# My dog is neurotic **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 28, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-is-neurotic/1006372 "2024-08-28T15:31:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-is-neurotic/1006372/21 "2024-08-28T20:31:18Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > My only thought about what could be prompting you dog’s affection for a foam bed that he never sleeps in might be some lingering scent or something else that he finds comforting to be near. Missed the edit window, he does sleep in the bed during the day when it is downstairs. My wife calls it the magic bed because as soon as he gets in it, he’s out. That’s why we started putting it in the bedroom, we thought he’d like it there, he does, but just for looking at. He also has all the routes memorized to the various parks and if I miss a turn, he barks. Too damn smart. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-is-neurotic/1006372/22 "2024-08-28T21:27:19Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > Starting tomorrow, we’re watching our friend’s dog for the next week or so, those two get along great so that will be a nice diversion. That’s great! Should be a happy time for both of them! And a week in dog time is practically like the whole summer for his two-legged kin! 😃 > [@madmonk28](#): > > That’s why we started putting it in the bedroom, we thought he’d like it there, he does, but just for looking at. Question not the reason why, if it makes your furry friend happy, just do it! > [@madmonk28](#): > > He also has all the routes memorized to the various parks and if I miss a turn, he barks. Too damn smart. Mine was, too. When I got a new car, but still had the old one, and tried to take him for a ride, he looked into the new car, then rather audaciously took the leash in his mouth and walked me over to the old one, and sat down, clearly waiting for me to open the door. “ **This** is the car I want a ride in, not whatever that other thing is!” 🤣 🐕 ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-is-neurotic/1006372/23 "2024-08-28T21:30:42Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > Question not the reason why, if it makes your furry friend happy, just do it! Yeah, the point of this post was just that my dog Bartleby is nutty. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-is-neurotic/1006372/24 "2024-08-30T06:20:26Z")
The Crew wanted out at 7am today, but Dixie wouldn’t budge. Wouldn’t even lift her head up. Well, she’s old and I give her a pass. The other two bolted. I went back to bed… and exactly a half hour Dixie is barking to go out… Goddammit. I got back there, and she is still head down in her box, just giving me Stink-Eye. I try to pull her out. No go. Wait a minute! She’s only about a pound and a half! No way can she put up this kind of resistance. I drag her further by the collar… The foam rubber bed comes out with her. Her collar got hung up in the material covering the foam. Tied her head right down! Popped her collar off and she bolted and danced around and spun in circles… Let her out. Thought she was gone senile. Nope. Just hung. Took me 10 minutes to restring her collar with tags and a good ring. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-is-neurotic/1006372/25 "2024-08-30T06:44:14Z")
Awww. Poor Dixie. I’m glad _Perropescado_ got it fixed. (Ahem…Gato) ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2024, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-is-neurotic/1006372/26 "2024-08-30T11:09:24Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Her collar got hung up in the material covering the foam Our olde dog Loki wakes me around 3 am every night to go out and pee. Because there are usually deer/rabbits/skunks out at that hour I take her out on a leash. I actually have come to enjoy it, as I easily fall back to sleep after. One night it was drizzling and she refused to go outside. Fine. Back to bed. She woke me 20 minutes later. The rain had stopped. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-dog-is-neurotic/1006372.md?page=1)