The dog butt sniff is the canine equivalent of âhello, how do you do?â and similar to how humans use a handshake when meeting and being introduced to someone. Dogs communicate with each other using their strong sense of smell and detect signals in the chemicals in smelly oil from the anal glands. Dogs have prominent and active anal glands. 2  These apocrine glands, which sit on each side of a dog's rectum, produce strong-smelling secretions intended to send chemical signals about that dog's identity to other animals.
Valerie Jarrett Enters Politics Valerie Jarrett entered Chicago politics in 1987 as Deputy Corporation Counsel for Finance and Development in the administration of Harold Washington, the city's first African-American mayor.
Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice 's appointments as Secretary of State made them the highest-ranking African Americans in the United States presidential line of succession. The Department of Housing and Urban Development has had the most African-American Secretaries, with four.The Department of Transportation has had three. The departments of Health and Human Services, Justice, State, and Veterans Affairs have each had two.he three existing departments of Defense, Interior, and Treasury have not had African-American Secretaries. President Bill Clinton has appointed the most African Americans to the Cabinet during his tenure, with seven.