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Your dog's quirks

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turtletime · 25/04/2018 20:06

Whenever my 2-year-old GSD plays football/fetch he quickly scrambles to find something to put in his mouth before running off. Even if he's really excited to go after a ball he has a quick scan around him. He now has a designated plastic pipe for this purpose. Interestingly, he is about ten times faster if he is without it! Would love to hear random things your dogs do.

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TossDaily · 25/04/2018 22:38

Takes all of the toys out of her toy box and surrounds herself with them.

If you scratch her under the chin she gradually rears herself up onto her bottom so you can do her belly. She then gets so blissed out she topples backwards.

Gets overexcited and jealous if she sees DP and I kissing and yaps at us until we stop.

Is completely obsessed with yoghurt.

When she's settling down for a nap she paws and scrats at her blanket to get it just so before she can get comfy.

She's hilarious Grin

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turtletime · 25/04/2018 22:53

Also, when my boy wakes up he has to go to all the bedrooms and say good morning to everyone. Will sit and sigh if you don't acknowledge him within 0.5s.

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SleightOfMind · 25/04/2018 23:33

Sleighthound 1:

Believes that all of herself is invisible if her head is hidden.

Insists on peeing, excitedly, whenever any of us do in bushes on walks. Makes a stupid noise when she can’t squeeze any more out - there’s 6 of us plus another dog to cover.

Will only wee like a boy if we’re walking with a boy dog, falls over. Woofs crossly at the nearest living thing, like they knocked her over.

Growls at her own arse if she farts while asleep.

Falls asleep with her front paws and chest on my lap, back feet on the floor, head dangling, when I’m working at my desk. (She’s 30kgs)

Purrs if you scratch her ears, falls off things a lot, does the rounds of all the DC at nighttime, falls asleep mid lick, wakes up with her tongue stuck to things.
Eats long bits of grass, does poos like beads on a grass necklace, is terrified of dangly poo and runs about stupidly.

Nibbles open the linings of any coat pockets that once had a treat in them.

Barks if the DC are in the wrong beds unless friends are staying over or little ones have crept into ours. Collects pants.

She’s the sane one.

Barkface · 28/04/2018 20:36

Ours is quite short (shih-tzu cross) and loves going through long grass but seems to hate it touching his belly, so instead of walking he hops about in a criss cross pattern like a goat.

We have a computer in the living room that ds uses. Barkpup never enters that "zone" while he's there but each time he leaves it for the night he goes over to inspect the floor and see if there's been any food dropped by ds! Usually there has been...

If the cats are in motion he chases them relentlessly but if they're sat still he just jumps about in front of them like a loon. We have a designated "cat box" (shoe box)on the floor that they like to sit on and if they do it's like he can't even see them and ignores them completely. Little weirdo.

Also his incessant barking is much improved now, and he'll go up to other dogs and have a sniff all nice and respectable, but as soon as you try and walk on he barks like he's being strangled!! He's not, he has a harness but it doesn't stop the funny looks!

Barkface · 28/04/2018 20:40

Oh god, SleightOfMind ours is scared of this too is terrified of dangly poo from when he had a bit of a tummy issue. But he just stands there looking worried and waits for me to magically sort it out!

CocoaGin · 28/04/2018 20:42

Mine does a whole growly conversation with me - he's so utterly cute when he does it Grin

fleshmarketclose · 28/04/2018 21:01

When one of the dc come in, after greeting them, he goes to each of the rest of us in turn doing a little growl until we acknowledge with him that the dc is back.
When he is sharing your biscuit he always drops the first piece to ensure that when it's all gone he gets the last bit.
He has a thing for coasters so all exh's at his house have teeth marks on. He's not allowed my coasters so dd usually moves them when he comes in. If she forgets he sits looking at them and whining until someone moves them (pretty impressed that he doesn't just help himself tbh)

Peanutbuttercups21 · 28/04/2018 21:05

Whenever we are about to have dinner, lurcher girl stands by the door looking sorrowful, begging to.be let out.

The smell of our food depresses her (unless she gets some), she thinks dog food is depressing and sulksor goes on hunger strike if she smells our food!

IvyandStan · 28/04/2018 21:19

Sits like this😐

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Lucisky · 28/04/2018 22:29

Mine is obsessed with the washing machine. When it beeps at the end of the cycle she rushes to the machine. If by chance I am elsewhere and haven't heard it she will come and tell me in a series of whines and growls. When I open the door she sticks her head in and starts going through the washing if you don't stop her. Her ulterior motive is socks. She loves them, and woe betide you if one falls on the floor because she will snatch it away and hide it.
And what is it with dogs and tissues? I bought a pedal bin for the bathroom so she couldn't empty it, (having cleared up the mess so many times).This morning she decided to do an andrex puppy trick with the loo roll instead, out the bathroom, along the corridor and down the stairs.

Jungfraujoch · 28/04/2018 22:37

Mine can hear the cheese drawer in the fridge opening from the end of the road! Starts hopping about like a loon.

Also has growly conversations with us - usually when he wants to go outside!

plominoagain · 28/04/2018 22:59

Big hound can’t contain himself when someone comes through the front door . No matter where he is in the house , he will sprint to the kitchen sofa , hurdle the arm of it and throw himself into this position , which is as close as he can get to the treat jar . And look just like this to con people that he’s been starving for at least 5 seconds ....

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fleshmarketclose · 29/04/2018 07:16

IvyandStan and Plomino love your dogs' hard done by poses. Made me laugh, they are all so clever at getting what they want aren't they?

IvyandStan · 29/04/2018 08:15

They sure are😂it's the way she flops her butt down really hard and shoots her back legs through the front ones that makes us laugh😂like she's saying well don't forget I'm here please give treats😁

fleshmarketclose · 29/04/2018 10:33

Eric has a new friend, a greyhound, he is most put out that he can't catch him when they are running together. Initially he starts yapping whilst trailing behind him and then, because they run circuits in a field, he edges closer into the middle of the field to make the circuits smaller. You can see the look of triumph on his face when the smaller circuits mean he can keep up with his friend who is probably running twice the distance Grin

SleightOfMind · 29/04/2018 14:23

Plomino, your big hound looks just like our little smellywolf!

She really is loopy but it’s not her fault as she has a rough start.

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plominoagain · 29/04/2018 22:56

That’s uncanny ! He’s loopy too , in permanent puppy mode ! He insists on being tucked in at night with his blankie or he’ll huff and puff till you do ...

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SleightOfMind · 30/04/2018 00:02

Grin little doughnut dog!

Smellywolf is on the other end of the sofa from me but has clocked teen DS coming in.
Cue ear...

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fleshmarketclose · 30/04/2018 08:45

Oh your dog tucked up for bed is so sweet and the ear Grin Eric raises an eyebrow when he is too comfy to move to greet someone coming in.

mrsjoyfulprizeforraffiawork · 30/04/2018 14:58

Mine is addicted to scones (rarely allowed) and if they are cooking she will suddenly appear from where she's been snoozing under the duvet two rooms away and wait in hope.

mummyflood · 30/04/2018 17:09

Ours leans heavily against the privet hedge and walks along pushed into it the full 20 feet or so, then turns round and comes back with his other side pushed in. You can actually now see the mark along the bottom where he has been doing this for the last 18 months or so. Weird hound Grin

SleightOfMind · 30/04/2018 21:10

Sleighthound does just the same thing with the end of our bed Mummy.
We’ve got a mattress topper that overhangs a little. She gets her back underneath it and scooches backwards and forwards, grunting happily.
She looks so blissed out, I’m slightly tempted to sneak upstairs and have a go myself!

moomoogalicious · 30/04/2018 21:15

Drops his buster cube in the pond then runs round the other side to retreive it. Repeats til his nose is sore and i have to confiscate the cube

Says good morning to the dc when i wake them for school

hotcrossbun99 · 30/04/2018 21:22

Our cocker spaniel howls full blast when she hears These Boots are made for walking. No other song, just that one.

Jasmin82 · 30/04/2018 22:51

Resident Collie discovered at an early age that, if you have been neglected of attention for more than 2 minutes and your owner/carer is using their laptop or computer (especially if they are typing with both hands), that you will regain their full attention from one hand while they desperately try to figure out with the other just how you managed to open applications hitherto unknown on their laptop/computer simply by whapping your paw on the keyboard. She thinks she gets bonus points if she manages to make the display rotate on it's side.
Her other quirk is when having her nails trimmed. For every nail I am allowed to trim, she is permitted a treat. As she knows to take just one at a time, she is permitted to choose her own treats from the treat bin. She will take each individual treat to her bed and return for the next until she is told "last one". She will then sniff over her haul deciding which she will eat first and which should be buried under her bed. This is because she has now decided she didn't actually want that particular treat and by putting it under her bed, I might take it away and replace it with a much better treat (this has never happened).
She takes her old, worn stagbars and carefully places them under one of her cushions for the "bone fairy" (aka me) to take away during the night/a nap and replace with a shiny new one.
When she wants me to get up in the morning, she lies on my chest and refuses to move. If I get up before this, I am given the collie eye of death.