{"id":21501,"date":"2022-03-25T11:08:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T11:08:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-do-some-dogs-kick-after-pooping\/"},"modified":"2022-03-25T11:08:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T11:08:48","slug":"why-do-some-dogs-kick-after-pooping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/why-do-some-dogs-kick-after-pooping\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do some dogs kick after pooping?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Why do some dogs kick after pooping?<\/h2>\n<p>By kicking up dirt afterward, <b>they&#8217;re compounding the scent of the bathroom along with the pheromones coming from their feet glands to create one strong scent. In addition, the disturbed grass also serves as a visual clue to other dogs that they&#8217;re walking on someone else&#8217;s territory.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2>Why do dogs kick grass after going to the bathroom?<\/h2>\n<p><b>Your Dog is Scent Marking<\/b> Dogs use scent to mark territory and send messages to other dogs. There are scent glands on and in between your dog&#8217;s paw pads. Scratching the grass after urinating or defecating helps spread the pheromones secreted by these glands around the area.<\/p>\n<h2>How do I get my dog to stop kicking after pooping?<\/h2>\n<p><b>Interrupt your dog BEFORE he kicksthis is where knowing the pattern helps. Try replacing the kicking with another behavior, like spin, jump, give-five, or tug. Once you get 95% success, start paying your dog for performance. If he does the work, he gets a big reward.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why do some dogs kick after pooping? By kicking up dirt afterward, they&#8217;re compounding the scent of the bathroom along with the pheromones coming from their feet glands to create one strong scent. In addition, the disturbed grass also serves as a visual clue to other dogs that they&#8217;re walking on someone else&#8217;s territory. Why&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21501"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21501\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}