my dog licks pee

I have a problem with my male staffy Riley. He is 5 years old and he has only just recently starting doing this over the past 6-8 months .When we are out he sniffs the ground like crazy and i can see him licking the ground and then his jaws like start chattering together and his tongue then goes in and out of his mouth. Then he gets this frothy foam on his mouth . I can only think he is licking pee for some reason. The only reason i can of is maybe a female in season or something but im no expert.

Anybody else had sort of thing happen with their staff's ? I did have him at the vet for his yearly booster and i asked the vet, he said he had a cross staff and she used to do it but he didnt know why, and his was a female .


craig

It'll be a bitch in season!

Dempsey does this if there's a very interesting scent, usually a btich! The exception is a little elderly fluff ball dog that is on Eostrogen tablets for something or other, and must smell like a bitch on heat. Drives Dempsey absolutely crackers!

ah right ok, so its nothing to worry about then?

shady has done this for a few years now and if its especially nice pee he gets jitter jaw and foams out the mouth

niff wrote:shady has done this for a few years now and if its especially nice pee he gets jitter jaw and foams out the mouth

The things they do eh??! Gross!

riley1 wrote:ah right ok, so its nothing to worry about then?

Depends what you mean by 'worry'. I mean, let's face it, it's quite disgusting!

My dogs do the same thing, I think it is something hormonal and fascinating in the wee-wee! My girls also do it when they taste one anothers or our blood too(if one dog gets a scratch and the other licks it off).