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Miscommunication
Since we got a new collar for Molly (one of the most important aspects
of dog care is making sure they have the perfect collar according to my kids), let me see your beautiful collar translates to Molly as "Show me all your teeth and your big panting tongue." Maybe English isn't her native language. The word "chewie" apparently means "sit in your most beautiful sit and look soulfully in the human's eyes" in German. What phrases or words has your dog interpreted in its own way? -- Paula "Anyway, other people are weird, but sometimes they have candy, so it's best to try to get along with them." Joe Bay |
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Paula wrote in
: What phrases or words has your dog interpreted in its own way? Zoe thinks "it's time... foooooor... puppy power!" means to jump all over me and kiss me as much as possible. Queenie thinks "let's go out" means "please patrol the perimeter of the dining room table several times and then plunk down by the door." The patrol is mandatory. Both dogs think "who's going to help me feed our Rosie?" means to race as quickly as possible to the top of the stairs, getting extra bonus points for bashing into each other or me, or knocking someone over. -- Catherine & Zoe the cockerchow & Queenie the black gold retriever & Rosalie the calico |
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Paula wrote:
What phrases or words has your dog interpreted in its own way? If Khan were human, he would've flunked his languages. Me: Are you ready to go out? Him: Make a big production of standing up and Streeeeeetch Me: Who's ready for a car ride? Him: Woo-Woo-Woo-Wooooo (in Barry White tones). Plop head down on the floor and stick his big butt up. Pan's favorite: Me: What do you want? Her: Perk up ear, look cute, wag tail hard. Me: Show me. Her: Run. Stop. Come back to make sure I'm following. Repeat several times until she gets to the refrigerator. Stop with ears back, big grin on face, wagging tail and bashing into everything. Doesn't matter what time of day/night it is, whether she has just eaten or not. Always stop at the refrigerator. She's no dummy you know. That's where the B-O-N-E-S are kept. Suja |
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On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 11:45:46 -0400, Suja wrote:
Me: Who's ready for a car ride? Him: Woo-Woo-Woo-Wooooo (in Barry White tones). Plop head down on the floor and stick his big butt up. Perhaps he wants to know if you will let him moon people out the window before he decides whether he wants to go along or not. -- Paula "Anyway, other people are weird, but sometimes they have candy, so it's best to try to get along with them." Joe Bay |
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On Wed, 17 Aug 2005 14:45:47 +0000 (UTC), ceb
wrote: Queenie thinks "let's go out" means "please patrol the perimeter of the dining room table several times and then plunk down by the door." The patrol is mandatory. It gets pretty hot here during the day, but generally cools off well at night. I have a sliding door that leads to a balcony in my bedroom which I leave open (with the screen door closed) at night to help cool down the house. I don't have to worry about burglars because Molly likes to plop right in front of the screen door from the moment it is breezy until the moment I close the slider in the morning. So maybe Queenie thinks that you when you indicate that you are going out, she should patrol and then position herself to guard the place while you are gone. Or maybe she's just checking to see if there is anything good on the dining room table she might be able to steal once you go out the door. You will never suspect her because she was sitting in front of the door when you left, of course. The plunked down dog reminded me of another miscommunication. When Molly is lying around doing a great impersonation of a fur rug, I sometimes ask her, "Are you dead?" Apparently,that means lift your tail once without making even the slightest amount of movement anywhere else in your body, not even a flutter of an eyelid. -- Paula "Anyway, other people are weird, but sometimes they have candy, so it's best to try to get along with them." Joe Bay |
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Since we got a new collar for Molly (one of the most important aspects of dog care is making sure they have the perfect collar according to my kids), let me see your beautiful collar translates to Molly as "Show me all your teeth and your big panting tongue." Maybe English isn't her native language. The word "chewie" apparently means "sit in your most beautiful sit and look soulfully in the human's eyes" in German. What phrases or words has your dog interpreted in its own way? Before Maui learned "stay" he thought it meant "hurry up and catch up to mommy because there must be something thats too cool to miss wherever she is going". He also thought "leave it" means "I can have this as long as I run away and hide from mommy." Now he knows better on both accounts which is nice since my nephews are always here and leave their toys on the floor. |
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