The underlying fact of the reason dogs bury bones in the ground is because they can’t bury the bones in trees. This is an inbred and instinctual trait of dogs, which are what they love most to do in their lives.
Dog fostering households usually ponder on why their pet dogs still ask for bones to bury even if they have been fed full already for a meal time.
To answer this issue, one has to understand the dog’s nature. Its genetic heritage on a family of breeds is vital information on this.
These wonderful pets lived on earth for millions of years now and have been designated as domesticated animals for a few thousand years. During these years, their physical traits as well as personality traits has been developed to let them adapt to surviving.
A very utmost dog concern is to hunt for and maintain a sufficient food supply. Dogs are also known as carnivores, where they can prey on an animal, like a moose or a mammoth, which is big enough to feed his entire pack. Otherwise, the notion to eat bite-sized creatures is of great interest. At the end, they usually have an over abundance of food.
Yet, out in the wild, dogs are never settled in the comfort of a full meal, because it takes a long period of time to find and kill another animal or bite-sized creature.
In this lieu, dogs carry bones to keep them nourish for a long time or even forever. These bones are loaded with a nutrient-rich marrow, which they can lick for umpteen times in savor of a dinner lost. After 15 minutes, they can be back to their lair and bury the bone in close proximity.
The dog burying process is called caching or hoarding. This is a common practice to dogs, predominantly wolves and foxes. What’s even more, other animals also follow religious forms of caching or hoarding. Squirrels, for instance, collect as much as necessary nuts they can feed on for the winter. Another good example, camels has the ability to stockpile adequate food and water in their bodies, which can nurture them in the desert for several days.
In the domestic vicinity, pet dogs have the pleasure of waiting for their foods, even in greater quantities. Nonetheless, they still possess the caching and hoarding dog trait and enjoy burying bones or their toys in the backyard, in their beds, pillows or cabinet and dogs really love it.
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I have always thought dogs as for bones so they can eat them. Which is why I never gave my dog one. Bones are supposed to be bad for their intestines.