On the last few walks I've been on with Jenga, I noticed a new behaviour I've never really seen before. When we get to the part of the walk where I give him some slack and let him sniff around, he'll go up to certain bushes, start licking the end of a branch gently, and then suddenly starts doing something I can only describe as spitting! It's a little more intentional and focused than drooling, and comes out in little globs. It looks like he's actually aiming sometimes.
I wondered if this might be a response to the urine of a bitch in heat or something? Or is it the plant that causes the reaction?
Anyway, just wanted to see if anyone knew anything about it.
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I wondered if this might be a response to the urine of a bitch in heat or something? Or is it the plant that causes the reaction?
Anyway, just wanted to see if anyone knew anything about it.
Make sure you know what kind of plant it is.....and it sounds pretty much like an answer to the first question although my intact males do it with puppy urine as well sometimes.......
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If he gets a weird look in his eye & sort of chatters a bit it's most likely a bitch in season was there, (your boy is growing up!) but I agree with Carol that you should make sure the plant is not poisonous - better to be safe than sorry.
kobi, my single unaltered male, (2 and 1/2 years) does this quite often. he usually does this when we're out walking a trail that has a high rate of canine traffic, and not so much when we're on more isolated trails (and never at home unless it's close to the curb where strange dogs may have been)... leaving me to believe it's a result of checking out a bitch's urine.
If he gets a weird look in his eye & sort of chatters a bit it's most likely a bitch in season was there, (your boy is growing up!)
No no no! I'll have to lock him up in a tower, he's still a child!
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but I agree with Carol that you should make sure the plant is not poisonous - better to be safe than sorry.
I would like to be able to look it up - however it's just a common weed and I wouldn't know how to identify it. Do you know of any sites with pictures or poisonous plants?
I should note that my other dogs don't react (a neutered male and spayed female), but they don't lick the plants, so who knows.
I'm more inclined to think it's urine he's checking out, since he does do the chattering thing when he's done, but I would like to be sure.
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