scooting

Nothing out of a dog's butt smells great but there is a particular odour, once smelled, that will become imprinted in your olfactory memory for life. Anal sac secretions are a thick, oily, foul, fishy-smelling liquid that is produced in the anal sacs. The smell is truly distinctive and repugnant.

Scooting

Scooting is what we call it when dogs drag their bottoms along the ground. They usually tuck their tail right underneath them, hunch over and pull themselves along with their front legs. Some dogs will do it with the tail trailing out behind them instead.

The causes 

There are 3 main causes of scooting: