Mane stays wet and smelly!!

[Zeus & Simba]

hi, my 6 month old chow gets a wet mane when she drinks water. i have bowls with narrow openings but she dribbles a lot and her mane stays wet.

how do you keep the mane dry? I am getting worried that because it has very little time to dry out even though the groomer thinned it out and i do my best too but it is always still wet. I don't want her getting a bacterial infection or skin problem in the area.

any idea how to keep her mane dry?

Thanks!

[Hugo]

Hi
My boy has the same problem and when he was about 5 or 6 mnths he did get an infection there and the vet shaved the area and I had to put cream on it and Hugo had to takeantibiotics aswell. So after that, I invested in a pair of clippers and every few months I shave it down, not to the skin, but much shorter and this has helped, doesn't take so long to dry and it has illiminated the smell too. Hope this helps.

[Victory]

They have bibs for them. Some of the folks on here with show chows who dribble use them since a show chow can't be shaved down or thinned. The bibs are like baby ones, for older babies. Folks with drooly type dogs also use them, (St. Bernards, Newfies etc, drool a lot)

[Zhuyos mom]

I clip a small kitchen towel on my girl to help her mane not get wet or dirty with drips of food bits. I use a small potato chip clip to secure the ends together. I also buy and use "bibsters" the large size and cost about $5 for a pack of 30. They are disposable bibs for children/toddlers and I cut slashes on the bibs so it fits her comfortable. I buy the bibsters from Babies-r-us. However, I think you can find them in any big box store or supermarket chain.