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my girl, posing majestically, after rolling in a wild fox's diarrhea (lemmy.world)
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[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 30 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

Dogs love to roll in gross shit.

Apparently, it’s some instinctual behavior. They roll in something smelly and gross to help mask their scent which gives them an advantage when hunting.

My dog prefers to roll in dead things. Dead birds are her favorite. Always a pleasant ride home after that.

[–] Toto@lemmy.world 27 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Sorry for tagging a disgusting story to your post … but: Friend’s dog, off leash in the big city part found, rolled in and ate poo it found. Turns out it was a homeless man’s who was a drug addict. Dog started to OD. He carried to poo covered do to his car for a run to the vet but the dog vomited all over his back seat. Happy for his dog’s health but stuck cleaning homeless poo dog vomit out of his car. Again, really sorry!

[–] jballs@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago

Vomitted up homeless man drug-infested poop has gotta be some new sort of grossness record.

[–] Metacortechs@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Jesus...

I could totally see my idiot dog doing this.

[–] FellowEnt@sh.itjust.works 5 points 11 months ago

I think my face just made a brand new expression. Thanks for sharing!

[–] CaptFeather@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

Think about the smell

[–] Alivrah@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Well you did apologize in advance and warn me so that's on me I guess.

Ee

[–] phoneymouse@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

That’s a story

[–] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

What's it been, like 40,000 years of turning wolf into an empathetic, protective companion able to read our facial expressions, bond with us socially, work with us, love us, guard our babies... but we never managed to get rid of the "roll in shit" instinct. Darn fluffy goofballs.

[–] pingveno@kbin.social 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Always a pheasant ride home after that.

FTFY

[–] Maggoty@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

My highly trained service dog loves to roll in horse/cow/donkey poop.