Is it normal ....

As everyone should know i have got Inca & Sky who are both girls... Well i was just wondering if something that Sky does is normal (for a girl dog !!) ... When she has a widdle on her walks she kicks back with her back feet as if marking but we had a male dog (who we lost before getting Inca) who done this ALL the time after widdling... But Inca has never kicked back after having a widdle or a No2 ... So how come 1 of my girls kicks back an the other doesn't ... Stupid question i know but i just thought it was a thing males done an not females !!

It's a thing that both genders can do. My last dog was female and she did it nearly every time but Logan has never done it.

Very normal

No idea tbh, neither my male or female do it, but I'd imagine it to be some kind of 'covering it up' action maby ?

Well mine are both boys Harv does it and chance never has

I would say its normal, our old girl who passed on use to do it aswell

Katy always does it if she goes on mud or grass

Roxy always does it, Vinny's tried but couldn't be bothered

Its something Moo has just started doing and very amusing, someone got in the way of her kicking path the other morning and got spattered with grass,oh how I laughed, they did too

Not a silly question at all.

Rocky does this all the time but I cannot remember my old dog Judy ever doing it. Sometimes I think Rocky is trying to bury me alive he gets quite carried away doing it.

There could be any number of possibilities. The root reason is to do with pheremones, but seeing as we humans can't smell them, it's very difficult to pinpoint exactly what message those pheremones are giving off.

Dogs have scent glands in their paws, so extra pheremones would be given off when kicking dirt, which make the scent marking stronger (bitches also sometimes scent mark, just not as frequently as males). It may also be to cover up their scent left by peeing, as they don't want to be followed. Then again, pheremones aren't always about "Look at me, I'm a big strong alpha!" They can also be about letting others know that they aren't a threat.

Loads of possible reasons.

Zac always used to do it, Loki never does it. I don't think it's related to gender, just a random thing.

Haha I posted about this a couple of weeks ago because daisy had suddenly started doing it.... I've had her for a few months, never done it then one day she started!! makes me laugh everytime because she even looks like she doesnt know why she's doing it!!

Steffi does it too

Lily too!

Sazzle wrote:makes me laugh everytime because she even looks like she doesnt know why she's doing it!!

Same


She then springs off like a Deer!!

Wow its a relief to know Sky is behaving normally ...

Well as normal as a staffy can be

Thanks guys x