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07-10-2012, 09:51 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: pearisburg,VA
Posts: 54
| special spot. wondering, what is it that makes the dogs leg twitch so much when you scratch that special spot?? |
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07-10-2012, 11:23 PM | #2 |
Donating YT Addict Join Date: May 2009 Location: Bellflower, Ca, USA
Posts: 2,437
| I think it tickles them. Its there way of laughing. That's what I was always told. |
07-10-2012, 11:31 PM | #3 |
Between♥Suspensions Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Vaissades
Posts: 7,979
| Natural itch and acratch response. If we scratch above Princess' tail she starts the teeth chatter flea pick on us! Princess always scratches with her feet when we rub her belly so we asked the vet, she said the abovw uts a learned response nayural behaviir like how they scent mark by scratching their beds etc.
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07-10-2012, 11:31 PM | #4 |
Between♥Suspensions Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Vaissades
Posts: 7,979
| Natural itch and acratch response. If we scratch above Princess' tail she starts the teeth chatter flea pick on us! Princess always scratches with her feet when we rub her belly so we asked the vet, she said the abovw uts a learned response nayural behaviir like how they scent mark by scratching their beds etc.
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07-10-2012, 11:36 PM | #5 |
Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Chessington, Surrey, UK
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| And what about when they're laying peacefully, and we touch that little soft fluffy bit underneath their paws, between the pads....?!!? It's like being kicked by a kangaroo!!! What a nasty mummy! Sally + Harry x |
07-11-2012, 03:01 AM | #7 |
I Love My Yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana
Posts: 37,147
| Jewels sweet spot is the bottom of her back
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07-11-2012, 05:24 AM | #8 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: pearisburg,VA
Posts: 54
| yeah, that makes sense, it does seem to tickle her. hers is on her belly! |
07-11-2012, 06:43 AM | #9 |
♥ Love My Tibbe! ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: D/FW, Texas
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| I've always thought it is a natural reflex like when your doctor tests you for the knee-jerk response. I've never seen a dog yet that didn't have it.
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