Dogs lick themselves for a number of reasons, most commonly, to groom. You've probably noticed your dog licking her fur, legs, paws and even those private areas, like her butt and genitals, from time to time. If your dog is licking her butt, she is most likely doing so just to keep...
While it is the most common reason, not all dogs will be suffering from anal sac impaction if they’re scooting their butts along the floor. Any skin conditionsthat your dog suffers from may cause them to try and relieve the itching and discomfort by scooting. Skin irritability is a commo...
Dogs tend to be particularly interested in one another’s rear ends. This is due to the particularly pungent, fatty substance produced by two anal sacs on either side of a dog’s anus. But don’t worry, unlike your pet’s doggie friends, you shouldn’t be able to detect the distinct ...
Dogs have anal glands on either side of their anus. When your dog passes waste, these anal glands are stimulated and secrete a smelly substance onto the waste to send messages to other animals. This is why dogs sniff each other’s anal areas. If you notice your dog’s waste is very ru...
We had a visitor to this site pose a question about her chinchilla's soft stool. Here's what she wrote: We recently got a pet chinchilla and we are having
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Is he itching, scratching, or licking his skin more than normal? Does he scoot his butt across the floor all the time, or has he started to lick one area excessively? Is it so bad that he’s losing patches of fur?If you’ve ever had poison ivy or one really bad mosquito bite you...
one leg hanging out, sitting on the edge of the seat so lost my balance and kind of tumbled/butt scooted out of the car. Tried to pretend I was looking for something on the ground but somehow lost my flip flop trying to right myself. Pretty sure the Panera employees think I’m ...