMG-0185.jp g" target="_blank">https://i.ibb.co/WVsD4qH/IMG-0185.jp g"/> [/img][/url]
Old towels followed by every absorbent surface between the back door and wherever he eventually dries out.
Hair like a long haired German Shepherd and build / size of a lab. It takes a while.
towels at first for the cockapoo and then if we lie a towel on the floor she'll lay half on her side with her arse in the air and drive herself along it (will also do the same to the carpet and bed if she can get on it)
But being a Surrey Cockapoo, she also likes a blowie from the hairdryer. Cool only, obvs but she'll stare straight into it like a home trainer version of those dogs that stick their heads out of car windows.
Use one of these as very large powerful air volume (when used with no attachment it is basically a 2 inch tube) plus it has a knob that looks like a Moog knob
You can get a drying robe, it's like a microfibre dressing gown. They do help dry the worst of then you just have a damp rather then wet dog.
Our German Shepherd tolerated it really well, we'll see what the new pup makes of it when the weather turns wetter......
Cheers all.
Ruff and tumble drying coats but dry the feet separately
Thats exactly the type of thing I was looking for.
Prevention rather that cure is a good idea. Put one of those fleecy jackets on then you only have the lower legs to worry about.
You are aware that other dogs take the piss out of dogs in fleecy coats. It's done by pheromone release rather than physical means, but be in no doubt, a dog in a fleece coat is being royally ripped to shreds by the proper dogs
Look at Fin's face..."You want me to wear a WHAT?"
@theotherjonv I keep saying that to my wife and daughter who keep trying to get various coats and ridiculous clothing for our lab! Just no - the shame to face other dogs wearing stuff like that!!! 😂
Equifleece worked well on my old spaniel. The lab I brush down with a stiff brush if we're out or towel at home.
Our cockapoo appears to dry well with just a rub down from an old towel. But really she has magically hair that retains an unbelievable amount of water. So not much help.
For many years, we had Bearded Collies who would seek out water whenever they could and as a result, have a bit of experience with drying shaggy dogs!
Towels are great but you cannot beat a proper dryer as above. One of the best investments we made.
Sadly, no beardies in the house currently but a very good chance of another at some point.
We also had more than a few Jackson Pollock’s.😀
We 'airlock' them in the porch / hall and don't let them get any further until they've been rubbed down. Dry paws separately (with an old towel) as previously mentioned. Slate floors.
Deals OK with one of these, but second towel needed for the other one.
If they're dirty, then a dip in the river on the way home, or in-extremis a going over with the garden hose.
One of our Parson’s Jack Russells lays on a furry mat and lets us rub him with a towel. The other rubs himself against the furniture and anything else he can find - there is a grubby mark at his shoulder height on everything in the house.
You are aware that other dogs take the piss out of dogs in fleecy coats.
😁 no doubt, but if he wants to come back in the house... No way would my missis put up with some of the muckyness described above!
you need a hosepipe at the front of the house then. If particularly soft, rig it up to a mixer tap.
Confession..... ours is only little and fits into a zip up dog towel. Once in it she realises she can't move so doesn't try, just sits there waiting. So we scoop her through the house and upstairs and instead of a cold hose she then gets in the bath and the shower hose used on her*. And then dried off in an Egyptian cotton bath sheet**. No wonder she has delusions of grandeur.
* warm obviously, because my wife is soft. There have been occasions after a walk if she or the kids have had showers while I've been out with the dog that the dog gets the last of the warm water and I have to wait for the cylinder to refill. Yes, I know my place in the house pecking order.
** wedding presents and we've been married nearly 23 years, so not as decadent as it sounds.
She still wouldn't be seen dead in a dog coat then. Only exceptions to this rule are whippets and greyhounds, who need all the help they can get, the skinny ****ers.
We have the equivalent of a dressing gown for our GSD. Stops her shaking muddy water everywhere. Expensive though, £25 (half price) for a towel. Ruff and Tumble