The Poop Dance

I learned about the poop dance when I first brought J. J. home from the breeder -- he was 7 weeks old and he fit into the palm of my hand. My best friend, Susan, and I were outside my house watching him explore and, all of a sudden, he started turning in circles. I said to Susan "Look how cute that is!" She said, "I think he's getting ready to poop." And, sure enough, she was right.

From that time forward, J. J. became more and more discriminating about the places in which he would poop: he would sniff, move forward and sniff, move backward and sniff, turn in circles for awhile, stand up, sniff, move forward and sniff, move backward and sniff, turn in circles for awhile, etc. etc. etc. Finally he would find the perfect spot and, eventually, poop!

We were in for quite a shock when we got Grover because he would literally stop in stride, while lifting his leg, squat, and poop!

Well, things have changed! J. J. now is now non-discriminatory about where he poops; he sniffs a couple of minutes, squats and poops. Grover, on the other hand, has become the gourmet of pooping places: he will go so far as spinning in circles, moving forward and sniffing, moving backward and sniffing, turning in circles, squatting, and THEN GET UP! He then continues his walk and, after all the steps I've described above, he will finally find THE PERFECT SPOT!

Ah, the entertainment opportunities for those who live in RVs. . .