my dog chews his back above his tail,no fleas.why does he do this and how do I stop him?

Answer 1

Do you see dry skin? Much like humans dogs can get dry skin or allergies that cause them to chew. Fleas can also cause biting and chewing. You might not see them, but they can still be there and cause flea allergy dermatitis which only takes a flea bite to cause their skin to get red and itch. Fleas actually spends 90% of their life off the animals so it's not uncommon to not see them on the pet unless they're infested. The best way to diagnose fleas is "flea dirt" which is flea excrement that looks like dirt. If you get it wet it will turn red because it's dried blood. If a sensitive skin shampoo doesn't help then you might try a flea dip. If it is fleas though you have to treat everywhere (pet and environment) or once you get he pet dipped the fleas will come after you! Good luck!

Answer 2

I once had an elderly lady for a friend. She had a wonderful little dog. A mix of some sort. She had the dog trained well and it behaved very well. Learn here https://tr.im/gsrNo

She kept an uncovered candy dish on her coffee table with candy in it. The dog was forbidden to eat the candy. When she was in the room observing the dog he did not even appear to notice the candy. One day while she was in her dinning room she happened to look in a mirror and could see her dog in the living room. He did not know he was being watched. For several minutes he was sitting in front of the candy bowl staring at the candy. Finally he reached in and took one. He placed it on the table and stared at it, he woofed at it. He stared some more, licked his chops and PUT IT BACK in the bowl and walked away. Did he want the candy, oh yeah. Did he eat it? Nope. They can be trained that well but most, I'll admit, are not trained that well. When I was a young boy, maybe 5 years old. We had a german shepherd. He was very well trained also. My mom could leave food unattended on the table, no problem. She would open the oven door and set a pan roast beef or roast chicken on the door to cool. No problem. He would not touch it, watched or not. But butter? Whole other story. You leave a stick of butter anywhere he could reach and it was gone. He was a large shepherd so there were not many places he could not reach. Really, I think the number of dogs trained to the point they will leave food alone when not being supervised is very small indeed.
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Now if we are talking obedience training, not food grubbing, that is a different story. Way back when I was first learning obedience training one of the final exercises was to put our dogs in a down/stay and not only leave the room but leave the building for 15 minutes. The only person that stayed was our trainer, not the owners. Most of the dogs in my class did not break their stay, which would be an automatic fail. I'm happy to report my dog was one of the ones that passed.

Answer 3

Did it just start when the weather turned hot? I had a dog when I was growing that would do the same thing. He did not have fleas. We took him to the vet and the problem was called, "hot spots". It is an area on a dog that itches intensely. My dog had to have his tail area shaved and was injected with a steriod shot to stop the itching. I would take him to the vet and see if this is the problem.

Answer 4

Hi he could have a dermatitis I have a dog who has this you may want to have a vet take a look at the dog often shampoos from the vet will take care of this. Look for a red spot or scaly skin and than make an appointment with the vet.

Answer 5

Could be mites, skin, or stress, hard to tell with out seeing the dog. Best to see a vet.

Answer 6

dry skin?
mites?
try treating that area by rubbing baby oil on and around that area!

Answer 7

maybe because dry skin allya have to do is bathe your dog,
with dandrift free sampoo.

Answer 8

he has to have some kind of irritant in the area. u should take him to the vet to find out wat it is, then the vet can treat it. :)