What does it mean when dogs stand and stare at the floor

sparrer

my Spitz does this, if fact he's not so much looking as listening intently (confuzzled little [STRIKE]Schitz[/STRIKE] Spitz :doh:).

If one of my cats rubs her b*m along the carpet then I know it's time to worm them. Don't know if dogs do it for the same reason though?

babelfish

People often mistakenly think the bum scooting thing is worms. It may be the case with cats, but with dogs its anal glands. I empty my dogs' glands every time I bath them and this stops the scooting!:o Get the vet to check when they are next due for a booster or if they go for anything else. Groomers will often do anal glands for you too.

jackieb

My sister's lab used to stare at the floor for ages. He'd see a reflection of something and he'd scratch at the floor and then just stand and stare to see if he could see it again. He'd ignore everyone. He used to do it when he was out in the back garden, if it was sunny, as well.

puddy

i should say that whilst he is staring, hes not really looking at anything, more like looking into the distance but towads the floor

yes, the minute he did that the other night, i knew it was time to get his bum sorted, urgh

~Chameleon~

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welshmoneylover

omen666 wrote: »

He is looking at that spot to determine whether to have a !!!!!! there or not

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

welshmoneylover

I think it's a fixation with shadows, iirc, Victoria Stillwell helped a family whose dog just chased its own shadow all day.

Try google, it might throw up some answers.

Curious_George_2

our dogs used to do this... we just assumed it was because they were mongs

welshmoneylover

mong.....that's a word I've not heard of in ages

gratefulforhelp_2

Maybe he is having a petit mal epileptic fit? Dogs do have epilepsy? Have seen collies who stared at walls for hours on end.