do all dogs nest, or just mine??

[raingirl]

Ok...Odin always goes through this elaborate routine of "nesting" whenever he wants to sleep or take a nap on his bed, or anywhere that has a blanket (He has a blanket for him on his two beds and the futon).

He will move around in circles moving the blanket all around, back and forth using his paws and mouth, sometimes for 10 minutes, before he finally plops down in the middle of it all. It's quite cute, but I've never seen a dog do it before, unless it was a female about to have puppies.

Anyone else have a dog who does this?

Here is a pic I took of him the first time he did it. We weren't really allowing him on the couch at that time, and we were both indisposed, so it was so cute walking in on him like that. That's a twin size blanket he somehow managed to bunch up all underneath him. This was in the first week we had him, and I didn't have my camera all that ready, so the pic is blurry, and he got up right after I took the pic.

[Prin]

My doggies make a nest under our duvet when we are not home. (great for my man's allergies). They don't do it all the time, but sometimes, they pull and thrash their blankets around.

[CyberKitten]

My nephew chocolate lab sometimes does this - not always but when he was a baby, he whined if he could not be in bed with me - even if his daddy was around, lol And he was so little I'd have to help him up (that changes fast in a lab tho, ) Once there, he'd move around until he found the best spot. It was my bed but somehow I endedup with less of it, lol

it was not a nightly ritual or anything tho. Me beagle never did it with the same style as my lab and I do not recall my poodle doing it. I grew up witha fox terrier and she was always a happy dog and came to us right from her mom - and we'd known her even before that as she grew up with her siblings (Her people were neighbours who were into showing their fox terrier Pepper and our dog was from the only litter Pepper - who was a titled champion dog with mega ribbons and bows - gave birth to. Ours was the "runt" but also the sweetest and the only girl and we fell in love with her right away. My sister and I used to dogsitt Pepper and their other terriers so they actually gave us the dog as a gift. She was a much cherished pet and it was wonderful to actually have a dog we knew and loved right from her birth! Anyway - to get to the point, I do not recall her ever nesting in the same sense as the others we had. She was considered a pet quality but to me she will always be star quality as she waits for me on the bridge (I hope by now she has met my bunny, lol)

[Lucky Rescue]

Chloe is the Queen of the Nesters. She has destroyed one sofa, and sometimes digs so much that her blanket ends up completely wedged between the cushion and the back of the sofa.

[greaterdane]

Ozzy nests and so do the chihuahuas. They will scratch to warm up their area then mavouver the blankets around. After a 20 minute spectacle they will settle down for a snooze.

[babyrocky1]

Rocky the staff does that all the time except when hes going to sleep on his own special spot on the bed or couch, anywhere else is a ritual!