houndlove
Posted : 1/23/2007 4:51:50 PM
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So, Conrad has some anal gland issues. He expresses them kind of randomly and at not the most opportune of moments, and then he has to lick to clean himself up. And lick, and lick, and lick and SLUUUURP. It's revolting. Over the years, he has actually learned to leave the room before commencing the licking because it seriously drives both DH and I insane. Especially at 3 AM. So he'll very quietly get up, leave the room (leaving a trail of stench behind him) and go somewhere else to lick, then quietly come back in and go back to bed.
He'll also stop licking (if he's just licking to groom or because he's nervous) if DH or I say "Conrad, stop."
I think that he's just picked up on our annoyance. Before he learned to leave the room a lot of the time we'd freak out: "Argh! Ew! Conrad! Go!" (both dogs take directional commands with "go" followed by one of us pointing to where we want them to go). So now he just commands himself to "go!" and leaves us out of it! It's awesome and if I'm awake I'll always thank him for being so polite. [

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