Registered: Aug 2009
Location: Whiting vermont
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why do they do this all my hounds do this i cant think of why

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Registered: Nov 2008
Location: Pinckneyville, IL
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I don't know if this is true or not, but I once read that they do this to help camoflage their scent when hunting. Supposedly it's an instinct that goes back in their ancestry to when they had to hunt and kill animals to survive. Is that why? I don't know, but makes as much sense as anything else I guess.

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Registered: Jan 2009
Location: Fort Valley, GA
Posts: 1194

it's just a dog thing

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Registered: Jun 2005
Location: Prince Edward Island,Canada
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I often think the same thing, drives me nuts

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Registered: Jun 2003
Location: Lumpkin, Ga
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Only the dog knows! The rest is speculation.

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