Only if he comes back in with dingleberries. Thanksfully that isn’t too often.
My cat has short legs and a large belly, and she can’t seem to reach back there, and her two brothers are absolutely uninterested in giving her a quick lap to help her out, the lazy bastairds.
So I bought pet wipes. She protests, but doesn’t actually leave, and lately has begun purring. Now, I’m thankful that she at least lets me clean things up back thar, but I’m not entirely comfortable with her…ermmm…enjoying it. :eek:
Not only have I never wiped our dogs’ butts, but I’ve never even SEEN the butthole of our latest doggie. Daphne was born without a tail, and she has a cute little hair-patch that covers her nether regions. As she seems perfectly competent to complete her ablutions in privacy, I’ve had no need to ‘lift the flap’ so to speak.
One of my last cats was a chubby long hair. Given her penchant for eating things that she wasn’t supposed to, occasionally, I had to clean up a dingleberry or pull a strand of easter grass the rest of the way out of her butt. As she got older (and chubbier), I took to giving her a quick trim around the nether regions on a regular basis to prevent the klingon problem.
You can wipe your dog, and you can wipe your ass; but you can’t wipe your dog’s ass.
These are words to live by. Violate at your peril.
If your dog or cat isn’t licking properly but is physically able to, a squirt of water on the butt region should give them the impetus to get some proper licking done. It’s worth a try, anyway - I have to do this to my cat occasionally when she gets a bit lazy over butt hygiene.