clara Posted November 13, 2007 Report Share Posted November 13, 2007 Yesterday, besides walking the dogs and doing a little grocery shopping, I had a very lazy day. I wanted to continue in that vein last night, so to that end I got some beef knuckle bones without much meat so they could just have them on their beds while we watched movies. It was all going according to plan, when Bingo did something very strange. He picked his bone up, walked over to the rug behind Ling, and laid his bone down on the edge of the rug (about two feet away from her butt) and stared at her for a few seconds (this part isn't too unusual, he's in charge and usually wants whatever she has). But then he left his bone there, and went and laid down around the corner of the couch and watched. The second she noticed his bone (but not him because he was hidden) and moved toward it, he did this big loud growly lunge back to his bone and scared the crap out of her. Of course I should have anticipated the outcome of his weird little game, but it didn't even dawn on me until it happened. Nobody got hurt, the bones got put away, etc. But WTF??? Why would he lure her like that? Just to get mad at her? That's entrapment!!!! Maybe he's already senile! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laurae Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 Maybe Bingo was getting tired of having a lazy day and wanted some excitement? Little rat... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelpiegirl Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 That's pretty intelligent behaviour- methinks... What a little stinker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweet_ceana Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 LOL. Poor girl that was a mean trick to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbc1963 Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 OOoooh! That sounds like some mean trick my older brothers would have played on me - or I would have played on my little sisters! What a rotten little bugger Mary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clara Posted November 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 Maybe he's not the sack of hammers I've always thought he was! It really did seem pretty calculated to pick a fight, so maybe he thought he could snag her bone in the resulting scuffle. Boys are mean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoloRiver Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 Solo likes to try that too, with Fly. I don't let him. It's basically the doggy version of "all the toys are mine." Solo's definitely got higher status than Fly does (it's natural, she doesn't challenge him) and I don't interfere with that, but I don't support blatant tyranny, and besides, I'm the top dog and all the toys are MINE. So, when Solo tries pulling that trick, everything gets put away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shetlander Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 Solo's definitely got higher status than Fly does (it's natural, she doesn't challenge him) and I don't interfere with that, but I don't support blatant tyranny, and besides, I'm the top dog and all the toys are MINE. So, when Solo tries pulling that trick, everything gets put away. I don't allow my dogs to think they can take toys away from each other (food is inhaled around here so that isn't an issue ). My pack doesn't have as settled a hierachy as Melanie's though I also claim the spot as Alpha. Just an hour ago, my sheltie picked up a Nylabone which she isn't prone to do. Even though she is often more dominant than Quinn, he couldn't stand to see her with that toy. Bad enough he needs to share Nylabones with the Lhasa. He got all Border Collie intense and staring and almost on top of her. She dropped the Nylabone and jumped up on the sofa next to me. I took the Nylabone from Quinn and gave it back to her where she nibbled on it on and off. When she finished with it it, Quinn quickly nabbed it. After he walked away from it, the Lhasa moved in and he hadn't even seemed that interested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighDesertSpice Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 *maybe* what was going on was.....Bingo wanted Ling's bone....camped out until she "let go" of it....and his bone near her is just not all that important a fact. He could've lured her, as it appears, OR he could've just laid in wait .... anything she has, he wants. And then challenged her for her's. Just guessing....But indeed, a STINKER. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donna frankland (uk) Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 hahahahaaaaaaaaa! brighid does that too, we should get them together and have peace all evening as they both ambush each other! the other dogs take zero notice of her so she has pretty much given up, but the cats occasionally get treated to a WOOOOOOOORAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!! from her as the dare walk past her hidey hole! once in a while they may turn both ears in her direction, but generally its just the one...... bless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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