Dog owners: Answer some questions!

We have 3 dogs

  1. Do you feed you dog table scraps? rare occaisions
  2. Does your dog like to swim? 2 love it, one is so-so
  3. Do you let your dog kiss you on the face/lips? yes, if they are close, I don’t allow them to jump up on me to do so
  4. Does your dog follow you around the house? They only get half the house (not allowed in the formal LR or bedrooms, but yes. And my BF’s dog Gandy is glued to his leg in the house
  5. Does your dog wake you up in the morning? Sometimes, not everyday
  6. Does your dog like to go for rides in the car? they love it - unless it’s to the vet
  7. Does your dog greet you at the door when you get home? All 3 do
  8. Do you leave the TV/Radio on for your dog when no one is home? yes
  9. Does your dog have bad breath? no
  10. Do your dog sleep in the bed with you? When I only had 1 dog, yes, with 3 dogs it’s a bit ridiculus
  11. Does your dog snore? 1 dog does - loudly
  12. Do you smell your dog’s feet? nope
  13. Do you have your dog professionally groomed? One dog gets shaved in the summer - his coat is heavy
  14. How often do you give your dog a bath? depends. If they are dirty, every 2 weeks - less in winter
  15. Does your dog like to be brushed? they love it
  16. Someone breaks into your house. Your dog will: A.) Welcome them B.) Ignore them C.) Hide D.) Attack hopefully D. They would give a big warning, they go nuts when anyone even walks up to the house.
  1. Do you feed you dog table scraps? ------- Occasionally
  2. Does your dog like to swim? ------- She loves to. I take her to a local lake, and she dives from the dock to fetch sticks.
  3. Do you let your dog kiss you on the face/lips?------- Not really. Sometimes I encourage it (as a joke), but like a teenager embarrassed by her dad she looks at me with disdain.
  4. Does your dog follow you around the house? ------- Sometimes. Quite often in fact.
  5. Does your dog wake you up in the morning?------- Nope.
  6. Does your dog like to go for rides in the car? ------- She loves to ride in the truck. She rides in the bed of the pickup.
  7. Does your dog greet you at the door when you get home? ------- You betcha!
  8. Do you leave the TV/Radio on for your dog when no one is home? ------- No, that I do not do. She wouldn’t care anyway.
  9. Does your dog have bad breath? ------- Surprisingly, no.
  10. Do your dog sleep in the bed with you? ------- No. See answer to Question 3.
  11. Does your dog snore? ------- No.
  12. Do you smell your dog’s feet? ------- No. ?! WTF? My dog hates having any contact with her feet though. If you touch them, or rinse them with the hose, she is very displeased.
  13. Do you have your dog professionally groomed?------- No.
  14. How often do you give your dog a bath?------- Every six months or so.
  15. Does your dog like to be brushed? ------- No. After brushing though, she gets happy and runs around.
  16. Someone breaks into your house. Your dog will: A.) Welcome them B.) Ignore them C.) Hide D.) Attack------- My dog will hide.
  1. Do you feed you dog table scraps? Sometimes, depending on what was for dinner.

  2. Does your dog like to swim? Yes

  3. Do you let your dog kiss you on the face/lips? On the
    face, yes. Lips, no.

4.** Does your dog follow you around the house?** Yes

5.** Does your dog wake you up in the morning?** No

6.** Does your dog like to go for rides in the car? **Yes

7.** Does your dog greet you at the door when you get home?** Yes

8.** Do you leave the TV/Radio on for your dog when no one is home?** No

9.** Does your dog have bad breath? ** Not particularly bad, no.

10.** Do your dog sleep in the bed with you? ** No

11.** Does your dog snore? ** Sometimes

12.** Do you smell your dog’s feet? ** No

13.** Do you have your dog professionally groomed? ** No

14.** How often do you give your dog a bath? ** Once a month
or so.

15.** Does your dog like to be brushed? ** Yes

16.** Someone breaks into your house. Your dog will: A.) Welcome them B.) Ignore them C.) Hide D.) Attack ** My dog will bark and then hide under my bed.

  1. Do you feed you dog table scraps? Nope, the rats (pets, not vermin) and the garbage disposal split those.
  2. Does your dog like to swim? No, but she fell into the Jacuzzi the other day. She was highly alarmed.
  3. Do you let your dog kiss you on the face/lips? Permission is not an issue here. She does, but not because I let her. I make the “EWWWWW” noise, and she seems to like that.
  4. Does your dog follow you around the house? Sort of - she walks in front of me, trying to to be clairvoyant.
  5. Does your dog wake you up in the morning? Nope - that’s Daddy’s job :slight_smile:
  6. Does your dog like to go for rides in the car? Oh, yes.
  7. Does your dog greet you at the door when you get home? When we’re not home, if she’s not crated, she’s gated, but wherever she happens to be, she wags her whole back end in greeting.
  8. Do you leave the TV/Radio on for your dog when no one is home? Nope.
  9. Does your dog have bad breath? Not unusually bad - just puppy breath.
  10. Do your dog sleep in the bed with you? Nope - she’s crated at night still.
  11. Does your dog snore? Yes.
  12. Do you smell your dog’s feet? For why???
  13. Do you have your dog professionally groomed? No.
  14. How often do you give your dog a bath? We don’t bathe her, we hose her in the yard. She likes this. We’re working up to “bath.”
  15. Does your dog like to be brushed? Yes.
  16. Someone breaks into your house. Your dog will: A.) Welcome them B.) Ignore them C.) Hide D.) Attack
    I would have said ignore until yesterday, when she tried to get through the storm door snarling her fool head off.
  1. Do you feed you dog table scraps? Yes, but usually in their bowls. We have two dogs: GSD, German Shepherd Dog / Beagle.
  2. Does your dog like to swim? No pool and alligators in most lakes, so I don’t care what they like.
  3. Do you let your dog kiss you on the face/lips?Not so much let, as can’t punish them for being loving animals.
  4. Does your dog follow you around the house?GSD tries to precede me everywhere. This is herding behavior. Beagle, too busy sleeping.
  5. Does your dog wake you up in the morning? Usually, no. Sleeping in is not really possible however.
  6. Does your dog like to go for rides in the car?** No, both puke.**
  7. Does your dog greet you at the door when you get home?** It is like being king of the world. Howling, barking, celebration. **
  8. Do you leave the TV/Radio on for your dog when no one is home? [sub]yes[/sub]
  9. Does your dog have bad breath?** Not since the Beagle stopped eating crap.**
  10. Do your dog sleep in the bed with you? Beagle, yes always. GSD, not usually.
  11. Does your dog snore?** Beagle, yes always. GSD, no.**
  12. Do you smell your dog’s feet?** Not unless I am washing them or at gunpoint.**
  13. Do you have your dog professionally groomed?Only if I have turned pro.
  14. How often do you give your dog a bath?Once a month, both.
  15. Does your dog like to be brushed? Yes, both.
  16. Someone breaks into your house. Your dog will: A.) Welcome them B.) Ignore them C.) Hide D.) Attack? **The Beagle will bark / howl / bay, LOUDLY. The GSD would probably attack. My baby girl (90 lbs. all black GSD) does not like people approaching the house unannounced. She ‘appears’ out of the dark, it surprises me. You would have to be on PCP to try to open a door or window to this house. **

I have three babies and different rules for each, so this may get a bit confuzzing.

  1. Do you feed you dog table scraps? Yes, all three.
  2. Does your dog like to swim? Two of them do. The patriarch will wade, if it’s really really really hot.
  3. Do you let your dog kiss you on the face/lips? Not the youngest… I know what he eats when he thinks we’re not looking.
  4. Does your dog follow you around the house? Two of them actively do. The patriarch doesn’t, unless there’s a thunderstorm.
  5. Does your dog wake you up in the morning? No.
  6. Does your dog like to go for rides in the car? Yes, all three love car rides.
  7. Does your dog greet you at the door when you get home? They used to, til we kicked them out of the house.
  8. Do you leave the TV/Radio on for your dog when no one is home? Used to.
  9. Does your dog have bad breath? The youngest does. Mr. Kitty complains about the patriarch every now and then.
  10. Do your dog sleep in the bed with you? The patriarch used to full-time when I was single. Til we kicked the boys out of the house, he’d be allowed on the bed on wash day.
  11. Does your dog snore? Yes, all three.
  12. Do you smell your dog’s feet? When the youngest was a little baby… they smell like popcorn. :slight_smile:
  13. Do you have your dog professionally groomed? No.
  14. How often do you give your dog a bath? The youngest gets one at least once a week, 'cause he’s… messy. The older two get one every 4 months or so, unless they get into something.
  15. Does your dog like to be brushed? Yes, all three.
  16. Someone breaks into your house. Your dog will: A.) Welcome them B.) Ignore them C.) Hide D.) Attack A for the youngest, D for the other two.

This is postmortem poll answers (miss you Princer…)

  1. Do you feed you dog table scraps? Yes - meat scraps and only at his feeding time, in his bowl, which is not the same as human feeding time :slight_smile:
  2. Does your dog like to swim? He hates water. Half lab, go figure.
  3. Do you let your dog kiss you on the face/lips? Nooo. he licks his schlong a lot.
  4. Does your dog follow you around the house? Yes.
  5. Does your dog wake you up in the morning? No.
  6. Does your dog like to go for rides in the car? Yes.
  7. Does your dog greet you at the door when you get home? Yes (in the yard, same diff)
  8. Do you leave the TV/Radio on for your dog when no one is home? Nope.
  9. Does your dog have bad breath? Yes :slight_smile:
  10. Do your dog sleep in the bed with you? No - but he sleeps on my feet when I watch TV.
  11. Does your dog snore? Nope.
  12. Do you smell your dog’s feet? Nope.
  13. Do you have your dog professionally groomed? Nope.
  14. How often do you give your dog a bath? About twice a year, if I can (He hates water, did I mention that before?)
  15. Does your dog like to be brushed? Sometimes! Usually brushed once a day or every two days during shedding season.
  16. Someone breaks into your house. Your dog will: A.) Welcome them B.) Ignore them C.) Hide D.) Attack
    A, unless they happen to come near us, then D. Some people he had never liked - so I guess he’d D if they didn’t smell right!
  1. Do you feed you dog table scraps? Never
  2. Does your dog like to swim? I think he hates not being in the water
  3. Do you let your dog kiss you on the face/lips? Yes, but he rarely will
  4. Does your dog follow you around the house? Only if he wants something from me
  5. Does your dog wake you up in the morning? Only if I’m sleeping in. Otherwise, I have to get him up.
  6. Does your dog like to go for rides in the car? Yes
  7. Does your dog greet you at the door when you get home? Every time
  8. Do you leave the TV/Radio on for your dog when no one is home? Never
  9. Does your dog have bad breath? Sometimes, not always
  10. Do your dog sleep in the bed with you? Only when I can get him to
  11. Does your dog snore? No
  12. Do you smell your dog’s feet? Huh? No.
  13. Do you have your dog professionally groomed? Never
  14. How often do you give your dog a bath? About once a month… more often during the summer when he’s in the salt water a lot
  15. Does your dog like to be brushed? Yes
  16. Someone breaks into your house. Your dog will: A.) Welcome them B.) Ignore them C.) Hide D.) Attack A., unfortunately. He’s a Golden Retriever, so I can’t blame him.

Would someone who does smell his or her dog’s feet please explain why, how it ever even crossed your mind??? Corn chips???

I have two bulldogs, a male Charlie, 8 years old, a female Morgan, 6 years old. They spend 23 hours a day laying down, if not sleeping.
They get some table scraps, but not a lot.
They like to swim, but sink so have to stay in the shallow water.
I let them kiss my face, but try to avoid lips (and they aren’t slobbery unless they are hot or just drank some water.)
The female follows me everywhere (lays down in the room I am in, or on my lap if I sit down - gets annoyed when I am cleaning the house that she has to change rooms so much), the male doesn’t follow anyone.
My dogs don’t wake me up in the morning - I have to shake them to wake them up to take them out before I go to work.
The male likes car rides, the female doesn’t care.
They greet me at the door if I make enough noise to wake them up.
I don’t leave anything on for them, they have each other.
Their breath is getting worse as they get older, but generally tolerable.
They used to sleep with me, husband won’t let them anymore.
Male snores something terrible, female doesn’t really.
NO, I DON"T SMELL THEIR FEET. WHY WOULD I EVEN THINK OF SUCH A THING???
They don’t need grooming, they get baths every 6 weeks or so, neither likes to be brushed too much.
Someone breaks in, first of all the person would have to make some noise or they would sleep through it- and then it depends - if they are home alone or it is daytime, they would welcome the company. If I am home with them and it is night, though, the female would probably attack, or at least puts on a very convincing bluff - she has charged my husband getting in late at night, only to stop dead in her tracks a few feet away when she realizes it is just him - quite a funny thing to see really. - male would ignore the intruder in same situation. This assumes in the house. Lots of people walk past our house, and if the person says anything, the dogs are over there wanting attention. I worry more about them following someone home than attacking outside the house.

  1. Do you feed you dog table scraps? **Yes. In fact, we were just at our local pub this morning and the manager served a sausage/egg/toast/bacon/etc. breakfast and she quite happily had our sausage bits. **
  2. Does your dog like to swim? Loves to, in the ocean or in ponds.
  3. Do you let your dog kiss you on the face/lips?Yes.
  4. Does your dog follow you around the house?Yes.
  5. Does your dog wake you up in the morning?No, she sleeps later than us. We have to make her get up and go outside to use the "facilities."
  6. Does your dog like to go for rides in the car?One of her favorite things.
  7. Does your dog greet you at the door when you get home?Frantically.
  8. Do you leave the TV/Radio on for your dog when no one is home?Yes, on Animal Planet.
  9. Does your dog have bad breath?No, we brush her teeth regularly.
  10. Do your dog sleep in the bed with you?Yes.
  11. Does your dog snore?No, but she does those little whimper things when she’s dreaming.
  12. Do you smell your dog’s feet?[n]No. I don’t get this one.**
  13. Do you have your dog professionally groomed?
  14. How often do you give your dog a bath?No.
  15. Does your dog like to be brushed?Yeah, she goes all wiggly-bum when we brush her.
  16. Someone breaks into your house. Your dog will: A.) Welcome them B.) Ignore them C.) Hide D.) AttackProbably lick him to death, or just ignore him.
    She’s a 2 1/2 year old border collie/lab mix. Great dog.

Oops…no, we don’t have her professional groomed and we give her a bath at least once a week, sometimes more if she gets dirty playing.

  1. Do you feed you dog table scraps?
    Yes, but not at the table.

  2. Does your dog like to swim?
    Both dogs suffer a mortal terror of water, so even bathing them is an ordeal for them.

  3. Do you let your dog kiss you on the face/lips?
    God no. They don’t even try to lick people because it gets no postive reactions.

3b. Does your dog follow you around the house?
Not very often.

  1. Does your dog wake you up in the morning?
    Once in a while, usually barking at cars.

  2. Does your dog like to go for rides in the car?
    They hate it.

  3. Does your dog greet you at the door when you get home?
    Nope.

  4. Do you leave the TV/Radio on for your dog when no one is home?
    This question is a joke, right?

  5. Does your dog have bad breath?
    I haven’t gotten close enough to their mouths to notice.

  6. Do your dog sleep in the bed with you?
    No, they sleep in dog houses, or in the cellar if it’s cold out.

  7. Does your dog snore?
    Yup, they both do.

  8. Do you smell your dog’s feet?
    Why would anyone do that?

  9. Do you have your dog professionally groomed?
    No, their fur is easy enough to deal with myself.

  10. How often do you give your dog a bath?
    Only when they really need one, as not to torture them. (see #2)

  11. Does your dog like to be brushed?
    Not especially. They’ll submit to it, but aren’t happy about it.

  12. Someone breaks into your house. Your dog will: A.) Welcome them B.) Ignore them C.) Hide D.) Attack
    Were that to happen one would do B, the other D if she were able to get at them.

  1. Do you feed you dog table scraps?
    Yeah. Started when he was a puppy when I didn’t know any better. grins

  2. Does your dog like to swim?
    I dunno. He hasn’t been around water deep enough…

  3. Do you let your dog kiss you on the face/lips?
    Well, duh.

  4. Does your dog follow you around the house?
    Yes. I’m the favorite human! Go me!

  5. Does your dog wake you up in the morning?
    Occasionally. To which he gets the answer “Lemme alone…”. To which I get the answer of a bark directly into my ear. :rolleyes:

  6. Does your dog like to go for rides in the car?
    grins Loves it.

  7. Does your dog greet you at the door when you get home?
    nods Yup.

  8. Do you leave the TV/Radio on for your dog when no one is home?
    shakes his head Except for this one Discovery channel documentary on wolves, he ignores the TV.

  9. Does your dog have bad breath?
    Never really paid attention.

  10. Do your dog sleep in the bed with you?
    nods Yup.

  11. Does your dog snore?
    shakes his head He whimpers when he dreams though.

  12. Do you smell your dog’s feet?
    Ew. No.

  13. Do you have your dog professionally groomed?
    Nuh-uh

  14. How often do you give your dog a bath?
    sighs The last two times I tried, he refused to stay in the tub. (He’s a huge dog! You try keeping him in a bathtub!)

  15. Does your dog like to be brushed?
    nods Yup. Despite the fact that he chewed the handle off his brush when he was a puppy.

  16. Someone breaks into your house. Your dog will: A.) Welcome them B.) Ignore them C.) Hide D.) Attack
    sighs A.

  1. Do you feed you dog table scraps?
    Yes, I wish I never started.

  2. Does your dog like to swim?
    No.

  3. Do you let your dog kiss you on the face/lips?
    Yes.

  4. Does your dog follow you around the house?
    Yes, it’s like he’s velcroed to my leg.

  5. Does your dog wake you up in the morning?
    If he thinks I’m sleeping too long.

  6. Does your dog like to go for rides in the car?
    If he’s familiar with the destination.

  7. Does your dog greet you at the door when you get home?
    Yes

  8. Do you leave the TV/Radio on for your dog when no one is home?
    My son never turns his t.v. off. I don’t know if the dog watches it or not.

  9. Does your dog have bad breath?
    He did until we had some bad teeth removed.

  10. Do your dog sleep in the bed with you?
    Yes

  11. Does your dog snore?
    Yes

  12. Do you smell your dog’s feet?
    I never thought to try.

  13. Do you have your dog professionally groomed?
    Yes, when he gets woolly.

  14. How often do you give your dog a bath?
    Whenever he stinks.

  15. Does your dog like to be brushed?
    Yes

  16. Someone breaks into your house. Your dog will: A.) Welcome them B.) Ignore them C.) Hide D.) Attack
    Neither, he’ll bark like crazy, and if it’s somebody he doesn’t know he’ll dribble on the floor.