Typical Male Behavior vrs, Typical Sheltie Male Behavior

D

dblock

Forums Enthusiast
They say a way to a mans/dogs heart is thru his stomach.

Well tonight I was eating dinner (grilled chicken Cesare salad) Beau was sleeping in the closet. I finally got to the end of my dinner Beau comes out and starts to poke me in the butt. I knew what he wanted and I ignored him. He went back into the closet. So, since he stopped poking me in the butt, I gave him some biscuits.

He came running out of the closet the minute he herd the box opening. Tail wagging. I sat down on the floor and gave him the biscuits. He ate the biscuit. Gave me a kiss, and ran straight back into the closet.

Just like a Man, errr Dog:no::wink2:
 
My girls here are the foodies. Only difference is after the biscuits you wouldn't get a kiss. "what no more food?, see yah." my boys would hang around for a little petting, usually.
 
Both my dogs have exceptional hearing.....except, of course, when I'm calling them to come back!

But seriously, the most fascinating thing is how they associated sounds with certain activity or time of day.

Some examples:

- My son is on medication. He pops his pill bottle in the kitchen and there is no reaction. However, if I pop a pill bottle after the dog's breakfast and supper, they will both come running from wherever in the house they are. Bacca gets his Greenie Pill Pocket with his meds, and Indy gets a small cookie (p.s. both dogs will actually circle and whine if I forget)

- the sound of a ziplock bag at the cottage. Opening a ziplock is a good/bad thing for the dogs. Good is that they are about to get a cookie and they come running (from wherever they are.....how can they actually HEAR that???). Bad is they know they are about to be shut inside the cottage as we are going out boating. Indy scarfs his cookie then barks his outrage at being left.

- When I leave for work in the morning....the pop of the cookie jar....same thing. I swear Indy could hear that pop if he was outside!

And of course, all the visual cues. They know my routines. They know the sound of hairspray means that Mom is leaving soon! Circle, circle for treats! Indy is particularly funny....he goes round and round the kitchen table until I finally go! You would think he should be upset by my leaving.....nope.....he just wants his treat and now!
 
All mine are, "Excuse me. Did I hear the sound of a sharp knife going through a chocolate cake?"
 
Mom couldn't touch a pill bottle without Noah coming to protect her. The three now see me head for the kitchen and I feel like I am the chuck wagon at the head of a wagon train - there for meals and treats only some days. I open the fridge door, Emma has her head stuck in to see if there is something she can taste test and she has managed that before I can stop her.
 
Love the title. It always amazes me how much Deska is like a human male and Tully like a human female. Deska is such a boy, prefers the company of men, gets into peeing competitions, ignores me when I tell him off, finds my getting sick an imposition, is really clingy and looooves trucks. Tully on the other hand loves to be brushed, groomed and pampered, cowers if I tell her off, gets very sensitive, is caring when I'm sick but is also more independent, smarter and bossier.

And yes the way to Deska's heart is through his stomach.
 
Oh yes! Our little darlings can hear the lid of the cookie jar at least four rooms away and come running with that herd of hungry elephants noise. Pia is not a foody, the other two are so much so, but Pia will make sure she gets her fair share if she has to gag to get it down.

I have to agree that our three exhibit all the traits of their sex and position in life:winkgrin: Tara the matron is staid and caring with the occasional burst of fun; Pia the middle is a scamp and forgetful - can't keep a thought in her head for 10 seconds; Blue the boy is just that, naughty, wilful, destructive and Soooo lovable. The odd thing is that we have three children, yes, two girls and a boy. The description of our pups is exactly the description of our children (if I dared to!). Is it something to do with us:gaah?
 
I have to tell ya, a few weeks ago, Beau swallowed a candy wrapper off the ground. I was just about ready to call the vet when Beau brought it up on his own(along with everything else he ate for day) So, I was like well I guess I don't have to bother the vet, but, to be on the safe side I said,"Beau momma is not going to give you any more food for the rest of the day to make sure your tummy is okay," Beau wasn't having any of that. He promptly went to hutch and poke his nose in his food bag, came back over to me nudge me with his nose and slapped with his paw and flung a look back over to his food. And again, I said, " Beau, Momma said NO" Once again, Beau walked over to his food bad, came over to me poked me with his nose and slapped me with his paw and looked back to hisfood. A(all the while his tail is wagging back and forth a mile a minute) Once again, I told him "No" Again, Beau goes to the bag of food, does the same thing he did the two previous times with one exception, after poking me and slapping me, he twirls around in the middle of the room and let out a little cry, like he's telling me"Momma I'm okay and I'm freaking hungry now, my tummy is empty feed me" So, Of course I caved and gave him food.

How smart is that
 
Maybe we shouldn't call it a closet, but instead call it a man cave. I loved that he kept going back in. And you got a kiss! Nice!

The strangest thing Koji comes running for? When the I use the ice maker, you could hear him come hauling down the stairs (assuming he's not in the room). Oh how he loves ice. Oh and if it's a bag, any bag, he's running. Or if it sounds like a bag, he's there. Crazy dog.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top