Bob, yes sometimes when 'Choppie's peripheral circulation is kicking up too badly with her cardiomyopathy we deal with messes, too. In her case it's from losing her balance if her legs swell up. (Massage and meds help.) Anyway, a while back I started using VO FINE (by VO5) shampoo because I have lanky hair as folks will recall from Florida and I have found something special about this shampoo -- not only does it actually make my hair look thicker but it keeps things from sticking to it (including other hair: "Look, no knots!", a first for me), so I tried just gently soaking 'Chopper in it when she gets fouled and the feces comes off very easily (MUCH more so than with other options). We moisturize her a lot now, too, because of this and find that rubbing a bit of Moisturel Cream between our hands and then rubbing her down does the trick marvelously and eliminates itches for her. As you know we've tried lots of things through the years and this works well enough that it's worth others trying incase they have our levels of success. Oh, and, no, I don't work for either of these companies. [Posted in FML issue 2417]