Coco
08-06-2002, 10:20 AM
HK: I heard you last night talking about your dog who circles around before he sits down. I don't think it is superstitious at all.
It is a survival mechanism precircuited into their brains. When dogs bury bones they do so out of evolutionary instincts they have. Before dogs were domesticated they were wild and ate wild animals. If they didn't finish their meal in its entirety, but wanted to come back to it later, they buried the meaty bones so that other animals couldn't smell it and take it from them.
The reason why your dog circles around before it sits is because outdoors on land in grass there are bees, snakes, etc. in the grass. So before a dog would sit down, by circling the area, it would scare these creatures away so they wouldn't get bit. They may also do it just to make their space comfortable.
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It is a survival mechanism precircuited into their brains. When dogs bury bones they do so out of evolutionary instincts they have. Before dogs were domesticated they were wild and ate wild animals. If they didn't finish their meal in its entirety, but wanted to come back to it later, they buried the meaty bones so that other animals couldn't smell it and take it from them.
The reason why your dog circles around before it sits is because outdoors on land in grass there are bees, snakes, etc. in the grass. So before a dog would sit down, by circling the area, it would scare these creatures away so they wouldn't get bit. They may also do it just to make their space comfortable.
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We can't change our past, but we can change the way we look at it - into something more positive