So a few days ago Kody was so excited to see my hubby that he leaped off of the bed and landed right on the door of his metal crate (tummy first)! He was crying for like a minute and we thought he had broken something, but he was ok. Two days ago I noticed a bump on his belly and automatically think it' from the nasty hit. I'm thinking he's accumulating blood or something so I take him to the vet this morning all concerned.

I tell the vet what happened and show him the "bump" when he proceeds to start laughing. I'm like what's so funny?!!?!? He's like "oh Melissa you're so funny, but honey, that's his belly button...he has an outtie!" I didn't even know dogs had belly buttons!!!! ONLY ME!

HHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What did that cost?

LOL!!!! Luckily my vet is super cool and he didn't charge me =)

I will totally admit, DH and I were talking about this the other day, because we always joke about how when the other does something weird/out of character, they must be a clone, so we say, "Show me your belly button..." to prove they're the original, not the clone. (It's a Simpsons thing). Well, Nikolai did something totally bizarre for him, so we said that, then sort of looked at each other and kinda wondered... neither of us had actually seen it. Dog belly buttons isn't usually something you think about.

Too funny!! I didn't know dogs had belly buttons either, actually!

I bet everybody that reads this is going to be checking to see if they can find it! I know I'm going to check out Mya when I get home..LOL!! I think Kody's only shows b/c it's an outtie though. It's too funny!

That's hilarious!
...but I'm not laughing at you...I'm laughing with you because I would be wondering the same thing! I didn't know dogs had belly buttons!
(I'm gonna check out Ginger's belly now...)

Yep, Claudia. I really thought there was something wrong with him. I'm like oh great this is all i need now...LOL!!!!!!!!!!!

LOL That is too funny! But thank you Melissa, I had no idea that dogs had belly buttons! We learn something new every day. I tell you what though, I don't think I will EVER forget that story as long as I live!

I don't feel so clueless now .......

i needed that laugh after today!!!! i will HAVE to go check our to when i get home

Oh I'm so glad that I'm not the only one that have NO CLUE! I was still laughing at this last night while falling asleep

apparently, several of my dog-friends did not know this either!
you're not alone

I googled it and yep apparently they do, but they say that sometimes they need to be removed so that it doesn't turn into a hernia. My vet didn't tell me that though.

Kody is scheduled to get neutered on April 13th so I'll just ask him before then if he thinks it needs to be removed. If so, he can do it at the same time.

OMG that's SOOOOOOO funny!