I use baby wipes evry couple of days. I put it over my finger and dig in to her pocket gently cleaning around the corkscrew. She actually sticks her but out and welcomes it. Every now and then I use medicated pads, I think they are called OxyDex. Ahhh, the things we do for our Bullies.

is when the tail is so tightly held to the body that you can barely get anything under there to clean without thinking your going to break it off. Poop gets on the underside of their tail and causes irritation and smell. That's one "problem" tail..The other is a tight corkscrew "inverted" tail that has an actual tail pocket (which is what my dogs have). It can be become infected inside the pocket and have an odor also. You will have to determine if your dog just has a "tight" tail or if there is an actual pocket because each has their own unique way of being kept clean. With tail "pockets" (which my dogs have), most have just a little "bun" looking tail and there is an actual pocket directly under where the tail comes out of the body and over the top of their rectum. With my dogs, I am able to insert my finger into the pocket up to my second knuckle and can feel the corkscrew tailbone inside the pocket. It's very important to get inside this pocket with your finger to clean..If your dog has a "pocket", put him in the bathtub with warm water and have a sqeezie ketchup bottle with warm soapy ( dog shampoo) water in it. Have him sit for a minute and than have him stand up. Squeeze shampoo into the pocket and then leave it in there while you shampoo the rest of him. The shampoo in the tail pocket will help break up the black tarey stuff your going to be digging out of there.. When you have shampooed him all up, take your index finger (with a short fingernail and put your finger in the pocket. At first he might not be happy with it..Don't fight him, scratch his chest with your other hand and talk baby talk to him, tell him your going to help him and he'll let you do it, just go slowly with him. Go slowly and softly but be persistant with him and let him know that you have to do it. With one finger you need to gently start scooping out all the old rotted dead hair inside that pocket. It will look like black tarey stuff but it's hair that has rotten in the pocket and the bacteria from this rotting hair is what cause's the infections. Work at it till all of it is out and then flush out with either a shower spray or use the squeezy ketchup bottle with warm clear water. Make sure it's thoughly flushed out..If you dog already has a bad infection (which it sound like she does), you might have to use the squeezie bottle to flush her out daily with a peroxide flush..but warm the peroxide by putting it in the sqeezie and letting it float in the sink in warm water first..Don't use cold water as the next time you want to flush your dog is NOT going to let you..Make it body temp and they won't mind it. This you don't have to do in the tub, you can do it out in the back yard, deck, etc...At the same time continue with the antibiotics from your Vet as you are treating both internally and externally for a speedier healing time. After you feel things are healed up inside the pocket then do the bathtub "clean the tailpocket out" using the shampoo. Once you clean it out really well then do it on a regular basis (once a month) when you give him a bath. He'll become use to you doing it and accustomed to it being part of his bath. If you follow this cleaning once a month faithfully, you will not have to do anything else and should never have problems with his tail again. Never use powders, creams, etc in the tail pocket..These will only "mask" the problem and eventually make the problem worse, not to mention it would make them more uncomfortable for the dog. Just keep that old dead, rotting hair out of that pocket and do it monthly...
As for a "tight" tail..I have no experience with that but others on the board that have dogs with tight tails might can help you..

had a ton of problems with her tail pocket. We got her in September and just thought that she had no tail. apparently so did her previous owner. It was so painful and infected that antibiotics didn't help and niether did the cream that the bet perscribed. She would do this sit and spin thing and would leave blood trails. It was the most horrific thing she was going through. I finally took her to a vet who owned a couple of bullies himself. He said that it was something that was never going to go away because of the extent of the infection. He scheduled surgery a couple of days later. She lived almost 3 years with an infected tail. She had the surgery done on October 18th. The hair is fully grown back and she just started not to jump when people give her a pat on the bottom. She is beginning to realize that the pain is gone forever and she is so happy. Her energy level went up a million. The surgery went so well. She didn't get sick at all after and the healing was wonderfully easy. If a vet thinks she needs then do it definitly. Under qualified supervision of course. And besides her not being in pain anymore, the best part is I DON'T HAVE TO CLEAN A HOLE ANYMORE! Yeah Daisy.

Have u given her a bath in the last week to 10 days? U can NOT get a tight tail wet, because u can never get it fully dry under there and infection will follow. Just keep that area dry when giving the dog a bath and then clean the tail out afterwards with a little alcohol on a cotton ball-then dry with cotton ball. Don't use alcohol now-it would BURN her. Pellitol is a great product for under the tail. U can just pack it under the tail-pretty much all the time if u need to. Taking the tail off is an only last resort if all else fails. I have one girl with a terribly tight inverted screw tail. As long as we never let it get wet(learned this the hard way) it's fine. Tight tails can be managed. Lottie

I would probably see if the anti-biotics have the desired effect first.
Is your vet very experienced with bullies?? it may be worth getting a second opinion before embarking on surgery.

Also what is your babies tail like , Is it a tight screw?
I know some bullies with very tight screws or inverted tails have had to have their tails removed but this is the absolute last option.

Lynn (UK)
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