to think my dog's a bit weird (lighthearted)

[mossiemagnet]

anyone else have strange observations of their pet? or rituals, habits or behaviours? for example my dog - regularly poops and then, for some unknown reason - runs AWAY from it, doing at least two laps of the garden after said poop. She also does a nightly "perimeter check" where she waits until about half an hour after everyone is in bed and then walks into each bedroom, does a walk around the bed - comes up and sniffs your face, and then goes to the other bedrooms to do the same and then gets some water and retreats to the sofa until morning - anyone?

Every night, we let our dog out once last time round about the same time which he picked up on fairly quickly. He literally leaps off our decking and mid air lets out a little bark as if warning whatever may be there (usually the neighbours cat) to stay away. Quickly does a pee then comes in and curls up on his cushion!
I love quirks in animals!
My boss' dog is so funny. He was getting his bathroom done and the builders had to check the dog was still alive because the way he lies and his breathing goes really shallow haha. They apparently told my boss they were sh*tting themselves!

My dog refuses to give me his ball when we are at the park, but after a poop whilst I am picking up the poop he will drop the ball and bark at me to throw it. Soon as I have the poop bagged up he wont let me have the ball. Weird. He also tends not to drink unless I am stood next to him.

I take my dog running with me. After every run, no matter the weather, time of day or length of run, she chucks herself on her back and wriggles around, wagging her tail and making little snuggly sounds. I checked with the vet and she said the dog is probably experiencing 'rubber's high' - an endorphin rush 😂

*runner's high 🙄

marriedwithhounds ours does the same! Any time he's been out the house, as soon as he comes in and gets his collar off he rolls, wiggles, and scoots his way across the rug, grunting like a little pig (and occasionally seeming to quack)!

she chucks herself on her back and wriggles around

Might try that myself after Parkrun tomorrow

My parents dog doesn't know how to play with toys. She will get a tug rope and throw it in the air, pounce on it like a cat and bop it around with her paws, pick it up again and repeat maybe 2 or 3 times and that will be her allocated 'play time' for the day.

She also wants attention by sitting in front of you and stares at you. If you try to stroke her, she pulls her face away as if to say 'no human, no touching, just stares'. She has piercing blue eyes as well so it's a little disturbing at times. Until she starts panting and then looks uber goofy.

I love her so much.

@marriedwithhounds that’s a ‘grounding’ or self-soothing behaviour. Vet is partially correct in that dogs find jogging stressful (physiologically) because of the sustained adrenaline surge so she’s calming herself afterwards

Friend's elderly retriever, Amber, no longer 'retrieves' much (bit arthritic in the leg department, bless her), but instead has taken to throwing favourite chew toys at everyone!

She turns her head sideways, and whips round so quickly that they launch at quite a force.

Within 40 minutes was twice hit in the shoulder by a rubber bone missile.
Her trajectory's still a bit random, but, judging by the amused glint in her eye, I suspect she's honing her aim daily...

She also gets way overexcited whenever "Uptown Funk" plays.
Bruno Mars would be proud

@RavenLG the cat thing sounds familiar! my dog does a cat pounce on her toys/bone/my socks/my feet and slippers
@SantaIsReal mine also does the decking pounce, like a full on gazelle leap (just not as graceful)she's a bone so very un coordinated
@marriedwithhounds rubbers high childish giggle

boxer not bone! damn auto correct!

After either she or us have finished eating, she picks up her special teddy that she sleeps with, and wiggles her way around the living/dining room doing laps. She checks behind her that one of us is following until we have to stop from dizziness.

After a poo she looks like she's wiping her back paws on the grass, we end up covered in bits of grass and soil that she flicks up behind her.

We sometimes let her have an empty food tray or packet, she either walks backwards out of room with them, or she holds them in such a way they cover her eyes....then she'll walk into a wall or door

Dogs are dicks 🤪

My dog crawls around the ground on all fours with a look of pure ecstasy on her face. Usually when she has a ball in her mouth.

If you needed a visual dictionary definition of the word ridiculous that would be it.

Our pup will only eat when all of us are together in the house. He will look longingly at the full bowl until he knows kids, OH and I are in the house.

My dog used to do an hourly check on me at night, she'd pop in ever so quietly sniff me then go out again. Never knew what she was checking for.
She also used to walk on tiptoe if I was in a bad mood (not with her though)

She also was a massive fan of chasing cats, except when she caught them she just stood there wagging her tail and waiting for it to run away again. Yet whilst she was chasing them you'd swear she was going to be aggressive.

Mine also has to do two (no more, no less) victory laps of the garden after pooping.

When he really, really wants something but is trying really, really hard not to beg he sits at an angle to you (because straight-on would be begging) and squints sideways (again so not to class as begging) and HISSES. It’s like the force required to be a good non-begging boy physically expels air through his nose. It’s a bit disconcerting when you’re just trying to eat some toast in peace.

@RIBlue actually now you mention it - mine does the side squint "beg- but not official begging"- thing! she's good at psyching me out, looking away when I look at her, and when I look at her she pretends to look at anything but me, and then she sighs- although her shoe string dribbles give her away!

One of my dogs does a handstand whilst she is weeing.

I’m pretty impressed she doesn’t get her stomach covered in it

@Annabk this explains a lot! I love knowing what's happening in her lovely little mind. She loves going for a run and backs her arse towards me as soon as I pick up her harness so that we can get it on ASAP and go 😂 totally different from when we go for a normal walk!

One of our cats is brain damaged and disabled. She can barely walk, regularly trips over her own paws and walks into wall. But EVERY time she does a poo, she concentrates really hard, coordinates all her limbs and runs away from the litter box, round the landing and down the stairs. She genuinely can't run at any other time, but the poss stink so badly that she just has to.