I notice every dog I've owned does the same thing...circle where they plan to lay down a few times, like trying to make a decision as to whether or nor they want to, and then they finally settle down...
2007-04-13 21:38:09 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
I can think of a few reasons:
1. To "tenderize" their sleeping spot
2. To check the spot for anomalies (such as wet spots, bugs, dips, etc)
3. To check the environment. You would like to know where you are vulnerable to attack at (such as the opening to a cave, an open door, hallway, a hill which you can not see past, you get the idea), and if there are any nearby potential threats (such as other animals nearby). After all this is where you're going to lie down for the next while.
2007-04-13 21:50:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's an instinctive holdover from wild dogs. They create a bed in the wild by trampling down the grass, dirt or snow to make a small trench for their bodies. Nobody knows why this is good, but all wild dogs do it.
2007-04-13 21:41:42 · answer #2 · answered by charmedchiclet 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My dogs and my horse do the same thing. I'm pretty sure that they do it to make sure that the area is dry. They don't want to lay down on a wet spot. Whenever my horse rolls around when he's sweaty, he sniffs the dirt or arena sand and searches for a dry spot first.
2007-04-13 21:41:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I guess so they can make there spot comfortable. Like at night before i sleep i turn over a few times before i sleep lol.
2007-04-13 21:52:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As most people have said, it's left over from their wild instinct - their ancestors had to flatten grasses down before they laid down.
Chalice
2007-04-14 00:56:56 · answer #5 · answered by Chalice 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They sometimes try to rearrange cushions, blankets as they circle and I think they're trying to make a bed for themselves when they do that. They're trying to get comfortable.
2007-04-13 21:41:33 · answer #6 · answered by Sarah Kate 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
according to my mam it's supposed to be a habit passed down from their wild ancestors who circled in the long grass to create a flat patch to lie on. xxx
2007-04-13 21:41:11 · answer #7 · answered by ali-d 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Their winding themselves up like an alarm clock.
2007-04-14 00:27:32 · answer #8 · answered by monasowner 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's there natural intinct. they flatten the area to be sat on. Remember, they were wild once.
2007-04-13 21:40:33 · answer #9 · answered by uknowme 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Cause they are tying to make it comfortable for them.
2007-04-13 21:46:14 · answer #10 · answered by matthew p 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋