IT WASN'T A MATT!!!!!

[Pam and Ginger Snap]

So, Ginger is 11 months and going through the dreaded "coat" shed.  Matts appear out of nowhere, and I am trying to keep up with them.  They are under the chin, on the chest, on her sides.  She has a grooming appointment in a couple of weeks, so I have been brushing her daily and combing the matts, or  cutting them out, if that works.  SO I am working on mats, pulling, separating, combing..and all of a sudden a smell this gosh awful smell.  I look down, and I realize that I am NOT working on a matt, but pulling, separating and combing....dingleberries....I am totally grossed out!  There are a lot more.  I am not sure I can make it through this!  This is really nasty.  Now she won't let me near her bottom and she does the "tuck the tail and run around the table" dance.

 

 Good thing Ginger has a cute face, because she bottom is not so cute!!!

[Sherri, Sophie, Winston, & Kitty]

awe Ginger Snap you are too cute. Those dingleberries happen to everydoodle. Sophie Bear had them too. I found it easiest just to run her bum under warm water to lossen them up a bit. Then I rinsed everything down and gave her a good shampoo. Good as new. Now i keep her bum hair nicely groomed and problem solved.

[Pam and Ginger Snap]

I know, tomorrow, first thing, it's a nice long soak for Miss Ginger!

[Holly (Jax & Bandit)]

Lovely

 

[Pam and Ginger Snap]

i know, right?

[Lisa, Daisy & Dexter]

Ick!

[Kaytlin and Cooper]

Hey Ginger Snap - Dont let your mommy tell you its gross - its totally natural and happens to us all! From Cooper

[Smita, Ollie and Juno]

Sorry! I couldn't help but laugh. Only because Oliver is 1 year old and going through the exact same phase. I could perfectly visualize "tucking the tail under and running around the table". I wipe Ollie's bottom twice a day and that helps a lot with the "dingleberries" aspect of things for the most part. I also keep the coat around the anus and below the tail very short and close to the skin and that helps a lot. Other than that hopefully our doodles grow out of this dreaded matting phase quickly and my sympathies.

[Pam and Ginger Snap]

after a long soak, there will be a short trim!

[Kimmy & Chewie]

Chewie does not tuck his tail, but sits firmly on the floor which means I have to clean the floor as well as his bum -_-"

When do "dreaded coat change" usually start and how long do they last? My Chewie is 7 months old now...the breeder told me it starts at 10months?

[Pam and Ginger Snap]

Ginger's coat change started about 2 months ago..BUT really it is gotten bad in the past couple weeks!  Hopefully, it won't last too long!

[Dori & Rua]

Eww...Rua had attachments on Sunday night...I stepped on something on the hardwood floor. Right away I knew what it was.  I made my DH pick her up while I washed my foot and the floor.  I took her into the laundry room and pulled fudge-consistency poo from her behind hair.  My DH was TOTALLY grossed out.  I have been working on grooming her myself and haven't quite mastered that area.

[Pam and Ginger Snap]

I love the phase "attachments"  I think it better than dingleberries!  Good one Dori!