My male Bogie shares a unique bond with me that amazes me all the time.
Before he was a year old he was alerting me to drops in my blood glucose.
Took me a couple months to realize that was what he was doing.
Now he has been retrieving things that I accidentally drop and gives them back to me, (unless it’s food)
He hasn’t been trained to do this either.
If weather turns nasty he will lay next to me and puts his nose in my neck.
When I broke my foot he had to sniff my entire cast everyday and would then look at me like he was asking if it was ok.
He walked slow and gentle with me when I had to hobble around.
Bacall and Bogie both would position themselves beside me so I could use them for balance.
God forbid if I cry (doesn’t happen often) around Bogie. He gets very concerned and will try to clean my face and hands and stays right with me until it passes.
He has alerted me to a couple of wasp nests that were built under a chair seat outdoors.
He has this need to stick right by me just in case something were to happen.
If I am working in the front yard, he will jump the fence to get out there with me.
He doesn’t run off, he just hangs with me.
He gets upset (think howling tantrum) if I am downstairs and he is upstairs.
If I leave the property in my vehicle, he accepts it and will quietly lay in my spot on the bed until I come home.
My first male boy did these things. Bacall is more aloof but needy for attention too.
Bogie cuddles with me and will wake me in the mornings with half his body flopped on me and paws behind my neck. I swear it’s a good morning hug.
Bacall likes to lay next to me but does not like me putting my arms on her unlike Bogie that loves having my arm around him.
Am I reading too much into his behavior?
When we are out in public, he ignores everyone and just focuses on me.
He is very chatty with me too.
Just a facial expression from me will get him chatting.
If I take him with me when I clean a house, he feels he has to check out every room first then returns to sit facing me to let me know it’s safe to go in.
Just wondering if anyone else experiences these types of things with their Dobies?
Before he was a year old he was alerting me to drops in my blood glucose.
Took me a couple months to realize that was what he was doing.
Now he has been retrieving things that I accidentally drop and gives them back to me, (unless it’s food)
He hasn’t been trained to do this either.
If weather turns nasty he will lay next to me and puts his nose in my neck.
When I broke my foot he had to sniff my entire cast everyday and would then look at me like he was asking if it was ok.
He walked slow and gentle with me when I had to hobble around.
Bacall and Bogie both would position themselves beside me so I could use them for balance.
God forbid if I cry (doesn’t happen often) around Bogie. He gets very concerned and will try to clean my face and hands and stays right with me until it passes.
He has alerted me to a couple of wasp nests that were built under a chair seat outdoors.
He has this need to stick right by me just in case something were to happen.
If I am working in the front yard, he will jump the fence to get out there with me.
He doesn’t run off, he just hangs with me.
He gets upset (think howling tantrum) if I am downstairs and he is upstairs.
If I leave the property in my vehicle, he accepts it and will quietly lay in my spot on the bed until I come home.
My first male boy did these things. Bacall is more aloof but needy for attention too.
Bogie cuddles with me and will wake me in the mornings with half his body flopped on me and paws behind my neck. I swear it’s a good morning hug.
Bacall likes to lay next to me but does not like me putting my arms on her unlike Bogie that loves having my arm around him.
Am I reading too much into his behavior?
When we are out in public, he ignores everyone and just focuses on me.
He is very chatty with me too.
Just a facial expression from me will get him chatting.
If I take him with me when I clean a house, he feels he has to check out every room first then returns to sit facing me to let me know it’s safe to go in.
Just wondering if anyone else experiences these types of things with their Dobies?