Have you ever noticed when 2 dogs meet, they sniff each others tail? Did you ever wonder why? The answer is simple, and I will tell you.
Long ago and still today, Bears and Dogs are not friends, We all know that Dogs will chase a Bear, they have courage when the Bear is alone and there are many Dogs. They have not gotten along for a long time now.
Long ago the Dogs used to get together in a clearing in the woods and hold council. They would have a great party, with much singing and dancing and eating and singing.
It was the custom for the Dogs to take off their tails and hang them on the bushes around the clearing, while they were doing all this.
Now the Bears found out about this and said. We will fix those Dogs, we will sneak up on them and attack when they are not ready for us. So they all got together and went to the place where the Dogs were holding council.
One of the Dogs happened to look and see the Bears coming. The Bears are coming, the Bears are coming he cried out. The Dogs were very afraid, and began to run. They ran to the bushes and grabbed a tail and then ran in all directions into the woods.
Now in the great hurry to get away from the Bears, some of them grabbed the wrong tail. Some of them are still looking for the right tail, and that is what they are doing when they sniff each others tail. They are still looking for the right tail.