New Member from the Pittsburgh and Clearwater, FL areas.

TheDailyPainter said:
So I guess my conclusion would be it is a canine behavior, but probably means different things depending on the context.
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I have not heard of this behavior so pronounced.

But to turn / push with the butt
is a normal form of showing kindness :yes:
"I turn my head with my teeth away from you"

such a little square explained :winkgrin:
 
Terry Cook said:
Although I am in the Clearwater, Fl area for the winter. This is a wonderful platform to learn more about this breed, and you are all wonderfully generous with your knowledge. My sheltie, Kiki, is 7 months old. She is training well, and is a bundle of energy! However, there is one behavior she has had since I got her at 8 weeks: she LOVES to hip bump other dogs, and even people. I thought it might be a herding behavior, but I have never heard anyone else speak of this one. As a little pup she would also climb on top of my older dog cross-wise and just lie there. But now the hip-check is evolving into lifting her back leg and straddling. Not humping. And no, she is not in heat yet. I have seen her do this to smaller dogs. With my large dog, she loves to stand under his legs, like using him as a garage. If I sit with my legs crossed, she will back into my foot, and lift her back leg, and just stand there on top of my foot, not even touching it, really. It is so funny, but WHY?
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Hello from Ft Myers FL! I don't know why she likes to sit on your foot.mayne she just wants to make sure she's ready if you are getting up. Shelties are so sweet and full of fun and quirky pranks.happy for you and your new pup.
 
Interesting...rereading your post makes me think of something Piper has done on and off. I’ll try to find the time to upload a video to YouTube and share it, you could see if her behaviour is similar to Piper’s.
 
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