> any plausible reason for a non-migrating animal to align with the magnetic field, when defecating or at any other time. I got my dog a few years back when sh

> any plausible reason for a non-migrating animal to align with the magnetic field, when defecating or at any other time. I got my dog a few years back when she was just a pup. Over the years, she's done things that she was never taught how to do (swim, hunt, bury her food), she just new how to do them instinctually. I believe something like this falls under that category. And for the record, she took a crap this morning and was pointing directly north/south.