Corgis grooming each other

I know this is common behavior in the animal kingdom, but we just started noticing it in our corgis. when we first got kai, the inside of her ears would be filthy with that dark ear wax substance. but keahi has since picked up the habit of licking them clean - kai will just sit there while keahi gives her the ultimate wet willy. not that we're complaining. but keahi is now starting to "clean" kai's "poop chute" area after she goes no. 2.

is that also part of normal grooming behavior? does anyone else have dogs that groom each other in peculiar ways?

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Permalink Reply by Lou Ann Lemaster on October 14, 2008 at 3:32pm

I don't know about the "poop chute" area, but, each morning, Duncan and our cat, Lissie go through a ritual. First, Duncan will clean the cats ears, then the cat with clean his ears. They've been doing this since they both were little. Duncan was 8 weeks when I got him and Lissie was about 4 months old at the time.

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Permalink Reply by CaptainCorgi on October 14, 2008 at 7:06pm

All the dogs we've had always groomed each other, but not down there. I've never seen or heard of that before. But, personally, I would stop that behavior due to hygiene issues.

That's cute how she/he keeps her clean though, lol!