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  • BDawgB

    Hello- for those of you who have females, do you ever have to clean their bits? Our vet has recommended that every once in a while, we "help" keep our little girl clean. Does anyone else have this issue? It's totally gross, I know. But if we let it go, she gets reddish/brown gunk that cakes up around her bits- which is even more disgusting. Just wanted to know if there were others out there- is this a malformation? :(

    Miles & Lexi's Mom

    www.stelladot.com/barrick

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  • S

    Every basenji I have ever had was able to keep themselves clean.
    Did she come from a place where the crates/kennels were not clean?

    Sharron Hurlbut

    BRAT, basenji rescue

    Evergreen basenji club

    Seattle Purebred Dog Rescue

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  • MaxBooBooBearM

    I never had this issue with my german shepherd mix (I had her for about 12 years) nor Zoey–but I've only had Zoey for a few months now.

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  • JazzysMomJ

    I've noticed with Jazzy after her heat cycles that she sometimes had a bit of dry "build-up" around her self deep in the creases where I imagine it was hard to reach. I just made sure to rinse the area well when I bathed her.

    I haven't noticed it since she was spayed so much.

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  • S

    Is she still intact?
    Or has she been spayed?

    Sharron Hurlbut

    BRAT, basenji rescue

    Evergreen basenji club

    Seattle Purebred Dog Rescue

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  • BDawgB

    She's spayed and very petite. And she only gets this in the deep creases.

    Miles & Lexi's Mom

    www.stelladot.com/barrick

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  • nomrbddgsN

    Both Sugar and Dimisi are fastidious cleaners of their private parts. Every once in a while-Shadow doesn't really like cleaning himself-I put a little corn syrup(I'm talking about a dabbing of it) around his private area to facilitate himself cleaning himself.

    Arlene, the Basenji Brats with the Boxenji![](images/smilies/biggrin.png "Big Grin")

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