Dogs Poop in Alignment with Earth's Magnetic Field

I have nine dogs.
I'll get back to you on this.

so, when the magnetic field goes apeshit, can we expect to be sprayed with dogshit, like some disgusting sprinklers from hell?

get THAT image out of yer head!

and why do we pay scientists to watch dogs poop?

so, when the magnetic field goes apeshit, can we expect to be sprayed with dogshit, like some disgusting sprinklers from hell?

get THAT image out of yer head!

Hmm, a product that makes a magnetic field the dog likes to poop around. Keep all the crap in one spot in the yard.

Dogs seem to have an awful lot of ritual before hunkering down and soiling the sidewalk. It’s not uncommon to see a dog owner—plastic bag in hand—rolling his eyes as his furry companion sniffs and spins, getting just so before hunkering down to do the least considerate thing possible.

But for whatever its worth, all that spinning is far from arbitrary. What dog owners witness is a small and furry version of the aurora borealis and a link between species and environment that’s as holistic and beautiful as a dog pooping can be. A team of Czech and German researchers found that dogs actually align themselves with the Earth’s magnetic field when they poop.

Proving at least that they’re really devoted to their work, the researchers measured the direction of the body axis of 70 dogs from 37 breeds during 1,893 defecations and 5,582 urinations over the course of two years, and found that dogs “prefer to excrete with the body being aligned along the North-south axis under calm magnetic field conditions.” They fittingly published their results in the journal Frontiers in Zoology.

[link to www.frontiersinzoology.com]

Why, I'm practically salivating over this new data!



When our dog was young, I actually made a spread sheet (insert pun here) of her daily defecations. I think the average was about 4X daily. I do not recall seeing any particular orientations, however, did seem to notice that if there was any 'interest' in the area, that was the position most likely facing.

Definitely agree with the 'ritual' part.

Other odd pooping habits. .. my big dogs poop up by the house, my little dogs poop far away from the house.

I think it's dominance. The less dominant dog tries to hide it's shit further away.

Like a cat. When my cat decided it was the dominant animal, it stopped spending 10 minutes covering it's shit in the liter box and just leaves it now.

Dogs seem to have an awful lot of ritual before hunkering down and soiling the sidewalk. It’s not uncommon to see a dog owner—plastic bag in hand—rolling his eyes as his furry companion sniffs and spins, getting just so before hunkering down to do the least considerate thing possible.

But for whatever its worth, all that spinning is far from arbitrary. What dog owners witness is a small and furry version of the aurora borealis and a link between species and environment that’s as holistic and beautiful as a dog pooping can be. A team of Czech and German researchers found that dogs actually align themselves with the Earth’s magnetic field when they poop.

Proving at least that they’re really devoted to their work, the researchers measured the direction of the body axis of 70 dogs from 37 breeds during 1,893 defecations and 5,582 urinations over the course of two years, and found that dogs “prefer to excrete with the body being aligned along the North-south axis under calm magnetic field conditions.” They fittingly published their results in the journal Frontiers in Zoology.

[link to www.frontiersinzoology.com]

so, when the magnetic field goes apeshit, can we expect to be sprayed with dogshit, like some disgusting sprinklers from hell?

get THAT image out of yer head!

and why do we pay scientists to watch dogs poop?