shelb'smum Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 Not Quite sure where I am supposed to post this but its cute!! Mind Games Dogs Play With Humans Author Unknown * After your humans give you a bath, DON'T LET THEM TOWEL DRY YOU! Instead, run to their bed, jump up and dry yourself off on the sheets. This is especially good if it's right before your humans bedtime. * Act like a convicted criminal. When the humans come home, put your ears back, tail between your legs, chin down and act as if you have done something really bad. Then, watch as the humans frantically search the house for the damage they think you have caused. (Note: This only works when you have done absolutely nothing wrong.) * Let the humans teach you a brand new trick. Learn it perfectly. Then the humans try to demonstrate it to someone else, stare blankly back at the humans. Pretend you have no idea what they're talking about. * Make your humans be patient. When you go outside to go 'pee', sniff around the entire yard as your humans wait. Act as if the spot you choose to go pee will ultimately decide the fate of the earth. * Draw attention to the human. When out for a walk always pick the busiest, most visible spot to go 'poo'. Take your time and make sure everyone watches. This works particularly well if your humans have forgotten to bring a plastic bag. * When out for a walk, alternate between choking and coughing every time a strange human walks by. * Make your own rules. Don't always bring back the stick when playing fetch with the humans. Make them go and chase it once in a while. * Hide from your humans. When your humans come home, don't greet them at the door. Instead, hide from them, and make them think something terrible has happened to you. (Don't reappear until one of your humans is panic-stricken and close to tears). * When your human calls you to come back in, always take your time. Walk as slowly as possible back to the door. * Wake up twenty minutes before the alarm clock is set to go off and make the humans take you out for your morning pee. As soon as you get back inside, fall asleep. (Humans can rarely fall back asleep after going outside, this will drive them nuts!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixie_Girl Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 Author unknown??? No, it is known. It was a colaboration between, Jackson, Skip, Cheyenne, Lucy and Missy!!!! LOL that is too funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
painted_ponies Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 So true. Faith is especially good at the last one. The true master of the "hide from your humans" is my horse Bram. I had the incredibly good timing to bring my horses home from the boarding stable just when the days were at their shortest. Bram, who is black, is incredibly good at making himself completely invisible just by standing still in the dark. He used to do this when I'd come out with feed, just to see how long it would take before I'd have a complete melt-down, trying to decide whether to call the police and tell them he'd escaped or the vet to say he was prostrate with colic somewhere in the night. And they say animals lower your blood pressure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vickkers Posted February 27, 2007 Report Share Posted February 27, 2007 Is it really bad if I could check off every single one of those for at least one of my pets every day?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anda Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 Ouzo claims copyright on 80% of these rules (less the hiding and slowly walking back in) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoku's mum Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 Yep, Hoku definitely got THAT memo And he has been practicing many of them, and more, the last couple of days... sigh.... time to crack down again.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smileyzookie Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 OH my gosh!! That fits Riven perfectly. Nearly every single one!!! * When out for a walk, alternate between choking and coughing every time a strange human walks by. * Let the humans teach you a brand new trick. Learn it perfectly. Then the humans try to demonstrate it to someone else, stare blankly back at the humans. Pretend you have no idea what they're talking about. Those two most closely describe her. She's so embarassing to walk with lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nancy Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 This is why I know that Ferg logs on to a ".dog" site when I'm away from the PC. She clearly contributed tot hat memo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root Beer Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 Dean certainly has that last one down pat! The other day I didn't get up early enough to suit him and he started tapping on the alarm clock pointedly with his paw!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lance Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 Very funny! I chuckled after reading each mind game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandra s. Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 * Draw attention to the human. When out for a walk always pick the busiest, most visible spot to go 'poo'. Take your time and make sure everyone watches. This works particularly well if your humans have forgotten to bring a plastic bag. Ha, I'm not alone after all! But wait, all of them doing it is even creepier than just one dog doing it ... Kessie appears to see the future, too. She eats grass at exactly the right time, so she can do a butt scoot in front of whoever is worthy of the performance... For example, the time I brought her on her first big geo field trip... straight after our arrival, she started cr*pping on the lawn of the institute we were staying at, in front of the other students, and she took forever AND added a couple of cutesy scoots at the end, because she had eaten grass and because I was dying of embarrassment even though I did have a bag . She does most of the other things, too...just not with the same regularity. I'm not often tempted to show off her "tricks" or obedience, because they don't mean that much to me, but heaven help me when I do try...she notices right away and puts an end to the sinning . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haleigh Posted February 28, 2007 Report Share Posted February 28, 2007 Hmm...reminds me of Joy...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyoBC Posted March 1, 2007 Report Share Posted March 1, 2007 * Make your humans be patient. When you go outside to go 'pee', sniff around the entire yard as your humans wait. Act as if the spot you choose to go pee will ultimately decide the fate of the earth. * Make your own rules. Don't always bring back the stick when playing fetch with the humans. Make them go and chase it once in a while. * Let the humans teach you a brand new trick. Learn it perfectly. Then the humans try to demonstrate it to someone else, stare blankly back at the humans. Pretend you have no idea what they're talking about. Those fit Black Jack to a T I'm sure he helped make that list too. I think we need to watch what our dogs look up online Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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