Brown Crusty Stuff....

Is she on her period? (Or whatever you call it in doggy terms.)

She is spayed so no periods.

Dear God, If only ask for one thing.....its to get this awful image of Bella sniffing her dogs bum out of my head....please help me.Amen.

LOL

I didn't sniff it but if a dog has an infection or a yucky spot, you can smell it without sticking your head right there.

I had a dog with what sounds like a similar problem -- she had a recessed vulva and moisture would get trapped in there. She would get little bumps - they almost looked like insect bites - and kind of a rusty, crusty gunk around it.

They wanted to do a surgery on her but she was old and sick (Addison's disease, not related to the problem though so don't worry about that) and I didn't want her to have to deal with surgery if there was any other option. Our vet recommended washing her down with Domeboro (found in the pharmacy near allergy creams, etc.) on a regular basis. It cleared it up quickly. We used it on a regular basis and never had another problem.

Talk to your vet before using anything on your dog though.

So it might just be a build up of junk?

I had heard at one time that it might be a type of yeast infection.

I dont think Zoe has a recessed vulva but the gunk was in the fold between her vulva and her thigh so it is in a moist, partially enclosed area.

If it were inside the ears, I would suspect ear mites. Is there something similar on other parts?

Recessed vulvas are not uncommon, especially if your dog was spayed before her first heat.

http://www.woodhavenlabs.com/ins-outs.html

Nope. Just there.

Hm. Maybe she does have one.

I had no idea.

Well shoot. I can't look right now because she's at daycare but it seems much more like the "innie" than the "outie".

Sooooo.... how is she doing tonight?

Is she an innie or an outie?

I forgot to mention earlier -- I gave my dog a dose of acidophilious once a week or so (good for yeast infections). I have no hard evidence that it helps but it seems to help my dog.

I keep wondering where patiodog is when we need him. You might try to send him a PM with your question.

(as I recall, the pdog's on call nights right now)

I think she's a combo.