Do you ever look at a dog and wonder "why? Just why?"
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Our Bulldog George decided, while fighting our husky malamute, to sink his teeth into my left thigh.
Long story and all that but at the hospital the said "no stitches" because of expected infection.
As the torn flesh healed, which took weeks, George would come over and sniff my leg where he had bitten me.
Each time he would finish his inspection by looking up at me, lowering his ears, well generally let his entire face sag, and say sorry with his eyes.
My response each time was "why did you do it in the first place you nut".
Long story and all that but at the hospital the said "no stitches" because of expected infection.
As the torn flesh healed, which took weeks, George would come over and sniff my leg where he had bitten me.
Each time he would finish his inspection by looking up at me, lowering his ears, well generally let his entire face sag, and say sorry with his eyes.
My response each time was "why did you do it in the first place you nut".
Dand E Lion said:
Leptons said:
I often wonder "why, just why" when it's pouring with rain and I'm sat in traffic and glance over to see someone tenderly picking up a freshly laid, steaming dog turd. Why, just why, the f
k would you want to have to do that? Always makes me smile a little inside.
Maybe slightly off topic...
Could be worse, could be that you close your hand round it and through the bag you realise that it is not a warm one laid by your beloved healthy regularly-wormed pooch, but stone cold and left by some shark in dog's clothing carrying every disease known to medical science, walked on a bit of barbed wire in lieu of a lead by a local chav....k would you want to have to do that? Always makes me smile a little inside.Maybe slightly off topic...
Am I the only one who read this OP and just burst out laughing 
I have no idea why the dog would have done that but I could ust imagine your shock, still found it really funny though!
My old cat Fitz used to lick me, not so odd lots of cats do but if I let him he would lick my arm for absolutely ages to the point where my arm could be left red and sore! Oh and he'd drink melon juice, he would sit and wait for me to finish my melon-I tend to eat half at a time-then paw at me pulling my arm over so he could start drinking out of the melon bowl!
I have no idea why the dog would have done that but I could ust imagine your shock, still found it really funny though!
My old cat Fitz used to lick me, not so odd lots of cats do but if I let him he would lick my arm for absolutely ages to the point where my arm could be left red and sore! Oh and he'd drink melon juice, he would sit and wait for me to finish my melon-I tend to eat half at a time-then paw at me pulling my arm over so he could start drinking out of the melon bowl!
IanCress said:
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?
Exactly the same as my black lab but on the exposed wooden floor in my bedroom. He skitters about as if tiptoeing on his claws. But just my bedroom, not in the 2 others that also have wooden floors in the house. They are fine.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?
And when you feed him, he wont touch it until you leave the room. As if he's embarrassed by his table manners!
Tannedbaldhead said:
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.
I think everyone's missing the really big question here. 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.
Why on earth were you sat in the blokes house in a professional capacity in early February but with your shirt off..?
Belly buttons & a very odd chihuahua
If you're on the sofa with Misty & she gets a tiny inkling your belly button is within reach she'll go mad digging at the clothes, get to the belly button & then lick like crazy. I'm talking full on snout right in there licking away. Odd little bugger
If you're on the sofa with Misty & she gets a tiny inkling your belly button is within reach she'll go mad digging at the clothes, get to the belly button & then lick like crazy. I'm talking full on snout right in there licking away. Odd little bugger
Just remembered something that Humphrey; our sadly departed Pug, used to do that always had us both perplexed and amused.
When he wanted a poo he would go into the garden, go to the edge and start out doing figure of 8 the whole width of the garden, which would gradually get smaller and smaller until he could no longer carry on with the figure of 8, squat and do his business.
He also always did a poo with his back to you and would occasionally look back over his shoulder with a "will you ps off and stop staring at me while I have a st" look.
When he wanted a poo he would go into the garden, go to the edge and start out doing figure of 8 the whole width of the garden, which would gradually get smaller and smaller until he could no longer carry on with the figure of 8, squat and do his business.
He also always did a poo with his back to you and would occasionally look back over his shoulder with a "will you p
s off and stop staring at me while I have a st" look.HTP99 said:
He also always did a poo with his back to you and would occasionally look back over his shoulder with a "will you ps off and stop staring at me while I have a st" look.
Two of ours will go off the path and poo in the bushes... Hiding..... It must be genetic oddly, as they are mother and daughter...s off and stop staring at me while I have a st" look.My first Golden Retriever was the calmest, most placid dog you can imagine. We took him for a walk at Holkam Hall.
As we approached the house, his hackles went up, he dug his heels in, bared his teeth and begun to growl. We looked around to find out what had turned him into a wolf.
It was this:
As we approached the house, his hackles went up, he dug his heels in, bared his teeth and begun to growl. We looked around to find out what had turned him into a wolf.
It was this:
Ours has an obsession of escaping our garden getting over the bank and into next doors garden no matter how much fencing/chicken wire I put up he finds a way through.
Yesterday he came back through the dog flap with a full loaf of bread (one of the big unsliced ones) which I presume they'd thrown out for the birds.
He has to be sat or attempt to sit on your lap when driving too, if he cant manage that he'll rest his head on your hand when its on the gear stick. thank god he's not a great dane
Yesterday he came back through the dog flap with a full loaf of bread (one of the big unsliced ones) which I presume they'd thrown out for the birds.
He has to be sat or attempt to sit on your lap when driving too, if he cant manage that he'll rest his head on your hand when its on the gear stick. thank god he's not a great dane
Being very council, in the 70's we had a cross Labrador which we used to let out to roam the housing estate in the evenings (unthinkable now). When he'd had enough each evening, he'd come back to the house and stand with his front paws on the door ledge and lift the letter box flap with his nose to knock the door.
Years later, I had a Jack Russell who didn't approve of sleeping ON a dog bed, he tore a hole in it and curled himself up
In the stuffing, with his head poking out, just like a human under a quilt. Hilarious dog on the whole, I don't half miss him.
Years later, I had a Jack Russell who didn't approve of sleeping ON a dog bed, he tore a hole in it and curled himself up
In the stuffing, with his head poking out, just like a human under a quilt. Hilarious dog on the whole, I don't half miss him.
Edited by Baz Tench on Saturday 6th February 17:58
Pumping, as we call it.
Picking up a soft toy, going in to a little trance and taking it somewhere soft (sofa, or bed) and then chomping on it while simultaneously kneading it with both paws.
Exactly like a puppy would act when trying to get milk out of its mother.
For usually ten minutes or so, but in extreme cases up to nearly an hour. During which time he is utterly unresponsive to external stimuli.
We used to be able to induce this behaviour by talking to him in a soothing voice for a few minutes, and he'd go all quiet and go hunting for a toy.
My theory is it's because he was orphaned at one day old, and he misses the teat!
I live in a small 2-bedroom bungalow.
My smallest and thickest cat regularly gets lost inside the house. He also does things like rolling over for belly-rubs and rolling straight off the sofa.
We know he has something akin to whatever passes for a learning difficulty in a cat, but still...
He's a lovely little thing, but an absolutely rubbish cat.
My smallest and thickest cat regularly gets lost inside the house. He also does things like rolling over for belly-rubs and rolling straight off the sofa.
We know he has something akin to whatever passes for a learning difficulty in a cat, but still...
He's a lovely little thing, but an absolutely rubbish cat.
Johnnytheboy said:
Pumping, as we call it.
Picking up a soft toy, going in to a little trance and taking it somewhere soft (sofa, or bed) and then chomping on it while simultaneously kneading it with both paws.
Exactly like a puppy would act when trying to get milk out of its mother.
For usually ten minutes or so, but in extreme cases up to nearly an hour. During which time he is utterly unresponsive to external stimuli.
We used to be able to induce this behaviour by talking to him in a soothing voice for a few minutes, and he'd go all quiet and go hunting for a toy.
My theory is it's because he was orphaned at one day old, and he misses the teat!
Dand E Lion said:
Johnnytheboy said:
Pumping, as we call it.
Picking up a soft toy, going in to a little trance and taking it somewhere soft (sofa, or bed) and then chomping on it while simultaneously kneading it with both paws.
Exactly like a puppy would act when trying to get milk out of its mother.
For usually ten minutes or so, but in extreme cases up to nearly an hour. During which time he is utterly unresponsive to external stimuli.
We used to be able to induce this behaviour by talking to him in a soothing voice for a few minutes, and he'd go all quiet and go hunting for a toy.
My theory is it's because he was orphaned at one day old, and he misses the teat!
My parents have a Tibetan terrier sweep. He does some daft things, well, a lot of daft things!
He will always start howling/singing if the eastenders theme tune comes on. He does the same for the spec savers ad when the old boy is shearing the sheep dog! I have a video of it somewhere.
He will always start howling/singing if the eastenders theme tune comes on. He does the same for the spec savers ad when the old boy is shearing the sheep dog! I have a video of it somewhere.
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