Dogs love to dig into nooks and crannies for these reasons.

 8:58am, 17 October 2025

Many people now raise dogs, but dogs have some strange behaviors. Understanding these strange behaviors can help us raise dogs better. Today I will take you to understand the reasons why dogs love to crawl into nooks and crannies.

Lack of security is one of the main reasons why dogs burrow into nooks and crannies. For example, when a dog cannot adapt to a new environment, it will feel uneasy and nervous, and then it will burrow into nooks and crannies.

In addition, when a dog hides something in a nook, the dog will burrow into the nook from time to time. The purpose of this behavior is that the dog wants to check whether the food is still there, and is worried that the food will be snatched away by other animals.

If the dog is frightened, such as when there is a sudden thunder or when it is frightened by other things, the dog will also crawl into nooks and crannies. In this case, the owner needs to comfort the dog in time and spend more time with the dog.