I hate to even suggest it, but are you at all overweight? My dear black furry friend gets an itchy tush when she has been into her food dish a little too often. I hate to be breedist, but Labradors are known for the love of the food dish.
If you lived at my home, in addition to making sure your weight was ideal, I'd give pumpkin to normalize stool and make it easy on the bowel, this keep those nasty glands from filling. I'd also give Benadryl every night and possibly during the day to reduce the itchy feel and help you sleep well so your itchy seat can heal.
Hate to say it but could be the start of perianal fistulas. The dog I had with that started by licking incessantly, he didn't scoot but with his bad legs he probably couldn't. Eventually the tracts came to the outside, then it was no mystery but before that the vet didn't know what was wrong with him. It's hard to treat.
Hey Scooter - I have another idea for ya, could you somehow communicate to your human that maybe probiotics would also help? Maybe your intestinal flora is out of balance and a good acidophilous and ultrabifidous tablet may help. The furry friends at my house love the fruit flavored human grade ones, they get one a day for 3 days after deworming or antibiotics.
Thank you Scooter for posting! I’m having the same problem with my Bung-Hole-E-O, the more I itch… the more I scoot… the more I scoot….the more me I itch and to top it off, the neighbors who can look down into my yard from their deck laugh at me while I’m scooting around. My family has a nice cement patio, which is my favorite place to scoot, and although I fear it may be causing some additional irritation I just can’t help myself as it feels so good! I eat a good diet, I exercise and I’m pretty fit for an old gal. I think my mom will try the Probiotics . Thanks again for positing and coming out of the Itchy Butt Closet for all of us closet scooters!
Thank you Scooter for posting! I’m having the same problem with my Bung-Hole-E-O, the more I itch… the more I scoot… the more I scoot….the more me I itch and to top it off, the neighbors who can look down into my yard from their deck laugh at me while I’m scooting around. My family has a nice cement patio, which is my favorite place to scoot, and although I fear it may be causing some additional irritation I just can’t help myself as it feels so good! I eat a good diet, I exercise and I’m pretty fit for an old gal. I think my mom will try the Probiotics . Thanks again for positing and coming out of the Itchy Butt Closet for all of us closet scooters!
I know all too well about the stares but when I scoot and spin I love making the kids laff at me but when we have guests the big humans cringe when I scoot across the floor at dinner time...those that know about this stuff laff but I love to see the looks on the faces of non-dog people as I do my thing! hahahahaha
I'm going to try all of these great suggestions 1 at a time til one works and no more scootin' for me and you are very welcome for me coming out of the Scooter Closet - otherwise it was don't ask...don't tell.