Comments on: You’re A Very Dirty Dog Contest

By: LB

LB — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:06:14 +0000

Does any one know how to really get diesel oil mud out of my dogs coat.He rally is a beautiful red leonberger and now he is a stinky ooily mess

By: LB

LB — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 04:03:32 +0000

Our dogs name is Leon.He is a 7month old Leonberger.My son likes to take him for a ride with him,so today they went to the work shop and there was another dog there and they played and played in the muddy,diesel oil,muck.When he comes home he DOES not even look like our dog.From a beauiful red coat with white patches,he is a flithy gray dirty pup.YUCK!!!!! And he does not like baths very much.I have been trying every kind of soap to get it all out .More tomorrow!!!!!

By: Dan Roberts

Dan Roberts — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:04:13 +0000

I really liked your blog it will open many folks eyes on this subject. Very well written and will be looking forward to reading more in the future.

By: Ozzie

Ozzie — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:21:10 +0000

During the summer vacation it rained alot here. One day it just rained and rained and rained. When it finally stopped I went outside to see the ground soaked and giant puddles all over our yard, mud included. I was pretty bummed, but Ozzie on the other hand, decided to make the best of a bad situation. I looked over at him and he was enjoying himself, stepping in the mud, and pawing at the puddles. I laughed at him and picked up some mud, with no intentions to do anything with it, but Ozzie had other ideas. He stared at me, well more at the mud, waiting for me to throw it, wanting to play fetch with it. I laughed at him and tossed it on the ground…the last thing I wanted was for him to get mud in his mouth. He tried to get it but it hit the ground too soon. I picked up some more and tossed it at his side, he looked at me yet again waiting for me to throw more. Needless to say, with both went back inside covered in mud from head to toe. I had to carry Ozzie in the back door and set him in the tub so he wouldn’t get muddy paw prints all over the house. It took a lot of washing before the white part of his coat was…well…white again.

By: The Goobersmooches

The Goobersmooches — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:49:54 +0000

The Goobersmooches are a pack of six pups in Northern Louisiana. On bath day, Momma Goobersmooch has a collective 415lbs of dog to bathe. They all sleep inside, so it is important they are clean…during our recent hurricanes, we had lots of rain, which means lots of mud! Moses, the 170 lb Mastiff loves to stand out in the rain and lay in the mud…the others just love to play in it! After Ike came through, I had six reddish brown dogs (only one of them is really reddish brown in fur)! They were coated in that wonderful Louisiana red clay!!!!!!!! It generally takes 4 to 5 hours to bathe all six, none of which appreciate my labor of love!!! Bathing the Goobersmooches is an all day affair!!!!

By: Val & Gracie, Mozart & Wolfgang

Val & Gracie, Mozart & Wolfgang — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:15:10 +0000

Can we use it in the bath tub? I think we could & that would be very kool. Dad takes the boys to Bark Street for do-it-yourself wash/dry/fold but I like to stay home. We all have tons of fur & the boys sure can get dirty chasing the squirrlies. None of like the bath experience but this looks like it might not be toooo bad. We’d love to give it a try.
Gracie & the boys

By: Ziggy

Ziggy — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 05:15:09 +0000

After moving to town into a planned community from a big place out in the country, I thought Ziggy would finally be a ‘clean’ dog. No such luck. Across the street from our new house is a lovely stretch of groomed lawn – about an acre in size. Ziggy loves to go for a run and to play frisbee there. It never fails that every time we go to play, Ziggy finds the biggest pile of squirrel poop to roll in. He’s a JRT and is fast and so can manage to grind the poop into his fur all the way to his skin in seconds. After he finds the squirrel stuff, he rolls in the freshly cut grass until his entire coat, back and belly, is bright green, with a brown streak down the middle of his back. His aroma is enough to knock you to your knees. He runs and runs in manic circles to avoid having to come inside for his cleanup with a big grin on his face. He’s too short to tackle so I have to wait until he’s too tuckered out to take one more step to hitch him up and lead him home.

By: Chuppy

Chuppy — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 03:28:16 +0000

On a HOT June day, we took Chuppy out for a quick dip at a lake we owned. We never noticed all the mud that was there because we thought if it was hot here, it might as well be hot there, but it wasn’t at all!! It must have rained the day before because it was slimy and slippery on the soiled forest floor. Carefully, the family took each other’s hand and trailed through the slippery forest, while Chuppy, on the other hand, was having somewhat fun in the slimy mud! He was off leash, and I remember how there was a little hill and he went sliding down it without knowing it! As we saw him at the end of the little hill, he was all mud covered ear to tail! We couldn’t believe it! He started to run like a maniac to the lake and dived right in, making small mud bubbles in the lake. As he came out, I saw that he was soaked with water, but there was still mud under his coat because whenever you petted him, you always had mud on your hand! We started to play water fetch with him until the hours rolled by and it was dim. At sunset, we packed our things and started to pack them back in the car. The car was HUMUNGOUS, but all the things we brought, Chuppy had to sit with us, so the mud was IN THE CAR! It was muddy and slippery, at the same time, with an unforgettable stench from when Chuppy encountered something DEAD at the lake I believe. I drive home was unforgettable, meaning I would never want it to happen again! As we came home, mud was on the backseat of the car, and they were leather seats!! It took abour 2 and a half hours to clean out the car! Chuppy, on the otherhand, needed a bath! We took him up to the bathroom to shower and bathe him, about 1 1/2 hour later, he was clean on the outside, but guess what?! The next day, when I petted him, I felt something wet under his coat, and found out that the mud set in his coat, it took 2 bath days to clean out all of it, and also, professional help! Mud and dog don’t mix, especially in car rides!

By: Barkley Orville

Barkley Orville — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 03:10:41 +0000

Phew, I hope this never happens again!

We were camping last year. Beautiful campsite and lake. The bad news it rained for two days straight. More bad news, Barkley, after the rain stoped, decided to go out and explore every hole he got into. Well he found a hole alright! A 3 foot deep mud pit! Of course he jumped in and had the time of his life! I never smelled mud so bad in my life, almost as bad as a skunk! So I take him down to the lake to try and wash him off. Even more bad news, he found a skunk. Obviously he chased it. You all know what happens with skunks. He got sprayed. Now he WAS as bad as a skunk. So once again I try to wash him down in the lake. The mud WOULD NOT come out of his fur!! It was slimy and sticky and greasy! I did the best I could with no soap or shampoo and took him back to camp. He still melt awefull and still had gunk in his fur. When it dryed I coamed him out and surprisingly most of it came out with the brush! Okay he was clean now, but what about the smell??? I had to wait untill I got home to do anything about it and had to ride home with a smelly dog in the car for 3 hours! I swear if the car had not had windows, we would have died of the smell!!

By: THERESA & SHAY

THERESA & SHAY — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:37:03 +0000

MY DOG SHAY LOVES TO SWIM, BUT WHEN SHE GETS OUT SHE ROLLS IN THE DIRT. AND, JUST LOVE IT WHEN IT RAINS AND SHAY DECIDES SHE WANTS TO GO FOR A RUN THROUGH THE PUDDLES OF MUDDY WATER.