Poor personal hygiene

Our 8 month old puppy does a poor job at cleaning herself after she goes pee. Last night my husband noticed a putrid smell emanating off of pup. We realized that it was coming from her private area. We realized that there was moisture there so we took my hair dryer set it on cool and hit that area for a few minutes. Does anyone have any suggestions to help with this little problem? We considered buying a bikini trimmer and giving her a sanitary cut to remove the hair to remove smell and lessen chances of her getting infections. Thank you for any help. :wag:
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I have never had a female sheepie - on 4th male. When we noticed he hadn't been doing a good enough clean job when a puppy I trimmed the fur to leave a clearer access to the area for him. I do a "willy trim" and on the insides of his legs when needed to keep short and clean. If fur gets to long then gets licked it easily gets very knotty and difficult to trim so keeping the are short lets air in and pee out!!

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Sprox's mum wrote:
I have never had a female sheepie - on 4th male. When we noticed he hadn't been doing a good enough clean job when a puppy I trimmed the fur to leave a clearer access to the area for him. I do a "willy trim" and on the insides of his legs when needed to keep short and clean. If fur gets to long then gets licked it easily gets very knotty and difficult to trim so keeping the are short lets air in and pee out!!

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Thank you!!! :ghug:
I have had mostly females and I keep the vulva area and surrounding areas short. I use either a #10 or #7 blade. All of my girls have done a good job taking care of themselves. However, if I noticed the dogs were paying too much attention to the area, digging, I would use a baby wipe and if any icky discharge, I take a urine sample and dog to the Vet.
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