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Covering her pee

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  • 16-08-2010 5:22pm
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    antomagoo
    Registered Users Posts: 730 ✭✭✭


    I often see dogs using their hind legs to kick up grass or whatever to cover where they've gone to the toilet and I know its got something to do with covering their scent so they cant be tracked down or something to that effect, right/wrong?

    Anyway our girl has only just started doing in the last week, why would she all of a sudden start doing it? Not worried or anything just curious, is it something they do when they hit a certain age or any other plausible reason?


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    DBCyc
    Registered Users Posts: 487 ✭✭DBCyc


    Our dog has started that recently too (3 year old pug). It's like he does a dance after a wee. It's feckin hilarious.


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    morganafay
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    One of my dogs does it too, but I don't think it's to cover the scent, cos she pees loads of times on every walk, I think she is marking her scent even though she's a girl!


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    DBCyc
    Registered Users Posts: 487 ✭✭DBCyc


    I assumed that dogs want to leave their scent behind after they pee'd


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    janvrin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16 ✭janvrin


    Its a distance increasing behaviour. It is showing the other dogs in the area that they have marked that area.


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    anniehoo
    Registered Users Posts: 6,596 ✭✭✭anniehoo


    I wouldve said the opposite..its spreading it rather than burying it. Who knows though.


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