The Psychology of Dogs

So my dog was whining for attention, so I decide to buy some peace by giving him a rawhide. So I get a handful out, so I can bring some upstairs for future buyout opportunities. I hand him one, which he excitedly takes. Then he sees that there are, in fact, other rawhides that he does not have. Now he refuses to chew the brand new one that I moments ago gave to him and he demands to have one of the other rawhides. I tried a trick of taking his, hiding them all, and then giving him back the same one he had. Of course he can somehow tell. So I just take his, put it back in the pile, and give him one from the larger set, and he happily goes off to chew. I suppose the rule is "that which I do not have, I want, until I have it, in which case I want the other thing now". I just found this to be a Funny Moment in Dog Psychology History.

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I suppose the rule is "that which I do not have, I want, until I have it, in which case I want the other thing now".

My dog does this all the time too, especially with cheese. However, I don't think this is limited to dogs, as I often do the same thing myself!

my dog will whine at me for whatever I have, even when I know she wont like it.
grapes: she'll gratefully accept one, but then to save face, she'll run off for a short time and then come back for more. this will go on until I've run out. needless to say, there is a small depository of grapes some place 'cute' in the house.

My dog was like that. Jsut wanted whatever I was eating. He would take the grape but then spit it out. This happened until one time the grape split and he realised it was sweet inside
My old dog kept playing with an orange thinking it was a ball until that also split. He some how managed to eat everything inside and leave the peel.

Just saw a movie named Dogville, I'd suggest everyone watch it.

Dogs are cool.

Some are big pimpin too .... Yes, I've crossed the line here folks. It was too funny to pass up though.

This is a dangerous trend; starting a thread with pictures of pets.
well here's mine.
We were looking after my dad's cat over the holidays, and my dog, Zulu, has been kept in her place by the cat. Here, the cat actually wants to play but the dog has a definite look of 'I'm not so sure'



I've got a box of photos just of the dog, who is asleep on my feet right now.

She's been through a lot, this pooch. Just this year she had aggressive cancer on her toe. But we detected it early and had it and the toe removed. Yes, she's my freaky fifteen toed dog. Now in the winter she suffers from arthritis (sp?) in her front paws from an injury suffered as a puppy.

Yeah -- Derby (the pimp in the picture) has hip dysplasia, but he's been on doggie-glucosomine and it's been working really well for him .. They say he can stay on it until he's 2 or 3 at which point we need to get him hip replacement surgery. It's amazing how dogs cope with things ... He'd rather put himself in pain and jump up on the bed to sleep with us rather than lay on the floor. Either that or it's a personal vendetta to take up the entire bed. Come to think of it, he always do lay whichever way is most uncomfortable for us .............

Yeah -- mine just realized yesterday that if you chew Skittles rather than swallow them whole that they actually taste really good. It's pretty funny to see this 80 lb dog gingerly take a single SKittle from you and chew it up.

Do we want to ask why you've got the hat and medallion?

The hat was given to me by a friend back in highschool as a joke and the medallion was purchased for a 70's party.

This is a dangerous trend; starting a thread with pictures of pets.

Some of my pet pictures are here, including some amazing pictures of my cat going for the milk at the bottom of a glass.

If you hadn't said it was real I'd swear it was a fake! Do cats have really small heads or something?!
Reminds me of the Bonsai Kitten spoof site

Do cats have really small heads or something?!

Well, small skulls. Remember, a cat is mostly fur. Ever seen one wet? Anyway, it was a big glass, too.

She did it twice in a row, hence my ability to get the photos. She never did it a third time even with coaxing. I tried to get it on video tape, but she never performed.

I started, but resisted the temptation
Our three are 13, 12 and 10 months! The youngest also has hip dysplasia, the father was a rott, so she is now one of the few $3000 rescue dogs. Meaning she was a rescue dog that we got fixed, not the other way around!


OK, I couldn't resist in the end

Boomer, the one on the left in my post above, has epilepsy, as well as a good story of running away and being found. Of all the dog's I've ever been owned by, Boomer takes the cake. He's my favorite of all time.