<p>Family member comes by who doesn’t usually come by. Family member that everyone loves, including Dog. Dog pulls out every single toy he has and throws it on the floor in front of the guest. Growls and headbutts everyone to play. Runs all over the house because he cannot contain his excitement.</p>
<p>I’d be interested if other kinds of pets do this, like pet goats or pet deer. I know cats can’t be bothered with this kind of behavior.</p>
<p>My cousin’s dog used to be that way when I came over. When our horse is in the paddock when we get to the barn he likes to play, but mostly to avoid having to come inside and be ridden. Not as sweet as an excited puppy.</p>
<p>MY old dog would run to the door yapping, and then once the person was inside he’d go back to sunbathing. He did not care one iota for company.</p>
<p>My dog only has one toy (the only indestructible ball we have found), but he will get excited and run and get his ball when I come downstairs or if we have a guest he knows and likes.</p>
<p>My sister’s cat must’ve been part dog. She would go get her toys to play on a regular basis.</p>
<p>My Sally was very shy with most people, but those she viewed as “family” she would always greet at the door with something in her mouth, preferably a shoe.
A true retriever. </p>
<p>“I know cats can’t be bothered with this kind of behavior”</p>
<p>My cat used to pester our guests to play fetch with her with crumpled newspaper and her fuzzy toys. She would bring a toy and drop it under the dining chair or, if the guest ignored her, she would jump into his/her lap with the toy in her mouth! </p>
<p>One of our dogs, a golden, used to bring down my bras as a greeting to guests. She also brought down underwear from my daughters. We have another golden, a rescue, who when guests arrive (and have passed her inspection) runs to the toy boxes and grabs something to “give” the guests. Our other golden (a very ancient gentleman) will show the guests where the treats are…just in case they were looking.</p>
<p>Our 4 year old “spoodle” does this. Unfortunately she also hunkers down and “piddles” on the floor if guests give her attention right away. I have to tell them to ignore her until she is calm.</p>
<p>Mine will bring the heaviest object she can fit in her mouth and greet you proudly at the door… and then proceed to drop it on your foot every time without fail. </p>
<p>She really only plays with balls so sometimes she’ll bring that and bark and headbutt you until you play. </p>
<p>whenever anyone came over (or came home), my dog would go grab a squeaker toy and run around with it. We called it her Binky, because it seemed to be her pacifier when excited or nervous.</p>
<p>My dog gets excited when people come over. Will want to cuddle with them more than play. Her weirdest habit is that she barks incessantly when they leave. I have to pick her up to calm her.</p>
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<p>But not because he’s mad. It’s just that he gets too excited. It’s embarrassing.</p>
<p>I have to say that I love dogs. Especially goldens. I’m finding my really empty nest very difficult to cope with. How many hours per day can one spend cruising Petfinder?</p>
<p>Consolation, hugs. </p>
<p>Does your dog do this?</p>
<p>I thought you were going to describe how your dog puts it’s butt on the carpet and drags itself around with its front legs (the “butt scoot”). </p>
<p>I’m so sorry, Consolation. </p>
<p>I find myself on PetFinder way too often. I want all the older dogs. All of them. :/</p>
<p>I want all of the cats. I keep myself out of the dog section - too heartbreaking. Every time I see a GSD, I want to cry. </p>
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<p>I’m also one of the rare Dog/Cat people. I appreciate and love my dogs (I sobbed every day for a couple of months after we lost our beloved Lab, and received much support here to help me through it), but my personal history is enmeshed with cats. My mother loved cats and I’m sure that’s why I came to appreciate them. Recently I have been going through boxes and boxes of old photos. Family members are giving me THEIR boxes in the hopes that I will organize theirs as well and put them into albums. I have seen many photos of my mother I’d never seen before. She died suddenly 12/12/12 at the age of 69 and it’s taken me awhile to be able to look through these pictures. First of all, she was a BEAUTIFUL young woman, a Swede with blonde/white hair, blue eyes, and very fair skin. Odd to me as her child (Dad is Hispanic) with my dark eyes, dark hair, and olive skin. I went on to have fair haired blue eyed blonde children. Anyway, many of these boxes of photos are of my Mom, her brother (died young in the early 70’s) and her mother, all of them holding or cuddling kittens or cats. Kind of freaking me out a bit. The cat thing is BIG in my mother’s history.</p>
<p>Ever since we lost our dear dear Daisy Dog (blonde lab), my sweet cat has been sleeping on me every night. She used to always sleep on the sofa in my bedroom, but after losing our sweetheart in October, she sleeps ON ME every night! She always ignored our dear girl, but I have to wonder if this new thing is a reaction to that. </p>
<p>Sniffle, sniffle, wipes tears out of eyes with kleenex. </p>
<p><em>hugs</em> Nrdsb4. I’m sorry for your famiy’s loss. </p>
<p>To cheer everyone back up, maybe people can learn to make the toys “disappear” like this:
<a href=“Dogs Have Priceless Reactions to Magician's Trick”>http://www.reshareworthy.com/jose-ahonen-magic-trick-for-dogs/</a></p>
<p>The reactions of the dogs are HILARIOUS. </p>
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Maybe, maybe not. A friend had a dog that used to do this. The vet told them with their dog its a sign of submission. The way a puppy shows an adult dog respect is to piddle. Its a way of acknowledging dominance; nobody has to get bitten here to prove who is the bigger dog. Grown dogs can use the same signal. The trigger is looking at the dog; direct eye contact is seen as aggressive by dogs, and a submissive dog is just making what it thinks is the proper response. </p>