# Stuff your dog does to make you go "huh?" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 27, 2003, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-your-dog-does-to-make-you-go-huh/215527 "2003-11-27T04:30:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-your-dog-does-to-make-you-go-huh/215527/21 "2010-06-18T18:19:37Z")
My dog tries to sit on my head when he’s scared. He weighs 50 pounds so I try to discourage him. I’m really not sure what he thinks sitting on my head will accomplish. He also refuses to stick his head under anything to get a toy - even if the toy is halfway out from under the couch or chair. The weird thing about it is that he sleeps under the covers (with his head completely covered) and will sleep under the dining room table. But God forbid that he actually stick his head under a dining room chair to get his ball… ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-your-dog-does-to-make-you-go-huh/215527/22 "2010-06-18T18:24:10Z")
> [@Lissa](#): > > After she’s done giving her ears a good scratch, she pauses, and delicately _sniffs_ the foot that was doing the scratching. I had a boss that used to do that with his finger. It was disgusting! ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-your-dog-does-to-make-you-go-huh/215527/23 "2010-06-18T18:27:58Z")
> [@Surly\_Chick](#): > > My dog tries to sit on my head when he’s scared. He weighs 50 pounds so I try to discourage him. I’m really not sure what he thinks sitting on my head will accomplish. ROFL gasping for air! ! !😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-your-dog-does-to-make-you-go-huh/215527/24 "2010-06-18T20:22:08Z")
My dog, a black lab, plays a doggy version of hackey-sack when I give him a grape\*. He’ll pick it up with his teeth, throw it in the air, then roll onto his back and try to get under it when it lands. Then he’ll get up and roll into it as it’s on the ground, then pick it up again and fling it a few feet, roll onto it again, etc. \*Grapes are toxic to dogs, I know. He never eats it, just bats it around for awhile ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-your-dog-does-to-make-you-go-huh/215527/25 "2010-06-18T20:32:28Z")
> [@](#): > > My male Pom was raised around cats so he likes to lick his paws and wash his face. He will also hold treats between his paws to nibble on them. Similarly, my first dog Bear, also raised with cats, would purr when contented. Of course, dogs don’t really have the right vocal apparatus to purr, so it was effectively just a sort of growl, but he only did it when he was happy. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-your-dog-does-to-make-you-go-huh/215527/26 "2010-06-18T20:37:09Z")
I WILL NOT GET A DOG. YOU GUYS AND YOUR CUTE DOG STORIES CAN’T MAKE ME. I WILL NOT GET A DOG.i ---
**Author:** ![Surly\_Chick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ec9cab/32.png) [@Surly\_Chick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surly_Chick)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-your-dog-does-to-make-you-go-huh/215527/27 "2010-06-18T22:02:27Z")
> [@descamisado](#): > > I WILL NOT GET A DOG. YOU GUYS AND YOUR CUTE DOG STORIES CAN’T MAKE ME. I WILL NOT GET A DOG.i You would probably get some congratulations-on-your-new-dog presents if you did… 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2010, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-your-dog-does-to-make-you-go-huh/215527/28 "2010-06-18T23:17:11Z")
**cockerlover** , welcome to the Boards. You’ve revived a really old thread, which we call a zombie. We prefer that you not do that. If you want to start a new discussion about your dog, you may do so, but I’m going to close this one. Please take the time to go by ATMB (About This Message Board) to read our rules and guidelines. Again, welcome. **twickster**. MPSIMS moderator [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stuff-your-dog-does-to-make-you-go-huh/215527.md?page=1)