OOPS!

Oh dear! I learn something new every day. My 10 yr old daughter usually gives Sophie her baths, which explains a lot. I've not had a chance to make an appointment with the groomer, either. The other night, we were watching tv when this awful smell permeated the air. We looked everywhere,found nothing, and decided one of the critters must have had gas. Well, a few minutes later, it was back, more pungent than ever! It went away again. I figured Sophie must have gas, so I asked my daughter to take her out. As soon as she picked her up, this awful smell filled the room and I noticed this huge "patty," for the lack of a better term, pan-caked to Sophie's bum!!! I would rather it have been flatulence. Oh geez, apparently a "web" formed between baths, finally dense enough to 'catch' everything!!! EW! I'm not going into details about cleaning THAT up. Well, I thought I had the solution. I didn't listen to that stupid little voice asking me "Are you sure you don't want to rethink this?" So, I went ahead and got some electric clippers at the dollar store, thinking well, men use them on their face every day....it can't be that difficult. Well, I got nowhere with the guard on, so I took it off. It took 3 of us to hold Sophie in place, but that fur just zipped right off. I didn't cut her, but part of her fanny got a bit pink,just enough to get rid of the "web." Well, it must have been a little too much, because she dragged her fanny around for a while by her front paws, back legs stretched out in front of her. Maybe it's prickly or something? After that, she seemed to feel kind of liberated. Either way, she's going to the groomers soon, which is obviously where I should have taken her to begin with. My 'little voice' needs a remote for the shock collar I also need. The shock collar also needs to be set at "taser." Poor little Soph! I was only trying to help!