[Dylan]

I wash Dylan's bedding/toys etc every week to keep them fresh and clean

Don't know why sometimes cos i've no sooner done them and mud-bucket pounces on in and covers them in dirt again


What about anyone else?

[alex]

I do that too, I love it when Millsy smells all fabric conditioner

[Mese]

Im forever washing the dogs bedding , our bedding and throws , towels etc ... especially now when its just a major mudfest , even though their paws get wiped every time they come back into the house
My major bugbear is having just changed all the bedding (this happened today) , the little sods (my three angels , lol) manage to get upstairs after my OH walked them (someone left the stairgate open) and jumped all over my nice clean duvets leaving a lovely paw pattern everywhere , arghhh

sometimes im positive that theres more mud and muck brought into our house by my three than is in the whole garden

[hobo]

Originally Posted by Mese

sometimes im positive that theres more mud and muck brought into our house by my three than is in the whole garden

Yep my two little terriers can do that, never quite worked out how , cos when you look at the muddy paw prints it looks like i have at least SIX dogs .

[Bobsmum]

I don't bother washing Bob's toys, he destroys them all in minutes

[Gillieworm]

Never wash toys, they don't last long enough, and beds get washed when I can be arsed to be honest. Luckily dals don't really have that doggy smell, so its not something I have to do weekly - however over winter they get washed more just for the simple fact they get muddier

[Andrea]

Bedding gets done as and when it need to be done , throw on the sofa they and i sit on gets done once a week , toys only if they get smelly .
Having 3 dogs now i thought i would notice a cleaning issue but i guess having a barked toilet area at the bottom of the garden and a path leading to it means they rarely need to go on the grass to get wet feet .
I always have a big bath towel by the back door that i lay out like a welcome mat , they all in turn come walking over the towel drying paws as they go .

[ssksue]

Duke has several cushions for his bed, I tend to wash the cover every week, and put a fresh cushion and cover on in his bed.

I don't have problems with smells because I use two large black bin liners as a matress protector for the inner cushion then put the zipped cover on.

[Dylan]

Originally Posted by Andrea

Bedding gets done as and when it need to be done , throw on the sofa they and i sit on gets done once a week , toys only if they get smelly .
Having 3 dogs now i thought i would notice a cleaning issue but i guess having a barked toilet area at the bottom of the garden and a path leading to it means they rarely need to go on the grass to get wet feet .
I always have a big bath towel by the back door that i lay out like a welcome mat , they all in turn come walking over the towel drying paws as they go .

I have a towel by the back door to wipe his feet with too a good piece of advice i was given once.

I dont have a problem with a doggy smell though, just wash things out of habit

[fleur]

Originally Posted by Gillieworm

Never wash toys, they don't last long enough, and beds get washed when I can be arsed to be honest. Luckily dals don't really have that doggy smell, so its not something I have to do weekly - however over winter they get washed more just for the simple fact they get muddier

LOL - I'm the same. Bedding gets washed when it needs.
Toys are never 'alive' long enough to bother with washing them.