Okay ..a question for you all ...I think that every dog I have ever owned has had them ..and Hudson has about 4 ....and I don't know what they are ;)

Those hairy lumps on the face ...you know the ones I mean? Usually under the chin or at the side of their heads somewhere he has a lump that has a few whiskers growing out of it. Does ANYONE know what they are?

Melody :)

Giving NO prizes for anyone who answers: Hairy lumps :D

Doggy moles

width indicators/restrictors ;-)

HeeHee, I was about to say Beauty Spots when I read Micks answer: WAY better :D.

Taylor

ROTFL @Admin

:D

Admin is the right!! - they are there for the whiskers to grow out of - the whiskers are there to let dogs know if they can actually get through things - they apparently grow as wide and deep as the dog (lying flat) so for example, a dachshund that is supposed to follow badgers into burrows would know if it could go any further by whehter their whiskers were touching the walls of the burrow etc.

Wendy

I thought that was only true for cats. but you learn something new everyday
Alison:)

Thought that was cats!
Steph

But the whiskers on a dog never grow that long

I could be wrong, but that's what I was told growing up with dachsies. They are the width/height of the widest part of the body when scrunched (the best way I can describe it.

Wendy

Wendy , I can believe that for a dachsie , but Hudson is a Malamute ;) He would need whiskers of about 4 inches long either side :D

You haven't seen Chewi's whiskers then Melody:) He has quite a lot of whiskers, with a couple nearly 5 inches long on each side. No wonder he is able to worm his head and body into spaces I wouldn't have thought possible;)
Jean

I just took a tapemeasure to Beattie's whiskers....they are 1 1/2 cm long. Including them, the width of her muzzle is just under 4 inches.....her ribcage is 8 inches across. There has to be another explanation!