Teenage DS took the dog out for a walk late tonight and came home saying he seemed to be struggling to go to the loo - nothing came out and he had been scooting his bum on the grass. Immediately grabbed some baby wipes as I imagined a bit of a mess on his fur, but soon realised it was a warm soapy water and rubber gloves job 🤢
He’d managed to mash an entire, very solid poop all over his back end and on the underside of his tail. Very, very compressed and baby wipes weren’t going to touch it. I suspect he’s managed to swallow one of mine or Ds’s long hairs again (this has happened before, but I’ve noticed he’s got a clinger-on before he starts scooting. Ds not so observant, plus it was dark) and attempted to scoot it off, but bloody hell, I’ve had a right clean up job on my hands 🤣
He’s a bit longer haired than normal at the minute, as he’s being groomed on Wednesday, but I don’t let him get too long as he’s harder to keep clean overall.
So anyone thinking they might struggle picking up poo when looking to get a dog - be warned, it gets far, far worse than picking it up in a bag! Luckily, I’m not too bothered about it, but it wasn’t what I had planned at 10.30 at night!