Does anyone else's dog do this stuff ? My dog appears to be pretty in tune with her instincts, .
I gave her a new food today and I guess she was full, so she decides to "bury" it for later. She actually makes these movements with her snout as if she is pushing an imaginary pile of dirt up over the food. She does this over and over a few times until she's done. I've seen her do this with treats on her pillow. What a little oddball.
She also does the "dig an imaginary hole" before settling down to sleep sometimes. One paw, dig dig, move etc...sometimes she gets carried away and it's digdigdigdigdig with both paws to the point I have to stop her before she pokes a hole in her pillow. This is usually followed by or accompanied by turning in circles before she plops.
That's not as funny, but the imaginary burying is hilarious.
You also don't want to be near her if she's just done a #2 anywhere there's rocks, because the back legs start kicking behind her, i'm assuming to cover it. However, i've also seen her do this once or twice on unkickable surfaces like concrete. Flick flick flick go the legs.
On a somewhat related note-marking. I've been told by others that they've never seen a female dog mark so much. Evidently it doesn't have to be even where other dogs have been, as yesterday I had her at the beach and she marked on seagull droppings as well as where a horse had been walked, in addition to random piles of seaweed. Thankfully she does not do this to people !!