stinky butt

Take him to your vet & have his anal glands checked.

Maybe giving your dog more fiber will help. Plain unseasoned pumpkin is a very good food to add fiber to the diet. Stools are usually well formed and the "stickiness" is eliminated. Most dogs like pumpkin. I noticed a huge difference when I added pumpkin to my pets diet. Stools were well formed. The sticky stools are sometimes related to the age of a dog, and the way their system processes food. My 18 1/2 year old dog had the same problem you speak of, and the pumpkin really squared her away.

Call your vet as it could be an anal gland problem.

My father and stepmother had kennels when I was younger. They had Shelties and they kept their fur trimmed around the butt area so they did not have that problem. I think there is a professional name for it when you take them to a groomer but, I cannot remember what it is called. Good luck!

my dog has the same problem. although she's at a perfect weight, she's older and has diarrhea often {she developed colitis, which is common for her age}. b/c she has longer fur, i keep her butt trimmed as close to her skin as i can get and that seems to take care of the stinky butt problem. my vet said many dogs will have colitis for the rest of their life, but he gave me an antibiotic and an anti-diarrhea gel that seems to be helping. not saying this is whats going on w/your dog, but if he does have chronic diarrhea, he should see a vet for a prognosis.

You might also have a vet check and make sure that the dog isn't having problems with his anal glands.

We had a dog with this problem several years ago. He was older and overweight and would get constipated, causing him to have problems passing the stools. Then he would sit on it, mashing it into his fur. We tried to keep the hair around his bottom clipped and would use baby wipes to keep the area clean.

With longer-haired & curly-haired breeds, it's a common thing. I had a wire-haried fox terrier that had to be groomed & get the "sanitary clip" all the time!

Is your dog overweight? That can interfere with a pet's ability to reach certain parts of his/her body to properly clean it. Another possibility is that your dog is getting lazier and/or more careless as he ages. The "sanitary clip" is a good idea, and you may just have to do more to help your pet take care of himself, which you already are doing. [If you've ruled out sickness as a reason for the "problem", the age factor may be the reason.]

It happens sometimes maybe you should get him groomed and have them do what is called a sanitary clipp. That is where they shave around the butt area so the poop cant stick to the fur as much