My dog can't reach its own arse to lick it

[AndShesGone]

Is it supposed to be able to? I thought all dogs could?

Well I was reading about it being good for anal gland hygiene on the thread about anal glands but my pup doesn't lick her own arse, she licks everything else with a lot of relish though

Is she very overweight or just a strange shape due to breed, all my dogs seemed to be able to lick their arses very easily ( licking your own genitals seems to be a perk of being a dog!)

She's a Scottie and even though she has a really long tongue she seems to be too rectangularey to do it. Her back just doesn't bend that way

She can bite her own lower bank and tail but can't bend her back (it's really solid) to lick her bum

"She can bite her own lower bank and tail but can't bend her back (it's really solid) to lick her bum"

They usually go in from underneath, not round their tail...

My last dog (a springer) could do both, over and under.

She can't go under either as it seems her backs not very bendy, seems very strong (maybe because of the heavy head). When she goes under she gets as far as her tummy but not her bum.

Well, if you really loved your dog ............................

Well of course springers can do both, they can wag their whole body they're that bendy

Scotties have quite a long body though, so it would be harder.

Mine can only go in from underneath (not a Scottie) and he's been known to overbalance while there, lol.

I'd assume it's just her body shape that makes it hard.

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I can't either.

It's always held me back in life.