Rinse my golden off with the hose when needed before I bring him in.

Western Washington rancher here with an Australian Cattle Dog. I brush him from time to time, towel him off in the mud room on the way in and it sure helps to run him through the bath monthly in the winter. We have 2 vacuum cleaners as well.

I wash my dogs paws (Pittie’s) when they come in. It took a learning curve but they expect it now. I also recommend chenille door mats and I wash it about every other day (gets put into an already existing load). We also wash the couch covers and shampoo the rugs weekly.

Turkey’s earthquake was far stronger than anything we’ve seen here. Building standards are vastly different here. Modern residential buildings in our region are lightweight rigid (wooden) boxes, vs Turkey’s heavy (poorly assembled) brick and concrete buildings. Those building are too heavy for rigidity, and to frail for any flex. For larger/taller buildings here, ‘sway’ is designed in to them so the entire building is to survive a tremor ‘giving’ (although unlikely any 9.0 that there are talks about).

Fellow Washingtonian here! Proudly owned four big, active dogs throughout my lifetime, all who loved to swim and chase a tennis ball in our mostly soggy weather. Also live in an Asian household so of course hoomans have to remove shoes before entering so we hold similar clean feet standards with our pups. With our three prior dogs, I used baby wipes on all four paws and their private parts before they entered the house. Not very environmentally friendly, but Costco was a lifesaver for buying those wipes in bulk. With our current Chessie, we keep a plastic kiddie swimming pool (the blue one for toddlers that’s about 3’-4’ wide) on our back deck, filled to about an an inch or two with fresh water that our girl has learned to “walk through” after every potty or walk, we then just towel dry her feet and privates when she comes in. Keep a clean towel by the door just for this purpose. With the freezing cold snap we’ve been having, the kiddie pool turns into an ice skating rink, so we instead keep a small bucket of water under the back porch light which mostly stays unfrozen, just so we can dip her feet in and rinse off any dirt. All of our dogs knew the drill and patiently waited at the door until they were “cleared”, LOL. They knew they were welcome to lay on our couch, bed, etc without fear of us finding mystery brown smears anywhere. It’s a little more work every time they go out and come back in, but less labor to keep your entire house clean overall. Roomba was helpful while we were away at work, as well as regular weekend vacuuming with Dyson Animal. Love our steam mop for the hardwood floors.

I get the same message. Filed on the 1st and still no update. Maybe soon eh. 🤞🏼

Roomba!

Here I have hardwoods, but when I'm done renovating my house I'll have luxury vinyl.

When he comes in from being outside if it's muddy, I've taught him to wipe his paws (he does spins on the welcome mat).

I vacuum the dog hair off of the sofa, but the sofa is also gray so his black hair isn't so super obvious.

But the big one is the Roomba. He (the vacuum) goes around and does the main floor every day. In addition to that, he goes and vacuums by the kitty litter another three times (with an optional fourth), and one additional time through the guest bathroom. Love my Roomba. When my house is done I'll have one on each floor.

Hood River is cool

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There was no single reason. It will take a detailed analysis and comparison to understand all the differences. In addition to other points made here, they happened at different times of day, and in Turkey there were aftershocks that were as bad as the initial Nisqually quake. And earthquakes are all different: some last longer, they cause different motion (up/down, sideways, rotation).

But you can see for yourself that they were just vastly different phenomena. The Nisqually quake caused visible cracks that were maybe a meter wide. You could hop across from one foot to another. The one in Turkey caused visible rifts the size of a large river, dozens of meters wide in places.

https://www.insider.com/turkey-earthquake-olive-grove-deep-chasm-split-2023-2

When looking for a small carpet cleaner, I discovered that Bissell makes something called the Bark Bath. Basically a hand held dog cleaner! I don’t have one, though. Can’t attest to whether it would be worth the purchase.

Admitting defeat, that's my solution

Beacon rock is great short hike,, and 14 is a beautiful drive. Cape Horn is a great hike too along that road...you could drive up and the cross bridge back to Oregon and check out Multnomah falls area.

No, absolutely not. People too scared and ignorant and selfish to vaccinate do not belong on the public payroll.

Seattle Seattle, no, because that’s a city, but there’s absolutely places in western Washington that’d look like that. The western slopes of the Cascades and the Olympics come to mind.

But houses like that exist on the fringes of any major city, you’ll probably be fine.

We have two air purifiers and I highly recommend investing in a wet/dry vacuum. Truly a game changer

I have an air purifier similar to this model which is on sale ATM. https://www.bestbuy.com/site/filtrete-370-sq-ft-true-hepa-air-purifier-black/6472746.p?skuId=6472746 I like that it has screens that catches a lot of hair and dander that I can vacuum out.

I was skeptical too until I finally got one. They are so worth it especially if you have pets.

Fircrest is nice if you have a shitload of money, and don’t need to commute anywhere. It’s a dry town. No bars…unless you belong to the country club.

Domo arigato, Mr. Roboto. We love our new robovac.

Brush the dog and sweep. 1 water bath a week and 1 shampoo bath every 2 months...also make sure your feeding your dog high quality foods and maybe even a supplement. I know it sounds like a lot but I have a GSD and the hair is non stop. I do all that for her and it brings the shedding down a bit.

Seriously, a robot vacuum running every day when you leave will absolutely change your life. I was skeptical until I got a refurbished one off of Amazon, and seeing the dust and hair it picks up from all the corners and rugs every day has made it completely worth it.

In the PNW you get what you pay for.
If you want to spend $5000/month, you’re going to have a peaceful life. If you want to spend $500/month, you’re life is gonna suck and you’ll get your car stolen and your crap apartment broken into once a week.

If you can afford it. There’s literally like one tavern and one restaurant and jackshit for schools. It’s pretty much all retirees that want a view of the water and never have to commute anywhere. Also the main west coast rail line runs right through “downtown.” As if it had a downtown.

Wet towel and multiple wipes between wet dry. Or hose. My GSD loves mud.