I have heard of this before, and supposedly it is linked to dog food that contains corn. What do you feed them?

Nope, not working for the corn theory ~ I feed a raw diet, so zero chance of any corn in their food.

I asked my daughter to smell our dog's feet to see if they smelled like Fritos. She was sure I'd lost what is left of my mind.

She said no, I confirmed it.

Yes, Roxie has it slightly, fritos but not doritos, that little corn smell......

I was looking for a bag of fritos recently, they seem to not be sold in my area anymore.....

This hilarious that you brought this up. Oh my gosh, I thought I was the only one who smelled their dogs feet before. I might be even a little more weird than you are, I like the smell. Big mutt Jake has huge pads on his feet & they smelled so cute for the first couple years, they seem to not have a very strong smell now unless they are clean & wet. The little dog, Pumpkin never really had a strong smell to her feet.

LOL Barmom! I am sure you were a topic of discussion on MySpace ;)

Terri, I can't thank you enough for posting ~ you are definitely weirder than me ;)

Mitch - no Fritos? That's so wrong! Are they on the banned import list? I'll send you some.

Weed, too funny! She did post that to MySpace! According to what I hear, I'd odd but not nearly as crazy as some moms. Of course some of us are going through menopause...

OMG! I had no idea this was a common thing. Our dog Mollie has this--I call her "corn tortilla feet." Is seems to be lessening now that she is older (8) but she's had it since she was a puppy. Her breath used to have the smell too but nnow she is kind of getting old dog breath. I love the smell of her feet and sometimes smell them just to smell them. It isn't gross to me. Her litter mate Maggie, has no such odor.

BTW, it seems to be there no matter what we feed her...right now she eats duck and potato food (allergies) but the smell is still there.

Long live Frito Feet!

I haven't noticed it in the new dogs. (I'm going to have to quit calling them new dogs, I've had them over a year)

The old dogs at times had frito feet.

It must have to do with their saliva, because Odo licks his feet clean every morning, and he definitely has Frito feet! (But why don't they have Frito breath then? It's a mystery, LOL!)

Yup, our dog has it. So funny you posted this because I just sniffed his feet the other night and DH saw me and I said "Frito Feet". The look I got was of pure fear that his dear wife had completely lost the last bit of her mind. I tried to reassure him that indeed, Frito feet are real, but he wasn't buying it.

I make a nightly ritual of harassing my dog. He lies on his bed, I crawl down on the floor and lay on him and sniff his feet and pick at the burrs he's carrying, check his nails, clean his eyes, kiss him on the nose, poke his feet, check his armpits, pull his tail and give him a big hug. Dog looks pitifully at DH for help. DH thinks I've lost it.

Bessie and Maggie (RIP) both had Frito feet. Neither one of the new pups do yet. I still have hope that they will eventually. I loved the smell of them.

Linda