The Dog Keeps Digging the Ground
@SIMPLYD (90722)
Philippines
March 3, 2017 4:32am CST
I remember last summer, when one of our dogs at the backyard, an “ aspin “ or asong Pinoy or a local dog , keeps digging the same ground, everyday.
My mother-in-law would cover them when she sweeps the backyard , since they are about 2 areas, but would be frustrated that on the next day it they were dug again. So she just let it be like that.
We don’t really know why he does that. Mother-in-law said, maybe it’s because the soil is cold and he wants to cool his body since it is so hot during summer.
Anybody knows why a dog does that? Has your dog ever done that?
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@allknowing (136446)
• India
3 Mar 17
I let Preiti do it. . After sometime when she stops doing I get them filled. I really do not know why they do it but I know all dogs do it.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
6 Mar 17
@allknowing Probably it's where she sleeps at night indeed. 
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
6 Mar 17
No, there wasn't a bone there, as we have suspected too. Though, I have seen our dog at my parents' house does that.
Others here said that they lay on it since it is cooler. So, this summer they surely will do it. I think we will just let them , so they can be also in a cooler place.
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
3 Mar 17
Sorry can't help you there although I have seen dogs do this a lot! Weird -ha!
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
8 Mar 17
@MarymargII Yes, i agree ! They have a strong sense of smell.
They would bark even if my husband is still a distance walking towards the house at night. 
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@MarymargII (12422)
• Toronto, Ontario
7 Mar 17
@SIMPLYD Yes, sometimes they bury things but I think sometimes they smell things too!
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16764)
• China
3 Mar 17
Many dogs do it .It is said that they do it by nature ,because a dog can dig cave as the wolf.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
6 Mar 17
Yes, I know that they can be diggers of soil as they also bury a bone they have just nibbled, for them to dig again whenever they are bored or maybe hungry.
Though we haven't seen the dog lay on it after digging, it is conclusive now to say that they dig the soil so they can lay on it where it is cooler.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (16764)
• China
6 Mar 17
@SIMPLYD Oh,it is the first time for me to learn that a dog digs the soil for lying on it ,the way they would stay cooler.There is something in what your Mother-in-law said,because a dog has no way of diffusing heat ,apart from doing it by lolling its tongue out of its mouth.
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@Cristi_Ichim (3743)
• Bucharest, Romania
5 Mar 17
Animals have strange behaviors sometimes. Your mother in law's explanation might be correct I suppose.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
7 Mar 17
@Cristi_Ichim Well, we should just let them do that, because that's already their nature anyway. 
@Cristi_Ichim (3743)
• Bucharest, Romania
6 Mar 17
@SIMPLYD my dog likes to dig and to be naughty generally too.
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
3 Mar 17
During the hot weather we have one that will dig for a cooler spot.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
6 Mar 17
Not, I can truly say that the dogs do that so they can be in a cooler spot. Actually we haven't seen them lie on it.
Though on second thought, we seldom take a look at them at the backyard.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
10 Mar 17
So there, I finally can conclude that they do that so they can lie in it when the sun is too hot. Indeed the inner soil would be cooler.
@His_chariot (375)
• United States Minor Outlying Islands
3 Mar 17
He may be gigging up a critter or something. But some do dig up dirt to lie in as well.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
6 Mar 17
That could really be so too and also to bury a bone they have just nibbled on and later dig it to nibble again.
Yes, I really think now that the dig it to lie on it when the weather gets hotter.
@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
3 Mar 17
Perhaps the dog is trying to find a bone that was buried in that area?
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
3 Mar 17
Could be an ancient instinct of building a nest or looking for water.
Old folks in our province consider it bad luck ( i dont believe in nonsense) same with baying, howling especially at night just like in Pinoy horror movies
, soak wetting the ground where the dog digs might break the habit
) same with baying, howling especially at night just like in Pinoy horror movies, soak wetting the ground where the dog digs might break the habit1 person likes this
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
6 Mar 17
We have heard about that belief too, but don't believe it.
You are the second one who said that we should pour some water so the dog will not dig again. I will take note of that since summer is approaching and the dog will surely do that again.
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@brokenbee (11090)
• Philippines
3 Mar 17
I also don't know but I had seen our dogs that after digging, they lay in that area.
What my mother does is she covers it again with soil and waters it...
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
6 Mar 17
Us, we didn't see the dog lay on it. Though now, that you said you have seen your dog do that and lay on it, then it is conclusive that they do it so they can lay on it where it is cooler.
Oh, water it after covering it again. That should have been what my mother-in-law have done after covering it with soil again. That will deter them from digging it again since it is already wet.
Oh, water it after covering it again. That should have been what my mother-in-law have done after covering it with soil again. That will deter them from digging it again since it is already wet.
@nottoooldtowrite (2715)
• Philippines
3 Mar 17
Not sure why but we had dogs who also dig.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
6 Mar 17
As some have answered here, they lay on it since the inner soil is cooler as the one exposed to the sun.
