Dog rolling in the mud/water in yard- WHY?

[Cataholic]

Thanks, everyone! I have shared your responses with my sister. How do we put this mildly? Eh. We don't. I think she is contemplating blacktopping her backyard! (Just kidding).

I really had it all in Binx. He was without silly habits. At least muddy ones.

Dogs. Can't live without 'em, can't live with 'em stinky.

[K9karen]

As my beloved RB dog Cody would say "Duh, mom, cause it's THERE" AND it inevitably happened right after a bath!!! Talk about "Getting even!"Ya gotta luv em!

[SemaviLady]

As my beloved RB dog Cody would say "Duh, mom, cause it's THERE"

It's a celebration of life

I had a good grin a sarah's muddy lab picture. Here's an Anatolian puppy...

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[pitc9]

Yup!! Just cuz he's a dog!!
Neither of mine roll in mud, but Sierra loooooooves anything that stinks!!
The stinkier the better!!
My parents have a creek out behind the house and it's pretty shallow and muddy all the time and their gsd/lab mix lays in the mud every chance she gets! I was just at their house the other day and it was cold (35 F) and she was covered in mud! She had just gone for a roll!!

[dab_20]

I agree with everyone. Molli hates water and mud, she avoids walking on her back legs in water so she just stands on her front ones! lol

[anna_66]

Huney says..."It's there, and it's fun!"
See, even chows love to get dirty!

Roxey says..."YEP, we do it because we can"


Tell her to be happy she doesn't have any old leaves out in the garden like we did For some reason they loved the smell of the rotting leaves and would get into and dig Man...that was smelled like you know what!
At least he only rolls in the water and mud

It's fun having a dirty dog

[Lady's Human]

Cataholic,

Lady LOVES springtime. We hate it. She loves it because the farms are cleaning out the barns, and if she escapes and goes on a romp she can roll in nice, fresh manure piles and cowpies in the fields. Needless to say, she hates the bath that follows, but that's life kiddo.

Dogs are evidently SUPPOSED to be stinky, smelly, and dirty. When we give her a bath after one of her romps she looks at us as if to say "Not that grapey smellin stuff again, I just got myself smellin GOOD"

[Cinder & Smoke]

It's fun having a dirty dog

Unless you've got the Bus at the BigLake Park - 6 miles from home with
3 MUDDIE Mutts that just got done playin in the MUDD with their new
Lab Buddie!

Lab's Dad had just 'splained his FurKid's Show Ring talents and how they spent most
weekends on the road - winning ribbons.

I acted properly impressed and enjoyed Cinder giving Labby a good body slam ...
but failed to notice they were getting close to the Mud Bog in the ditch.

When they got finished mud-rasslin - only the ears and tails looked different.
Bowz stayed pretty clean - he only had mud to his elbows and a brown tummy.

Labby headed home in his SUV for a "shampoo" ...
The Three Mutts got marched down to the BigLake for a "dip".