Myrtle use to...poop scared her...she thought it was chasing her...it was hysterical lol! Deanna
Sent from my iPad On Jan 7, 2011, at 4:34 PM, Evelyn Quintana <[email protected]> wrote: > Neither of my chi's kick their feet after going potty but one of my girls > walks while she poops. Does anybody else's dog do this? I have never seen a > dog walk around while pooping. > > Eveyn > > From: Peggy & The Girls <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thu, January 6, 2011 10:52:47 PM > Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Why Dogs Kick There Back Feet After Potty > > Both my females do this. Princess, my eskie does nothing but mark territory > when we walk. She is an Alpha female. Gigi will usually mark on top of hers. > They both kick afterwards too. In order to get them into a real walk, which > means no stopping, no smelling, I have to walk them in the middle of the > street, and I keep the walk at a good brisk pace for a steady 30-45 minutes. > It's great exercise for them, and me, and they usually sleep for a couple of > hours afterwards. > > I don't know about scent glands in their paws, I never heard about that. I > did read once that by kicking, it spreads their scent from the pee or poop > and defines more territory. > > > > <Peggy&GirlsHeartTL2.gif> > -------Original Message------- > > From: Shanna Machanpalli > Date: 1/6/2011 10:43:00 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 > > > > > > ©2003 LongBraid Designs >
