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Why do does rake the blankets on the bed..?
We had a dog who would always use its paws to try to move the blankets ( rake ) and he did it for no reason, and kept moving it, he did it everytime we went to bed.
Then he died, and we got a new dog, who is a girl, and she does the same thing.. and I am just wondering why she does that?
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Dogs still have primitive instincts, and one of them is to make their beds comfortable as they would have done in the wild to flatten grass etc into a nest. Most dogs will do this, you may also see them scratching after they have toileted outside, this is an attempt to hide it from any predators.
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It has nothing to do with when they were puppie and were suckling from the mother. What they did then was called "kneeding" kind of like what a cat does when it's purring. What your dogs are doing is trying to get comfortable. Not thinking about suckling from it's mother or trying to bury an imaginary bone, they are simply trying to get comfortable.
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Dogs like to be comfortable and so they move blankets around. Also the pawing motion is leftover from when they used to paw the mothers breast area around the nipple to bring on the milk, so they probably also associate it with comfort and sustenance from their mother. I hope that helps answer your question.
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They just do it to make the area more comfortable. My dog does the same thing.
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my dog does that too, other dogs also. its kind of making a "nest-home" for them. kind of how you smooth out your sheets maybe if you go to bed. my dog also does that if she wants to bury something, she puts the bone down then nudges and paws at the blankets to cover up the bone. its a habit that a lot of dogs have. its covering or uncovering their items. also they do that when they go to the bathroom, sort of "hiding" what they did. lots of weird dog issues. well hope this helped.
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