Why Do Dogs Follow Us To The Bathroom?

If you’re a member of a pack, they will watch your back.

Simple as that.

As you already read in our article: Why Do Dogs Sleep With Or Near Us Humans? we shared with you that Dogs are ‘pack’ animals, and as such, the pack takes care of, protects, and watches out for one another.

When you use Common Sense and think about what a Vulnerable ‘position’ an animal; in this case a dog is in when trying to circle around and find a spot away from the sanctuary of the family ‘den’ to actually go ‘relieve’ itself and leave that scent (Urine and or Feces) far enough away so that potential predators do not ‘pick up’ the scent and follow the animal (dog) back to the den and harm the family pack, you will understand WHY Dogs follow us humans ( their pack members now) to our ‘place’ of ‘relieving’ ourselves aka the ‘bathroom’.

Dogs are simply watching our back, literally and protecting us; their cherished family member from what they instinctually perceive as a chance for a potential predator to pounce on us when we are in such a physically vulnerable position.