why do dogs dig holes if they arent going to bury something?

Answer 1

habit

Answer 2

Some dogs dig to bury bones.
Some dogs dig to escape.
Some dogs dig in hot weather, to make a cool spot on the ground.
Some dogs dig around rodent holes, trying to find the little animal.
And some dogs dig for recreation. The dirt is full of great smells and nice textures.

Answer 3

Its cooler down there, so they like to feel the cold soil. And just cause there dogs.
Some dogs dig around rodent holes, trying to find the little animal.
And some dogs dig for recreation. The dirt is full of great smells and nice textures.

Answer 4

Well what would you do if you had a short leash and all you had to do was run around in a circle. I start diggin my butt out of there too. They just do it really slow like. Or maybe he's sick of sitting around waiting to die and the dog is digging a spot for his grave but half way through he changes his mind and moves to a different spot.

Answer 5

Dogs dig, because they are bored and just need something to do. They also dig because, in warm climates, to find the cooler soil below the surface and then lay in to keep cool.

Answer 6

May be they are looking for something they buried a while ago and just don't know where they buried it (maybe)

Answer 7

Sometimes they smelll something in the ground like a mole.

Answer 8

Because they're Bored and it's whole another world for them in the soil

Answer 9

Most of the time they have smelt something under the ground and are trying to get to it, that's why they are used (along with pigs who do the same) as truffle hunters

Answer 10

maybe they want to go to the bathroom or i don't know find some food that he buried there

Answer 11

I was going to say instinct, like they are searching for something that they smell.