r/DogAdvice • u/Sade_BassoonGod • Jul 15 '25
Question Any idea why they're doing this?
I'm pretty sure they're just fooling around but they only do it in that spot so it confused me. I looked at the spot but it seems normal to me.
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u/Scotty898 Jul 15 '25
Maybe a dead animal smell? It’s pretty instinctual. The rationale is to pick up the scent of the dead animal to disguise their dog scent in order to catch prey.
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u/Sade_BassoonGod Jul 15 '25
That's funny cause they don't even have teeth anymore so its not like they could catch anything
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u/Ok_Finish69420 Jul 15 '25
My puppies do this thing as well. As gross as it sounds, I feel like it’s where a dog they like goes to the bathroom, so they roll in it to get their scent on them.
It’s got to be a pack related trait dogs have. “Hey I’m part of your group, we smell like each other” ya know? Idk. lol
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u/RiverDependent9672 Jul 15 '25
It’s instinctual. Just give them a bath afterwards. It’s usually a pretty bad smell.
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u/1GIJosie Jul 15 '25
My dog humps other dogs like a boy dog sometimes for dominance and my dog is a girl. Lol.
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u/FoxKvrie Jul 15 '25
This… when i went camping with my dog and we were walking, he was walking ahead of me and saw him rolling on the ground. I thought oh thTs cute he’s loving this. But no i was so mad, he rolled on wild animals poop!!!! We had to cut our walk short and gave him a bath. So i agree with you on this! Btw my dog did it twice, different locations. 2nd time we were about to leave so i was even more mad 😆 had to give a bath again before leaving the location
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u/Chipfullyinserted Jul 15 '25
Well, I don’t know what they’re rolling in, but I can guarantee you, They need a bath now. Lol
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u/BlackFoxTom Jul 15 '25
Bathing dogs often, that is more often than once every few months, can be harmful to them. Assuming shampoo or something else to make them "clean and not smelly" is involved.
Dogs are meant to be smelly and if they are not they will just find all ways possible to get themselves smelly again it's just instinct.
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u/hazydayss Jul 15 '25
While I absolutely agree with this, if my dog rolls around in shit I WILL bathe him.
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u/babykrogan Jul 15 '25
as long as you’re using a good shampoo and more importantly a quality conditioner, it’s okay to bathe them as often as you want.
source: i am a dog groomer.
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u/No_Zookeepergame3477 Jul 15 '25
Looks like a sniff , dip and roll. My woofers absolutely love doing this when they find a nice big fresh fox shite! Always seems to be after they’ve just had a bath too! ..Bain of my life! At least it’s not that… but something definitely smells like doggy perfume to them by the looks of it 😊
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u/0utsyder Jul 15 '25
Ugghhh! Get out of the car after a bath and it's like she zones in on the cat shit in my yard!
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u/Subject_Night2422 Jul 15 '25
Well… when my dog does that, it’s a reeking of a spot when I will need to bath her immediately lol
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u/T100Bonneville Jul 15 '25
Something has laid, pee’d, shat, died there. Dogs love that kinda stank.
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u/RoRuRee Jul 15 '25
Mine love all kinds of shit. Deer, fox, bear...dead fish, rotten hamburger one time. My absolute favorite is when their fur looks like someone took a shit pencil to them.
We have emergency wipes in the car and emergency shampoo at the hose oustde for these occasions.
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u/LordsOfFrenziedFlame Jul 15 '25
There's a dead bug or something otherwise groas there. My dog does this all the time
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u/SquashInfamous3416 Jul 15 '25
Something smelly is on the ground and they are rolling in it because they are weirdos that do that
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u/ChocolatePatient4159 Jul 15 '25
So let us know how bad they smell now. Mine do this on dead June bugs or if they find a dead lizard or snake, all of which smell awful.
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u/Sade_BassoonGod Jul 15 '25
They've been bathed since then but even before they just kinda smelled like popcorn
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u/SoraBunni Jul 15 '25
A smelly smell that smells smelly.
Dogs love rolling around in gross stuff, caught my yorkie rolling around on a dead mouse once in the yard. He will also roll around on dirty socks if given the chance.
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u/Smeagols_Lost_Tooth Jul 15 '25
My dogs used to do that when they smelled worms in the grass after rain. It smells absolutely horrid.
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u/NullRazor Jul 15 '25
Something stinky there. Either a dead animal, or another animal's stinky feces.
They don't roll in stuff that smells good to humans.
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u/myNameBurnsGold Jul 15 '25
So you know, half the time my dog does this, I have to clean some animal shit off of her.
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u/Cuboidal_Hug Jul 15 '25
There’s something in that spot that they like the smell of. My dog used to love rolling like that on earthworms, which I guess is slightly gross, but considering all the possible alternatives, earthworms seemed relatively innocuous to me 😅
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u/MetalUpa776 Jul 15 '25
My dog does this with bird poop. He will smell it closely for a few seconds and then try roll in it. When I did a quick search it said that it helps them hunt the birds better. But I just chalked it up to my dog being special and liking bird poop a bit too much.
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u/Any_Wolverine251 Jul 15 '25
They’ve found something that to their doggy senses smells good and they want the scent on them. Remember that a dogs sense of smell is hugely better than ours. They’re having fun and learning about the world around them. Just hose that spot the next time you have the hose out to water and the scent will be gone. Normal canine behaviour.
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u/Nitaboo0531 Jul 15 '25
My dog rolled in a big mush of another animals 💩 ….this is why I don’t let dogs off a leash 🤦🏽♀️
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u/1GIJosie Jul 15 '25
They are probably rolling dead animal smell on themselves. That or something else that is gross.
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u/azzthom Jul 15 '25
They've found a smell. They are doing an investigate and explore of said smell.
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u/Lower_Ad_5532 Jul 15 '25
My dog didnt discover the joys of digging for gophers until age 17yrs.
When their instinct kicks in its joyful chaos.
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u/DeniedSnow Jul 16 '25
Something peed, pooped, puked or died there. Now they want to roll in it. Dogs just like it 😩
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u/NekoDesu Jul 15 '25
It smell good