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Dogs Poop Magnetically
« on: January 02, 2014, 09:42:49 PM »
Okay, I believe there is some truth to this. Thinking about it after I read the article, Romy, after doing her turn in circles thing, generally aligns herself N-S or S-N. Not exactly on the line, but I think around plus or minus 20 deg.

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/01/02/scientists-discover-dogs-prefered-bathroom-position/?intcmp=features
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Re: Dogs Poop Magnetically
« Reply #1 on: January 02, 2014, 09:46:14 PM »
Quote from: Ben on January 02, 2014, 09:42:49 PM
Okay, I believe there is some truth to this. Thinking about it after I read the article, Romy, after doing her turn in circles thing, generally aligns herself N-S or S-N. Not exactly on the line, but I think around plus or minus 20 deg.

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/01/02/scientists-discover-dogs-prefered-bathroom-position/?intcmp=features

Does she put in declination when setting her poop heading?

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Re: Dogs Poop Magnetically
« Reply #2 on: January 02, 2014, 09:53:06 PM »
Get her a lensatic collar so she can get it right the first time.
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Re: Dogs Poop Magnetically
« Reply #3 on: January 02, 2014, 09:55:14 PM »
My money says it has to do with wind direction and not getting a breeze up the old wazoo whilst doing the deed. Guess I'll have to bring a compass out with me from now on.
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Re: Dogs Poop Magnetically
« Reply #4 on: January 02, 2014, 10:00:41 PM »
Quote from: Boomhauer on January 02, 2014, 09:46:14 PM
Does she put in declination when setting her poop heading?



Hey, I didn't think about that. We're plus 13 here. That could significantly reduce the perceived error. I'm taking a compass on walks and checking.  :laugh:
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Re: Dogs Poop Magnetically
« Reply #5 on: January 02, 2014, 10:23:55 PM »
Mason generally craps a circle.
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Re: Dogs Poop Magnetically
« Reply #6 on: January 02, 2014, 11:05:43 PM »
Quote from: Mike Irwin on January 02, 2014, 10:23:55 PM
Mason generally craps a circle.
Crap Cricle....Crop circle....take him out in a corn field.
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Re: Dogs Poop Magnetically
« Reply #7 on: January 02, 2014, 11:36:47 PM »
You know, I don't bother watching my dog drop a deuce in the backyard, and I'm not about to start...
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Re: Dogs Poop Magnetically
« Reply #8 on: January 03, 2014, 12:15:16 AM »
 :facepalm:  Well, thius thread wasn't about what I thought it would be about. =|
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Re: Dogs Poop Magnetically
« Reply #9 on: January 03, 2014, 12:19:33 AM »
My dog is female. Like most females of any species she doesn't know North from her own butt. She tends to pick the most heavily traveled areas of the yard to plant her land mines. Her favorite location seems to be around the grand kid's swingset.
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Re: Dogs Poop Magnetically
« Reply #10 on: January 03, 2014, 09:16:01 AM »
Quote from: Phyphor on January 02, 2014, 11:36:47 PM
You know, I don't bother watching my dog drop a deuce in the backyard, and I'm not about to start...

In our house poop / no poop is part of the daily info stream. This must be confirmed at every pit stop. FYI, he did seem to be facing somewhat NE this morning. lol
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Re: Dogs Poop Magnetically
« Reply #11 on: January 03, 2014, 09:33:34 AM »
My dog is kind of funny.  She doesn't do the circle thing.  She'll start walking funny for a few steps, in kind of a semi-squat, before dropping to a full squat to do her business.  Compass directions are irrelevant to pooping for her.

And like 280, I don't watch in the yard, but as the house dog walker, I get to see more than my share of droppings...
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Re: Dogs Poop Magnetically
« Reply #12 on: January 03, 2014, 09:38:54 AM »
Mine does 3 pees, then a poop.  For the poop, she is always facing away from me.  You can tell a pee from a poop at distance in two ways:  1.  the squat is different  2.  when she poops, her tail kinks from the strain.
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Re: Dogs Poop Magnetically
« Reply #13 on: January 03, 2014, 10:14:11 AM »
My dog circles a couple times and poops. Turns about 25 degrees and does the other half of her crap.
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Re: Dogs Poop Magnetically
« Reply #14 on: January 03, 2014, 11:16:51 AM »
Quote from: lupinus on January 03, 2014, 10:14:11 AM
Turns about 25 degrees and does the other half of her crap.

Ingrained behavior, useful when crapping in slippers/moccasins/shoes.
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Re: Dogs Poop Magnetically
« Reply #15 on: January 03, 2014, 11:23:44 AM »
Dayam, no wonder I feel "worse/less comfortable" on my crapper.  It's aligned E-W.

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Re: Dogs Poop Magnetically
« Reply #16 on: January 03, 2014, 11:56:44 AM »
I can't believe I just read this whole thread. . . .

And my dog usually tries to get her head or butt into a bush or tree branches when doing her business . . .
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Re: Dogs Poop Magnetically
« Reply #17 on: January 03, 2014, 12:29:53 PM »
Quote from: fifth_column on January 03, 2014, 11:56:44 AM
I can't believe I just read this whole thread. . . .

And my dog usually tries to get her head or butt into a bush or tree branches when doing her business . . .
Yeeep.

If mine assumes the "dog taking a shat" position but determines that she's to exposed, she'll clench and woddle a little further under a tree. I do believer her standard involves a certain percentage of my loosing an eye when I try and bag the goods.
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Re: Dogs Poop Magnetically
« Reply #18 on: January 03, 2014, 12:56:30 PM »
I haven't noticed which direction she ends up in, but I have wondered if dogs in the southern hemisphere spin clockwise before poopin'. (mine spins counter-clockwise).
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Re: Dogs Poop Magnetically
« Reply #19 on: January 03, 2014, 01:23:52 PM »
Biggest dawg here tries to back into a signpost, tree, shrub, etc, while still being nose-first into the wind. 

Smaller dawg just drops, but still has nose into wind.  Having been downwind, I don't blame them.
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Re: Dogs Poop Magnetically
« Reply #20 on: January 03, 2014, 01:51:22 PM »
Was there a government grant to study this phenomenon  ???

Or was it somebody's doctoral thesis ?   :lol:
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Re: Dogs Poop Magnetically
« Reply #21 on: January 03, 2014, 03:09:48 PM »
Am I going to have to start degaussing my dogs?
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Re: Dogs Poop Magnetically
« Reply #22 on: January 03, 2014, 03:14:15 PM »
There might be something to this ....   =|

I've seen a dog pee on the pole.   ;)
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Re: Dogs Poop Magnetically
« Reply #23 on: January 03, 2014, 04:58:20 PM »
My dog has now pooped twice since this thread started. Once facing SE, and once facing west.
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Re: Dogs Poop Magnetically
« Reply #24 on: January 03, 2014, 05:07:01 PM »
Quote from: bedlamite on January 03, 2014, 04:58:20 PM
My dog has now pooped twice since this thread started. Once facing SE, and once facing west.

Iron ore deposit nearby  ???
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