Dogs have sweat glands on their pads. He is "marking" to let all the girls know that a stud is about. And probably to let the other boys know that he is better. Cathy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.dailydrool.org/pipermail/dailydrool-dailydrool.org/attachments/20080507/2424144b/attachment.htm>