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Pug Butt Scoots on carpet - yuck!

sweeby
12 years ago

We're dog-sitting for a friend's pug, and this morning I noticed a disturbing (to me anyway) behavior. Sorry for the graphic description...

She'd sit on our living room rug and scoot her backside back and forth like she was scratching an itch. Because of her anatomy - well... Then she'd turn around and sniff the carpet. Then she did this a few more times before we were able to scoop her up and put her outside.

I didn't see any 'klingons' or any clear signs of why she might be doing this. My first thought was worms... Hubby says his friends take her to the vet regularly, but aren't worms pretty normal for dogs? And if this is likely to be the cause, should we then worry about our two dogs?

Anyway -- Any ideas why she might be doing this? Cleaning the rug would be an expensive deal since it's a large Oriental...

If it sheds any light - we have two dogs of our own (male Aussie and female Lab) and they haven't shown an unusual interest in the 'scratching post' area.

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