Quirky Things your pup does?

Pat M

Pat M

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Season is coming to a close for us Midwestern'ers and only full swing for others and I wanted to start a thread about the funny/quirky/unusuall/ made you shake your head things your pup has done this season or over the years. This is my first year with my own pup and some of the things he does amuse me and I like hearing about other peoples pups too. I don't care if its hunting related or not.

Last night I didn't get home until after 9:30 because we had a wrestling match. Kodiak was all excited I was home and we played a little fetch in the back yard with a tennis ball to burn off some energy otherwise I knew he'd be a pain. We get inside and Bridgett is already in bed watching TV. I get changed and ready for bed and lay down. Kodiak is still bouncing all over wanting play. We're talking and half playing with him when he takes his bone out into the hall. After about 5-10 minutes he starts whinning pretty load. I get up to investigate because its not one his normal whine/grunts he makes he hes really going at the bone. I find him standing the bath tub looking up at me with his "sad" face. I start laughing I figured he wanted water since he'll sometimes lick the faucet after I get out of the shower. Sure enough thats what he wanted. I went down stairs filled his bowl and he drank pretty much the whole thing. Aprrently he thinks the faucet in the bath tub is supposed to be a drinking fountain (for those from WI a bubbler).

I get back up stairs and Bridgett asked me if he pee'd in the tub? What? She then proceeded to tell me that during opening gun deer weekend, when she took Kodiak to her parents, he jumped in the bath tub pee'd then came out and continued to play with his toys like nothing happened.
 
Sounds like a smart dog to me.
I used to have a doberman that was pretty smart sometimes.
I watched him once when given a plate of leftovers that had some olives in it.
He liked the olives but not the pimentoes.
He spit them all out in a neat pile on the side of the plate.
 
Our 18 month old BLF won't eat if she doesn't lick your hand first. It's almost like she is thanking you. The wierdest part is that isn't only in the morning, afternon/evening she eats no problem.
 
My one year old french brittany will point, stalk, and eat any moth that she sees. When I take her for a walk at night, I'll wear a head lamp so that I can see where we're going. She will constantly jump up and snag any moth that wanders into the beam of light.

She's also figured out that the mail truck makes a specific sound when it turns down our street. The mail lady will stop and toss a Milk Bone over the fence for her now and again. She can hear the dang truck when it's a half mile down the road and she'll bolt for the door or window and stand their whining until I let her out. She'll then wedge her head between the pickets of the fence and do a full body wag/wiggle until the mail lady stops and gives her a treat. Too funny to watch.



Nate
 
My pup sleeps in my room or my sons. She has her own bed,( I dont let her on furniture) we move the bed from one room to the other. When I set her up in my room at night she lays down. When I get into bed she comes by me and waits until I pet her, kind of like she's tucking me in. If I get up during the night then lay down, same thing. She has to be last animal standing. My Fathead.
 
Pat - When my last lab was about 2, we were hunting down on buzzards bay and the day turned out to be very slow. After bragging about this young dog to two good friends for about 2 hours, I noticed she was staring intently at something off the beach where we had our spread. Before I knew what was up, she launched herself into the bay and swam out past the deeks to a lobster pot buoy which she attempted to retrieve - being otherwise bored to distraction, with the lack of action. The tide was out which allowed about 15 feet of slack in the rope which came tight as she was on her way back and caused her to start to go in a big circle. NO amount of whistles, blue language or pleading would convince her to abandon the buoy. This soon set my " friends " to repeating all of the superlatives that I had been boring them with all morning and convulsed them in laughter. After about 5 minutes, I became concerned that she would get to pooped and be in trouble, although she was wearing a neoprene vest. I had to drag the boat we had hidden and go out to get her. As the boat approached she gave me a grin and released the buoy !
sarge
 
My chocolate lab, Bryant...who normally epitomizes all of the warnings folks issue regarding chocolates...likes to wander up to the cherry tree in the front yard during the summer. He'll root around, come up with a cherry, and take an unusually long time to eat it (this is a dog who once swallowed an entire goose breast before I had even turned my back). After 3-4 seconds of rolling that cherry around, he pops his tongue...and out comes the pit.

He's apparently smart enough to know that the pits are bad for him, even though I've watched him eat rocks..and poop...and seaweed...and wood...
 
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