Dog rubbs feet on ground after she goes pee - Page 2

Sawyer498 · 12-15-2009, 04:05 PM

My Pug does this all the time. It looks like a horse trot or something. He uses all four legs when he does it and growls like he is ticked off or something. My GSD does it sometimes (I thought he learned it from the pug) last night he did it and his rear legs were in the poop! He's so uncoordinated when he does it I thought he was just trying to imitate the other dog and doing a bad job of it.

selzer · 12-15-2009, 04:05 PM

I call it scritching. "No Scritch!"

My bitches do it. After pooping or urinating, especially in front of another bitch's kennel. My dog does not do it.

I do not believe they are trying to cover it up. They are trying to spread it around -- Look who's here, smell who is the king of the mountain, or the Queen of Sheba!

Bitches! They will sometimes scritch in front of the dog too. Hmmmph!

My neighbors think I am nuts. Hey, no Scritch! You leave her alone, Don't you make that grumbly sound, quit bitching. GIRLS!!!! Come on, leave her be. NOOOOOO, we do not EAT poopie!!!!

StGeorgeK9 · 12-15-2009, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted By: selzer
My neighbors think I am nuts. Hey, no Scritch! You leave her alone, Don't you make that grumbly sound, quit bitching. GIRLS!!!! Come on, leave her be. NOOOOOO, we do not EAT poopie!!!!

I would be quite entertained........heheheh

gmcenroe · 12-16-2009, 02:44 AM

Juli only does it after she poops, I'll have to get it on video tape, its pretty funny, she never touches the poop though, just in front of it like she is real satisfied!

**Chris Wild** · 12-16-2009, 09:44 AM

It is called scratching off, and it's a form of marking behavior, staking territory and declaring dominance. Pretty common.

Most of our dogs do it, male and female. Though I've seen it more in females than males (probably because the males have other ways of marking that they prefer). One of our 10wo pups already started doing this, usually after pooping but sometimes after peeing too.

lesslis · 12-16-2009, 12:28 PM

Chris,
Hoax does this also at 10 wks. Surprised he's doing the ol' leg lift at this early age as well.

Ucdcrush · 12-16-2009, 10:24 PM

Tuki does this after pooping, but not after peeing. I usually get a laugh when she does it, then give her a "dassa girl!" and she playfully frolics away after the scratch.

12-15-2009, 04:05 PM	#11 (permalink)
Sawyer498 Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 137	Re: Dog rubbs feet on ground after she goes pee My Pug does this all the time. It looks like a horse trot or something. He uses all four legs when he does it and growls like he is ticked off or something. My GSD does it sometimes (I thought he learned it from the pug) last night he did it and his rear legs were in the poop! He's so uncoordinated when he does it I thought he was just trying to imitate the other dog and doing a bad job of it.

12-15-2009, 04:05 PM	#12 (permalink)
selzer Crowned Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Denmark, Ohio Posts: 17,499	Re: Dog rubbs feet on ground after she goes pee I call it scritching. "No Scritch!" My bitches do it. After pooping or urinating, especially in front of another bitch's kennel. My dog does not do it. I do not believe they are trying to cover it up. They are trying to spread it around -- Look who's here, smell who is the king of the mountain, or the Queen of Sheba! Bitches! They will sometimes scritch in front of the dog too. Hmmmph! My neighbors think I am nuts. Hey, no Scritch! You leave her alone, Don't you make that grumbly sound, quit bitching. GIRLS!!!! Come on, leave her be. NOOOOOO, we do not EAT poopie!!!! __________________ RIP Arwen, CD RN CGC RIP Whitney, RN CGC Jenna, RN CGC Babs, CD RA CGC Herding Instinct Certificate Heidi, RA CGC Tori, RN CGC SG3 Odessa, SchH1, Kkl1, AD Ninja, RN CGC Milla, RN CGC Joy, Star Puppy, RN CGC Dolly & Bear

12-16-2009, 02:44 AM	#14 (permalink)
gmcenroe Master Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: San Mateo, CA, USA Posts: 740	Re: Dog rubbs feet on ground after she goes pee Juli only does it after she poops, I'll have to get it on video tape, its pretty funny, she never touches the poop though, just in front of it like she is real satisfied! __________________ Qadira vom Haus Tyson 01/29/08 Call name: Juli

12-16-2009, 09:44 AM	#15 (permalink)
Chris Wild Administrator & Alpha Bitch of the Wild Bunch Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 12,604	Re: Dog rubbs feet on ground after she goes pee It is called scratching off, and it's a form of marking behavior, staking territory and declaring dominance. Pretty common. Most of our dogs do it, male and female. Though I've seen it more in females than males (probably because the males have other ways of marking that they prefer). One of our 10wo pups already started doing this, usually after pooping but sometimes after peeing too. __________________ *Wildhaus Kennels* Kaiser ~ SchH3 CGC TDI (HOT) Raven ~ SchH3 AWD2 PD1 P1 PA T1 UCD URO2 CGC TT (B/HOT) Della ~ SchHA TR1 PD1 P1 PA T1 URO2 CGC TT (B/HOT) Wulf ~ SchH1 PD1 P1 T1 URO2 CGC TT (B/HOT) Heidi ~ BH CD UCD RN URO1 (B/HOT) Jazz ~ Superpup In Training

12-16-2009, 12:28 PM	#16 (permalink)
lesslis Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 61	Re: Dog rubbs feet on ground after she goes pee Chris, Hoax does this also at 10 wks. Surprised he's doing the ol' leg lift at this early age as well. __________________ GSD Penni v pet 5 GSD Hoax v Wildhaus aka Tebow-2 Bailey v pet 13 yrs 7-2-2009

12-16-2009, 10:24 PM	#17 (permalink)
Ucdcrush Master Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 661	Re: Dog rubbs feet on ground after she goes pee Tuki does this after pooping, but not after peeing. I usually get a laugh when she does it, then give her a "dassa girl!" and she playfully frolics away after the scratch. __________________ Proud papa of Riku and Tuki. RIP Dana.

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