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Why do dogs roll in muck?

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after I give my dog a bath,when we go the park his first mission is to roll in the muck.sometimes I bring my neighbours dog with us. He is a yorkshire terrier,after his bath as well he rolls in muck and sometimes other dogs poo.they do not seem to like to be clean.just wondered why poo?

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    finbaarfinbaar Posts: 4,818
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    My dog prefers dead animals to poo although poo can be used for rolling if he isn't eating it.
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    pugamopugamo Posts: 18,039
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    Something to do with covering their scent with another animals scent, but i'm not sure why exactly. My dogs love fox dung for rolling in
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    EmpiricalEmpirical Posts: 10,189
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    To hide their smell so as to not alert prey.
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    XassyXassy Posts: 9,365
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    'Coz it smells nice........................to them! :p
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 6,924
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    My dog loved dead animals too and foxes poo. Yum!:):)
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    gemma-the-huskygemma-the-husky Posts: 18,116
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    and fox poo IS AWFUL
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,479
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    avasgranny wrote: »
    My dog loved dead animals too and foxes poo. Yum!:):)
    where in the park would there be dead animals,sorry a little confused:confused:
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    ejmejm Posts: 3,515
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    pugamo wrote: »
    Something to do with covering their scent with another animals scent, but i'm not sure why exactly. My dogs love fox dung for rolling in


    This....I think :confused:...............something to do with making themselves smell like another animal so they aren't singled out by predators. Evolutionary stuff. I am led to believe :)
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    ejmejm Posts: 3,515
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    galaxy99 wrote: »
    where in the park would there be dead animals,sorry a little confused:confused:


    Dead birds? mice? :confused: I'm sure the poster takes her dogs to other places rather than just a park and will encounter various corpses. You can usually find various 'things' on the beach.
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    finbaarfinbaar Posts: 4,818
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    galaxy99 wrote: »
    where in the park would there be dead animals,sorry a little confused:confused:

    There can be plenty of dead birds etc lying around and if your dog is of the lead then he will sniff it ou even if you can't see it.
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    dalemandaleman Posts: 226,408
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    So you dont pick them up.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 6,924
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    ejm wrote: »
    Dead birds? mice? :confused: I'm sure the poster takes her dogs to other places rather than just a park and will encounter various corpses. You can usually find various 'things' on the beach.

    Thanks, yes luckily I live on the beach so they go there (dead seals and different sea birds) countryside dead animals, fox poo and the park dead birds, animals, surprise surprise foxes poo too. :eek:
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,479
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    thanks everyone.I just remembered the little yourkshire terrier did roll around the other day on a dead bird,very strange.I gaive mine a bath and then he likes to roll in the mud/poo/dead bodies,:eek:
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 6
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    To a dog these smells you've described are all natural, normal scents for dogs...who are of course descended from wolves.
    Can you imagine how refreshing they are to them compared to the air sprays and carpet freshenes they live with in their owners homes.
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    Carlos_dfcCarlos_dfc Posts: 8,262
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    pugamo wrote: »
    Something to do with covering their scent with another animals scent....
    Empirical wrote: »
    To hide their smell so as to not alert prey.
    ejm wrote: »
    .......something to do with making themselves smell like another animal so they aren't singled out by predators. Evolutionary stuff. I am led to believe

    Yup! - They do it to disguise their own smell - an instinctive hunting thing.
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    merlinsmummerlinsmum Posts: 3,991
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    I'd agree with it being instinctive to hide their own scent from the days they had to find their own dinner.:)
    One of our German Shepherds unfortunately rolled in some left by a fox (by the smell!:eek:) yesterday while on the dunes. He was very happy with himself untill he had to suffer the consequences in the bath later!
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    joules22joules22 Posts: 1,585
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    I believe that they roll in smelly stuff because it's like the most expensive perfume to them.
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    humdrummerhumdrummer Posts: 4,487
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    joules22 wrote: »
    I believe that they roll in smelly stuff because it's like the most expensive perfume to them.

    Eau de dead seagull.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 6,924
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    Its all great fun lol.
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