Weird things your dogs do

[Shamas mom]

I thought it would be funny to share some of the weird things our dogs do. You know, the everyday stuff that they do every time.


Shamas wags his tail exactly twice every time he goes to lay down

 

[Lab_adore]

This is fun!

If we pause the tv Maxx starts barking at it. It is quite large and up on the wall so he sits under it and barks quite aggressively. No idea why

He also barks twice when he is about to nick something and run off with it - giving us a slight warning that the chase is on!

In front of us he pretends he can't reach the kitchen counter. He jumps quite pathetically and half-heartedly but when we aren't there he leaps up like a gazelle, both paws on the counter and grabs anything in reach. I know this because I peek!

 

[Natalie]

Monty corrals OH each evening when he gets home. OH walks in the door, turns, locks door, turns back and Monty walks right around him in a circle quite purposefully, always the same way. But doesn't do it to me ?

 

[Oberon]

Obi loves pressing himself into conifers, on walks. He leans into them as he walks along to get a full body conifer pat. Only conifers.

 

[chrisc831]

Fergus’s default greeting in the house is ‘middle’ unprompted, really tricky for the small of stature...they almost need a saddle ???

 

[Shamas mom]

I just remembered because we're about to leave on one
Shamas will only walk in the front row of the pack, in the middle of the row. Doesn't matter who's leash he's on, its centre sidewalk, front row lol

 

[Lisa]

Ha ha I was actually thinking of starting a thread like this!

Simba never drinks a bit of water here and there, it’s all or nothing. And he has to do it before we leave on a walk. However, he will never start drinking until I am completely dressed up, ready to go and leash in hand. Which is really annoying in the middle of winter and I am sweltering in my million layers of clothing, waiting for him to drink every last drop of water out of his bowl.

 

[Shamas mom]

Ha Ha! He probably doesn't want to hold his bladder while he waits for his next walk ;P

Shamas didn't like the standing water in his bowl and I got sick of changing it so often---so I took a spare 5 gallon QTtank and bought a new filter for it. Now he drinks a ton from that. I think I replace about 1-2 gallons a day? Of course the cats use it too...they've always preferred fish tank water to their water bowls, and don't realise I don't keep fish in this one. Somehow some pest snails survived the cleaning...I wonder if they flavour the water at all?

 

[Emily_Babbelhund]

Carbon has five minute-long wees. Literally five minutes. As I currently live in an apartment, that means public wees, and he's made so many passers-by laugh because they can't believe how long he wees for. He starts out lifting his leg but he gets tired and eventually the leg comes down, then the crouching stance becomes too tiresome too and eventually he's just standing there in a normal stance, still wee-ing his little heart out.

He didn't do it when he had access to a private garden in the Spain or the UK, so I think it's just him being smart. "I'd better do it ALL now 'cause who knows when she'll let me wee again!".

 

[Anne123]

Carbon has five minute-long wees. Literally five minutes. As I currently live in an apartment, that means public wees, and he's made so many passers-by laugh because they can't believe how long he wees for. He starts out lifting his leg but he gets tired and eventually the leg comes down, then the crouching stance becomes too tiresome too and eventually he's just standing there in a normal stance, still wee-ing his little heart out.

He didn't do it when he had access to a private garden in the Spain or the UK, so I think it's just him being smart. "I'd better do it ALL now 'cause who knows when she'll let me wee again!".

Finn does this too!!

 

[edzbird]

And he has to do it before we leave on a walk. However, he will never start drinking until I am completely dressed up, ready to go and leash in hand

Coco will always grab a drink while I'm putting my boots on. Every time. It is a race for me to get my both socks & boots on before he appears, dripping copious amounts of water into them. I usually have one wet sock & boot before we even step outside.

 

[Emily_Babbelhund]

Finn does this too!!

They should have a whizzing contest!

 

[Kelsey]

Axel screams every time he yawns. He’s done it since day one when we brought him home, we thought he would grow out of it but he hasn’t. It can be so ear piercing sometimes

 

[edzbird]

Axel screams every time he yawns. He’s done it since day one when we brought him home, we thought he would grow out of it but he hasn’t. It can be so ear piercing sometime

Aww Belle used to do that - it was her Michael Jackson impression.

 

[kateincornwall]

Not so much what she does, but what she doesn't do , bark ! Sam never used to bark when anyone rang the doorbell or was seen coming down the garden path , but small dogs tend to , so its strange when she doesn't react at all .

 

[Bruer]

Baxter still goes over to a flower pot sniffs in it before he goes for a pee, he's done it since a pup.

 

[Stacia]

When Rourke pinches something, like half a loaf of bread off the table to today (we had unexpected visitor, so were not vigilant) he comes and shows me what he has

 

[Shamas mom]

Lol! Shamas does that....unless its food, then he takes it under the table

 

[JES72]

Homer barks at the coffee pot.

I’m spending a week with a French family, arrived today. They have a lovey collie type dog who chases shadows. He’s just far too cute and i’ve Spent more time playing ball than speaking French.

 

[SwampDonkey]

Rory licks my elbows when I use a knife and fork to eat.
He sits on my knee when he's about to vomit and licks his lips.