[glonq]

One of my dad's favorite stories:

Once upon a time, all the dogs went to a big party. But because dog butts are smelly, they were required to remove them at the entrance and hang them up on the wall. Halfway through the party a sneaky cat pulled the fire alarm so all the dogs just grabbed whatever butt they could find, attached it, and ran out. Ever since then they've been smelling each other's butts so that they can try find their own.

We had a family dog whose butt/tail was a different color than his body, so of course this story just made perfect sense to us.

[perilunar]

Michael Leunig did a cartoon of this, so maybe that's where the story comes from. (I tried to find it but my google foo failed me)