I have a 6 year old Cavalier King Charles who will roll around in my clothes when I get undressed, or my towel after I shower. It doesn't bother me, it's kind of cute. But does anyone know why dogs do this?

Shawna

[Piti Longstalking]

I know a few dogs that will roll around in feces...so maybe your dog has an opinion about you clothing style.

I'm just kidding of course.

He's just adding your scent to his scent. It's a way of stating you're both members of the same family.

My dogs not only roll on my clothing, but if one of them gets a bath the other one will roll around on the towel I used to dry him. They roll on their toys before they play with them. They roll on the same spot the other dog was sleeping on. In general, they're just keeping everyone having the same scents on them, so we're all identified as being in the same family.

Originally Posted by Piti Longstalking

I know a few dogs that will roll around in feces...so maybe your dog has an opinion about you clothing style.

I'm just kidding of course.

LOL Piti

My dog does the same thing, and like vetgroomer said, it is to get your scent on himself. The other night, my dog got a bath. As soon as she was released she jumped up on my bed and started rubbing her face in my blankets and sheets. She wanted to get my scent back on herself. It was really kind of funny, because even though there are four humans in our house (including her Daddy, who is "alpha" and who bathed her), it was my scent she went for first. But I always knew I'm her "favorite" human!

Originally Posted by shawna1977

I have a 6 year old Cavalier King Charles who will roll around in my clothes when I get undressed, or my towel after I shower. It doesn't bother me, it's kind of cute. But does anyone know why dogs do this?

Shawna

Yes, it's kinda cute for your dog to roll around in your dirty clothes. Be happy that that's all it does. LOL

My sister & I have 3 dogs...2 Papillons & a Border Pap. Our Pap, Jack, is my dog and he likes to drag my clothes off the top of the hamper or out of of, if anything is hanging over it...does it to the upstairs & downstairs hampers. Or, he drags my clothes that's been laying on my bed or on my floor. He'll drag them through the upstairs foyer and sometimes all or part of the way down the stairs. He also drags my clothes out of the laundry sorting pile on the floor. If he has anything dragged downstairs or from the utilityroom, then Lara (my sister's Pap) will sometimes chew on them but she'd rather chew on my underwear instead to where she'll ruin them. LOL Blacky (our Border Pap) is my dog and rarely drags my clothes out but he does like the smell of my clothes. We laugh about what they do and don't get mad at them but I grumble when I end up with ruined underwear which doesn't happen to often. LOL Our mom & dad's Dachshund is our mom's dog and likes the smell of her clothes. In the past when they had a mini Dach, she was our dad's dog and would lay in his pants whenever they'd leave her home alone. We don't mind our dogs loving the smell of us. I purposely leave certain old clothes out for our dogs whenever I leave them home with my sister for a few days. I won't get mad if something comes up chewed. I just sometimes grumble instead. LOL

Darlene