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You know how when your dog...

Dag Nabbit — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 01:23:57 GMT

sniffs all over the yard to find the exact right spot to poop when he's pooped there a hundred times before? Well come to find out there is a science to his madness.

Early contender for line of the year in a genuine scientific study: "Dogs preferred to excrete with the body being aligned along the north-south axis under calm MF conditions." MF, in this case, referring to the Earth's magnetic field. That's right: When dogs poop, they position themselves according to the planet's magnetic field, say Czech and German researchers. They watched 70 dogs of nearly 40 breeds go through the motions for two years before publishing their results in Frontiers in Zoology, reports UPI.

Before grabbing the compass ahead of your next dog walk,Motherboard points out that the findings apply most consistently to dogs that are off the leash and in an open field. As for the related questions of why and how, the researchers admit they have no idea, or even whether the dogs do this intentionally. Only that they do. "Our analysis of the raw data ... indicates that dogs not only prefer N-S direction, but at the same time they also avoid E-W direction." (The find is a first for dogs, but other animalshave been shown to be in tune with the magnetic field.)

Re: You know how when your dog...

loveschocolate — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 01:25:47 GMT

Wow! Can you imagine being married to these researchers??? Lol!

Re: You know how when your dog...

EmmaBunting — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 01:32:24 GMT

Feng Shui principles dictate that one always place the toilet along the north/south axis to facilitate and encourage smooth sailing. Of course, the fiber lobby has managed to keep a lid on this vital information for years......

Re: You know how when your dog...

------ — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 01:35:51 GMT

cray cray...

Re: You know how when your dog...

Dag Nabbit — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 01:47:08 GMT

On 1/2/2014 EmmaBunting said:
Feng Shui principles dictate that one always place the toilet along the north/south axis to facilitate and encourage smooth sailing. Of course, the fiber lobby has managed to keep a lid on this vital information for years......

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luvdoodles — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 02:02:38 GMT

I guess my dog doesn't get it. He will go out and pee then poos in my dining room behind the table. He's lucky I love him. It doesn't happen every day, but he's 11 and house broken. What the heck.

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Preds — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 02:04:02 GMT

On 1/2/2014 EmmaBunting said:
Feng Shui principles dictate that one always place the toilet along the north/south axis to facilitate and encourage smooth sailing. Of course, the fiber lobby has managed to keep a lid on this vital information for years......

Just shared my diet coke with the computer on this one. Thanks Emma.

Re: You know how when your dog...

Preds — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 02:05:22 GMT

On 1/2/2014 luvpoos said:
I guess my dog doesn't get it. He will go out and pee then poos in my dining room behind the table. He's lucky I love him. It doesn't happen every day, but he's 11 and house broken. What the heck.

Your dining room is in the wrong place. Please remodel your house.

Re: You know how when your dog...

Dag Nabbit — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 02:10:15 GMT

You girls are fuuuuunnnny

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betteb — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 02:32:06 GMT

All I can say is

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betteb — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 02:34:00 GMT

On 1/2/2014 Predsfan said:
On 1/2/2014 EmmaBunting said:
Feng Shui principles dictate that one always place the toilet along the north/south axis to facilitate and encourage smooth sailing. Of course, the fiber lobby has managed to keep a lid on this vital information for years......

Just shared my diet coke with the computer on this one. Thanks Emma.

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Preds — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 02:53:52 GMT

Thank you, bette. I think I'm good now.

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sweetpea53 — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 03:09:54 GMT

I just texted DS with this information. He said his MF must not be very calm...his boxer can circle 27 times

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Marianne1 — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 03:19:55 GMT

All I got from this was that ""MF"" does not stand for the same thing that I use ""MF"" for.

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sweetpea53 — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 03:26:36 GMT

On 1/2/2014 Marianne is said:
All I got from this was that ""MF"" does not stand for the same thing that I use ""MF"" for.

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EmmaBunting — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 03:28:00 GMT

On 1/2/2014 sweetpea53 said:
On 1/2/2014 Marianne is said:
All I got from this was that ""MF"" does not stand for the same thing that I use ""MF"" for.

hahahahahahahaha! Now I could use that screen cleaner. Only it's not coke.......

Re: You know how when your dog...

EmmaBunting — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 03:28:01 GMT

It was so funny I posted it twice....

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MrsLorraine — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 03:44:39 GMT

On 1/2/2014 EmmaBunting said:
Feng Shui principles dictate that one always place the toilet along the north/south axis to facilitate and encourage smooth sailing. Of course, the fiber lobby has managed to keep a lid on this vital information for years......

Fiber lobby? What do they have to gain/lose?

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shamalamadingdong4 — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 03:54:42 GMT

After reading this, I conducted my own experiment and have come to the conclusion that my dogs poop in all different directions. I guess they didn't read the survey.

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------ — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 03:56:02 GMT

OMG this thread is hilarious