Mama Diaries

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Doggy Quirks

Here's a little something I thought I'd share about my big old German Shepherd (who's not so old).  He's weird!

Let me tell you, he's got some pretty odd quirks.  First of all, he loves  light reflections.  He can stand for hours in a pounce position, staring at one.  When he finds one that moves, he attacks!  It's utterly ridiculous to watch.

He also loves munching ice cubes.  That dog can be sound asleep, and if I go anywhere near the freezer by the ice cube maker, he goes on full alert and charges.  Then he stands there and waits for ice to fall out.  He's very disappointed when it doesn't!

He also has a habit of stepping on  feet.  I don't much like when that hundred pound beast steps on mine.  Especially when I'm playing the violin.  This happens frequently.

One of the newest happened today.  He was outside sitting in the middle of my flower garden (another one of his quirks) when he heard some fire truck sirens.  That goof ball stuck his nose in the air and started howling along.  He didn't stop until the sirens were gone.

I think he needs to go see a doggy psychologist.  What do you think?

  

9 comments:

  1. LOL yes you must seek professional help for him..haha...although the cats go wacko over lights moving too. They just bat ice cubes around and I don't want to know what they'd leave in a garden...haha

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  2. LOL At least he's entertaining! He could be doing a lot worse. :)

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    1. True. And he has done a lot worse, so I won't complain about his howling!

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  3. He sounds quite innovative for a four-legged being! Ice cubes? Where did he learn that? Did he perhaps see somebody eating ice cubes?

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    1. Innovative is an understatement. This nutcase even has interior decorating skills.(Maybe you can find the previous post and read about it.) He learned about ice cubes when a few happened to fall out of the icemaker on our freezer door. He just decided they looked good to munch on, and that was that.

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  4. Ice cubes? That's funny :) We have two large Golden Retrievers and man does it hurt when they step on a bare foot! Ouch!

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  5. Dog whisperer for sure, Sherry. Our dog has his quirks, too, and is always on the watch for opportunities to eat human food. We've discovered he likes yogurt, so we always let him lick the containers out (and leave some extra for him) when we're done with them. Nice and clean for the recycle man! :)

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