If you find yourself in Gail's Bakery in Stratford Upon Avon, fancying one of their over priced hot cross buns, make sure you get there at a reasonable time, because they 'stop toasting' after 3pm! If I hear someone say something noteworthy I try to remember it or better still make a note of it on my iphone. I overhead a portly man in a tweed jacket talking to his wife about canine defecation habits, this is in the same cafe where Carmen was tucking into a hot cross bun with gusto, I was eavesdropping shamelessly on the couple, he was telling her that dogs only shit facing North or South, never East or West, that why you often see them spin around and around they are finding their magnetic bearings, before dropping their foulage. I don't know if this is true or not, perhaps Scarlet or MrDevice could devote themselves to the study of canine jobbie orientation, armed with a compass and some dog biscuits I for one would be very interested in their findings.
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It's not true!!! Was your visit to the bun shop on April 1st, perchance???
ReplyDeleteI've actually made note that Barney likes to face West. Sid wasn't fussed, and my first Border Collie liked to perched upon a mound.
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We set off on the 5th April for another South coast trip taking in the delights of Hastings, Bexhill, Eastbourne and Brighton then over to Dorset.
DeleteI was hoping it was true, I'm glad you told me otherwise it would have been embarrassing asking the person at the animal shelter if they had any North shitting miniature schnauzers. They'd be fumbling under the counter for the panic button.
Bitey was pointing east for his evening poo yesterday, and the same this morning. I will keep an eye out to see which way he faces later on/tomorrow and give you an update!
DeleteI can't wait. Was Bitey on a lead at the time or was he free range?
DeleteDogs are not magnetic. They shit anywhere regardless where their head is pointing to. Maybe the guy is a cowtipper too.
ReplyDeleteMy mother had a chihuahua that used to spin around before shitting when I heard him talking it sounded plausible, his wife/girlfriend was a bit of a giggler, perhaps he was trying to laugh her into bed.
DeleteWell - then there is this !!
Deletehttps://www.dogster.com/lifestyle/do-dogs-poop-facing-north
I put "Do dogs only shit facing North or South, never East or West ?" in the search area of my browser, and bingo ! Seems that there came out a research paper in 2023 that showed that dogs (at least the seventy in this group) allign North-South to poop, when the magnetic field is calm. They do otherwise when it is agitated, the field.
This is the article in question :
https://frontiersinzoology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1742-9994-10-80
Shit !
If I knew you were going to do a search I would have worded it better. Ye Gods, they have done a full in-depth analysis of the subject, so tweed jacket was right. Thanks for the links.
DeleteWhoever looks at our search histories after we've extensively researched canine jobbie orientation is in for a surprise.
ReplyDeleteCan you imagine dropping dead in front of the PC and the authorities sifting through your search histories, it is a worry. Another story that gripped me about a seagull that carried away someone's chihuahua at the seaside I found that hard to believe how can they grip with webbed feet and I can't imagine them being strong enough to lift it using it's beak.
DeleteI remember this "seagull snatches dog" story. It is some years ago and happened in Devon.
DeleteWait a minute ...
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-49070562
I vaguely remember that there was a recent video of a seagull flying away with a small dog, I think it happened somewhere on a Trumpistan beach.
Poor Gizmo, it wasn't one of Scarlet's was it?
DeleteNo, seagulls have only ever managed to steal my fish'n'chips - never my dog!!
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Pre-internet times (!), my friend and I were fearful enough that the authorities would question us about the titles of some of our books. That was nothing compared to our future search histories.
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