Is there anything about your dog that really irritates you?

[Katem]

Sometimes Bear will get so focused on a ball that nothing else exists. He will smash into walls/furniture/people/other animals to get to his ball without a second thought. At times I love his drive. And than there are the moments when someone else throws the ball and he rams into my knee. He also has an annoying habit of stepping on feet, something made worse by the fact I'm barefoot a lot. Lately he has been going overboard barking at strangers who come to the door. He has always alert barked whenever someone came to the house, but he used to stop as soon as we invited the person in or just told him to cut it out. Recently he has decided that 'enough' means 'stop barking for a few seconds before starting again.'

Pig is a very 'in your face' beggar. She'll jump in your lap if you sit on the couch with food. If you're preparing food at the counter she's right there with you, sometimes even putting her front paws on the counter top. She's never stolen anything from the counter, but it's still quite annoying. It's proving to be a hard habit to break since some of the people in the house reward the behaviour. She also loves to harass the cats and Bear for that matter. Oh, and she's destructo-dog. Luckily she (pretty much) sticks to her toys. Although that's probably more due to the fact that she's never left unsupervised. I would hate to see what fun she would have if left to her own devices. She's also in heat right now, so there's that.

 

[Brattina88]

Maddie, her hippoputomusness lol. She'd litterally eat herself sick, and even though she has a pretty tough stomach it scares me to no end, one day she'll get into something or just eat TOO much and ... ugh I can't even think about it... She has a solid leave it, but if I am not home its like fair game. And now that she's older she's doing the counter surfing thing again But she's the type of dog that would eat an entire 50lb bag of dog food and still be hungry

Bailey? Only the fact that she's trying to get me kicked out. Apparently when I am not home she is exciting barking, YAP YAP YAP and circles- anxious until I get home

 

[Zhucca]

When Duke gets super excited he redirects onto me. Luckily I can usually see it coming, since he'll bark first and jump around like a mad man. Then he just resorts to jumping off of me and nipping at my clothes (and face once!!!) He has a really low threshold for excitement, he loses his brain. Usually what causes these fits is taking too long to throw the toy. Luckily he usually reserves this behaviour for *only* me. Except it leaks over to Boomer's owner sometimes (whom he loves), and he'll bounce off of him too... usually sacking him in the process.

He barks all day at daycare. He plays fantastically in the dog park, at home, basically anywhere besides the daycare. At work, he barks while playing and at other dogs while they play. I want to strangle him some days, since he is SO QUIET at home. He barely barks at a doorbell!

He jumps up on the majority of people he meets. He's gotten better but progress is so slow.

He'd also eat himself to death. He's obsessed with food but luckily doesn't really counter surf. If he can see it on the edge he will, but that doesn't happen often.

 

[hey_jude]

YES!

Jude- he growls SO MUCH! if you move your foot near him while he's sleeping mostly, he growls all annoyed. It's so rude. Also Jude likes to wait until Jonah has finished his food, THEN he eats his- as if to antagonize Jonah. It is such a pet peeve.

Jonah- EVERYTHING LATELY! he is on my last nerve. Mostly his issue with pawing your face real hard when he greets you. Or tearing up toys (which Jude NEVER did) or trying to gobble down his own vomit (I'm so sorry...) or if you try to craddle him like a baby- he freaks out and tightens his whole body like you're torturing him. Or how you can't leave ANYTHING in the car (coffee cup, empty wrapper) while he's in there while you run into a store without him getting into it. Or how if Jude barks the TINIEST bit Jonah goes CRAZY barking and he doesn't even know what he's barking at! That's the part that makes me think he's sooooo dorky and dumb haha. I could go on forever.

 

[Sit Stay]

Just the dog reactivity. Other than that she's perfect!

 

[mrose_s]

Quinn's explosive barking when she thinks she might here something and that she can't leave the cat alone. She adores him but he must get so sick of her, buster gets up her if she gets too annoying though.

The only thing Buster relaly does that irritates me is that he panics if he thinks he's going to get in trouble. Like if I am telling them to leave the room so we can eat, if he turns the wrong way and you tell him no, if you raise your voice at all he panics and runs in the wrong direction. I know this is a leftover from an incredibly harsh, unfair and inconsistent first few years of life so as soon as I see him trying to "get away" it just reminds me to keep calm, take him by the collar and gently guide him the right way.
I've seen my sister particularily get frustrated with him when he does this and raise her voice at him or move faster and it just freaks him out.
Other than that, nothing he does relaly annoys me other than his behavioural problems and thats my lazy ass getting in his way.

ETA: Oh.. and he gets super mouthy if we're doing any really exciting training. Like painful. We only train like that every few months though so I don't fix it.

 

[Tankstar]

Blaze has a HORRIBLE TERRIBLE ANNOYING obsession with rocks. freaking rocks. its SO bad. And there is no way to break him of it. where we walk is rocks. its a old gravel pit, so its covered in rocks. when we go to the lake, the shore line is rocks, when we go to the river the shore line is rocks, the cottage is full of rocks. every where we go is full of rocks. Try ignoring him, he will bring you a rock, then bark at you, then the rock. he will dig them up and bring you them. he will dive under water to get the perfect rock. if he cant lift drag or carry the rock to you (such as a boulder) he will bark at it, claw at it, chew it ect. he has a few broken teeth from this issue.

And the door. door bell rings. he is a menace. a complete crazy guy. as soon as you open the door, he is fine. and calm.

Other then that he is perfect, a great dog, doesnt chew, destroy, anything. does as I say ect.

Solo. I know he is a beagle. but seriously solo not everything is edible. lol. And his jumping on people. I cant break since if he jumps on some one at the dog park, they get down to his level and love on him, which he wants. people who come in the house that he jumps on say hello solo and pet him ect. so every one renforces the issue. he will jump on me, and all he gets is a push and I turn and ignore him. So he hardly ever does it to me.

Other then that. he really is a good dog. can be offleash fine, and come back. isnt the least bit agressive. great with the door ect.

 

[SaraB]

Classic constantly lip licks... or rather smacks his giant jowls. Sounds so freaking disgusting, which makes me tell him to stop which then makes him lip lick more because he's uncomfortable... endless vicious disgusting sounding circle.

Zuma loves EVERYONE. Drives me batty. Oh and yes, I've heard the "Well if you had a dog that hates people, you wouldn't be complaining about that". WRONG, I have a dog that hates people, for some reason her never ending love for every being that walks upright bugs me more. Seriously, don't look so dang desperate. LOL

 

[AliciaD]

Cameron can redirect aggression and frustration onto Duncan. I understand why she does it, but it really pisses me off. Like, when I see her snap at him I just want to throw my hands into the air and rant about how she needs to be able to control her temper. In my own life, it really freakin' pisses me off when people take **** out on me that isn't my fault, so maybe that's it.

Ever since I taught Duncan "paw" he has started "boxing" for attention. If I had a dime for every time he's smacked me across the face... He also "talks" but refuses to be coaxed into it. I could capture it, but I'm never fully prepared to when the fancy strikes him.

 

[StillandSilent]

Argon- He whines! For no freaking reason, he will wander around whining, which is one of those behaviors that I can not stand.

Gambit- He's been such a brat lately. He knows which of my coworkers are pushovers (hint- all of them!) and he does obnoxious things like jumping, nudging and scratching at their legs so he will be the center of attention. The worse part is, he looks for me before he does it, because he knows its going to earn him a correction!

 

[RedHotDobe]

Her eagerness to irritate me irritates me. If she's bored and wants attention, she defers to her mental list of 'Things I Know Will Make Caitlin Want to Kill Me.' Which is fine, because I then whip out my 'List of Things I Know Will Annoy Rumor.' She's been called robot-dog because she's so calm and well-mannered when she meets and visits everyone. At home, she's just an asshole. She'll creep in the doorway for a little while, just to see if I'll notice. If not, she'll do something obnoxious like bounce into the room and slap a stack of games and DVDs all over the floor and then run back out of the room. If you call after her, she responds with her high-pitched, not-srs play bark like "Is there a problem, mom?"

 

[DogKisses]

She freaking looooooooooooves EVERY.SINGLE.PERSON.

She would literally go home with anyone, lol. Maybe I am a bit jealous....

But really Lacey, you do not need to love all of the people. And by love, I mean obsess over people if they so much as look at you.

K, thanks.

 

[*blackrose]

Sad to say, there are a lot of things about Chloe that irritates me. LOL
1. Her obsession with poop.
2. Her need to bark when family members come home, and she does not stop until EVERYONE is inside.
3. Her need to bark at anyone outside when she cannot be outside, too. (This was especially annoying when my boyfriend and I just started dating as it made "saying goodnight" on the porch rather difficult! LOL)
4. Her obsession with cat food.
5. When her allergies start to bug her and she starts to paw/crotch/leg lick. Cannot STAND it.

Her aggression issues bug me, yes, but I've learned to deal with them and they don't really get under my skin like the above does.

Rose isn't the brightest cookie in the box, and that irks me at times because I'm so used to working with "eager to please", intelligent dogs. She's so boring. LOL

Cora hasn't been around long enough for me to not like anything about her. lol She does counter surf, and that is very annoying.

 

[Emily]

Macky: countersurfing and bathroom garbage diving. Today she ate my sandwich. I really wanted that sandwich. *sigh* Sometimes I also get irritated by the fact that she can't get over herself and deal with other dogs, she's got to dance around them and act like they're something smelly.

Keeva: The fact that she ABSOLUTELY HAS TO HAVE whatever another dog has - even if it's the same or lower value as what she has. She finally got the smackdown put on her for harassing Mackenzy over ANYTHING Macky happens to have, and she's been much better lately, but still.

She is borderline neurotic about food but I like that, lol.

 

[DogKisses]

She freaking looooooooooooves EVERY.SINGLE.PERSON.

She would literally go home with anyone, lol. Maybe I am a bit jealous....

But really Lacey, you do not need to love all of the people. And by love, I mean obsess over people if they so much as look at you.

K, thanks.

Same goes for every single dog, but that isn't really a huge issue for me.

 

[PitBullLove]

Macky: countersurfing and bathroom garbage diving.

Oh the things my past dog, Alaska would come up with from the bathroom garbage. :yikes: I have some pictures of it somewhere...

 

[Cali Mae]

Cali:
1) her love of everyone she meets (I swear, whether it's a human, dog or even a cat, she'll suffocate it with kisses).. I think she should possibly take it down a knotch.. but it's better she loves everyone than be aggressive towards them.

2) her low level of independence (she can be off on her own for about twenty minutes, if she's sleeping or has a chew toy.. but after that, she -needs- you to play with her until it's no longer convenient for her)

3) kind of really territorial of things she shouldn't have (she goes from the nicest dog ever to demon dog is you even try to take away something she shouldn't have to begin with.. she's fine if you take away a toy or something.. but a wrapper or sock or something is a different story)

Moses:
1) biggest begger ever

2) barks at the door bell, or any little sound, until you've gotten up, gone to the door and said "Moses, nobody is at the door."

I love them anyways though.

 

[Michiyo-Fir]

Nothing really bothers me about Nia recently, shockingly!!

The only thing I can think of is dropping tennis balls at me a lot but these days I just tell her to go away and most of the time she will.

The other thing is she gets scared easily (not that confident) and is slow to recover.

 

[Laurelin]

Oh, LICKING! I just remembered that.

Mia licking me doesn't bother me, but summer licking absolutely does. I know that sounds weird but Mia isn't going to just lick to lick and she's very gentle. summer is obsessive over licking people and ALWAYS goes for the mouth. She just licks frantically, too. She's persistent and obnoxious and whenever she's excited she starts trying to lick you. Drives me batty.

 

[JustaLilBitaLuck]

Jack: His crazy-insane-barking when people are entering/leaving the house.

Missy: The fact that she couldn't care less about me.