Automatic Dog Paw Cleaner Cup with Soft Silicone Brush

The towel by the door stopped working years ago. You wipe the top of the paw, the mud stays packed around the nails, and it's back on the hallway floor an hour later. Drop the paw into this cup instead. You just hold the leg.

An automatic dog paw cleaner cup does the one thing a towel never could: it gets in between the pads. The silicone brushes turn around the paw on their own, reaching the webbing a cloth slides over.

A quiet motor and soft silicone bristles:

• Motorized, not hand-twisted: press one button and the ring spins on its own, so both your hands stay on the dog
• Soft silicone bristles: they bend around the paw, so it feels closer to being scratched than scrubbed
• Runs under 30 dB: a hum rather than a whine, which is what a nervous dog will stand still for
• Removable brush pad: the dirty part lifts straight out and rinses under the faucet
• USB rechargeable: a 2000 mAh battery, so the cup lives by the front door instead of next to an outlet

This is a motorized cup, not one you twist by hand. The variable-speed motor turns the silicone ring at about 200 rpm, which is fast enough to lift packed mud and slow enough that the paw stays where you put it.

Soft bristles, not scrubbing brush bristles. The ring is silicone and it flexes around the shape of the paw, including the webbing between the pads that a cloth simply slides over. Dogs that pull away from a towel usually stand still for this.

One button, one port, one soft light. There's nothing to learn. A single switch on the side starts and stops it, a USB port on the base charges it.

A soft LED glows around the bottom so you can find it in a dark hallway after an evening walk.

Water in, paw in, under a minute. Pour in a little warm water and a squeeze of pet shampoo if the walk was a bad one. Press the button, lower the paw, lift it out. All four paws are done before your coat is off.

The brush pad lifts straight out. All the mud ends up in the silicone, so the part that gets dirty is the part that comes out.

Pull the pad free, hold it under the faucet, drop it back in, and nothing stays wet inside the cup.

Getting the size right

Choose by the paw, not the breed. Check the size chart before ordering, and if he sits between two sizes take the larger one.

Specifications

• Motor: variable speed, 200 rpm, 4 W, under 30 dB
• Battery: 2000 mAh 18650 lithium, USB rechargeable
• Paw opening: S 1.2 in (3 cm), M 1.6 in (4 cm), L 2.2 in (5.5 cm)
• Cup diameter: 4.1 in (10.4 cm) on all three sizes
• Brush pad: removable soft silicone
• Colors: White, Black

Safety note: Hold the leg steady, keep each session short, and rinse the brush pad after every wash.

Measure the paw, pick the opening it fits, and keep the cup by the front door. The hallway stays the color it was this morning.