! They will always pester the shoveling officer, wanting the shoveling officer to touch his head and scratch. Many dogs enjoy the time that the shoveling officer gives themselves a "massage". With the massage of the shoveling officer, the dog may squint his eyes, grin open, and fall asleep happily. When
massages and tickles the dog, many shit shovel officers have discovered a magical place on the dog's body, that is, the dog's abdomen! Whenever the poop shoveling officer tickles the dog to the dog's abdomen, the dog's hind legs will kick up uncontrollably.
Many shit scavengers know that this magical "switch" is located on the dog's abdomen or close to the dog's abdomen. If you touch this position, the dog's hind legs will begin to be out of control!
Their hind legs will keep kicking up, and the dog kicking is very rhythmic, which looks very interesting. So why does the dog’s hind legs kick when it hits this position of the dog’s stomach?
Dog kicking on its hind legs is actually a self-protection mechanism called scratching reflex. This is a kind of conditioned reflex that cannot be controlled automatically. The reason why dogs have this protection mechanism is to stay away from dangerous bugs and irritants.
In certain areas under the skin of the dog's abdomen, there are several nerve pathways connected to the spinal cord. When these nerves are activated-whether it is scratching or tickling-they will quickly send a signal to the spinal cord, and the spinal cord will immediately produce a kicking response. For some dogs, if the scratching feels stronger, the kicking reaction will be more obvious.
"Dogs with allergies have a particularly obvious reaction, which can easily cause scratching reflexes, because these dogs have itchy almost everywhere," said Lore Haug, a veterinarian and animal behavior expert at the Texas Animal Behavior Institute, "but if the more Rubbing their skin, the stronger the sense of scratching."
Haug said that the scratching reflex is a mechanism for animals to protect themselves from physical irritants, especially invasive insects that help animals carry diseases. For example, if a dog has lice on the skin, the itching sensation caused by these lice will activate the scratching reflex. Maybe kicking can get rid of some lice and relieve the source of itching. This reflection of
is very similar to the reflection seen in humans, and the reflection in us is generally used to protect ourselves. The scratching reflex can help veterinarians determine whether a dog has nerve damage.
However, if the dog reacts strongly when touching the dog’s abdomen, it means that the dog does not like the feeling of being touched. If the dog is intoxicated, then they enjoy the shoveling officer touching themselves Abdomen~
