How interesting. Our last two female dogs before Benji both did that.... They were both rather alpha and I wondered if that had anything to do with it. But scent glands in their feet, never ever thought of that. cool... live and learn.
________________________________ From: Shanna Machanpalli <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, January 7, 2011 12:53:17 PM Subject: RE: [Chihuahuas] Why Dogs Kick There Back Feet After Potty thats funny! I noticed that Ricky also wipes his front feet a little too. :) Christening, Communion, Formal Wear For Girls and Boys ages Newborn & up Click here to enter my ebay store! http://stores.ebay.com/Kavis-Christening-n-Communion-Store Shanna & Ricky --- On Fri, 1/7/11, dasha <[email protected]> wrote: >From: dasha <[email protected]> >Subject: RE: [Chihuahuas] Why Dogs Kick There Back Feet After Potty >To: [email protected] >Date: Friday, January 7, 2011, 5:55 PM > > > >Bogie does this constantly. The new female "Itsy" tried to do it by using both >her back feet at the same time and fell forward. Still laughing about this >one. > > > ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shanna Machanpalli >Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 10:43 PM >To: Chihuahua Group >Subject: [Chihuahuas] Why Dogs Kick There Back Feet After Potty > > >Hi everyone > >I always wondered why a dog kicks his back feet after he or she does a pee or >poo. I thought it was a "male dog" thing to look big and tough. I recently >did >a google research on it and read that dogs have SCENT GLANDS in there feet and >kicking or rubbing them on the ground or grass puts there scent there for >other >dogs to be warned "I was here". > > >Ricky kicks after every single pee or poo... and on a walk he pees alot!! its >kinda cute to see him almost in slow motion as he does his kicking! > > >How about anyone else's dog, do they do this and it is a male thing or does >anyones female do it too. > > >shanna & ricky > >
