The better you care for your dog clothes, the more mileage you will get out of them. It can be helpful to establish a washing routine the way we do to keep our own clothes clean, especially since dogs tend to come home with a little dirt and mud on them. With a little extra care, dog clothes will be fresher and they will retain the technical properties built into products longer.
Paying attention to wash and care labels and laundry machine settings is important too. You can adjust the water temperature and choose a gentle or delicate wash cycle. Washing dog clothes can result in dog hair getting into washing machine filters and into the rest of the laundry, but a wash bag can make dog clothes laundry day go a lot smoother. It’s also helpful to brush off any dander and dog hair that is on dog’s clothes before putting the item in the wash bag.
Using a wash bag extends the life of dog clothes by protecting them from excessive rubbing, essentially the same way a mesh laundry bag protects delicates. This is especially beneficial for clothes that have a protective waterproof membrane that may be damaged by heavy wash abrasion.
Remember not to stuff the wash bag too full to avoid detergent residue build-up on fabrics. Liquid laundry detergent will yield the best results. Hair and lint that accumulates inside the wash bag is easy to remove from the bag and you can discard it in your mixed-waste receptacle. But not in bio-waste collection, so microplastics do not end up in nature.
A clever little piece of foam that comes with the wash bag also helps to keep dog hair out of your washing machine. It can either be placed inside the wash bag or inside the washing machine. During the wash cycle, the foam will collect loose dog hair.A wash bag makes doing laundry easier and it’s more environmentally friendly as it reduces the release of harmful microplastics from synthetic fibre fabrics into waterways. It may seem like a small thing but when you think about how much laundry we all do, it adds up.
There’s also another perk to owning a wash bag as it can double as a storage tool for any clothes that you won’t need until next year.
