Rolling in smelly stuff
What is that smell? While the stinky stuff your pooch is rolling in smells revolting to us, he or she thinks it smells wonderful. This weird behaviour goes back to when canines were hunters and needed to mask their scent to catch prey.
Drinking from the toilet
Does your pooch have the embarrassing habit of drinking from the loo? To us this is the height of disgustingness but to your dog, the toilet bowl is a never-ending source of cool, aerated water. The porcelain vessel is also appealing to dogs because it doesn’t affect the taste of water in the way that metal or plastic drinking bowls do. However, this is one habit that should definitely be discouraged as there is a chance that they could be ingesting harmful bacteria or cleaning chemical residue.
Chasing cats
There are plenty of dogs that get on just fine with felines, but there are still some canines that can’t resist chasing cats. This is because some breeds love hunting and for city dogs, cats are the closest thing to prey. But most cats will easily outrun a dog.
Pumping leg when being scratched
You start scratching your pooch’s favourite spot –be it on his belly, side or back –and his legs start pumping wildly. Why? This is an automatic reflex to keep pests off and your dog has no control over his actions. You might also see this behaviour when your dog has insect bites.
Eating grass
Grass is not a staple of a dogs diet but occasionally you will see your pooch munching on your lawn. There are a couple of theories behind this behaviour. Dogs might have an instinct that grass aids digestion, due to chlorophyll and fibre in the plant. It may also be a behaviour developed to deal with illness when there were no vets or medications for dogs. When pups had a upset stomach, they knew that eating grass would make them sick and therefore make nausea go away.
Giving visitors a ‘special’ greeting
This has to be a dog owner’s worst nightmare: your pooch can’t resist getting up close to your new friend’s leg. Male dogs are full of hormones during their adolescent period, which give them a crazy sex drive. To deal with this embarrassing behaviour you
Licking people
You might think that licking is a dog’s way of showing love but it actually has an instinctive purpose. Puppies learn licking from their mothers as a way to clean themselves and they instinctively lick her face to tell her that it is feeding time. Licking others also shows submission to the alpha being, which could be you, while licking themselves can indicate an injury.
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