Why Dogs Do That: A Collection of Curious Canine Behaviors

104 Pages·1998·5.558 MB·English

by  Tom Davis

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Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Davis, Tom.
Why dogs do that a collection ofcurious canine
:
behaviors / text byTom Davis ; illustrations by Peter
Ring.
cm.
p.
ISBN 1-57223-139-4
1. Dogs—Behavior—Miscellanea. I. Title.
SF433.D38 1998 98-30019
636.7-dc21 CIP
Printed in the United States

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preface 9
Why Do Male Dogs Lift Their Legs? 13
Why Do Male Dogs Lift Their Legs on Your Favorite Shrubs? 15
Why Do Female Dogs Squat? 17
Why Do Dogs Dig Holes? 19
Why Do Dogs Bury Bones? 21
Why Do Dogs Bark Incessantly When Tied Up or Closely Confined? 23
Why Do Dogs Mount Your Guest Leg? 25
Why Do Dogs Chase Cars? 27
Why Do Dogs Chase Their Tails? 29
Why Do Dogs Roll in Vile Things Like Decaying Carp? 31
Why Do Dogs Eat Vile Things Like Horse Apples and Cow Pies? 33
Why Do Dogs LickThemselves, and Other Dogs? 35
Why Do Dogs Sniffthe Behinds ofOther Dogs? 37
Why Do Dogs Have to Smell Your Guest's Crotch? 39
Why Do Adult Dogs Chew on Bones, Rugs, Antiques, Etc.? 41
Why Do Dogs Insist on Sleeping in Bed With You? 43
Why Do Kenneled Dogs Pace All Day? 45
Why Do Retrieving Breeds Retrieve? 47
Why Do Pointing Breeds Point? 49
Why Do Dogs Like to Hang Their Heads Out the Car Window? 51
Why Do Dogs Nap So Often? 53