Glennalicious: The wisdom of clocks

January 17, 2008

The wisdom of clocks

While I was spending time with family, my aunt remarked upon something interesting. Her dog will run in really tight circles, but only counter-clockwise. She asked if Bear did the same thing, and I've been observing her.

Bear spins with excitement whenever the food bowl is headed her way, but always counterclockwise. I thought it would be interesting to somehow limit her movement to see if she could rotate clockwise, but it also could be the coriolis effect, but now I JUST LEARNED that the whole toilet bowls draining differently in the Southern Hemisphere is a myth!

Blogging makes me learn things!

Does anyone out there have a dog who rotates clockwise?

Posted by G at January 17, 2008 10:10 PM

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I think that I read somewhere that the direction a dog (or cat) naturally turns is related to them being left or right handed ... er ... pawed. If I remember correctly, just like humans, some dogs are right pawed, some are left pawed, and some are ambidextrous (ambipawrous?)

Posted by: alan at January 18, 2008 09:14 AM

Shut UP! No joke? MAN, they lied to us in grammar school, didn't they? "Washington could not tell a lie." "Lincoln freed the slaves." "Water drains the other way in the Southern Hemisphere."

What's left to believe in this CRAZY world? ;-)

Posted by: Stephen J. Xanthos at January 18, 2008 09:25 AM

I am CRUSHED about the drain thing. I swear I was taught that in school! Drat. I wonder what else my teachers lied about?

Posted by: Andy at January 18, 2008 10:00 AM

My b/f's dalmatian, Daphne, rotates clockwise when she hears the word "eat" around 4pm; but she tends to nudge you w/ her left paw if she wants to be petted.

Posted by: Doug at January 20, 2008 01:47 AM

Both my dogs turn counter clockwise.

To be fair my oldest dog never did it until the younger dog joined our family. He started mimicking some of her behavior, he's not a natural turner like she is.

Posted by: John at January 21, 2008 07:00 PM

You believed the toilet myth?? Sigh, Glenn.

Posted by: Allen at January 24, 2008 02:35 PM