Nipples?!!

We took Ollie to the beach this past weekend. After that while doing his daily brushing I noticed two little bumps on Ollie's chest. My dh noticed them when he was rubbing Ollie's chest too. He asked me what they were and I confidently answered...Nipples...yes dh, boy dogs have them too. Then he got a bath a couple of days ago and during his post bath brushing I noticed they were a bit larger. I figured that maybe his hormones are raging and some strange changes may happen in his body (he is 8 months old) so I decided to wait.

Today they were huge....more like huge skin tags!! I was alarmed. Ollie hates getting his chest and tummy brushed so with some bribing I got him to lay down on his back and carefully inspected the area.

Now is the part when I feel like a complete fool...

His "nipples" were not nipples at all but 2 mats in very strategic locations!! Dh and I laughed our heads off (dh with relief that Ollie was not turning into a girly doodle and me with relief that it was not some sinister hormonal ailment). He has never had mats before and I brush him every day. I guess the sea water and the bath made them get bigger. I painstakingly brushed one out. I will get the second one out tonight. :-)

Is this a start of the dreaded matting phase? Anything I can do to prevent it? Thank you.

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Permalink Reply by Lisa, Daisy & Dexter on May 4, 2011 at 4:54am

Now that I had my laugh I can say this - thank goodness Daisy doesn't have a Hairy underbelly, that would stink to have to brush matts from all those nipples.