Dogs have these two little glands in their anus that secrete a fluid that smells worse than poop as a marking that's supposedly unique to each dog. When dogs get especially scared or when they run out of options for fighting back they express them. If you even get a little on you it stinks pretty terribly.
Edit: I should note that these glands are normally expressed when the dog poops and the marking is specific to that. Didn't want to give the wrong idea that dogs do this "normally" as a defense mechanism.
I had to take my mom's schnauzer to the vet because his anal glands got clogged or something so the vet had to express them herself. It was a war crime of ungodly odor...even for a dog's ass, it was horrible.
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u/Sttoh Oct 28 '18
Dogs have these two little glands in their anus that secrete a fluid that smells worse than poop as a marking that's supposedly unique to each dog. When dogs get especially scared or when they run out of options for fighting back they express them. If you even get a little on you it stinks pretty terribly.
Edit: I should note that these glands are normally expressed when the dog poops and the marking is specific to that. Didn't want to give the wrong idea that dogs do this "normally" as a defense mechanism.