Urine tells dogs much of what they need to know about each other. These two articles share the whys and hows dogs mark their spots. Things they can learn from marked spots include:
- The sex of the dog who left the urine and whether they are spayed or neutered.
- The health or illness status of the dog that urinated in that spot.
- The stress level of the dog that was in that spot before him.
- The social status of the previous dog.
Source: Animal Wellness, August 22, 2019. Link.
Source: doghealth.com. Link.
- Female dogs are more likely to urinate near but not on top of other dogs’ urine.
- Male dogs pay more attention to the urine of other males than that of females.
- Dogs spend more time sniffing the urine of unfamiliar dogs . . .
- More submissive dogs have less tendency to urinate over other dogs’ urine.
Also see: Causes and cures for urine marking. Dogs Naturally. Link.
INSIGHTS: This is fun content for social media, newsletters or for sharing with school groups. Given the typos and misspellings in these articles, I wonder if there’s an editor for dog communications. 😉