Do you ever look at a dog and wonder "why? Just why?"
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Was surveying an occupied house today. The owner had a calm and friendly dog. As I got on with my work it pretty much ignored me. That was until I'd had finished checking various items and sat down to write up my notes. The dog snuggled up beside me. Then he did something odd. He started off sniffing my arm then caught some arm-hair in his front teeth and tore it out. I jumped. It was bloody sore and completely unexpected. The owner looked over at me and asked "Did he just pull your hair out?" When I replied that he had the owner shrugged and said "Yeah! he does that. Buggered if I know why".
So, What do dogs do that have you wondering "why did it do that?" and what are the strange things they've done to make you wonder it.
So, What do dogs do that have you wondering "why did it do that?" and what are the strange things they've done to make you wonder it.
We've got some laminate flooring down in our hallway. The dog can walk on it absolutely fine if he's not thinking about it, eg we're going out for a walk or i'm dishing his food up.
However, if he's got time to think about it, he can't walk on it. It's as if he forgets how to walk and ends up doing the splits. Why? Just why?
However, if he's got time to think about it, he can't walk on it. It's as if he forgets how to walk and ends up doing the splits. Why? Just why?
Our one year old staff type dog has recently started defending the garden to excess. We noticed it started around the time of bringing a new baby home. We can only assume he is trying to protect us/her.
He is desperate to be out there, has to be shouted at to get him in. There is a pathway behind our house which people and other dogs use, foxes also come in. He literally goes crazy, running up and down the fence line, he's created a track and a berm at the end where he's destroyed it.
He sits staring at the fence waiting to go mad. He has hurt his leg, ripped his dew claw and in the last couple of days cut his face up somehow.
He has destroyed the grass, he digs holes like a proper 80's dog (dogs don't seem to really dig now
)
I've never seen anything like it, once in the house totally normal, playing with toys sleeping etc.
He is desperate to be out there, has to be shouted at to get him in. There is a pathway behind our house which people and other dogs use, foxes also come in. He literally goes crazy, running up and down the fence line, he's created a track and a berm at the end where he's destroyed it.
He sits staring at the fence waiting to go mad. He has hurt his leg, ripped his dew claw and in the last couple of days cut his face up somehow.
He has destroyed the grass, he digs holes like a proper 80's dog (dogs don't seem to really dig now
)I've never seen anything like it, once in the house totally normal, playing with toys sleeping etc.
m3jappa said:
Our one year old staff type dog has recently started defending the garden to excess. We noticed it started around the time of bringing a new baby home. We can only assume he is trying to protect us/her.
He is desperate to be out there, has to be shouted at to get him in. There is a pathway behind our house which people and other dogs use, foxes also come in. He literally goes crazy, running up and down the fence line, he's created a track and a berm at the end where he's destroyed it.
He sits staring at the fence waiting to go mad. He has hurt his leg, ripped his dew claw and in the last couple of days cut his face up somehow.
He has destroyed the grass, he digs holes like a proper 80's dog (dogs don't seem to really dig now )
I've never seen anything like it, once in the house totally normal, playing with toys sleeping etc.
We have a Westie that does this, there is a 4' high earth bank covered in ivy with a hedge on top, the foxes come over it & he has ripped all the ivy off where they come through!He is desperate to be out there, has to be shouted at to get him in. There is a pathway behind our house which people and other dogs use, foxes also come in. He literally goes crazy, running up and down the fence line, he's created a track and a berm at the end where he's destroyed it.
He sits staring at the fence waiting to go mad. He has hurt his leg, ripped his dew claw and in the last couple of days cut his face up somehow.
He has destroyed the grass, he digs holes like a proper 80's dog (dogs don't seem to really dig now
)I've never seen anything like it, once in the house totally normal, playing with toys sleeping etc.
Both of ours stick their heads through the cat flap for a look around, the spaniel will sometimes stand dead still & just stare at the floor - weir.
I've just remembered one. Before I met the gf I used to take the boy out to work with me in the van. He worked out that by jumping on the steering wheel he could set the horn off. Sporadically I'd be working away in customers houses to hear the horn going off, as another dog was being walked past the van. Cheers Wilson....
He's a friendly boy, likes to say hello and get a tickle, especially off the girlies, he's a real boy for the ladies.
But anglers carrying all their tackle boxes, nets, rods and poles, he turns into Woofy McWooferson. Never had a bad experience with a fisherman, done this from his first walk as a puppy.
But anglers carrying all their tackle boxes, nets, rods and poles, he turns into Woofy McWooferson. Never had a bad experience with a fisherman, done this from his first walk as a puppy.
condor said:
I often wonder why dogs want to eat other dogs' poo, or sheep poo, or rabbit droppings, or hardened cow pats etc.
My brother's dog loves to lick peoples' lips and mouths. If you are asleep on the couch with your mouth open the bugger will get his tongue right down your bloody throat. He also eats any s
t or dead stuff he finds out on walks. Bad combination.A good friends dog chased a fox around a field for a very long time. He wouldn't come back through any means. When the fox had finally outsmarted him, he came back. Upon his return the daft thing realised he was completely exhausted. Physically couldn't walk, so he had to be carried home while holding onto another dog and a child.
The same dog also ate a whole bag of rice one. That was messy
The same dog also ate a whole bag of rice one. That was messy
Rawwr said:
Try cats.
"I want food! I want food! I want food! I want food! I want food! I want food! I want food! I want food!"
<presents food to cat>
"I don't want that food. In fact, I don't want food anymore."
<cat wanders off>
Oh, cat, you are an idiot.
"Stroke me, stroke me, stroke me harder, tickle me under my chin, see how loud I purr. I'm loving this, carry on, don't stop stroking me and rubbing my head...stroke me more, stro...I'm bored of this now, so take that human, you "I want food! I want food! I want food! I want food! I want food! I want food! I want food! I want food!"
<presents food to cat>
"I don't want that food. In fact, I don't want food anymore."
<cat wanders off>
Oh, cat, you are an idiot.
(sinks teeth into wrist and draws blood).
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