Ah yes! Muddy paws! My Bella has been known to enjoy digging a good hole in the mud! Fortunately she is improving in that regard these days but she does manage to get mud on her paws right after a heavy rain because there is an area in our yard where grass won't grow under the trees and of course that's where she enjoys running. Fortunately I have my trusty little blue bowl. When she comes in muddy she gets her paws dipped in the bucket, one at a time, and dried off. She is so used to the routine now that if I say "Oh Bella you are all muddy" she goes right to the sink and waits for me to fill the bowl. Being a poodle, her feet are clipped very close every 6 weeks but if she digs she can really get yucky! Here's a picture my hubby took of Bella submitting to the "blue bowl."