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My dog, Shadow, is so weird......
He knows the command "WC" to potty when we are on walks. Typical male dog will lift his leg to water as high as possible.
This morning's walk he added a new wrinkle. A little background first. Yesterday was extremely hectic at work, I was exhausted. We did our usual evening routine with a walk at 6:00 pm and the final at 11:00 pm before bed. Well, I crashed into a deadman sleep before 11. Woke up with the alarm this morning. Shadow had created a lake in the kitchen. My fault. Did the clean up, feed, then walk.
We are outside, Shadow is sniffing about. I give the command "Shadow, WC", he sniffs a bit more, lifts leg about half mast and puts his leg down again.......then he gives me a look. His look conveys to me, "you are an idiot, I'm already empty." I have a laugh and we continue our walk. So, he knows the command "WC", but is impish enough to just go through the motions.......
He also plays the retrieve my toy game. The living room furniture is arranged in an L shape. At the corner is a small table with a gap between the table and wall. Shadow will play with a toy, hop up on the chair and drop the toy into the gap. Then he stands there looking at me. I do my best to ignore, but he is an insistent schnauzer. He ups the anty with little whines, I ignore, he comes to stand on me and talks to me with a little woof. So, I retrieve the toy and we have a bit of play. I remember our toddlers doing this when in a high chair, knock something off, yowl until you pick it up, knock off again, pick up, knock off.........while sitting there smiling.
I'm sure other dogs have quirks that reveal their personality. Anyone else with dogs and odd traits?
He knows the command "WC" to potty when we are on walks. Typical male dog will lift his leg to water as high as possible.
This morning's walk he added a new wrinkle. A little background first. Yesterday was extremely hectic at work, I was exhausted. We did our usual evening routine with a walk at 6:00 pm and the final at 11:00 pm before bed. Well, I crashed into a deadman sleep before 11. Woke up with the alarm this morning. Shadow had created a lake in the kitchen. My fault. Did the clean up, feed, then walk.
We are outside, Shadow is sniffing about. I give the command "Shadow, WC", he sniffs a bit more, lifts leg about half mast and puts his leg down again.......then he gives me a look. His look conveys to me, "you are an idiot, I'm already empty." I have a laugh and we continue our walk. So, he knows the command "WC", but is impish enough to just go through the motions.......
He also plays the retrieve my toy game. The living room furniture is arranged in an L shape. At the corner is a small table with a gap between the table and wall. Shadow will play with a toy, hop up on the chair and drop the toy into the gap. Then he stands there looking at me. I do my best to ignore, but he is an insistent schnauzer. He ups the anty with little whines, I ignore, he comes to stand on me and talks to me with a little woof. So, I retrieve the toy and we have a bit of play. I remember our toddlers doing this when in a high chair, knock something off, yowl until you pick it up, knock off again, pick up, knock off.........while sitting there smiling.
I'm sure other dogs have quirks that reveal their personality. Anyone else with dogs and odd traits?
