[SFW] It's dirty work, but somebody's got to I will do it.

A few weeks back, my friend asked if I could come over and help her bathe her older, arthritic doggy. I often babysit her 2 dogs, so of course I said yes. Because of his arthritis, he’s not able to get into a tub, so we heated up water and filled up buckets and washed him outside on the lawn. But then my friend pointed to his backside and asked me if I knew how to trim long matted dog fur. I said yes, because my dearly departed kitty was long haired and always had trouble back there, so I’ve trimmed lots of animal butts.

So I told her to hold up his tail, so I could get in there with the scissors. That’s when I realized that he was not so clean back there. My friend got a look of horror on her face. She’s not squeamish about blood, but apparently animal poo is one thing that makes her crazy. So I told her to go and get me some baby wipes and I got to cleaning, while my friend held his tale up. I really had to get in there, if you know what I mean. It was kind of like doggy butt spelunking. Any way I finally got his nether regions cleaned out, then I got to trimming, and trimming, and trimming. By the time I was done trimming his fur, it looked like I had a whole other dog in the trash basket. But his backside was clean and no longer a receptacle for dingleberries.

I told my friend that I would be happy to come over and trim him again before his hair got as long as it was before. It’s much easier that way.

^^^ Bravo!

@Kardamom I love people empathetic enough to do for our pet friends what they can’t do for themselves and what, it we couldn’t do, we’d definitely want done for us. Good job.

I love that dog, and his sister, so much. Last week, the big old dog was due for his annual shots, but because of his arthritis, we can’t get him into the car without hurting him. So we went over to the vet, and explained the situation. The nurse showed me how to give the injections and we took the shots home and that’s what I did. And the doggy didn’t seem to mind at all, especially when I gave him, and his sister lots of kisses and tummy rubs afterwards.

@Kardamom Good going.

As long as it doesn’t involve vomit or human shit(not bothered by animal shit oddly enough) I’m game for pretty much anything.

I have cleaned more NFSW stuff/crap than you can imagine. Hazmat houses. Refrigerators full of live maggots. Oh, the list is endless.

@snowberry Isn’t life fascinating?