Dogish things your dog does that only dogs can do

[90daychallenger]

Inspired by the thread about cats doing cat stuff.

What dog stuff does your dog do?

My rescue terrier has taken to epic sulking until we take her out on a walk. Yesterday she sat in the hallway on freezing cold tiles for an hour looking down at the floor like she'd been abused and making the occasional whimper until I was eventually able to take her out at 5.30pm.

She also screeches at me when she's just woken up and does a massive yawn it comes out as a massive screech. Our neighbours have heard it through the wall

Our previous dog could detect brie being taken out of the fridge while asleep upstairs. We'd hear this thud as he jumped off whichever bed he'd got onto, patter patter down the stairs and be at the fridge within seconds. He only did this for brie-type cheese though.

Errol Dog with a sophisticated palate

Yes... he was a gourmand, actually - very fussy about what dogfood he'd eat, and if offered a prawn would graciously accept naice atlantic cold-water ones but reject the large warm-water type.

His replacement came as a bit of a shock - easy to feed but unexpectedly fond of used tissues and (when younger, fortunately grown out of this) sheepshit.

My dog knows 'high five' is a cute trick that gets her a treat.
Though if I happen to just have hold of something she wants, she high fives continuously, alternating which paw she uses, like a mad thing until she gets what it is she's after.
She also thumps her tail hard on the floor the minute you stop rubbing her belly.

Erol I love your dog!! Good taste in cheese!

My dog comes running any time the fridge or oven door is opened, even if he's outside with the back door closed, he'll come and sit looking in.
sneakily ingeniously this is how I can now get him to come anytime I want, I just open and close the fridge door.

My dog is another one who seems to believe in the power of 'the stare' he uses it to make plates and toys levitate, to get his treat box opened its never not worked if I'm in the room it's like magic that stare.

Yes... the current dog, if anyone is in the kitchen, will align himself like a compass needle pointing due drawer-where-shmackos-live. Dachshunds make good pointers. Then he'll periodically twist his neck round to give you a hard stare.

My lab x staffy hates water so even saying bath he runs away from you. Say cold meat/biscuit/dinner (any food related word really) and he is there
He also opens my doors and decides each night that 10pm is his bedtime so he takes himself upto my bed conviniently lying on my side
Every time my dad phones me when he comes to help with the garden he will do his crazy dance combined with a high pitch whiney yelp til he gets here. Its like he hears him say ill see you soon. When he arrives i open the door and he zooms to say hello. He luffs my dad haha

In the evening Eric likes to make sure you are going to be seated for an extended period by lying next to you on the sofa and plonking his paw in your hand repeatedly until you hold it. Then, if you get up and let go of his paw he makes an exaggerated groan in protest and follows you with his head and tail down as if he has been forced to move as well.
He likes to choose his own bedtime biscuit so if you offer one he hasn't chosen he refuses to look at you or the biscuit until you ask if he wants to choose. He might well then go on to choose the very same biscuit you had already offered him and he had snubbed
I have to pack for holidays out of sight because if he sees the suitcase he goes barmy with excitement. At home he will sleep for as long as it takes for someone to get up but on holiday he wants everyone up and out by 8am just because he enjoys the different walks.

Ooh biscuit choosing ddog does this too he won't be offered a biscuit he likes to choose and get mortally offended when given treats by innocent strangers. He also won't eat fish or fish flavoured treats except for smoked salmon he's rather partial to that.

We have to be very careful when using the phrase park which ddog understands to mean an outing even if we mean moving the car!
He does a ball dance in anticipation of his ball being thrown for him.
He also understands the words biscuit and tea and bounces (often on my foot) until the expected treat comes his way.
PS Our pet rabbit can throw a plastic flower pot too (he just can't catch them again)! We were wondering why they kept appearing at random points in the garden. Once he dropped one down the steps by accident and was so pleased by the result that he went back up the steps carrying one and did it again.

The younger of my 2 leads the way on walks and if we lag behind to sniff something she whines in frustration and does an impatient dance that always makes me laugh. She also does a thunderous celebration run after a poo so we always know when it happens, it's like her Olympic moment. My older girl loves a lie in and when we start to wake she does a v appreciative long stretch and offers her belly up for the rub she knows she deserves! My girls are farmers and can often be seen having harvested some veg and tucking into it. My older one talks to me. We have q long conversations that I hope my neighbours are kind enough to ignore!

I love the thunderous celebration how fantastic. Ddog does this weird wind up with his back leg like he's cranking it out then runs away immediately after as if someone's offended him by dropping a nasty smell.

One of my lurchers is very vocal, and can almost say actual words. I was grumbling at my DD one day, and the lurcher stood up and went "yeah, yeah, yeah..." which sort of spoiled the moment.
Lurcher number 2 had to have a front leg and shoulder amputated after an accident, but still digs holes in the lawn. She also loves a fuss, but if you have the cheek to stop stroking her, she grabs your hand and pulls it to where she wants fussing.
My little terrier has the looks and charm of a young puppy, and when you go walking he runs up to everyone we meet for some fuss. If anyone ignores him he slinks off with the cutest hangdog expression, now and then casting doleful looks over his shoulder at the heartless person who didn't fall for his charm.
His recall is funny too, when I call him he just sits down and waits for me to catch him up. His little legs mean he gets tired before the lurchers, and he's prone to dramatically throwing himself on the floor when he wants to rest, lying flat on his side sighing, occasionally squinting at me to make sure I've seen his suffering.

My dog does an excited dance when he's waiting for his ball to be thrown - he spins round in circles then jumps from side to side cos it's just far too exciting to stay still

And if he thinks we're not throwing the ball enough he'll drop his ball in front of someone else in the park, sit down and do this exaggerated pantomime of looking at the ball, then looking up at the person, then looking at the ball again. We're trying to train this out of him but the reaction he gets 99% of the time is a laugh followed by a ball throw so as far as he's concerned it's always worth trying

My dog is a show off.

Loves being in the park with her ball but it doesn't matter if she's walking peacefully or playing, as soon as anyone, human or dog comes near she rushes up to me, pushes at my legs and jumps up and down for her ball to be thrown.

She'll rush after it, leaping gracefully into the air to catch it, all the while watching the other dog/person to see if they're watching her and being impressed by her amazing skills. The process is rapidly repeated several times until they walk past, at which point she'll drop the ball, sit down and watch them go, clearly disappointed that not everyone shows the same level of pleasure at her amazingness as I do.

My 4 year old lab does the lie down trick on walks when more than one dog appears in front of him. The other owners (those who don't know him) say 'ah' what a cute well behaved dog. Within 5 yards he takes off like a horizontal rocket rushes up to the other dogs, comes to a screeching halt, does the smelling bottom bit and then calmly walks by. If other dogs are labs they recognise the 'chase me' invite and we all have to take cover and hold onto trees.

Currently, my lurchers have a paddling pool on the deck. Ddog2 now likes to have a manic half hour of leaping in the paddling pool, splashing around, running off for a nice dig, leaping in again, running round at super speed, splashing, digging etc. Ddog1 stands and barks at him in a 'you crazy fool' manner

GrumpySpaniel always has to have whatever toy/bear/fun item the other one has - despite the fact they have plenty of toys each, he absolutely HAS to have whichever one BastardPuppy is playing with...BastardPuppy has cottoned onto this and plays the long game now. He knows GrumpySpaniel will get distracted by something shiny/barking at a sparrow fart and as soon as that happens, nips in like a little cocker ninja and steals whatever it is back from under GrumpySpaniel's nose. I love watching them!