Strange behaviour

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  1. Sven

    Sven Registered Users

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    Hi,

    Just wanted to see if anyone has come across this with their own.
    In the last week and a bit, Vanilla has started to scratch/digging motion on either her bed, blanket on the floor or on settee. She stops once she has kind of collected the blanket/s in a pile.
    It is only every now and again.

    We don't stop her, but just curios.

    Anyone have an idea?

    Thanks
     
  2. drjs@5

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    Oh yeah we have that.
    Lilly "dug" the rubber mat in the back of the car (boot/trunk) the other day. No clear reason.
    Sometimes she digs out the bed pad from her night bed and lies on the fabric - unpadded - bottom
    Strange, dog, strange......
     
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  3. leejane

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    Not quite the same but similar, Monty used to dig out the inner soles of my shoes - the outers would look fine until you put your feet in...
     
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  4. Plum's mum

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    All the labs I've owned or looked after have done this and my 25 week old pup has been doing it since she was tiny. It's like they're re-arranging their beds to get them as comfy as possible.
     
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  5. Sven

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    Thanks all, I thought it would be nothing and just more their strange and cute behaviour. She had never done it before, given that she is 12months old now just wasn't sure...:)
     
  6. Lisa

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    Yes, all the dogs I have owned have done it. I see it as the equivalent of fluffing up the pillow...:)
     
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  7. Johnny Walker

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    Totally normal behaviour.
     
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  8. Samantha Jones

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    Yup same here too - although I don't appreciate the "fluffing up and rearranging" of our duvet at 3am ;)
     
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  9. Sven

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    Agree but ours was at 2am and then 4am in a different location. But given that it is normal, no concern anymore..
     
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  10. SwampDonkey

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    Moos so energetic when she does it she grunts rolls squeals squiggles and chucks her blanket out of her bed. It's a very noisy procedure and very funny. Everything had to be just so and it really doesn't look that comfy
     
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