Delilah is absolutely gorgeous !! I guess everyone has their own way of wiping paws on our Tripawds. I have to say, for myself and Polly, she has learned from early on to lay down on command, belly up for me since she was 3. I have had to do, and still do, regular checks on her entire belly/chest area since developing Immune mediated thrombocytopenia, for large bruising and/or petechiae (smaller hemorrhagic bruising usually seen in ITP). Now I always just lay a thick towel or blanket down in my kitchen, right as we come in the door from the backyard, and Polly goes right to the towel and lays down so I can clean her paws. She is really a great dog! I did make a huge mistake about a month after her amp surgery that I can laugh about a bit now......I brought her inside after a trip to go potty in our yard and forgot for a minute that she lost her front leg, picked up her back paw from behind her to check for mud, her only leg in front gave out and she toppled over forward, and before I could catch her, she did a face plant into the rug. She was not injured at all and looked at me, wagged her tail as if to say, " mom, you are a bit dumb today"! Thankfully, I always do everything for her with some kind of padding under her, but I felt completely terrible for about a week after that. I will never make that mistake again.

Bonnie & Polly

Boomer is my right rear tripawd and Amy is my quadpawd.  We go in and out of the yard through the garage and this time of year it is too cold out there for Boomer to be willing to sit for feet cleaning.  I can very easily do his back leg by just lifting it up near his knee (to better support his weight and not stress the lower joint).  For his front legs, I usually stand over him with my legs at his shoulders, I gently squeeze his body with my knees and lean slightly to one side to shift his weight and clean the foot that has less weight on it, then lean the other way and do his other foot.  He is about 52 lbs and it works well for us.  Occasionally, I will  kneel down and use my body and arms to support his weight but he seems to feel more secure and stable with me standing over him as opposed to kneeling.

We have one very helpful bit of kit: a Dirt Trapper runner in our conservatory by the back door!  If you make your dog stand on it for about 30 seconds, it sucks pretty much all the moisture and mud off them!

But otherwise, I have also taught Sid to lean against me and to trust me while I pick up each paw in turn.  My husband can't do it, but maybe because he does less with him and doesn't have that degree of trust from him.  I could try to get a video too, but it might take a few days!

The dirt trapper runner is one of these. 

http://www.floo.....at-sky-109

This is a UK company, but I'm sure there is someone in the US who does something similar.  It's a heavyweight rubber-backed mat made of highly absorbent cotton fibre.  When it stops being effective, you just toss it in the washing machine and refresh the fibres.  It works really well.  We have one at the front door too, but it tends to 'creep' on the carpet because it doesn't have the heavy rubber backing.

Have to admit that I agree with Katy on this one!

Tuck always waits at the door for me to wipe his paws....but it can be a challenge for both of us......I figure messy pawprints wipe up and I'm just glad he is still here so I have this problem

Linda and Tucker