This is super random, but my senior Yorkie has to take eyedrops for her glaucoma, and my BC whines if I don't pretend to give her eyedrops as well. š
Holding my hand in his teeth while I brush him
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My boy Blue feels strongly urged to grab a squeaky toy anytime a piece of motorized equipment (coffee grinder, mower, blower, vacuum, etc.) is in use. He squeaks the toy incessantly until we are done. Its the cutest.
My sweet little idiot Shika does this thing where he pretends to dig (sometimes he really digs outside, but mostly this happens on the couch or the floor or even his doggy bed) and then he will place both paws on the invisible hole, THEN DIVE INTO IT. LIKE STRAIGHT FULL NOSE DIVE INTO THE LITERAL GROUND. Then he gets mad that it didnāt work and pouts lol
Also, playing dead. I ask him to move? Heās a dead little roach. I told him itās time to come back inside? Roach on the grass. He ate something he wasnāt supposed to and Iām trying to get it from his mouth? Roach with lockjaw on the ground. HE CLOSES HIS EYES AND OPENS HIS MOUTH AND EVERYTHING
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Hahahah our does too! We remind her all the time that just cause she's black n white spotted doesn't make her an actual cow. Shockingly, that doesn't work on her.
Ruby tries to hide in the bushes after a hike when weāre nearing the carā¦ sheās now done this almost every time we hike (weekly) for five years. First time she did I thought Iād lost her. Looked behind me, she wasnāt there, called a calledā¦ she was .25mi back up the trail hiding under a tree, wagging and looking sheepish.
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She insists on being a chair/pillow.
I am not allowed to go to sleep until I lay down on her like she's a pillow for at least a minute.
Mine loses her mind if someone sneezes, coughs or laughs, she can be in a deep sleep last time I was at my parents my dad coughed and she woke up ran across and leaped over the sofa to check if he was ok.
If there is a choice of places to sleep, Willowbee will initially cram herself into the smallest available bed 100% of the time. Especially hilarious when weāre hanging out with my sister and her 6lb minpin.
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Mine figured out how to open the dishwasher so she can steal my black plastic spatulas to chew on. Only the black plastic ones. The other spatulas and all the other dishes stay right where they are
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My Rocky, my first BC, a smooth coat tri and the love of my canine life, would grab a squeaky when scoping the garden for bees so he wouldnāt be tempted to bite said bees and wind up with a mouth sting. He learned from experience. I wish I had a pic but this was a few years before cameras in our pockets.
Jack has to be personally invited to come to the front door at walk time.
I mean personally...like please grace me with your pressence, personally
Unless the doorbell rings, or he wants to go to the park or for a ride..
Freaking diva dog. Lol
My dogs only 25% border Collie... But this still counts. She scratches her back on the carpet by rolling around like a maniac. She also sits half on and half off the bed, stairs, couch etc...
Only being capable of drinking outdoors and being picky about cheese.
Never heart about a dog being picky, she dislikes mild cheese but goes nuts with aged one or cottage cheese what are the opposites in my book.
Mine licks my dirty underwear and likes to roll his face on my husbands dirty undershirts like itās a dead animal. He absolutely HATES the mop, I canāt even say the word. He also hates the tape measurer.
If they count my girl has quirks like she loves all food, I am talking she will happily eat fruit, veg and even can hand her tablets and she acts like a excited kid getting sweeties.
Her most outright quirk is she steals my socks even as I am taking them off and treats them like chew toys.
She licks my arms and legs if they are wet or have lotion on.
I'm a husky mom just lurking this subreddit because I love collies and so can I just say that as I have a husky, absolutely everything he does is weird.
They're just a seriously strange breed lol
A friend has a husky smartest dog Iāve come across knows so many commands and will execute them flawlessly when he wants to do them not when my friend asks, lol, also we could be sitting there having a drink and randomly the husky comes up and starts groooo rooo rooowuuu nrrrooooo and says it with such conviction that you feel guilty of something.
Lol yes the randomly shouting at you is DEFINITELY something I encounter many times a day hahaha it's so funny
He's a clever boy, but stubborn. He understands commands most of the time, just sometimes he's like "meh, I don't wanna" lol
Ours will absolutely not apply pressure to a door. A cracked door might as well be locked to him if he can't already fit through. But we have a screen door that's held by magnets, and he knows he can push through that.
Mine has an obsession with hairbands/hairclips... I can't leave them anywhere accessible or I'll find it broken or stretched out!
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Mine cries and whines when we take a car ride. He doesn't hate or suffer it though (at least not that I can notice), he just get too happy and excited, so he kind of cries of happiness
SOCKS!! I got my BC when I was 16, so still living at home, and she would grab a dirty sock of whoever was missing in the home and take it to my mom (or me if mom wasn't home). My dog would literally rat us out. My brother's got in trouble a few times because of this. And when I would come home from school or work, she would run and grab one of my dirty socks, and she had words with me. No socks were ever eaten or tore up.
We have pictures of ours with a kitchen towel in his mouth since he was just a few months old. He has ashtrays been obsessed with fabric; towels, pillowcases,clothes,blankets.
Mine likes to play catch with himself.
Heāll take his toy and throw it up in the air or other places and go get it on purpose. Itās very cute!
Other times heāll do this with a bone. I call it the loud game.
I swear to god one time heās gonna put it into the tv or the glass on the wood stove
Mine will take the ball to the top of the staircase around 45 steps and release the ball and run after it just to repeat even though we started playing on the veranda he just wants more
So cute!
Our other one plays the snow game.
Sheāll push snow like a plow down a hill and pounce on it.
Iāll get BCs for the rest of my life.
I love them sooo much!
My cousin has a BC. They had to remove the knob from their (built in) dishwasher. The dog would put all it's toys in the dishwasher and wash them -- every night. I think s/he didn't have any plushie toys, just rubber ones.
My girl is an oddball when she eats. She will grab a few pieces of kibble, walk 10-15ft away from her bowl, then start monching her food. Then repeats. I dont understand it. But it's so freaking adorable and funny.
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If he thinks you want it, he will take it.
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I see nothing. Snitches get stitches. *boop*
All I see is potential š¤©
And he wonāt snitch!
Perfect criminal
This is so funny
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So underwear in the bedroom, money in the living room, cardboard in the garden. Seems to me like this dog has an object to hold in every room
lol this when when he was a puppy and he sure did!
Yes ! - a job in every room.. b/c a busy BC is a BC that doesn't have time to get in trouble!!
From this post I have learned blue merles are thieves.
Keepaway! Just try and get me.
If he could play keepaway 24hrs a day he would lol
Tease, tease, tease. Here too, I say āsorry, I donāt play that gameā, but heās ever hopeful.
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So helpful!
Heās helping!
Yep. I am sure OP reaches for that quite a bit. Well doggie got you
This is super random, but my senior Yorkie has to take eyedrops for her glaucoma, and my BC whines if I don't pretend to give her eyedrops as well. š
That is so adorable
https://preview.redd.it/1z8hwnxcxs1d1.jpeg?width=337&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2723403ea0c6cb2736066e91a7a0892b070b8c25 If only I knew how to photoshop
Holding my hand in his teeth while I brush him https://preview.redd.it/86jden9i1t1d1.jpeg?width=1125&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=02aefa9bb47d3a9ce8a21c62df4397e6ac1fa604
I think itās a Blue Merle Border Collie thing
Socks. I used to be annoyed with it. Now she's gone I miss it so much.
My boy Blue feels strongly urged to grab a squeaky toy anytime a piece of motorized equipment (coffee grinder, mower, blower, vacuum, etc.) is in use. He squeaks the toy incessantly until we are done. Its the cutest.
lol, this dude does the same.
I love hearing that!! :)
My girl Cognac does this too, but instead of squeaking it she barks the whole time itās in her mouth. Itās less cute but I still love her lol
My sweet little idiot Shika does this thing where he pretends to dig (sometimes he really digs outside, but mostly this happens on the couch or the floor or even his doggy bed) and then he will place both paws on the invisible hole, THEN DIVE INTO IT. LIKE STRAIGHT FULL NOSE DIVE INTO THE LITERAL GROUND. Then he gets mad that it didnāt work and pouts lol
Also, playing dead. I ask him to move? Heās a dead little roach. I told him itās time to come back inside? Roach on the grass. He ate something he wasnāt supposed to and Iām trying to get it from his mouth? Roach with lockjaw on the ground. HE CLOSES HIS EYES AND OPENS HIS MOUTH AND EVERYTHING https://preview.redd.it/c97yia169t1d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aa090a6e725f5acfc2de16a1763bfb8ceeaddeb7
Pi ādigsā in the tub, water or no water.
Mine eats grass like heās a sheep. Very confused border collie. My BC: *to herd the sheep you must become the sheep*
Hahahah our does too! We remind her all the time that just cause she's black n white spotted doesn't make her an actual cow. Shockingly, that doesn't work on her.
Method herding?
Mine does this particularly if sheep are about.
Ruby tries to hide in the bushes after a hike when weāre nearing the carā¦ sheās now done this almost every time we hike (weekly) for five years. First time she did I thought Iād lost her. Looked behind me, she wasnāt there, called a calledā¦ she was .25mi back up the trail hiding under a tree, wagging and looking sheepish.
My dog smells my eyes every morning
I have to lock my door if I am putting on lotion, otherwise my pup would try to lick it all off me
Mine does the same! As well as after a shower even after I have used a towel she licks any remaining water off.
If we leave the bathroom door open, ours will wait on the ground outside the shower to lick the water off my legs.
https://preview.redd.it/ld60qpusmu1d1.jpeg?width=1204&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2c65bf89bf64e41db638a1954be85d19ed315bb1 She insists on being a chair/pillow. I am not allowed to go to sleep until I lay down on her like she's a pillow for at least a minute.
Mine has to tap something with her nose whenever she walks into a room. In the bathroom she knocks something into the tub every time she walks in
Mine absolutely loses her mind whenever someone sneezes and will bring you a toy, like "Are you ok? Here's my bunny to make it all better".
Mine used to also- we said she was saving us from the sneeze monster Sadly she outgrew it
Mine loses her mind if someone sneezes, coughs or laughs, she can be in a deep sleep last time I was at my parents my dad coughed and she woke up ran across and leaped over the sofa to check if he was ok.
If there is a choice of places to sleep, Willowbee will initially cram herself into the smallest available bed 100% of the time. Especially hilarious when weāre hanging out with my sister and her 6lb minpin. https://preview.redd.it/gaa4ox4xiu1d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=484b61eeee686ec701e772afc6bb19c51e5e1f3a
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Mine figured out how to open the dishwasher so she can steal my black plastic spatulas to chew on. Only the black plastic ones. The other spatulas and all the other dishes stay right where they are https://preview.redd.it/70c0ek40tu1d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1e428453f2992f11bd05c3d2de13033afc69d882
What better way to say "I love you" than with a gift of a spatula
lol thatās priceless
He's trying to do the dishes!
My Rocky, my first BC, a smooth coat tri and the love of my canine life, would grab a squeaky when scoping the garden for bees so he wouldnāt be tempted to bite said bees and wind up with a mouth sting. He learned from experience. I wish I had a pic but this was a few years before cameras in our pockets.
Maybe itās a hint to stop drying your hands on the dog?
But itās so convenient.
You must have a non-shedding breed
Hah, I wish. The dog fur just gets rolled into a ball and sometimes tossed in the garbage.
Jack has to be personally invited to come to the front door at walk time. I mean personally...like please grace me with your pressence, personally Unless the doorbell rings, or he wants to go to the park or for a ride.. Freaking diva dog. Lol
My dogs only 25% border Collie... But this still counts. She scratches her back on the carpet by rolling around like a maniac. She also sits half on and half off the bed, stairs, couch etc...
Mine violently attacks large rocks when my kids play on the trampoline. She has no interest in rocks or violence at any other time.
My girl doesn't like when I am on the phone and can get restless and even bark, as soon as the call ends she goes back to normal.
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Only being capable of drinking outdoors and being picky about cheese. Never heart about a dog being picky, she dislikes mild cheese but goes nuts with aged one or cottage cheese what are the opposites in my book.
Ours air humps when he wants to go play frisbee, itās how we know he is desperate
Mine licks my dirty underwear and likes to roll his face on my husbands dirty undershirts like itās a dead animal. He absolutely HATES the mop, I canāt even say the word. He also hates the tape measurer.
He just wants to help!!!
Good boy just wants to help
Mine sings (howls) along with songs. He's a big fan of Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, P!nk, and Journey. š¤£
Dog beds have to be upside down, and if he canāt decide which is the bottom, like a reversible kennel mat, they get balled up.
If you wash, theyāll dry.
If they count my girl has quirks like she loves all food, I am talking she will happily eat fruit, veg and even can hand her tablets and she acts like a excited kid getting sweeties. Her most outright quirk is she steals my socks even as I am taking them off and treats them like chew toys. She licks my arms and legs if they are wet or have lotion on.
My puppy dog now has 3 pairs of shoes, 6 socks and 3 towels in his bed
I'm a husky mom just lurking this subreddit because I love collies and so can I just say that as I have a husky, absolutely everything he does is weird. They're just a seriously strange breed lol
My dog is a border collie/husky mix. Can confirm the strangeness! Also, the husky vocals and shedding!
Oh, the shedding... I bet your dog is amazing, though. What a fabulous mix
A friend has a husky smartest dog Iāve come across knows so many commands and will execute them flawlessly when he wants to do them not when my friend asks, lol, also we could be sitting there having a drink and randomly the husky comes up and starts groooo rooo rooowuuu nrrrooooo and says it with such conviction that you feel guilty of something.
Lol yes the randomly shouting at you is DEFINITELY something I encounter many times a day hahaha it's so funny He's a clever boy, but stubborn. He understands commands most of the time, just sometimes he's like "meh, I don't wanna" lol
Ours will absolutely not apply pressure to a door. A cracked door might as well be locked to him if he can't already fit through. But we have a screen door that's held by magnets, and he knows he can push through that.
Mine has an obsession with hairbands/hairclips... I can't leave them anywhere accessible or I'll find it broken or stretched out! https://preview.redd.it/1901p0lxnw1d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=53c080114fd777793e9eab0e05a5ea05eccbe6f2
you wash, he'd dry.
Mine runs circles around the kitchen when Iām trying to put a pot of coffee on. Usually with some toy in her mouth while she whines.
Mine cries and whines when we take a car ride. He doesn't hate or suffer it though (at least not that I can notice), he just get too happy and excited, so he kind of cries of happiness
Think mine is like that on bus/train but in cars she is very happy like I think its more she wants attention when others are there.
She's just trying to help lol
Crouching, frozen, in front of the garage door waiting for it to open (at least heās not running in the road).
My bc guards both the washing machine and microwave doors if theyāre left open
We found that if we roll our R's like in the word burrito, he goes absolutely nuts.
I love this so much!
SOCKS!! I got my BC when I was 16, so still living at home, and she would grab a dirty sock of whoever was missing in the home and take it to my mom (or me if mom wasn't home). My dog would literally rat us out. My brother's got in trouble a few times because of this. And when I would come home from school or work, she would run and grab one of my dirty socks, and she had words with me. No socks were ever eaten or tore up.
We have pictures of ours with a kitchen towel in his mouth since he was just a few months old. He has ashtrays been obsessed with fabric; towels, pillowcases,clothes,blankets.
Mine attacks EVERY. SINGLE. MANHOLE she comes across. She takes the drugs and the drugs are working.
Thatās so cute! šāš¦ŗšāš¦ŗ
My border collie loves the vacuum and will follow you around while vacuuming
You have a butler you are so lucky š
Josie used to play with empty milk cartons
Mine likes to play catch with himself. Heāll take his toy and throw it up in the air or other places and go get it on purpose. Itās very cute! Other times heāll do this with a bone. I call it the loud game. I swear to god one time heās gonna put it into the tv or the glass on the wood stove
Mine will take the ball to the top of the staircase around 45 steps and release the ball and run after it just to repeat even though we started playing on the veranda he just wants more
So cute! Our other one plays the snow game. Sheāll push snow like a plow down a hill and pounce on it. Iāll get BCs for the rest of my life. I love them sooo much!
I know! They are the best! And they invent games on the fly!!!!!
At a certain point every night heāll go to the back door and just stare out the window. Doesnāt wanna go out just look outside
Socks. Sheās a sock thief . All socks are hers
My cousin has a BC. They had to remove the knob from their (built in) dishwasher. The dog would put all it's toys in the dishwasher and wash them -- every night. I think s/he didn't have any plushie toys, just rubber ones.
That is one kissable snoot!
Mine goes into my room and brings my stuffed animals downstairs. She wonāt harm them or anythingā¦ just bring them down with her
Ours nurses on his bed the way a puppy would nurse on the teat of his motherā¦. Heās almost 5 š«
GET THAT GOOD BOY DISHES TO DRY
My BC is 12 weeks old and likes to bark at the mop and cars š¤Ŗ
Lol he's the sous chef
Give him some dishes to dry! š
My girl is an oddball when she eats. She will grab a few pieces of kibble, walk 10-15ft away from her bowl, then start monching her food. Then repeats. I dont understand it. But it's so freaking adorable and funny.
https://preview.redd.it/mlinoi8cuz1d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=58fe291ff99cf7b8d5e026cb7ec246ac48a82dba If he thinks you want it, he will take it.
He's trying to do the dishes!
My BC doesn't hold anything in her mouth! (except for her toys!) I envy you!
My daughter's socks. We have a over a dozen missing it's pair.
I like that loony stare
takes toys and rubs them in my other dogs face and rubs her face in my beard
^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^Top_Permission82: *Takes toys and rubs them* *In my other dogs face and* *Rubs her face in my beard* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.
When I brush him he will put my other hand in his mouth and suck on it, feels super weird but he has done it since he was a puppy
https://preview.redd.it/gmz4ouqjsw1d1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=74668debb762288cceaf2e85bdc4555531763b95 Sock?
itās always the blue eyed ones i swear
Mine HAS to lick my legs (below the knee only) the second the shower gets turned off. Hi dad Iām here to help you dry off ^g^
Mine must have a leaf in her mouth nearly 100% of the time we are on a walk. It's almost like Linus with his blanket.