How dare you disturb his sleep by moving around.
More Doberman quirks
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Theturtle6641
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Axel will grab a bone and run over between my brothers legs to chew his bone and make the most obnoxious noise banging it off the cabinets anytime he comes in the office to use the computer. He gets all the attention in the world. I have no idea why he insists on getting his bone taken away, but it happens several times a day without fail.
Here's the best picture yet. She failed to get a good wrap with the blanket so I caught her holding her half-naked leg.
Kaiser2016
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Is it the same leg every time? Is she trying to soothe it with a toothy massage? lol. I’ve never seen this.
I'm pretty sure it's the same one, but I usually can't even tell because the blanket is around it and the other leg is under the blanket, so you can't tell by looking - it just looks like a mouthful of blanket.... for the longest time I never even knew that she had her leg in her mouth. She doesn't suckle, she just holds it. But once I started watching it became obvious she pulls the blanket up and over the leg and when it's "just right" she holds it in her mouth and zones out for about 5 minutes. Only rarely have I seen her lips touch her actual leg because it's all smother-wrapped by the blanket. I keep bringing this up because I'm curious if somebody eventually will pop up and say MY DOG DOES THAT TOO! But so far, I've never heard anyone speak of their dog doing this.
I miss the smile. Daisy smiled.
Rocky has an odd ear cock he does.
Only does it if I’ve been gone a long while/days.
Millie, no smile.
But she can approach me with body curved into a letter C shape so I can see her face and her nub going like crazy at the same time
First blue Doberman I knew also did that so it’s extra endearing.
Kaiser2016
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Ya I would love to hear if other dogs do it too. I wonder what satisfaction she is getting out of it. I've seen Kaiser hold a ball towards the end of a play session, lay down and keep it in his mouth as he starts to wind down from the activity, but he'll occasionally squeeze it as if to see whether WE want to continue playing with him, and then when we don't react, he'll drop the ball and lay down on his side so he can be more comfortable. Not at all the same because she is not engaging you in this behavior, nor is she squeezing or suckling the blanket.I'm pretty sure it's the same one, but I usually can't even tell because the blanket is around it and the other leg is under the blanket, so you can't tell by looking - it just looks like a mouthful of blanket.... for the longest time I never even knew that she had her leg in her mouth. She doesn't suckle, she just holds it. But once I started watching it became obvious she pulls the blanket up and over the leg and when it's "just right" she holds it in her mouth and zones out for about 5 minutes. Only rarely have I seen her lips touch her actual leg because it's all smother-wrapped by the blanket. I keep bringing this up because I'm curious if somebody eventually will pop up and say MY DOG DOES THAT TOO! But so far, I've never heard anyone speak of their dog doing this.
I think it's the same as flank or blanket - I don't know what she gets out of the leg being in there, but it's def self-soothing behavior. It's just a light hold because after 4 years there would be some kind of hair change on the leg, I'd think. She did try holding her flank skin a couple of years ago and I put a stop to that when I saw the hair was thinning. If I get up from my chair or otherwise start moving across the room she'll let go of the enchilada to see what I'm doing and if I go out of the room she'll leave it to follow me. So it's easy to interrupt.
Ok, so who learned something today?I miss the smile, and I have had a few dobes that do the 'snip snap' where they clack their teeth together (and make Garfield Goose sounds....for you young folk; he was a puppet in a TV show ). I am hoping that Falcon smiles or clacks eventually
Besides me?
Clacking.
Snip snap.
Millie does this all the time.
I didn’t know this was a Doberman thing?
She comes trotting in, gives a short verbal gar then a snap, snap, snap.
Like she’s trying to tell us something and overall wanting attention.
jazzies mum
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Jazz has always clacked! Usually with some verbalizing as well and is definitely attention seeking. A sort of HURRY UP!
Rowdy _Ruger
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Ruger has started growling at barking at me to get me to play with him before his last zoomies of the day. He just started doing this in the last month or so. Last night I took him for a late walk and he was satisfied with that I guess because he didn't bark or growl before settling down.
