Guest bdeeds86 Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 My brood mama, Goldie, does a funny thing that I've never seen before... My cousin and his girlfriend brought their younger male greyhound over for a playdate. It went very well. Goldie and their grey got along fabulously. When we took them out to go potty, he peed first (in the snow) and Goldie went over to his pee and used her nose to cover up his pee with surrounding snow. Is this a common greyhound behavior? Is it because she's a broodie and she's trying to clean up after him? I've never seen anything like it. I know cats do this with their paws. It was really cute to witness, but it just made me wonder what it was all about. She's never done this with her own urine. Any insight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winnie Posted December 16, 2013 Share Posted December 16, 2013 We have three grey girls and a galgo girl. Our galgo was a broodie. They love, Love, LOVE to pee on top of each others pee. I've never seen any of them - including our broodie - try to cover up another dogs pee. One of our grey girls, Celeste, loves to kick and cover up her pee/poop after going. I think its just to prevent the other dogs from marking over it. Quote Laura with Celeste (ICU Celeste) and Galgos Beatrix and Encarna The Horse - Gracie (MD Grace E) Bridge Angels Faye Oops (Santa Fe Oops), Bonny (Bonny Drive), Darcy (D's Zipperfoot) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Giselle Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Was she making a clear concerted effort to conceal his urine, or did it just look like that because she was sniffing the area so vigorously? Be careful to avoid anthropomorphizing dog behaviors! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeofNE Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Nothing to do with being a Greyhound. This is dog behavior. Quote Susan, Hamish, Mister Bigglesworth and Nikita Stanislav. Missing Ming, George, and Buck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnF Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Dogs and peeing is like a game of cards... they just have to trump the previous one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bdeeds86 Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 She definitely wasn't smelling the urine, she was burying it with her nose using surrounding snow. Don't worry, I'm not adding human characteristics to my dog. I was just wondering what this behavior meant because I've never seen it before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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