[Dailydrool] Belly button question

[Hinchliffe at aol.com]

Okay.  'Scuse me while I ask a really stupid anatomy  question.
 
Where is a dog's belly button?
 
Here's why.  I was rubbing a friend's dog today and  felt a lump -- hard, 
seemingly attached underneath, about an inch circle.   I, of course, being 
the original alarmist/pessimist/fatalist, was convinced she  had breast 
cancer.  I pointed it out to my friend and she laughed and said,  "that's her 
belly button."
 
Well, I would have thought a dog's belly button was --  oh, I don't know, 
on the belly?!?  This was about center between the corner  of the ribs (told 
you, I'm stupid at anatomy -- about where they then taper off  to the side). 
 I would have identified it as being in her breast, rather  than stomach.  
And does a belly button feel like a hard lump?  The dog  is about 2 years 
old, not spayed (she's going to have her have babies her next  heat).
 
After a lifetime of doggie tummy rubs, I've never felt a  belly button like 
this!  But then, I guess I learn something new every day  ... and I've got 
so much to learn ... 
 
Thanks!
 
Stupid Beth H. (Duchess ATB and Blueberry ATB, who had  nice smooth tummies)
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