What’s the thing that your dog does that always makes you laugh

[MrsWinters]

Lots of people ask for advice and help about their dogs- but we all know our pups bring so much joy to our families. What does yours do that always makes you laugh?
My 35kg boy always pops up to sit on my lap on work video calls- he never does it at any other time- but he seems to know my bosses voice means cats on screen and he likes watching them go back and forth.
One of mine also hides socks in the kitchen and then goes to the back door for me to open it and then darts back to grab his prize before shooting out. It makes me laugh so much because he knows he’s outwitted me!

When he decides he wants to get down off of the sofa he stands on it waiting for you to move the foot rest up then he stands on it and waits for you to lower it to the floor like a lift before walking off. When bored he will run upstairs leap on the bed jump all over it mess it all up pull all the covers off and move the pillows then lay on it waiting for you to come and find him then he will leap from side to side waiting for you to catch and tell him off which he loves attention seeker 🤔

We have a few tried and tested favourite dog walks. On one particular route, 400m towards the end of the walk, my dog will lie down on his side and make it look like he's having some kind of medical event and refuse to move. Passers by stop and ask if he's ok and people point from car windows. The first time he did it I panicked and made a huge fuss over him so I suspect he's attention seeking. He doesn't do it on any other route and its proper embarrassing

Thought of another one.

My old boy used to do a deep play bow and ‘AROOOooo’ when myself or my husband came home. Sounded exactly like he was saying ‘Helloooo’.

Sadly he stopped doing it when his spinal issues kicked in in the last year of his life.

Not my dog but my mum's.. when he's told 'no' he checks his penis (looks down and sniffs it) It's very strange and we've no idea why. I've never known another dog to do this. If anyone has any theories? 😁

Our Westie boy is bursting with character. He pokes you in the leg to go out for a wee, ‘talks’ loudly when excited, and does ‘windscreen wiper’ bum when you scratch either side of his bum, moving it from side to side. He also likes to climb inside the duvet for about fifteen minutes at bedtime, until he gets too hot and gets out again.
Our Westie girl likes to lay on your chest when you’re in the bath, with her feet dangling in the water.
Both of them love showers and will queue up outside the shower cubicle to be allowed in, with Westie Boy occasionally doing the paw poke on the glass to make the point!

Our grey will lie on her back with her long limbs all akimbo....highly undignified but never fails to make me smile

16 month lab. Since we've had him as a tiny pup he does the most vocal, noisy, exaggerated yawns and they never, ever fail to make us laugh. He sounds like Chewbacca!

Mine presents visitors with dirty socks or other less salubrious things from the linen bin.

She makes a funny grumbling sound when you have something she really wants, sounds like a chuntering sort of noise.

She also does a lap of honour in the garden when she wins a game of tug.

If he's been asking for something for a while, and I finally get up, he gives a deep little grunt that always makes me think he's saying 'about time too'.

His huffy sigh when he's been ignored for trying to beg at the table or attention seeking when I'm on a work call. He goes
off to his bed, turns around a few times and settles down with a big loud 'harrumph' noise just so I know he's not at all happy about it.

My little schnauzer picks up her teddy from her toy basket every night and carries it into her crate at bedtime. So cute!

We have a cocker spaniel who I swear thinks he's human. He 'talks' all the time - he makes high-pitched wookie noises and general grumbles but he often says 'owl', plain as day, in a really, really deep human-sounding voice. He drops it into conversation multiple times a day and it cracks me up every time, but I've never managed to record it. He said 'knob' really clearly once as well!

I've got a 16yo standard dachshund, he doesn't really need to do much to be funny.

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We have a few tried and tested favourite dog walks. On one particular route, 400m towards the end of the walk, my dog will lie down on his side and make it look like he's having some kind of medical event and refuse to move. Passers by stop and ask if he's ok and people point from car windows. The first time he did it I panicked and made a huge fuss over him so I suspect he's attention seeking. He doesn't do it on any other route and its proper embarrassing

Ours stops at the end of our road and won’t move until you take him to the pet shop to by a chew. I’ve actually found myself stood in front of several people who were going to the human shop saying, “look, I’m sorry but it’s Sunday and the pet shop isn’t open on a Sunday so you’ll just have to come home.” 😂

My three year old collie gets excited when i change the bin bag. No idea why. As soon as i open the draw the bin bags are in he starts running around frantically looking for his toys and jumping all over the place.

He also has a favourite movie, "pets" i say pets and he runs over and sits by the tv waiting for it to play and will sit through the whole thing.

He used to be scared of the hairdryer so i used to throw each time i dryed my hair to make him less nervous. He now thinks the hairdryer is a game and each time i dry my hair he runs for his ball, brings it to me and puts his paw on the hairdryer 😂

Ddog 1 climbs onto the back of the sofa and nuzzles into my neck but very clumsily. She is a big lab/collie cross and it is hilarious. She also jumps over the sofa to get out of the room instead of just walking out the door

Ddog 2 rolls around on the sofa making very strange noises when she is overtired and it is adorable. She also likes to bury her food and her favourite toys, and then she 'finds" them later!

My exceptionally dim Bedlington, takes a huge piece of dried food out of the bowel and drops it on the back door mat. Once he has three or four pieces, he will chew and swallow them.
He massively prefers to poo on or in something. Generally it’s a low plant pot in the garden, last night it was a patch of daffodils. Our village won’t be winning any awards any time soon for the display.
He likes to put his skinny bum through the railings at the kids playground and poo through.
I do pick each and every dropping up

Stamps his foot. If he wants something and you are ignoring him, he stands upright and lifts/stamps his back foot down, like he's having a tantrum.

Makes me laugh everytime = job done

My springer girl:

Asks me to pick her up and hug her like a toddler - sort of sits in front of me and put her front legs up. I have to pick her up and she wraps her front legs around me with her head on my shoulder

She’s learned to turn my bedside light on - usually at 6am when she’s decided I’ve had enough sleep.

She plays a game with herself on the beach where she’ll pick up a rock, drop it in a certain place then dig like crazy until the rock drops into the hole. She’ll then fish her rock out of her hole, choose another spot and repeat. She amuses herself for ages.

She’ll go and steal a loo roll and bring it downstairs to get us to chase her and swap it for Mr Broccoli

Posted too soon, but Mr Broccoli is a giant stuffed broccoli from Pets at Home - not anything weird

Tall English springer spaniel sees the ear cleaner, medication and ‘hides’ badly in the bushes with his face in the bush and most of his body but with his big black and white spotty bum poking out of the green foliage, looks shocked when I reach in to get him out every.single.time.

He also regularly forgets to look at whether the fly screen door is pulled and squishes his nose on the screen… shouldn’t laugh but is funny he has always done this….

When he was small and went through counter surfing food stealing stage ( trained him to stop doing this) he would take his contraband into the bush, eat it and I would find the packaging. Was like having some kleptomaniac litter lout living in the garden. Dh did not see the funny side when the imported Jaffa Cakes disappeared and the packaging found in the garden nor the 2KG sirloin steak joint that went hurtling through the dog door in the delighted jaws of a spotty teenage spaniel….. label and plastic found a few days later … dog even wanted his supper after eating it and the Boxer didn’t get so much of a sniff! Only time DH has ever raised his voice to any of our animals, more of a surprised shriek so sort of forgivable … DH was a bit sulky though….

Spaniel also accidentally knocked DH over ( nudged his crutches) sending DH to the floor ….. leading to another week in hospital. Stupid doctor suggested getting rid of dog…. DH’s response cheered up the male ward for days!

Boxer could be used as a heat seeking missile, no matter how warm it is she smells the fire, lies in front of the wood burner on her back, upside down toasting her stomach, with jowly bits all floppy. She also ‘ senses’ when it’s vet time and refuses to get into the car … other times she is fine ….. and can jump incredible heights, like onto DH’s electric bed ( he has it quite high) she scales it like a nimble mountain goat and she’s 12!

Saw a beautiful large poodle cross sat up bolt upright in the passenger seat of a very small car, serenely sniffing the air and majestically looking at everyone going in and out of the supermarket … made me chuckle at his/ her majesty could tell he/ she was very loved.

I have a little sausage dog who has mad moments and runs up and down the through lounge with a toy in his mouth. I don't know why, but watching him charge one way, pause, and then charge the other way on his little legs just has me cracking up.

One other thing, that doesn’t make me laugh, but everyone else thinks is funny

Instead of asking to go outside like every other dog I’ve ever known - scratching at the back door, barking, etc - she pulls the bloody patio door curtains down.

She just pulls until they ping off the curtain hooks. I have to keep replacing the curtain tape

Also, when we were toilet training her, we’d give her a huge round of applause and a cheer whenever she did her business outside. She now thinks that any clapping and cheering is for her. During lockdown on the NHS clapping night, all our neighbours were very enthusiastic so she’d be outside lapping up all this applause that she thought was for her. Made me laugh every week

Haven't read it all yet but I think this is my favourite thread of all time!

@MintyGreenDream my dog is a Pomeranian/Chihuahua cross, but I think looks so like your little girl!

Willow is my first and only dog. She makes me laugh every day with her antics. The favourite of the locals and my grandkids is that she pees walking on just her front two legs. She keeps on her way, not missing a beat. Just lifts her back two legs and pees as she goes.

Forgot to attach a photo!