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Burying bones, like barking and chewing is a common behavior of dogs. Dogs burying bones are often seen in children’s books, in the movies and in animated cartoons. Dog owners would know about the dog’s puzzling habit.

With a sneaky look on its face, a dog that has a bone on its mouth will look for an ideal spot to hide the “treasure”. The instant the best hiding place is found, the dog will dig madly and bury the bones. Do you know why your dog is burying bones Do dogs know why they are burying bones? Burying bones is an instinctive behavior thus dog experts believe that man’s best friends don’t really know the reasons why they have this habit.

Scientists have this theory that the inclination to bury bones is an ingrained habit of canines. Dogs bury bones to survive thus this habit is as old as the dog’s existence. Although dogs became man’s best friend only for thousands of years; these animals have existed for over a million years. The rather puzzling behavior of modern day dogs to bury bones has helped their ancestors to survive in the wild. The ancestors of modern day dogs have had difficult lives. The ancestors of modern day dogs not only have to avoid predators but also other animals that would want to have a shot at the dog’s hunted prey.

Humans hoard food. Squirrels make sure that the tree hollows are filled to the hilt with nuts and acorns. In preparation for the rainy days, ants would fill their anthills with food. Dogs bury bones to hoard food. In the wild, food is hard to come by. A dog that has been lucky in finding a large prey that cannot be consumed in one sitting would have to hide the food from other animals. The dog will dig up what was buried when food is scarce. The buried prey may already have rotted but the bones rich with nutritious marrow will remain to fill the hungry stomach of the dogs.

Dogs these days never lack food. Dogs need not bury bones to survive but they do because it is an instinctive behavior. Dogs still have the inclination to hide not only bones but other food as well. A dog may not dig holes but food will be hidden on its crate or on its bed. Because digging and burying bones and other food is instinctive in dogs, pet owners just have to take in stride the inclination of the pet to rearrange the garden to bury its “treasures”.