Uhm...Weird male question

I know this is weird question, so I will try to ask it as delicately as possible (this is my first male dog). Oliver has been licking himself a lot lately, in his...uhm...private area. Not the area that is going to be chopped off, but the other area. He has been doing this for a few days, and I finally got up the nerve to explore. I have never thoroughly looked at his "area" before, but it looks swollen to me, it is very firm though. And it has an area that feels larger than the rest. Is this normal? I would post a picture, but I lost my connection piece for my camera. Could someone post of pic of their males...uhm...area, or pm me one?
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He may have an infection. My sister's mutt was the same way. Always licking, but them again he was always humping too.
He got some hair caught on his "member" and it caused an infection.
If you are worried about it, I would take him to the Vet.
I wish you had looked for a healthy "before" so you'd know what it is supposed to look like.

What you can see from the outside, and covered with hair is the "penile shaft". If you pull back a bit it should be a healthy pink inside the tip. In case of infection, there may be a creamy yellowish discharge there.

Inside the shaft is the penis, which is not normally seen. In some fairly large percentage of dogs, the penis may become visible when the dog is sitting. It is normally quite red.

About 2/3 of the way back in the penis is the Bulbous Glandis. This area can swell like a ball and get very large and hard at various times, including if the dog has a full bladder, or is sexually aroused.

I'm not a vet, I hope this is the kind of stuff you need to know.
Oh, Ron, that is perfect. Thank you very much.
If your boy is not neutered yet, he's probably starting to come into his sexual maturity and they start secreting stuff... So that is probably what is causing all of the recent licking. (If you end up getting him neutered, both things you are talking about will be gone for the most part.)
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