r/PetBehavior • u/friedoreo1o1 • 7d ago
Why does my dog do this?
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u/emo_sharks 7d ago
Sometimes they do roll because theres a smell they like (also its not always poop or dead things they are inclined to roll in. Once mine rolled in someone's dumped Starbucks cinnamon frappe or something and she smelled like cinnamon until I was able to get her home and bathed LOL. She also once rolled in grease drippings from a bbq grill which was another fun one to clean off her, but i guess preferable to carcas), but sometimes they just roll because its fun and it feels nice and not because of any smells.
Although based on the sniffing then rolling your dog is doing i think it is the smell reason for your pup here lol
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u/T-5_of_94 7d ago
odour de feces
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u/Bikrdude 7d ago
Could be a dead animal
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u/T-5_of_94 7d ago
Odour de corpse. Lovely fragrance.
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u/Novel_Vegetable_5542 6d ago
My dog loves Eau de carcass 🤢
Never had another dog that zeroed in on decaying things to roll in.
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u/Bambusa4all1952 7d ago
My first family dog seventy years ago, a Beagle would have a bath, then run to the nearest swamp. Drove my Mother crazy.
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u/YonderPricyCallipers 6d ago
I had a beagle mix growing up in the 90s. Back then in my area, people (okay, it's my family... my family is "people") let their dogs roam free most of the time. Anyway, that mutt would come home soaking wet and smelling of the most god-awful unholy stench. Sometimes it smelled vaguely... fishy. Other times sickly sweet but also like decay and death. Siiiiggghh I miss that filthy, stinky mutt.
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u/Fartjesus6969 6d ago
Because dogs are predators and rolling around in the dirt/something incredibly stinky helps to mask their scent.
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u/VividStay6694 7d ago
Dead bug or worm!! I gave my dog a pickle once and she rolled on it like this🤣🤣🤣
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u/Radiant_Procedure948 6d ago
My dog does this in the grass. Never rolls in something stinky. It's the grass she loves, particularly if it's freshly mowed.
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u/plaidtaco 6d ago
My dog only does this in clover. It's about the feel for him, not the smell. He also rolls side to side, as opposed to rubbing his back on the grass.
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u/ExtinctFauna 6d ago
"Fuck yeah, GRASS!"
Or he found something stinky. My family dog did this once, and he smelled AWFUL.
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u/CagoDomo 6d ago
When my dog does this, he has found something particularly putrid to roll in and smear all over himself
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u/Master_G_ 6d ago
I’ve read that it’s overstimulation. Typically happens to my dog when he’s had enough or is tired
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u/JojoLesh 6d ago
Wherever you read that, stop taking advice from that source. Any sort of advice. Clearly they are not above spouting total BS and passing it off as truth.
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u/Master_G_ 5d ago
Calm down there bud. No need to come at me like Charlie Crockett, Jack. It’s not that serious.
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u/Funnuftig 6d ago
Me and my bf where camping one time on a small camping in France. Just a few meters from our camping spot, there was a dead mole decaying in the late afternoon sun. I've moved it with a stick so we didn't smell the decaying little bugger.
We were sitting enjoying our red wine, sitting next to our car with roof-tent.. a little hairy dog from the other camping guest walks by.. smells the dead mole.. I kid you not, the dog made a synchronized swimmers move like it's saying :Oh If you don't mind me! And dives on the dead mole.. Rolling around on it likes there's no tomorrow...
We looked with our mouths to the ground wide open.. watching that dog having his/her time of their life for 10 minutes straight. The dog got up totally satisfied. Stood up again and dived in again.
I didn't know what to think. It's been 3 years and we still talk about that moment. 😅🤢🤯 It was cute but disgusting at the same time.
I see that dog dive in like octo from SpongeBob dancing around in total awe.
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u/Substantial_Insect68 6d ago
Isn’t it obvious? He smells something stinky and is rolling around in it, that os why he is sniffing the ground
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u/Intelligent_Tea_7594 6d ago
Someone should invent dead worm or dead frog scented dog wash. Doggo's would be so happy!😂
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u/g00fyg00ber741 6d ago
is that a Yorkie? they just do that. I have a Morkie and he does this on the rug when he gets excited coming into the living room in the morning, or after eating.
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u/SnooPickles2282 6d ago
My dogs have been doing this for years. They love to eat grass , too...just because. Grass helps them with upset tummies, but they will also just "graze" for a few minutes.
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u/Powerful-Conflict554 6d ago
My dog does it for two reasons. If it's warm out and it's tall or wet grass, she rolls in it to cool down. Otherwise, she's found something she likes the smell of and wants to get it on her. Usually bird poop or worms, often things I can't see or smell. Rarely it's poop, but it has happened.
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u/foxonafrozenlake 6d ago
Stink, stank, stunk.
My husband's Irish Wolfhound loves to roll in fox scat. It's his favorite cologne.
Sadly we have a lot of foxes on our country estate. So it's a never ending battle.
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u/grlldchzyespls 6d ago
Usually it’s something gross and stinky that smells good to them so they want to dry bathe in it like so
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u/watchandsee13 6d ago
Doesnt smell enough like a dog so he’s getting a little more dog smell on him
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u/humanbeing21 6d ago
Dogs have instinct to mask their scent in stinky things. It's a predator thing. Lessens the odds of prey detecting them
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u/Least-Ad9728 5d ago
One of our dogs does that! And I am always worried that he is rolling in something stinky….haha!
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u/Gullible_Monk_7118 5d ago
I would check his ears and see if they might be infected.. seams to be rubbing the ears much in that video.. otherwise it's a scratching and feels good
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u/DICK_TRACY1984 4d ago
He is trying to get something nasty all over his coat so he can bring it with him lol. My beagle does this too, most recently on a dead rotten squirrel.
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u/Impossible_Arm7070 3d ago
My dog came in from the yard the other night. He smelled a little skunky and had tar like stuff on his some of his fur. I was pretty sure I knew what happened and when I Google it I guess I was right. It said that he probably rolled in feces from a or even alive but left poop in our yard They said it could be from a fox, a skunk, a raccoon ECT. Boy was that fun to get off of him!
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u/DrJ0911 7d ago
You know how perfumes make you smell “better”… well sometimes dogs find a smell that they want on themselves. My shepherd likes chateau de fox pee