Why do dogs roll on disgusting smelly thing?
Have you ever wondered why your dogs love to roll on smelly stinky thing and roll with biggest grin on their face with tongue hanging out?? My dog, Palette, loves to roll on something she found on our yard such as snake skin or frog pancake we found on walk, and the fish I tried to use as menu (cat fish) for her meal. She really go dynamic to slide her self in from shoulder and roll on her back and does shaky dance on whatever she thought she needed to roll on it. Her face is delighted,tongue hanging out.I do not understand why smelly thing bring her such a big grin as if she found really big treasure.
According to petplace.com,there are some theories why they do the roll on stuff. You may have heard some of it,but theories go...
1>Instinct: Try to mask their scent.It is an instinct left from wolves and they mask their scent so that they can sneak up to prey without being noticed.
2>A way of communication. Dog roll on thing just to let you know they found interesting stuff outside.Wolves/Dogs bring back the scent to their pack to tell their discovery.
3>Other way to communicate with the smelly: Dogs/wolves roll on things try to put THEIR SCENT to whatever they found it necessary to roll on.
I always read in dog-related books that dog roll on things because they want to mask their scent.so,I always thought that was the reason but,it turned out to be some more..
Stinkiest food ever for my dog's menu is raw ground tripe. Tripe is from animal's stomach tissue. It is stinky but my dog is more interested in eating it rather than roll on it. I do not think I like to pet my dog if she ever roll on stinky tripe!!
On the talk of stinky, if you ever got skunky dog,here is a recipe to get rid of the smell.
Take 1 quart of 3% hydrogen peroxide,1/4c baking soda,and 1 tea spoon of liquid dish-washing soap(Ivory etc).Mix these and apply to your skunky dog. Rinse off the soap with tap water.
DO NOT mix these remedies beforehand and store it. It get pressure and burst in your closet!!
So,what theories above do you think is most "make sense" theories??do you have any other thoughts on this? Let us know what you think.
According to petplace.com,there are some theories why they do the roll on stuff. You may have heard some of it,but theories go...
1>Instinct: Try to mask their scent.It is an instinct left from wolves and they mask their scent so that they can sneak up to prey without being noticed.
2>A way of communication. Dog roll on thing just to let you know they found interesting stuff outside.Wolves/Dogs bring back the scent to their pack to tell their discovery.
3>Other way to communicate with the smelly: Dogs/wolves roll on things try to put THEIR SCENT to whatever they found it necessary to roll on.
I always read in dog-related books that dog roll on things because they want to mask their scent.so,I always thought that was the reason but,it turned out to be some more..
Stinkiest food ever for my dog's menu is raw ground tripe. Tripe is from animal's stomach tissue. It is stinky but my dog is more interested in eating it rather than roll on it. I do not think I like to pet my dog if she ever roll on stinky tripe!!
On the talk of stinky, if you ever got skunky dog,here is a recipe to get rid of the smell.
Take 1 quart of 3% hydrogen peroxide,1/4c baking soda,and 1 tea spoon of liquid dish-washing soap(Ivory etc).Mix these and apply to your skunky dog. Rinse off the soap with tap water.
DO NOT mix these remedies beforehand and store it. It get pressure and burst in your closet!!
So,what theories above do you think is most "make sense" theories??do you have any other thoughts on this? Let us know what you think.
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