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No matter how much you love a dog, sometimes their behavior will be a total mystery to you. One moment, they can be your adorable, cuddly best friend, and the next, they have turned into a destructive little maniac!<\/p>\n
Just take the little dog in this video, for instance. This little stinker, who goes by the name of Dexter, decided to give his human mama a startling \u201cgood morning\u201d surprise, and people have so many questions.<\/p>\n
This video starts with the caption, \u201cHow\u2019s my morning going, you ask?\u201d The footage shows an ordinary bedroom before revealing Dexter, the dog, covered in dirt after digging through an indoor potted plant.<\/p>\n
There is literally dirt everywhere<\/em>. What does this mischievous little canine do when his human mama asks him, \u201cDexter\u2026 What? What is going on here?\u201d She\u2019s in total disbelief.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Dexter just stares at her like, \u201cWhat do you mean? What did I do?\u201d He doesn\u2019t seem to have any clue that he might have done anything wrong, LOL.<\/p>\n Naturally, the Internet had plenty of theories about the motive behind Dexter\u2019s bizarre behavior.<\/p>\n Related: Naughty Golden Retriever Brothers Refusing To Get Out of the Pool Are the Cutest Chaos<\/strong><\/p>\n Instagram user aannemohr opined that Dexter might not be feeling well and he was simply trying to make himself feel better when she wrote, \u201cEither he\u2019s too hot in that sweater\/it\u2019s annoying him, and he\u2019s cooling off his undercarriage, or he\u2019s sick and wants to go outside. Dogs are so smart!\u201d<\/p>\n While Instagram user tonyamotley surmised that Dexter merely missed the great outdoors when she wrote, \u201cApartment living, he just wants to feel the Earth on his feet.\u201d<\/p>\n But Instagram user hey.madisyn had a more comedic take on Dexter\u2019s behavior when she wrote, \u201cHe didn\u2019t do anything. The plant clearly fell over, and he put it back in place.\u201d<\/p>\n As bizarre as Dexter\u2019s behavior may seem, digging<\/a> up house plants is actually not that uncommon for our canine companions.<\/p>\n Sometimes, they will dig up houseplants because they are bored and really need stimulation, or they are experiencing intense separation anxiety<\/a>.<\/p>\n However, with proper exercise, stimulation, and enrichment activities or toys, it\u2019s definitely possible to avoid morning surprises, like the one that Dexter left his human mama in this video.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udc36<\/a>SIGN UP to get \u201cpawsitivity\u201d delivered right to your inbox with inspiring & entertaining stories about our furry & feathered friends<\/strong><\/a>\ud83d\udc3e\ud83d\udc3e<\/a><\/p>\n This story was originally published by PetHelpful<\/a> on Feb 5, 2026, where it first appeared in the Pet News<\/a> section. Add PetHelpful as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n No matter how much you love a dog, sometimes their behavior will be a total mystery to you. One moment, they can be your adorable, cuddly best friend, and the next, they have turned into a destructive little maniac! Just take the little dog in this video, for instance. This little stinker, who goes by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4742,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pets-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pe-ts.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Why Do Dogs Dig up Plants?<\/h2>\n
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