My dog does this thing when he needs to take a shit, at least when in our yard.. where he likes to find, and smell one of his old turds before letting it rip. Having snow on the ground complicates this a bit, he searches around digging here and there till he meets his quota and dumps. Now he likes the snow, but he doesn't love being out in the rain and wind.. But tonight we're getting another good snow storm with lots of wind, and he doesn't really like that either, so it's pretty funny watching him come to the realization that he doesn't want to be outside in the storm, but he has to go, and he has to fund some turds to smell... so he's frantically jumping around and digging holes, sticking his nose in them and repeating this until he finally finds his spot.. fucking hilarious. I wish I got it on video. Dogs are funny as hell.