What is the rolling on back and wiggling about?

Tucker does this sometimes, but only in the rooms that are carpeted. He doesn't do it on the tile or wood. His tail is always going about a hundred miles an hour when he's done.

Jasmine is the only one who does it with glee and makes all the growly, moany (is that a word) noises to accompany the wiggling. Jasper only gets on his back when I walk up to him, or if he's in the backyard and being a bit sassy. Danny never rolls completely on his back, but he does the "snake" along the bottom part of the couch.

He is doing retro dance from the 70's called the worm. : My guys do the same thing and moan and groan.

Both of my dogs do this, usually in grass, but Mila will wiggle like that on the bed, usually in the morning, and then wait for a tummy scratch.

we call it the "happy roll" and have a song for it. Pure happy rolling around.

Rookie does this in the park, in the yard, at the dog park. It's always very joyful and he makes funny noises while he does it.He always starts by putting his head down and rubbing his ear into the ground and then it turns into a full body thing. I always figured it was a back scratch kind of thing.

we call it "Faith riding her invisible bicycle" or her "happy dance"

i love it when she does it, and was so happy when i finally got a video of it!

Tysen as well as Riley the westie do it...quite often too

Quinn does it and manages to wiggle so much he turns circles on his back and he always has a goofy grin on his face when he's finished

Willow always does this in grass. She loves it when the grass has been cut in the fields and there are big piles of it around.

Brady is the first dog I have had that does this, so it might be a golden thing. He mostly does when we are not paying attention to him, like when we are playing with the cat. It is almost like, "Hey look at me!"

Jersey enjoys a good wiggle often he and his mother (Lucy, not me...) especially enjly it with a good toy under them. Antlers, bones, and tennis balls apparently work best!

Julie and Jersey

Indie likes to get the biggest stone he can find (he is stone obssesed) and roll on that ,it looks so painfull but he seems to really love it .he manages to look happy and proud all at once.

Grins, my goldens all do it - some with the moaning and groaning activity and others more quietly. I have one hallway with tiling halfway up since this is a favorite rolling place while pushing off with their feet (I really got tired of repairing the wall LOL)

They will also do it outside in the grass, in the woods or after swimming. The various matting in th training clubs around here are also apparently 'just right'.

I love watching it and actually have never really noticed other breeds doing it. My Faelan (and previously Rowdy) usually does the head dive thing on the way down to rolling and it just always look like so much fun.

Jersey's Mom said:

Jersey enjoys a good wiggle often he and his mother (Lucy, not me...) especially enjly it with a good toy under them. Antlers, bones, and tennis balls apparently work best!

Julie and Jersey

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That's mostly when Lucy does it, when she has a new/favorite
toy or bone. It's like she's putting her scent on it or something.
The other time is after bathtime of course!