A Word for Dogs Rolling Around on Their Backs in the Grass

A San Diego, California, man tweets his request for a term for what a dog does when she’s happily writhing around on the grass. How about shnerking? Other terms people use for it are stink bathing, mole diving, itchy-scratchies, flea smothering, scruffling, or being a grass shark. This is part of a complete episode.

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