To shave Butt fur or not to shave...

We have a furminator and it works great. But the only part on Mochi's body is the butt fur. It's really fluffy and poop is starting to get stuck sometimes when she goes to the bathroom! So i was wondering if any of you other corgi owners, Do you shave the butt fur? Trim it down? I'm not really sure what to do except to keep brushing/furminaizing, but its still really thick!
Maybe i'll get a picture of it soon.

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Permalink Reply by Kristen on April 15, 2008 at 5:14pm

Furminator is great, I would only do a trim around the anus, not a complete butt shave.

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Permalink Reply by Charlie on April 15, 2008 at 5:19pm

I agree with Kristen...a little trimming where the poop is sticking, but no shaving. Fortunately Charlie has never had "things stick" back there, so the only trimming we do is the long fur between his paw pads.

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Permalink Reply by Mochi The Corgi on April 15, 2008 at 5:23pm

Yeah i wasn't really thinking about shaving it bare, but i guess i can try to trim or take her to get trimmed.

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Permalink Reply by Sam Tsang on April 15, 2008 at 6:40pm

stick with dry food will make the poop compact and not sticking :)

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Permalink Reply by Mochi The Corgi on April 15, 2008 at 6:41pm

She does eat dry food. and her poops are pretty firm. Don't ask me how it gets on her fur God only knows!!
Last week she jumped onto the couch after she had gone to the bathroom ( I wasn't there) and got it all over the couch...

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Permalink Reply by Carolyn Rosner on April 15, 2008 at 9:25pm

Our groomer gives Toby a "poop chute" plus we give him bran cereal to help keep his stools firm.

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Permalink Reply by Jason and Darlene on April 16, 2008 at 8:55pm

We've had this problem a few times. I've just trimmed the hair around the problem area and it makes a world of difference.

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Permalink Reply by James on April 17, 2008 at 2:20am

We had this problem with a family dog when I was younger, (it was a Chow/Corgi or Lab/Corgi) anyway, I believe the solution was to shave the hindquarters with a large enough razor-guard and fade it into the hair on her side, you would never know she had a haircut. Seems like it was called a "poop chute" now that you mention it.