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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

To add; it’s to mask their own scent. It’s an instinctive habit inherited from wolves that we’ve never quite been able to get rid of.

By getting smelly stuff on them; they can sneak up in prey better. Most dogs don’t even know how to sneak…. But they still do it.