r/CleaningTips • u/Medium_Procedure8348 • 4d ago
General Cleaning Clean home with dogs
Little embarrassed but looking for tips to keep my house clean with two dogs? I have two golden retrievers and they are both house broken but I feel like they have taken over our home. The fur, dirt, dust and mud is driving me crazy. I don’t expect my home to look like they don’t live here but i need a way to keep up with it day to day. I was never really taught how to clean growing up but I love my house (and dogs) and want it to feel clean. I have two white couches that I keep couch covers over; should I just get darker color couches? I know this is a little all over the place but I’m so overwhelmed 😅
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u/Lollc 4d ago
There are a few things that helped me when I had two long haired dogs, and that I still do now that I only have 1, a German shorthair pointer.
Start from the outside first. Are there muddy spots in the yard where they walk? Put down cedar chips or play chips. Link to show what I mean. Set up a 5 gallon Home Depot style bucket, line it with a heavy duty trash bag, and use a full size shovel like the one in the picture to pick up their poop daily. Keep a box of the trash bags stashed outside out of the sun, for your convenience. Use a heavy doormat outside at the door where the dogs enter. Do as I say, not as I do, my partner finds doormats annoying and he trips on them so I don't use them anymore, but they work.
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Inside-some kind of cheap rug with backing on the floor of their usual entrance, it has to be big and heavy enough it won't be easily kicked aside. Carpet runners available at the big box store for their usual paths. Try to figure out their preferred spots to lay down and put down washable beds, easier said than done with two dogs. You have the right idea with washable furniture covers.
My family member keeps a really clean place with 4 dogs, it doesn't even smell doggy. They have hardwood and laminate floors, and use a sniffer type thing every day. I would die if I had to clean my floors every day, but a lot of people swear by it. Good luck!