The phenomenon, they say, explains why dogs sometimes hesitate, look very worried and circle around bizarrely before finally just squatting down and doing their business..................Well that explains it.
Posted on 01/04/2014 7:08:06 AM PST by mandaladon
The phenomenon, they say, explains why dogs sometimes hesitate, look very worried and circle around bizarrely before finally just squatting down and doing their business..................Well that explains it.
This is pure DS!
I was wondering if they also align along the north south magnetic axis when they roll in poop.
I am going to extrapolate this to my cat and turn the litter box 90 degrees. Maybe she’ll stop peeing out the front window.
I guess the north-south magnetic axis spins in my backyard. Or maybe my dogs have broken compasses. Or maybe they are just free spirits, who like to poop aligned with all four corners of the world.
Someone needs to pay me a lot of money to record their poop-position a few thousand times, and to see if there is any correlation to the wind, sun angle, or - since they are sheep dogs - the nearest sheep herd. I think about $50K a year should do it...
Having watched my dog poop at least twice a day for 7 years, I can tell you he has faced every point on the compass.
Is this kind of like “Stage Fright” for dogs?
An article from a couple days ago with 100+ comments if anyone is interested.
Dogs align themselves with Earth’s magnetic field when it comes time to poop
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3107660/posts?
After years of research and thousands of dollars in government grants, I have proved without a doubt that dogs poop faster when it is -15° outside.
This is a big leap in canine arctic research and should prove to be helpful in many areas of science.
Next study: Which direction do dog owners face when using the pooper scooper?
But what about the bears? We already know where, but the nation’s survival depends on us spending a billion dollars to find out in which direction.
My dog just went while looking east. Towards Mecca perhaps?
And small ones go even faster when you just hold them out the window and squeeze. At -15 that would include Labradors.
The proud scientists say the findings “open new horizons for biomagnetic research.”
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Translation: they see opportunities for even more grant money to allow them to continue living on the public’s dime.
I couldn’t groan at this all alone. OMGosh. What waste.
Wouldn’t it be funny if we discovered they were really facing their mutt butts to Mecca?
Something about this story stinks. Sounds like a bunch of crap to me.
I poop in the same direction every day. Unless I use the other bathroom.
I do try to turn my bum to Mecca when breaking wind.
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