# Happy dogs: Do they always spin clockwise?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-dogs-do-they-always-spin-clockwise/820936>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 7, 2018, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-dogs-do-they-always-spin-clockwise/820936 "2018-09-07T09:55:00Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-dogs-do-they-always-spin-clockwise/820936/21 "2018-09-09T03:32:42Z")

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> [@SmartAleq](#):
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> some very happy dogs will spin in any and every direction more or less at random.

Would anyone else like to see a video montage of everybody’s dogs on youtube?

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**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-dogs-do-they-always-spin-clockwise/820936/22 "2018-09-09T04:20:39Z")

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If it hadn’t been almost dark I’d have videoed that because she was in fine form tonight!

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**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-dogs-do-they-always-spin-clockwise/820936/23 "2018-09-09T06:23:13Z")

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> [@SmartAleq](#):
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> she was quite indiscriminate in her directions of spin. Couple times she actually employed the Z axis, which was a little disconcerting. So there you have it, … spin in any and every direction at random.

So you have a quantum dog? 🙂

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**Author:** ![DavidwithanR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/3bc359/32.png) [@DavidwithanR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidwithanR)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-dogs-do-they-always-spin-clockwise/820936/24 "2018-09-09T06:59:20Z")

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> [@chappachula](#):
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> So you have a quantum dog? 🙂

Wouldn’t that depend on the condition of the cat? 🙂

[Sings] There was an old lady who swallowed a particle…  
I don’t know why she swallowed a wave.  
Perhaps she’ll oscillate.

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**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2018, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-dogs-do-they-always-spin-clockwise/820936/25 "2018-09-09T17:57:08Z")

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> [@chappachula](#):
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> So you have a quantum dog? 🙂

Given that she can translocate from a dead sleep across the room to beat me out the door as soon as I open it, I wouldn’t put it past her! She have many energeez.

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**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-dogs-do-they-always-spin-clockwise/820936/26 "2018-09-10T17:13:26Z")

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My I.T. Guy has a German Shepherd mix. One of his nicknames for his dog is “Counterclockwise” and he does a sing-song while Wrex spins his happy dance in anticipation of mealtime. “Coun-ter-clock-wise, couuuuun-ter-clock-wise, who’s a good boy?”

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