Dog Likes To Roll Around In Carpet Fresh

There s one especially strange behavior that seems to be part of the domestic dog s dna.

Dog likes to roll around in carpet fresh.

Two reasons either to relieve an itch or to mark with scent. If your pooch seems exceptionally itchy especially indoors that carpeting beneath his feet could be contributing to his discomfort. Scent rolling is probably a way for wolves to bring information back to the pack said goodmann. My normally fearless rottie is absolutely petrified of plastic grocery bags.

When a wolf encounters a novel odor it first sniffs and then rolls in it getting the scent on its body especially around the face and neck says pat goodmann research associate and curator of wolf park in indiana. Some dogs chase their tails while others like to roll around in the foulest smelling thing they can find in the back yard. For a dog a great analogy is that they want their place to smell like home which means it smells like them. For this reason dogs will often roll around on the carpet dig into it with their claws and gnaw it with their teeth.

Why do wolves scent roll. That s right the wolf a distant cousin to our domestic dogs do it too. Figures we re at opposites on this one. Thus the dog will be motivated to literally treat the carpet like dirt.

But sometimes this rolling scratch fest isn t as innocent as it appears. Dogs love to roll around for a good scratch whether it s outside in the grass or inside on your carpet. Still comprehension is necessary if we are to tackle this problem.