Weasel biting and butt chewing....aak!

Well the couch issue is turning out pretty well. My funny pup has decided it futile to jump on my couch because he gets put right back on the floor, or worse, in his kennel. He does do it when he is extremely excited however. Here is my current issue, and I would be deeply resolved if I could solve just one of these.

He chews his butt, well, not his butt but the hair on the back of his legs that resembles butt-cheeks. He seems to be starting to become obsessed with it. He is not allergic (he was checked) he does not have fleas, I believe the hair is bothering him. It is rather long, actually it is the longest hair he has anywhere. I get annoyed to come home and see a little cow-lick popping out his backside! He is nearing 5 months and has alot of hair, and just recently things have started to get stuck in it if you know what I mean. (ie: poop). Could I trim it back an inch or so? He is normally very loyal and such, obeying most every command but when he starts chewing he is blind to anything around him, it makes me crazy. Anyone gone through this yet?

Now a while ago he was chewing from allergies (he cannot have chicken!) and he was starting to get a tiny sore but I put a stop to that with an allergen test and a change of his diet, and all was well in the land of Cheez-it. This is a new chewing, he is chewing the hair not his skin.

Okay, anticipated-resolve hopefull number two. I have a ferret, a really nice ferret actually, he never bites (me or Cheez) and is generally very chill and calm (unlike most ferrets). I let him out (in a playpen usually) and they will lick eachother through the prison walls (and they lick eachother through his cage), but the second he is free Cheez-it starts getting jumpy trying to pin him with his paws. So now the calm ferret turns scared (Immediate bottle-brush tail) and runs for it and of course the dog chases. I do not want anyone hurt so I make sure nothing happens and if Cheez-it starts being a butthead he leaves the room and/or gets sprayed with water. I did the whole introduction process, but Cheez-it is just a butthead. He doesnt even play around he just tries to pin him down and hold him there, no biting or anything, just being a jerk. Is there a better way?

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Comment by James on July 31, 2008 at 4:21am
Thanks Carmen & Fey, I have done the Sanitary cut to stop things from sticking, but I am debating about cutting 1/2-1" off his backside and fading it in so he will leave it alone. He has always taken Fish and FlaxSeed Oil and his hair is quite soft. I have the E-collar on him (so he is hating life :( right now), that helped his wound heal last time when he was allergic to chicken (what I was feeding him) so mabye a hair-cut and some time with the no-chew collar will stop his obsession.

I just cant stop him from chewing in his kennel, I am not sure if he should have an e-collar on while in there.
Comment by Fay on July 30, 2008 at 6:22pm
Our Lexi has dry skin and was chewing and pretzling herself trying to chew the hair on her hind quarters at her back. I bought really expensive skin pills at the pet store which turned out to be mostly flax seed oil. For the past 3 weeks I have been popping a flax seed oil pill and squirting it into her food. The chewing is much less and her coat feels so much softer. Worth a try!!
Comment by Carmen on July 30, 2008 at 4:22pm
Pandora is a fluffy, and I often do a "Sanitary Cut" on her whole hind area. This may work for Cheez-it. Courtney had allergies, and we had to keep her fur short to keep her from obsessive licking.

Sorry, I have no advice for the ferret. Haven't ever owned one, let alone introduced one to a corgi.

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