Have you ever noticed your dog keeping his eyes on you while he poops? If you're a fan of science, you have probably always wondered why your pets stare at you while they're taking a dump.
Okay, maybe you've never thought about it but, now that we're on the topic, dog scientists (a.k.a. veterinarians) have figured out the reason WHY dogs stare at their owners while defecating.
According to Dr. Kathryn Primm, a practicing small animal veterinarian and practice owner at Applebrook Animal Hospital in Ooltewah, Tennessee, it's not because the dog's embarrassed.
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Your dog is not wishing you would look away or give him privacy while he “does his business” either.
Dr. Primm says it goes much deeper than that…
Find out what Dr. Primm has to say about why dogs stare at you when they poop and have one of the world's mysteries answered on the next page.











Wendy Ralph
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Hahahaha
Jessy Champoux
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Hahaha !
Timothy Ronald Pell
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The better question is why are you staying at a dog while pooping. If someone were watching med poop,I’d probably stare as well like can you give me some damn privacy please? !
Adina Gowens
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Alana Keesha
Sylvia Nuño
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Vince Nuño read this whole thing when u get a chance.. awwww the baby
Danni Simmons
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Robert Pupuke Simmons
Rachel Redden Cook
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Tyler Cook
Cindy Polyak Montgomery
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Shirley Way
Abby Brown
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Jacques Hefferan
Jacques Hefferan
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Gross
Lauren Camille Richards
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Laurie Wegner Richards
Catherine Pearce
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Daniel Small
Matt Pluta
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So you can make us scroll through 2 pages of ads to let us find out why?
Justine Melville
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I hear ya I really miss chance my cat as well
Tina Swyers Oliver
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Omfg this is amazing!!
RaeLeigh Shockley
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Not all dogs. Mine doesn’t do this.
Marvin Leibolt
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Hay Mom is it
Coming out!
Paul Rose
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Haha how funny !!
Jeannie Slocum Santiago
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Alex Santiago Savannah Victoria Santiago I always wondered…….. Lol
Alana Keesha
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Lmao dat poor pugs privacy
Jaime H Luo
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My pug just wants to make sure that I’m not holding treats instead of poo bags. Hope is the last to die!
Angela Pham
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Monique Valencia
Violeta Veliz Peñuelas
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Ray Reyes coo coo
Michael Guidry
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MINE IS EMBARRASSED AND HE SAYS — SOLDIER GUARD MY FLANK !!!
Andrea Dixon-Hamilton
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Christine Andrea Karren
Vicki Williams
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Mine comes running inside to tell me he’s had poo, and if he leaves a fag he gets upset and goes to the bathroom so I can clean him up lol
Vicki Williams
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Because we can lol
Tania Baliva-Del Zio
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Stefan Del Zio
Stefan Del Zio
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oh wow thats pretty interesting
Karren Almstrom-Dixon
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Makes sense. Beanie always stares at us, Noah never does.
Rob Wilson
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Jess-Lyn Williams Lol hahaha
Darlene Ezekiel
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My Vickie just looks at me like ” hey human! What are staring at? Take a picture… It lasts longer ! “
Shelley Foreman
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Mine too
Tenille Oliver
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Kane Taylor
Lucy Reeves
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Kris Gellie
Janyce Silva
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Zoey does that…….I think she feels the longer she goes the more treat she’ll get.. I keep telling her it doesn’t work that way.
Chelsea Mansell
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Wait…is this why pets aaaaaalways follow humans to the bathroom?? They think we need watching over too??? Suddenly everything makes sense lol x
Courtnie Davies
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Mark Davies
Ray Henderson
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Pugs are really cute like that haha
Bryony Cox
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Gabe Diggory
Kristina Barbour
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Alex Barbour
Amanda Parrao
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Chloe Brownlee
Cristie Mulholland
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Wendy Mulholland Richard Butler Shelby Mulholland Joseph Anthony Mulholland
Bo Williams
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It’s that look like ” Ain’t you got nuthin better to do than watch me take a dump”
I Love My Awesome Shih Tzu
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Yeah
I Love My Awesome Shih Tzu
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anyone love this Shih Tzu as much as me ? :p
Deanna Vaughan
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Ewe
Carl Waltham
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Watching for you to protect them because that’s when they feel they are vulnerable
Julie Burrows
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My pug molly when I take her for a walk she poos no the roods and she move har back lge when she does a poo it is so funny x
Natasha Dougherty
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Peter Dougherty