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I have some friends that have a pet rabbit that chases and plays with a ball...if you're sitting in a chair it likes to hop up into your lap...
Strange things your pets do.
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sseelhoff
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Our JRT does that too. We call it "Prairie Doggin."
k0ua
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We have one cat that will drink out of a dripping bathroom faucet but she will also drink out of a bowl. She was taught by her predecessor, who was taught by his. The other indoor cat just looks at you like you are stupid if you turn on the water. I think it is learned/taught behavior, but maybe some can figure it out for themselves. Also none of the cats we have now will open dresser drawers, but a previous cat would often do it and then crawl in the sock drawer, and he was taught by a previous cat. But Dillon (last male sink drinker) did not pass on the drawer opening trick to anyone. It was pretty funny to watch them lay down and work a corner of a drawer with one paw until they got a gap, and then he would stand on his hind legs and use both front paws to pull the drawer open enough to crawl in it.
8N Ren
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LOL our lil girl does that too, Carmela, she half papillon and half chihuahua. She does it when she wants rubs or whatever your eating. I have to post a pic one of these days.
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Mine also sits on her hind legs beggin' when I am at the checkout line at Home Depot. I think she figured she gets more treats that way.
Bird
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Dee, the Chihuahua, loves to go in my old Ranger pickup, but when it's just her and me, as soon as we start, she lays down in the floor on the passenger side with her head stuck under the seat. And when we stop, she promptly jumps up in the seat. I've never understood why she wants her head under the seat. And if I leave her in the truck while I go in a store (which I rarely do because most of the time it's too hot in Texas), she'll be laying over there with her head under the seat when I come back. But if my wife is with us, then Dee wants to ride sitting up in her lap.
2LaneCruzer
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We had a Boston Terrier named Mr. Muggs...he liked to play tether ball by himself. He would knock the ball around the pole and learned how to jump up, grab the ball and hold on. He eventually fatigued the pole at the point where in went into the cement and it broke off.
buckeyefarmer
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one of our cats brings a three foot piece of rope up from the basement all the time. another brings up cat balls and place them on the top step.
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We had a border collie mix that would get in the bathtub and put her head behind the shower curtain anytime there was thunder.
If she was outside at night and heard an owl, she would run up to the back door, sit down, put her head against the door and close her eyes until we let her in.
She was a chicken.
On the other hand, if a group of children were playing in the yard, she'd run up and bark at all of them, run circles around us while nipping at our heels until we were all in a group, then lay there with her head down until one of us moved, then she'd start over again...... I think she thought we were sheep!
If she was outside at night and heard an owl, she would run up to the back door, sit down, put her head against the door and close her eyes until we let her in.
She was a chicken.
On the other hand, if a group of children were playing in the yard, she'd run up and bark at all of them, run circles around us while nipping at our heels until we were all in a group, then lay there with her head down until one of us moved, then she'd start over again...... I think she thought we were sheep!
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Clyde, our 3-leggged Labrador mix is a champ at toad hunting. He just loves to chase them down, sling 'em, get the old foamey mouth, and kill 'em.
Last year while recovering from the leg amputation he was wearing the "cone of shame" to keep him from licking his wounds and tearing out the stitches. It didn't take him long to learn that he could put the cone flat on the ground and trap the toads with it.
Callie the cat likes to drink out of Clyde's elevated water bowl. If the water is low she splays her front paws on either side and dips her head until she gets to the water.
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I thought toads were lethal to dogs, but it appears it may be the other way around! :laughing:
Bird
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:laughing:Yep, creatures of habit. Our Chihuahua hates to get wet, so if she even thinks my wife is getting ready to give her a bath, she goes and hides under our bed.
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Our border collie, who just passed a few months ago, was the same way. Perhaps the worst was the 4th of July celebrations when the people on our court would blacken the pavement with illegal fireworks. She'd be a mess for days. Rest her soul.
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What's going on with either my system or the forum - when I click on that pic it comes out upside down?
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k0ua
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the doggie is standing on the ceiling here too.
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Do your dog a favor and put her on a diet, she is way too fat and that is not healthy for a dog or any mammal to be overweight. We may not be able to put ourselves on a strict diet, but our pets can be easily diet restrictive.
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We had a Siamese cat that did that. Only drank from faucet. He would jump up on the tub to drink when running bath water or on the kitchen counter and go to the sink and meow till we turned on the faucet for him. STRANGE CAT
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The wife's German Shepherd will come wanting a scratch but prefers to scratch his back just in front of his tail for starters. He always puts his butt toward you for a scratch the turns round and round so you can scratch his sides, neck, belly and lastly his ears and jowls. When scratching his ears, he will put pressure on your hand so he gets a heavy scratching around his ears. I thought he might have ear mites but the vet says no.
We have to keep all the doors locked otherwise he opens all of them. He will open the patio door, go outside leaving the door open,the come around to the garage and open that one to come in, then go lay in front of the patio door till someone comes to shut all the doors. He learned to open the doors at months of age. He also comes into the bedroom, opens my door, rears up on the bed and puts his paws across whatever part of my body happens to be in the way (face or chest) and wakes me up. Sometimes it is to go outside while other times after he wakes me he pads back to his bed. This occurs from 4:30am to not later than 6 am. He thinks I should be up to watch the sun come up. We both sit on the patio while I drink a cup of coffee while he plays with his well chewed up Frisbee.
We have to keep all the doors locked otherwise he opens all of them. He will open the patio door, go outside leaving the door open,the come around to the garage and open that one to come in, then go lay in front of the patio door till someone comes to shut all the doors. He learned to open the doors at months of age. He also comes into the bedroom, opens my door, rears up on the bed and puts his paws across whatever part of my body happens to be in the way (face or chest) and wakes me up. Sometimes it is to go outside while other times after he wakes me he pads back to his bed. This occurs from 4:30am to not later than 6 am. He thinks I should be up to watch the sun come up. We both sit on the patio while I drink a cup of coffee while he plays with his well chewed up Frisbee.
