Raspar o chão com as patas é um resquício do passado dos cães, quando seus ancestrais selvagens precisavam demarcar vastas áreas de território. Em comparação com os 5 milhões de glândulas olfativas dos humanos, os cães têm impressionantes 125 a 300 milhões— o que significa que seu olfato é muito mais aguçado que o nosso. Os cães têm glândulas nas patas que secretam feromônios—sinais químicos que ajudam os animais a se comunicar uns com os outros— e algumas arranhadas para trás na terra liberam essas substâncias na área e para o faro de outros cães. Isso provavelmente era útil quando os parentes de nossos cães precisavam demarcar e proteger territórios grandes demais para serem patrulhados diariamente. Afinal, as fezes perdem o odor quando secam, mas o cheiro das patas dos cães dura mais. Isso pode não só ter ajudado os ancestrais dos nossos cães a proteger valiosas áreas de caça, como também a proteger companheiros férteis da matilha.
Raspar o chão com as patas traseiras é um comportamento normal e não destrutivo, portanto não há necessidade de tentar mudar esse hábito do seu cão. Na verdade, o único motivo de preocupação seria se seu pet normalmente raspa as patas e para de repente. Uma mudança de comportamento pode indicar que algo está prejudicando sua mobilidade e pode levar a problemas mais sérios no futuro. Porém, se seu companheiro canino continuar agindo normalmente, sua única preocupação deve ser esperar que ele pare de arrastar as patas traseiras antes de recolher as fezes— para evitar que terra ou algo muito pior seja jogado no seu rosto.
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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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