My lovely 4 month old dachshund is bottom sliding across the floor and for the life of me I don't know why he does it, he has been wormed recently, his anal glands are clear the vet has checked them and yet he still does this funny slide across the floor.  he sits down and using his two front paws slides his body and bottom across.  I am certain something is bothering him but would anyone be able to shed some light on the problem?

Don't worry too much - my little girl does it too - complete with grunting noise - vet checked her out, glands, worming etc etc - no cause - and she has done it all her life (she's almost 8 now).  As long as you have consulted your vet and he's confirmed there is nothing wrong then don't worry too much unless it becomes constant, irritates the skin, his stools change or your pup shows any sign of pain or distress.  ( Mine also rub their faces on the floor after most meals - but that's just their way of cleaning their beards & teeth I believe.)  They all have their own little eccentricities I guess.  I have one that actually purrs like a cat when you tickle her and when she's had a good run seems to make oinking noises when she pants - I swear she does it to embarrass me sometimes!

Sounds like he has an itch what does your vet think? Could try an ointment to ease the situation, Vaseline or Savalon should cause no problem and if it helps you can tell the vet that it does.

Tinar your dog sounds like such a character and Nova I will try some Vaseline actually his stools are fairly hard the vet gave me lactulose to try but it isn't making a difference he said if it didn't we should consider changing food but I am loathe to switch him as he may be the same on another food.

Try giving him a little milk, say a tablespoon to start with and if it does not upset him increase the amount, if you feed bones stop till his stools are a bit more comfortable to pass, would think he is causing minor damage that is causing irritation, he scoots, more damage. The medication you have been given is good but slow working.

My Greek rescue girl Hannah (mixed breed but houndy) does it a lot too!  More annoyingly she often comes in from the garden having performed her toilette and then does what we call a "bum rub" on the carpet   Dogs!!  None of my 3  others others do it though!  Just a thought,  the other three are hairy and Hannah is smooth around the backside!!

My American cocker spins around on her bottom whilst trying to lick her nose and throwing her head back !

She's always done it and seems to like the rough doormat best, there is only carpet upstairs and she does it there too.

Again, wormed, anal glands etc etc all checked clear.

I asked the vet why he thought she did it and his reply was "Because she likes it"

Apart from the old couple of skids on my pale carpet it now doesn't bother me.

My next door neighbours young Shih Tzu puppy started doing this and after having her anal glands expressed virtually every 2wks she was no different,so when they had her spayed the vet injected some antibiotics into her anal glands whilst she was under anaesthetic,with it making no difference what's so ever. The vet then suggested that if she's going to have problems with her anal glands then it might be worth having them removed. The dog in question was only 6mths old and had already gone under anaesthetic twice previous to this so the owner wasn't too keen to put her under again and decided to do some research on the situation before making a decision. She came across other owners who's dogs had suffered similar problems and found that a change of food had helped with Fish4Dogs being suggested,previous to this her dog was on Royal Canin Shih Tzu food. The owner changed to Fish4Dogs and happily reported that her bum scooting has ended and she's had no further problems,so a very happy bunny or doggie indeed.

Dogs are so funny, this bottom scooting has got me flummoxed.  Funnily enough he hadn't done it for a while until today!  What would a tsp of milk do?

"What would a tsp of milk do?"

It would probably make the dog loose which might help with constipation, but being loose/having diarrhoea is the last thing a dog with AG problems needs.  The aim should be to have the dog producing a normal stool.

Many owners won't know what a 'normal' canine stool should be like, it should be kickable once dry.

To a novice owner comparing to human stools or crap tinned food fed dogs stools a normal stool may seem too hard.

This chart  http://www.foothillpethospital.com/pet_info-fecalscoring.html shows stools and you should be looking at the dog having 2.  Once dry I'd expect them to look almost like 1.

   Well I REALLY needed that, just before my supper !

Haha - sorry mamabas

Who'd have thought a pooh chart I have just had lunch so feel ready to view it now.  My pups poohs are hard so I guess the food is not the problem he is just a butt slider! Thank you for the chart though it is definitely going to be helpful as a comparison. :-)

Definitely between 2 and 3

Only just caught up with this thread.  Blimey Barbara, you have a brain like a sponge.  I often wonder how you retain all your knowledge!  My vet reckons that there is nothing like dog breeders for being excited about proper poos!
I've never seen the link before, but can see that feeding has a huge bearing on sploshy poos.