Burying Bones

I received the following email recently, and I thought I’d post here in case anyone else has been wondering about this:

Hi Lily,

Can you tell me why you dogs bury your bones in the ground? My Labrador Charlie often does this. Trouble is he’s always digging up my flower garden.

Many thanks

Caroline (Charlie’s Mum).


Hello Charlie’s Mum

For me it’s an inherent instinct thing; it’s just something I’ve always done and always knew should be done, like peeing when I meet someone new for the first time or barking at my reflection.

When I’m done with a juicy bone I bury it somewhere safe in case of an emergency. Dad’s Mum and my namesake, Lillian, does exactly the same thing with tinned food every time there’s a severe weather warning (although rather than bury them in the ground she stock piles the kitchen cupboards; but it’s the same principle).

My favourite place to bury bones is the middle of the vegetable patch at the bottom of the garden. Dad whinges about this but he’s missing the point, it makes perfect sense; if emergency ensues I have ready access to meat and two veg.

Fortunately there has been no incident to date that has evoked the Bone Recovery Procedure. Currently I have 14 bones safely stored amongst various fruit and veg.

Hope this answers your question. Thanks for emailing.

Love to Charlie

Lily xx

If you have any questions please drop me a line. I’m not a Dog Expert, but I am a dog.