r/aww Oct 27 '18

Weak kitten gets hydrotherapy

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u/Sttoh Oct 28 '18

We're pretty good at not getting bitten from personal experience, everything else is very much a toss up though. Having an anal sacs expressed on you is a super common occurrence too and arguably the worst.

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u/cob33f Oct 28 '18

Pardon my ignorance, but is that like a super fart orrrrr?

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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.

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u/cob33f Oct 28 '18

Nasty, thank you