13 Weird Things People Do With Their Dogs
Dogs are one of the most common pet in the world. Of course, what’s not to love about them? They are adorable, loyal, friendly, and the list goes on and on, thus the saying “dogs are man’s best friend.” Although they are like angels, dogs sometimes do things that are weird whenever we look at them, but still, we as dog owners still love them as well. Likewise, we humans sometimes do weird things with our dogs that we might not even realise, here are some of those weird things we do.
1. Talk to them as if they understand you.
Studies have shown that dogs are able to “smell” our emotions due to their heightened sense of smell, which is their main way of communication. But the only way we can communicate with our dogs is through talking, and although our dogs look as if they understand us, they do not understand us entirely. Though we know about this, we still talk to them as if they do, so if you think about it, it is pretty weird.
2. Trying to take pictures of them using their toys.
Trying to take pictures of your dogs is not the easiest task. They tend to look around elsewhere, sometimes even try to sniff on your phone or camera, it is just not that simple. So, the most common way we use to take pictures of our dogs is if we have their chew toy near our phone or camera. That way they will retain at a position that we want them to.
3. Kissing them despite knowing it is not the cleanest.
Dogs are so adorable that oftentimes we cannot resist the urge to kiss them on their head, on their back or wherever we feel like. Although we do that, we also know that they are not that clean. We wouldn’t know where had they been and what might be on their fur or skin that is dirty and could get onto our lips.
4. Letting them kiss you, even though their mouth is probably not that clean.
One of the reasons why we love dogs is that of how loving they are, and they express it really well. One way to know it is if they lick you. Although when our dogs lick us, we feel happy and loved, one thing to also know is that their mouth is not really hygienic. Aside from eating their food, they also love licking their own body parts, which could be really dirty if you think about it.
5. Holding their paws like lovers.
Sometimes we try to hold our dogs’ paws and pretend like they are our lovers, but the thing to know is that dogs don’t really like it when we do it. This is because their paws are their defense mechanism and if you do hold them, they feel vulnerable. So it’s best to leave all the love to kisses.
6. Carrying them like a baby.
Dogs, no matter what size or age, are still puppies in our hearts, and they love it if you treat them like one. In order to make them feel young, as all love to carry them in our arms, sometimes we even carry them as if they are babies even rock them back and forth. It might seem ridiculous to other people, but we as dog owners enjoy it as much as our dogs do.
7. Having a heart-breaking farewell when you leave them in the house alone.
One of the most difficult things we have to deal with when having a pet dog is if we have to head out and leave them all alone at home. We would be just as sad as them when we do. Sometimes we even get a little dramatic and do some heart-breaking farewell them like we are in a movie.
8. Calling them nicknames instead of their given name.
When we first had a dog, we would brainstorm to find the perfect name for our puppy. But as time pass, we start giving nicknames to our dogs, and eventually, we used the nicknames to call them more than their actual names. This can actually be quite confusing to our dogs as they are not sure which sound should they respond to.
9. Trying to act normal when you are going to bring them out.
We love it when our dogs get all excited and happy, but sometimes we love to be playful as well. Times such as when we were to bring them out for a walk, to the park, or even on a vacation, we love to act normal as if nothing special is happening, and then when it is time to go out we then burst into excitement just to see how they would react.
10. Scolding them but forgiving them immediately.
As much as we love our dogs, we do scold them when they make mistakes. But most of the time the scolding wouldn’t last long. We would scold them for a while and then immediately forgive them because honestly, who can get angry at our adorable little babies?
11. Calling them as one of your family members.
Having a dog in our house means having an extra family member. Whenever we tell others about our family, we have to include the fact that we have a “baby sister” or “baby brother” at home, which is basically our doggies.
12. Showing them pictures of themselves.
We love taking pictures of our dogs and we also love showing them their pictures, regardless of old or recent pictures. But the funny thing is, despite knowing they probably don’t even know what our phone is, we still show them the pictures.
13. Celebrating their birthday as if they know what’s going on.
When our dogs are having their “birthday,” we love treating them “dog cakes”, some dog treats, or even cook something they love to eat, some people even go to the extent and throw them a party, but in actual, our dogs don’t even know what is happening that day.
Those are some of the funny things we dog lovers and owners do to with dogs, and although it is embarrassing we can say that is quite the truth.
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