My dog keeps electrocuting me

[ChickensHaveNoEyebrows]

Seriously, every time I stroke him I get zapped. The DC have decided he is evolving a new super power, like an electric eel. Any idea what's causign this? We don't have carpets. How the hell is he charging himself up?!

[MissingMySleep]

perhaps it is you that is charged up? i used to have the same thing with my old dog, we both used to jump from it, but this dog doesnt do it

sorry that is not much help!

[pimmsgalore]

chickens pimmsdog has started zapping me this week, my DCs think it is an evil dog plot to take over the world

If you find a cure tell me

[ChickensHaveNoEyebrows]

I'm glad it's not just my mutt. But it is bloody weird. We both jump

[SummerRainIsADistantMemory]

When I was pregnant with ds2 I got zapped 20 times a day, by doors, cars, poor dd, anything at all I touched.

I never did figure out what caused it but it stopped eventually.

Maybe the poor dog is similarly afflicted?

[ChickensHaveNoEyebrows]

He's a boy dog

He's also minus his testicles. Maybe all neutered males end up carrying voltage. Perhaps canine gonads act as a kind of conductor.

[mistlethrush]

Mine does this when she's been lying on her fleece blanket... I think she rubs against it and picks up the charge and it zaps me when I stroke her...

[TheCunnyFuntIsAGrittersFiancee]

My neutered boy occasionally zaps me too! I was really confused at first but then realised what it was. He has a housecoat and when I pull it off him it slides up his back and crackles a tiny bit, it's usually shortly after removing it that it happens!

However, my dog is a skinny, baldy assed greyhound who needs a coat. You have a Spaniel so he probably doesn't have a coat does he?

[ChickensHaveNoEyebrows]

Er. No. No, he doesn't wear pyjamas, either

[zonedout]

Oh weird. My (neutered male rescue) cat does this as well. EVERY time I touch him. Sorry doghouse, I know he's not a dog but I do have a dog and was about to come on here to ask for some (doggy) advice when I saw this and finally felt less alone with my feline zapper...