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- Keep your ROGZ gear clean
- Look after those lead connectors
- Keeping it clean
Autumn is a season of vibrant colours and refreshing walks, but it also brings wetter weather and muddier paths. This means your dog’s gear, including dog harnesses, dog leads, and dog collars, can get dirty quickly. Keeping your pet gear clean not only maintains their appearance but also ensures their longevity and effectiveness.
Here’s a guide on how to care for three popular types of ROGZ harnesses during the autumn months.
Keep your ROGZ gear clean
We know how you feel. You’ve just got home from a great adventure with your furry friend. You’re tired and you don’t feel like cleaning. All you want to do is throw that dog harness and dog lead in the washing machine. But don’t do it!
Hand washing your ROGZ Utility Control Harness, ROGZ AirTech Sport Harness or ROGZ Urban Fast-Fit Harness will be the gentlest method of cleaning your fur baby's pet gear and will help increase its lifespan.
Here’s what to do!
Stick it in a bucket: Fill up a bucket (or bowl or basin) with some warm water. Put a few squirts of mild detergent in the water. You can even try using your dog’s shampoo instead of detergent. Mix it around and then put your dog harness, dog lead and dog collar in for about twenty minutes.
Get those stains: There might be some stubborn dirt that doesn’t want to come off. Gently wipe your pet gear with your hand or a cloth to help loosen up the hard dirt. You can use an old toothbrush to gently brush off dirt around the buckles of the ROGZ Utility Control Harness, ROGZ AirTech Sport Harness or ROGZ Urban Fast-Fit Adjustable Harness.
Rinse! Rinse! Rinse! Rinse your besties pet gear off in some warm water. Gently squeeze the gear and then hang all the pet gear up to dry.
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Look after those lead connectors
It’s not a bad idea to inspect the carabiners and trigger hooks on your dog leads. Give it a quick look over when you take it off after every adventure. If it looks like it needs some, then here are some tips on how to clean them:
Let it soak: Your carabiners and trigger hooks will need to be soaked, which is perfect! Why? Because it will get a soak when you soak the whole dog lead (same method as above). Try not soak the carabiners and trigger hooks for much longer than twenty minutes!
Gently scrub: Time to use that old toothbrush again! Gently scrub around the gate, rivets and springs. Don’t scrub to hard, just hard enough to loosen the built-up dirt.
Dry it off: You can use a hairdryer (set on cool) to dry your connectors off.
Oil it up: Once your carabiners are completely dry, it’s time to oil up. Use some lubricate like Q20 on the gate, spring and lock area. Don’t use too much and make sure you wipe off any excess lubricant with a cloth. Â
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Keeping it clean
It probably won’t stay clean, but at least you’ve given it a good clean! You might not need to clean your pet gear after every adventure, but it’s not a bad idea to give it a good clean once a month.
Get those buckets out and start soaking and scrubbing! Shop your furry friend's favourite ROGZ accessories in store and online, and discover more accessories advice on our blog.