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Is she a dog or a cat?
This is not a negative behavior that I want to curb, I'm just curious why
some dogs (if not all) do this. Most of the time after Morgan goes pottie on grass (usually when she poops, I might have seen her do it once when she pee-ed -- don't remember), she scratches at the grass almost as if she were tring to bury it, like a cat. But she does it so carelessly that alot of times she isn't even scratching toward it, she is just scratching in any direction. I'm not very familiar with dogs. I didn't think dogs did this. Our last dog did this before we put her down and now she does it. I thought it was something that they picked up from our 9 cats, but I've noticed other dogs doing this and I've asked 1 or 2 owners about it. They couldn't explain it. Do any of you know dog behavior and evolution well enough to know why they do this? Thank you, Conan Kelly |
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Dogs do this to spread their scent from scent glands in their paws.
"Conan Kelly" wrote in message ... This is not a negative behavior that I want to curb, I'm just curious why some dogs (if not all) do this. Most of the time after Morgan goes pottie on grass (usually when she poops, I might have seen her do it once when she pee-ed -- don't remember), she scratches at the grass almost as if she were tring to bury it, like a cat. But she does it so carelessly that alot of times she isn't even scratching toward it, she is just scratching in any direction. I'm not very familiar with dogs. I didn't think dogs did this. Our last dog did this before we put her down and now she does it. I thought it was something that they picked up from our 9 cats, but I've noticed other dogs doing this and I've asked 1 or 2 owners about it. They couldn't explain it. Do any of you know dog behavior and evolution well enough to know why they do this? Thank you, Conan Kelly |
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she scratches at the grass almost as if she were
tring to bury it, like a cat. But she does it so carelessly that alot of times she isn't even scratching toward it, she is just scratching in any direction. She's marking territory- it has nothing to do with wanting to cover the poop; on the contrary, she's spreading her scent as widely as possible. |
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"Sionnach" wrote in message ... she scratches at the grass almost as if she were tring to bury it, like a cat. But she does it so carelessly that alot of times she isn't even scratching toward it, she is just scratching in any direction. She's marking territory- it has nothing to do with wanting to cover the poop; on the contrary, she's spreading her scent as widely as possible. As if that was needed! G Ever wondered why dogs, that have such a keen sence of smell in the first place, litterally run to put their nose in other dog's crap? Can't they sniff, whatever they are driven to smell, from a distance? Monika |
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"Sionnach" wrote in message ... she scratches at the grass almost as if she were tring to bury it, like a cat. But she does it so carelessly that alot of times she isn't even scratching toward it, she is just scratching in any direction. She's marking territory- it has nothing to do with wanting to cover the poop; on the contrary, she's spreading her scent as widely as possible. As if that was needed! G Ever wondered why dogs, that have such a keen sence of smell in the first place, litterally run to put their nose in other dog's crap? Can't they sniff, whatever they are driven to smell, from a distance? Monika |
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"Sionnach" wrote in message ... she scratches at the grass almost as if she were tring to bury it, like a cat. But she does it so carelessly that alot of times she isn't even scratching toward it, she is just scratching in any direction. She's marking territory- it has nothing to do with wanting to cover the poop; on the contrary, she's spreading her scent as widely as possible. As if that was needed! G Ever wondered why dogs, that have such a keen sence of smell in the first place, litterally run to put their nose in other dog's crap? Can't they sniff, whatever they are driven to smell, from a distance? Monika |
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