dog goes round and round and round..

[jimboburnsy]

If my dog gets a bone he'll work on it for a while, then he wants to bury it... in a slate floor. He goes through all of the digging motions, moves the bone into the center of an imaginary hole in the floor, then tries to push his imaginary pile of dirt on top of it and gets very frustrated when the bone is not covered. Odd.

[subject2change]

I guess I'd better jump in and say that one of my girls has a little poop ritual. She trots five or so steps in one direction, does a little hop/turn into the opposite direction, trots again, hop/turn etc. maybe 5 times total, wiggles her butt and then finally gets down to business. So it's not totally a guy thing.

[HtownLove]

lol, I thought my dogs were the only odd balls.


My girl does the projectile pee. She lifts her leg really high (passed her head) and then points the stream in random directions and shoots . I think she just likes watching it shoot off in different directions instead of the boring straight down method

[Sweetbottoms]

Originally Posted by TracySam

Come to think of it, even in humans, males seem to have a "poop ritual" while woman just get it over with. Who's more likely to gather reading material first, and then take a long time in the bathroom? Men. Don't deny it.

As women, no one sees us "prepare" ahead of time, or have to wonder what we're doing in there so long. No one is even the wiser.

So dogs don't seem to be much different in that regard.

So true I never thought about it! My husband gathers the mags, his phone, hell even his coffee(so gross) and hunkers down for 45 mins! My sister prides herself in being a speed pooper. She can be in and out in less than a min...

My boy dog Charlie Brown (toy poodle) also has to find the right spot .. My female dog France (puggle) couldnt' care less where she goes

[rhodie 12]

My Shih Tzu does the "poop dance" also but in addition he has to announce the arrival by barking prior to the down-load. Interesting...

[Hopes]

My 16 year old lab is confusing me lately.

Whenever he had dingleberries, he'd just stand out there waiting for me to fix the problem. If he was waiting for too long, he'd lay down and wait. He wouldn't go anywhere until we came and removed the dingleberry.

Now when he gets a dingleberry, he won't let me near him. He'll run away from me while he's still squatting. He looks so funny running while he's in a squat. Looks like he's bow legged, like he just got off a horse. I look like a fool chasing him. I haven't caught him yet. It's hillarious.

While he's still insecure about dingleberries, it's strange how this insecurity has evolved into the total opposite.

[Va-Cat]

Originally Posted by Hopes

My 16 year old lab is confusing me lately.

Whenever he had dingleberries, he'd just stand out there waiting for me to fix the problem. If he was waiting for too long, he'd lay down and wait. He wouldn't go anywhere until we came and removed the dingleberry.

Now when he gets a dingleberry, he won't let me near him. He'll run away from me while he's still squatting. He looks so funny running while he's in a squat. Looks like he's bow legged, like he just got off a horse. I look like a fool chasing him. I haven't caught him yet. It's hillarious.

While he's still insecure about dingleberries, it's strange how this insecurity has evolved into the total opposite.

It must be a Lab thing. I have the same problem with Gator. I can't even imagine what it looks like with me trying to grab his bottom (with a bag on my hand of course) and him trying to scoot away. Its not dignified for either of us. I won't even go into his reaction if I try and wipe his rear end with a cold baby wipe The things we do for our dogs!

[JanND]

Have you had him wormed? Also, sometimes dogs are looking for their last poop, for the scent. My dog does that.

[netwit]

Originally Posted by ZSP

My male Frenchie, Wolfgang, has to get his trot on before he can poop. He walks the entire fence line, at a good trot, and once he finds the perfect place, he stops to look at me until I sing his potty song..."you gotta poop Wolfgang, you gotta poop...you gotta poop Wolfgang, you gotta poop."

When he's finished, he tears like a mad dog all around the yard, comes back for a drink and looks at me with a big, proud smile on his face.

Yes, I'm his poop cheerleader. LOL

That's just like my Mister. He runs back and forth looking for the perfect place, and then he turns circles half a dozen times, at which point, more often than not, he still rejects the place as un-perfect, and chooses another one.

Then, when he's done, he comes tearing back to the house at top speed, only not with a 'proud' smile - more of a sheepish, embarrassed "sorry you had to see that, mom, but man I feel good now that I took a load off" kind of grin.

I tell him that it's okay - moms have seen worse.