
I frequently get them in like that, most owners ask me to trim short around there anyway. One lady arrived absolutely mortified - she'd rushed home to pick the dog up (a bichon!) and bring him to me, to discover he'd had an upset tummy and then sat in it, and she couldn't do anything about it of course. Usually I brush out thoroughly before bathing, but the smell was so bad I had to get him straight in the bath, poor little boy! So a little dried piece doesn't faze me at all after that! :-D