If aliens on another planet are watching people on earth following around there dogs and picking up their crap, the aliens will think the dogs are the masters and people are the slaves. I just pour powdered limestone over my dog's pile, the lime drys up the poop and when it rains it soaks into the ground and the lawn stays nice and green!! poop = fertilizer.

My wife and I have pondered this very same question. Our boy Frizbee spins clockwise and counter-clockwise before he get's down to it. I know that he marks his teritory with urine and sniffs around to find other dog's urine to mark over. So what is the significance of where he poops? Why here and not there? Plus he ALWAYS has to urinate within minutes after a poop. I call this the "Post-Poop Pee." We stay up nights thinking about this.

My dog Reedy does the same thing. He has a whole dance that he does before taking a shit while on the leash. He turns around three times, then ducks his butt up and down several times. This done, he slowly squats down in the dog poo position, stretches out his neck, and looks in agony at the sky. Then he shits.

Yes, the dog is trying to communicate with you. He wants to say, "Could you look away for just a moment whilst I shit?"

I have been wondering why my Lapsa-poo rotates clockwise every time before he poops. I think the rotation triggers his brain neurologically and thus the urge and ability to poop.

I'm pretty sure rotation just before lying down has something to do with instincts to tamp down the grass when they were wild. It is possible that (being territorial) they are trying to create a similar clearing so that their scat marker will be very visible to other dogs infringing on their turf.

_our dog is shameless, he shits anywhere and anyhow, however, I feel that the whole rotation thing, is, indeed to make sure that 'ground zero' is a secure place to poop..... lets face it, you wouldnt poop knowing that the loo seat was scruffy!______
i just cant work this one out????

Alright BVC, I confess. I do step on to the toilet seat and do a few rotations, but I never meant to harm anyone. Let this be our own little secret.

_further to PD's comment, Its nothing to be ashamed of, just be careful that you don't fall in, or worse(?) off.______
i just cant work this one out????

Thank you. I've got good balance. Well gotta go and lick my ass clean now.

__DAMN!! do you need any help? I've gotta few days I can spare.

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like a constipated accountant- I worked it out with a pencil.