• flyboy_146@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      The two dogs I had were easily taught to wait on the floor mat right by the door. Once someone wiped their paws with a towel they would proceed forward. 🤷🏼

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      9 months ago

      A lot of people’s dogs are trained to wait inside at the door for their paws to get wiped down before walking into the house/apartment/whatever.

      But sure, if the dog did go walk outside with boots/shoes then yeah their owner would obviously take them off once they were back inside.

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      9 months ago

      If it’s wet or snowy out, I throw down a town on my way out, so my dog has no choice but to step on a towel on the way in. Combine that with using a leash and she has no choice but to stop until I’m satisfied with her feet

      My sister-in-law does similar with a bucket of clean water, so she even gets dry dirt off, but that’s excessive.

      Humans have lived in filth their entire existence and whatever being tracked in, if it’s not visible, it’s cleaner than most of human history and it’s clean enough to not cause harm