Thanks for the info. He is going to be 1 year old on July 11th! Magoo has multiple beds to sleep on...including the couch but prefers mostly to sleep on the hard ceramic or hardwood floors.Even in his crate Magoo will push the padding away and sleep on the plastic. He is on Eagle Pack Holistic Adult food which probably does not have any beets, but I will check! Magoo is constantly chewing on toys, playing with his 3 other siblings, and drinking water so I guess that could be irritating it too. It does seem to bother him but it bothers me! Again thanks for the info and anymore you come up with......I knew if I posted the question here I would get some good responses.!