Bulldogs World

Sophie was scooting, so I was doing lots and lots of reading before taking her to the vet.......turned out the glands were just

full, not impacted....thank goodness!!  O--kayyyyy, now I have witnessed an extraction and WHOA.....after I saw all that

liquid expelled, I felt so bad for my sweet girl....we were sad that it must've been hurting.....I want them both to

have more FIBER now, so the vet suggested brown rice......I cooked up a bunch and added it to their food

yesterday---they gobbled it up----yipppeee!!! 

The doc also mentioned her vulva has excess skin around it, and might cause yeast issues, UTI's, etc....then he

mentioned a *possible*  episioplasty.... .well, she's

only ten months, and no s/s of UTI's or yeast infections---YET!   I clean (and DRY!!!) her regularly, but not every day.  

I obviously would prefer she NOT have a major surgery like that!!!

I  wanted to ask y'all, do you:

1) clean *both* of your girls' parts every day?  or after every stool? 

(I use a plain, unscented baby wipe and then dry with a paper towel ) 

We all know l that OVERcleaning isn't a   a good thing, either since that would interfere with her regular flora/

not letting her body do what it needs to do

2) I keep hearing about Gold Bond Powder....wouldn't it kinda BURN that area?

And, since someone might ask---I also clean under her tight tail very often----thank goodness, hers is external ,VERY easy to clean and

she shows no signs of discomfort....

Poor Meaty has a deep pocket that needs major cleaning.....I wear a glove and have to go pretty deep around the pocket several 

times.......I'm sure it feels refreshing to him, but there are times it's seems as though it hurts him......poor guy!!!  I've of course

read about tail pocket removals here, and I hope Meaty never gets to that point...

awwww, our sweet babies!!!!!!!!   :-)