Your dog's funny tricks?

I'll bet Rosie had the kids in hysterics...LOL!!!!

Ike was my comedian. His favorite prank was to grab the leg of my jeans (after I already had one leg in) as I was sliding my other leg into them, basically halting me getting dressed! And ironically, Ben plays this same prank, even though he never met Ike!

Bud shuts the interior doors of the house when there is a thunderstorm.

Deb and Ed M wrote:
I'll bet Rosie had the kids in hysterics...LOL!!!!

Ike was my comedian. His favorite prank was to grab the leg of my jeans (after I already had one leg in) as I was sliding my other leg into them, basically halting me getting dressed! And ironically, Ben plays this same prank, even though he never met Ike!

Wasn't Ben born about the time Ike left? I think maybe Ike passed some notes in the hall. :B

She can lay in the middle of a room and hold the floor down. It is a tough job but she manages to do it all day long.

My pug loves to lie on my lap, but he needs a chew toy. He will start to jump up onto my chair, then gets back down, finds a toy, then jumps up.

CA POPPY wrote:


Wasn't Ben born about the time Ike left? I think maybe Ike passed some notes in the hall. :B

LOL!! Yeah - I think Ben hears "whispers from beyond" at times :-) He was born two days before Ike took that last trip to the vet - I saw the new puppy pictures as I was waiting to leave. The first pup's photos showed the same "Kissy Spot" markings on his head that Ike had - I took that as a sign and shot back an email saying "I want puppy #1"

Of course, I had placed a puppy order months before - in the hopes that Ike could train one last kid? So I guess he IS - in a long-distance way? Ben has other behaviors that are distinctly "Ike".

Ziggy slithers off the couch or the bed, leaving her back feet behind. It's a long, slow, trip.

She also likes to lie on ant hills in the yard, let them climb on her, then lick them off and eat them.

Code2High wrote:


She also likes to lie on ant hills in the yard, let them climb on her, then lick them off and eat them.

I can tell you don't live in Fire Ant territory....LOL!!

Deb and Ed M wrote:

Code2High wrote:


She also likes to lie on ant hills in the yard, let them climb on her, then lick them off and eat them.

I can tell you don't live in Fire Ant territory....LOL!!

Not fire ants, fortunately. But they DO bite and it is not enjoyable.

Max, my Heart GSD, used to catch snowballs in his mouth, then drop them and wait for the next one. He also learned to balance biscuits on his nose and crawl for a biscuit, tricks I taught him after watching the dog on Empty Nest do the same ones. Max could learn any trick in a few minutes.

Willow, my Heart greyhound, didn't do tricks, except for shaking "hands". She was a first-class diva, and used to hang around while Max did his tricks, so she would get a share of his treats. I used to refer to her as Max's "agent".

Dash, as my fellow campers know, used to climb up on the dashboard of my motorhome (the source of my username) when I left the vehicle to watch for me and "guard" the coach. You should realize that this was not a little dog, but a 95-pound German Shepherd up there surveying his territory. Sometimes, I would just stand outside and watch people do double-takes when they saw him. One time, I was talking to the camper in the RV in the neighboring campsite. Dash was listening from the dash, and cocked his head. The neighbor laughed and declared, "IQ 150". Not quite, but he was certainly special.

Allan, my handsome blue greyhound, had a trick of his own that he used to pull on Dash. The dogs would be out playing in the yard, and come inside through the doggie door, but Allan would always wait outside. Dash would come over to the side of the living room couch, where he loved to lay down beside me. Once he did, Allan would stick his head through the pet door until Dash saw him, then he would pull his head back outside. After a few more seconds, he would stick his head back in again, then pull it out. At this point, he would usually have Dash's full attention, and Dash would get up from his comfortable position by the couch. This was Allan's cue to come inside the house. Dash would walk over to Allan and bark at him like a drill sergeant, while Allan would just stand there with a smug expression on his doggie face. Gotcha!!