hi kfamr...

I've struggled with allergies on Maddie for quite awhile and
about a year ago she started the butt scooting thing too. The
vet examined her and ruled out anal glands and other things
that I can't remember now. After discussing what she was
eating, which was at that time Purina One, he said he thought
it was a food allergy. According to him, butt scooting can be
a symptom for food allergies.

I switched Maddie over to Z9 dog food, that the vet
recommended and I did see improvement in her itching and
butt scooting, but not 100% relief. About 3 weeks ago I
switched her to Wellness Fish and Sweet Potato, which is
specifically for allergy prone dogs. I also got the fish and
sweet potato treats for her and have been extra diligent to
make sure that's the only food that goes in her mouth. It
supposedly takes 8 weeks for all the food to completely work
its way out of the body, so when you switch you have to
make a commitment to not feed them anything else, to really
know if the food change is working.

Well 3 weeks into this I've seen a remarkable improvement.
Her skin and coat look great and I've seen no butt scooting
at all... No scratching... The only thing she's still do is licking
and chewing on her paws, but that has decreased. I'm not
completely convinced that that hasn't formed into a habit.
Still 5 more weeks to go, so maybe that'll get even better too.
We'll see.

Anyway, you might want to try a change in Simba's food. It
won't do any harm and it just might resolve the problem.

Par...