Do you have a large-ish dog, e.g. Boxer and bigger that insists on being a lap dog, when it really isn't?

[TheTecknician]

Our family dogs decades back were cocker spaniels, admittedly not a large breed but our three were particularly sturdy (probably overfed, I admit) and you certainly knew about it had one of them been using you as a cushion for half an hour or more. It amazes me when I see people sitting on sofas accompanied by the likes of Labradors and Great Danes. Great for the dogs but less satisfying for the humans!

He’s a beaut, but my lab does all of those things with gusto and I adore him!

Haha no I know, it was said in jest, hence the photos 😂.

2 x 40ish kg German Shepherds here. Both spend time across my lap, but it's usually a big head draped over my thigh. The latest in a long line of GSDs that have all been the same. They also share my bed.
Photo tax duly paid

Ah yes the lean. I get that. Leans in for a cuddle. Can almost push me over with the love aka strength of the cuddle 🐶

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Most of DB’s Bernese Mountain Dogs have been dedicated lap sitters :)

Your poor dog has to sleep on the sofa? Not in the bed?!

Such cruelty!

My lapdogs decided to stay in bed with me this morning and watch Home Alone.

They had the whole of a king sized bed to lay on, and chose me instead.

Who needs blood flow in their legs anyways.

Oh myy 😍 this is the kinda thing I "like" on instagram do they have instagram😀

Gorgeous

Oh i’m loving this thread, please keep the pictures coming 😊

We used to say our dog thought he was as big as his eyes. Would "birth" himself onto your lap between your clamped arm and body. He was a staff crossed with something tall, so long legs and sturdy bod.

I lost my boy (English bull terrier) in September but I miss being squished on the sofa by all 38kg of him every single day

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He is encouraged to sleep in or on the bed but is choosing to sleep on the sofa sometimes. My youngest DS (17) also slept on the sofa last night (so he could sleep with the dog ....)

This thread has just made my heart ache all over again for our family dog, he was a Rhodesian Ridgeback who was thoroughly convinced he was cat sized and would squash anyone who sat on the sofa long enough. He used to lay in bed with my brother and would take up the entire thing while my brother tried to play PlayStation around him. The best bit was that he knew he wasn't really supposed to sit on people so he'd get entirely in someone's lap but keep one foot just touching the floor so technically he wasn't breaking any rules 😁

my mastiff should have been called shadow....

My Saint Bernard used to climb up on my lap, tuck her muzzle under my chin & fall asleep gently snoring away.
My tiny sil was visiting once & sat in my chair. The saint clambered up for a cuddle. Sil disappeared - you could only see half a leg & feet!
I miss that dog 💕.

No Instagram, they do have an account on tiktok but I couldn't be bothered keeping up with it, I'm not very good on social media 🤣

Oh im far to old to be bothered with tik tok I would also lose interest 😀 they are very cute though

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My tall and heavy (all legs and head rather than rotund) golden does exactly the same thing. Got to admit I love it 😍

I have a boxer who is 8, a black lab who is 3 and a black miniature schnauzer who is 12.

The boxer despite being many times the size of the schnauzer is indeed the lapdog of the trio, I loves nothing more than being sat on or as close to you as possible. The black lab likes to have a toe-bean touching you at all times but doesn’t sit on you. The mini schnauzer, being the oldest and grumpiest likes his own space, until such time as someone orders a donner kebab and then he will sit on your head until you give him some.

My dogs snores were my favourite sound in the whole world

Labrador half on my knee and half on sofa. Draped across me like a blanket. Saving me some money on heating bills. Thinks he’s a dachshund.

A pub I once frequented had a resident dog - she belonged to the landlady. I won't say the dog's or the pub's names as they're too outing but said dog was a Labrador/Rhodesian Ridgeback cross. Everybody's friend and nobody's enemy, except at closing time when she was very alert to strange noises outside. Anyhoo, she would mull around the bar area listening for the sounds of crisps and pork scratchings and otherwise make herself very comfortable on the bench seats, using any convenient customer as a cushion! And nobody seemed to mind. She was, however, exceptionally well behaved and properly trained and would vacate the seats and bar area without hesitation if the boss instructed her so. This wasn't a bad thing as the customers' generosity was adding to her waistline, as if she wasn't big enough! A grand pooch.