Rascar el suelo es un vestigio del pasado de los perros, cuando sus ancestros salvajes necesitaban marcar grandes extensiones de territorio. En comparación con los 5 millones de glándulas olfativas de los humanos, los perros tienen entre 125 y 300 millones— lo que significa que su sentido del olfato es exponencialmente superior al nuestro. Los perros tienen glándulas en las patas que secretan feromonas—señales químicas que ayudan a los animales a comunicarse entre sí— y unos cuantos rasguños hacia atrás en la tierra liberan esos químicos en el entorno y en la nariz de otros perros. Esto probablemente resultó muy útil cuando los parientes de nuestros caninos necesitaban marcar y proteger territorios demasiado grandes como para patrullarlos a diario. Al fin y al cabo, las heces pierden su olor una vez que se secan, mientras que el olor de las patas de un perro dura más tiempo. Esto no solo pudo haber ayudado a los ancestros de nuestros caninos a proteger valiosos territorios de caza, sino también a custodiar a las hembras fértiles de la manada.
Rascar con las patas traseras es un comportamiento normal y no destructivo, por lo que no es necesario intentar cambiar este hábito de tu perro. De hecho, el único motivo de preocupación sería si tu mascota normalmente rasca el suelo y de repente deja de hacerlo. Un cambio de comportamiento puede ser señal de que algo está limitando la movilidad de tu mascota y podría derivar en problemas más serios con el tiempo. Sin embargo, si tu compañero canino sigue con su rutina habitual, tu única preocupación debería ser esperar a que deje de hacer su pequeño baile de patas antes de recoger lo que dejó— no sea que te salga tierra, o algo mucho peor, volando a la cara.
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My dog does it after he urinates or defecate. I don't mind so much in our yard, but when I walk him he does it every time he stops and makes his territory. He just doesn't want to stop and can be pretty destructive. He is 8 yo and has only started it about a year ago.
Sure she kicks her hind legs after bathroom use, but tonight out of no where she started kicking her hind legs running around inside home then lay down for few minutes then run around and doi it again. She doesn't seem to want go out for bm .. feeling puzzled
OK, but what if my dog does this even if he’s not eliminating? And will sometimes do it on hard enough surfaces, and long enough, to sometimes make his feet bleed? Also, he sometimes does it on backwards circles. I took video of it and showed it to my vet, and he said he’s never seen behavior like that.
It’s almost like it obsessive; like he zones out and does it until you physically stop him, then he just snaps out of it. He was a rescue straight off the street, so I don’t know his history. I suspect he may have either been born with a brain defect, or sustained a head injury that brought it on.
Any ideas?
My dog doing same thing and he started today
We have a little (pug x chihuahua?) rescue dog aged 11 months who scratches her hind feet on the floor when you talk to her or if another dog has a toy she wants - almost as a frustration release. She has neurological damage from untreated distemper as a pup which has left her hyperkinetic and I think is why she displays this unusual behaviour......
I love when my little Pomeranian does this! She does it when she is playing and getting Rowdy … she likes to do it when she wants something to like she wants to be the boss ! I love it so cute!
My shishon does this when she wants attention. That is the ONLY time she does this. She is tearing up my carpet because the force is so strong. But like I say the only time she does this is when I am on the computer, telephone or watching tv and she isn't getting attention, lol
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