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.











Mary Papadoulas
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Omg we just spoke about this this afternoon! How ironic!! Looey stares at us as he doesn’t want us to look at him how funny!
Melissa Jane Smillie
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Fraser Smillie
Calum Havis
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Cherrelle Challis
Fraser Smillie
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Oh!
Jenna Egan
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Intense stares!
Tom Leonard
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Hope Ashley Zimmer you just taught me this a few weeks ago!!! ❤️
Petrak Sebastian
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Hulk Hulk gledaj brulju hahaha
Paul Sithavong
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Anie Grace read this while I’m driving
Danny Foster
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Farrah Deen
Jaime Lynn McGeachey
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Justin Echerd
Betty Konstandopoulos Kondonis
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I know.
Tininha Machado
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Lindo menino
Johanne Dam Jensen
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Astrid Dam Jensen lololol
Carol Anne Jacques
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Looks at you and thinks can’t have a$#%&!@*in peace. Without them looking at me$#%&!@*off haha
Claire Bloom
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Tom Bloom Mireille Mark Bloom
Hayley Aspinwall
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Shaun McDonald
Neicie Hamilton
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Mine either
Chris Sarine
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Erin McCurdy
Kath Brindley
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Susanne Law Ankers
Brooke Frankland
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Adam Frankland
Keeleigh Inglis
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Mark Stalker this is what I was going on about!
Haley Nancy Hendrix
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Megan Ashley Hendrix this is why tuff backs up to an object
Tristan Hawkings
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Jenna Kitchen
Andrew Crofts
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Michelle gee youre a smart cookie
Karl Gosbee
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Chloê Gosbee
Carlos E Melendez
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I love yorkies
Helamã Antunes Soares
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Samantha
Bronx Bold
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Sammy Samantha Rae Lickers
Jung Min Hong
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Lydia Bflo she looks like Daisy
Drew Hanson
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Julie D. Lindsey
João Rodrigo Miranda
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Ariani Rossi Miranda
Rosa Marie Bjerrum
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Clara Svendsen
Meihsi Chan
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I must not be a good enough look out then
Karla Mae
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Mark Sorensen
Kay Brown
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Mine refuses to look at you its like she turns her back so you can’t see what she’s doing
Kenny Sims
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Steve McCauley Tina Cofield Sims lol
Ross Fergusson
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Ashlee Ann
Devang Dalwadi
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Ketul Dalwadi
Michelle Kelly
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Lol dos we discuss this???
Becky Jones
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Paul Walsh
Chloé Joyce
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Jasmin Stirling haha what an article haha xx
Rhonda Seiberlich Ryan
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Debbie Fisher
Sean Shields
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Frankie Mclafferty
Nyree Tevis
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My female did that all the time when we were on walks.
Lydia Bflo
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Same poop stance but different shoulders and face
(Well the face a little) 🙂
Nyree Tevis
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My male boxer turns his head as far as he can so he can watch himself poop
Samantha Rae Lickers
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I wonder if that’s why they follow us to the bathroom too lol
Jorik Fransen
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Pascal Subelack
Jimmy Connell
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My Chi won’t poop in front of us. If we walk in on him he stops. Has never pooped in front of us in 6 years.
Steven Rijpstra
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Ariane de Winter aha die Poepski…drom doet ie dat dus…….