https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 29 Apr 2026 16:28:50 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-pets-have-any-quirks#post-2043470 Wed, 28 Jan 2015 11:16:51 +0000 MediaNaranja 2043470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My dog Winston loooves stuffed frogs. He has a million toys but if you tell him to get his Froggy he knows exactly which one it is (even if it's purple, or a weird shape...he just *knows* what a frog looks like). He is also very gentle with his favorite toys...I often catch him spooning his favorites, haha. He's also startled by his own farts. He doesn't fart often, but when he does he jumps halfway across the room with a look of terror in his eyes.</p> <p>My dog that passed away recently was relatively normal, but the last few years of her life she started hoarding food--I promise we weren't trying to starve her! She would use her nose to nudge her bowl over behind or under furniture and then later whine constantly when she couldn't get it back out, haha. On one occasion, I shit you not, she pulled up the corner of the rug, knocked over her food bowl so the kernels fell out, and then covered them back up with the rug. I laughed for a long time when I saw that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-pets-have-any-quirks#post-2043334 Wed, 28 Jan 2015 10:11:01 +0000 LuLu Mom 2043334@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sigh, my peekapoo Finley can jump on our bed on her own just fine. However, she will only get on the bed from DH's side and she refuses to even attempt to jump up at night time. She whines until we pick her up and put her on the bed. She also waits until I'm completely situated (you know the mountain of pillows pregnant women need to get comfy) and then whines to be picked up after I get my shuffling done, drives me nuts! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-pets-have-any-quirks#post-2043268 Wed, 28 Jan 2015 09:30:13 +0000 LBee 2043268@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My dog won't poop if you are looking. You have to cover your eyes or look away. She checks (while pooping) to make sure you aren't tricking her several times. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-pets-have-any-quirks#post-2043257 Wed, 28 Jan 2015 09:20:39 +0000 MrsBrewer 2043257@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not sure if it's a quirk, but they both love just laying on their backs with their bellies in the air! They always need to be right next to each other too. If my big chocolate lab is flopped on his back, my little girl will come running over and flop over right next to him. They'll just lay there for 10-15 minutes at least! </p> [attach=1855/15/niw56f.600x450.image.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-pets-have-any-quirks#post-2043243 Wed, 28 Jan 2015 09:11:42 +0000 Espion 2043243@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The dog in my avatar is the canine embodiment of a grouchy old man. He also likes to make the the air space above our house is clear by barking at any and all planes. He'll follow them to the end of the yard then strut back like he's done a good job, ha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-pets-have-any-quirks#post-2043238 Wed, 28 Jan 2015 09:07:58 +0000 Mae 2043238@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Shutterbug: oh my word, so cute. I just laughed and laughed at those pics of your pup! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-pets-have-any-quirks#post-2043196 Wed, 28 Jan 2015 08:38:56 +0000 Astro Bee 2043196@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@loveisstrange: our cats love belly rubs, too. They will kick their way on their backs in circles and down the hallway to get you to rub in the right spot. One will get up multiple times to flop back down and present her belly for rubs. Not sure why she does this. Oh, but you can only use your fingers. If you try to use your foot, the world is coming to an end and they will kick and bite your foot off! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-pets-have-any-quirks#post-2043027 Wed, 28 Jan 2015 00:30:09 +0000 fuzzypeaches 2043027@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hahaha best thread ever! </p> <p>My little dog (7lb mini schnauzer. - the puppy that never grew lol) thinks he's a big dog. He'll play with our neighbours Samoyed and loves to be swung to and fro like a trapeze artist! </p> <p>He also won't eat unless he has company. And won't sleep on anything except for very soft fleece. </p> <p>They are such funny little characters :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-pets-have-any-quirks#post-2042962 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 22:54:04 +0000 HLK208 2042962@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sookie, our cat, takes LO's socks and carries them to her water dish or toilet...whichever is closest. She also takes q-tips, hair ties and bobby pins to the sink and toilet...which is kind of annoying when I really have to pee haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-pets-have-any-quirks#post-2042956 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 22:41:13 +0000 MK0180 2042956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>These are great! Not the quirkiest of quirks but our 75lb mutt sleeps btwn DH and I- as in, he stretches out and must have his head either on a pillow or on one of us. Many mornings we have woken up with him spooning one of us. He is pretty anxious and I think this helps calm him :happy: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-pets-have-any-quirks#post-2042914 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 21:33:05 +0000 HappyBluebird 2042914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our dog doesn't have any really weird or funny quirks like some of the ones above, but she has to sleep under the covers and will get as close to your face as possible until you lift them up for her to go under. She slowly gets closer and closer until she gives you a headbutt! </p> <p>She also has at least 10 tennis balls around the house. If one ball is stuck under the sofa or TV stand, she has to have that ONE ball and none of the 9 other will do, even though they are the EXACT same ball! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-pets-have-any-quirks#post-2042897 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 21:19:54 +0000 loveisstrange 2042897@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>One of our cats, Stanley, begs for belly rubs like a dog. Now, cats are supposed to HATE belly rubs. He loves them to the point where you can walk past him and he rolls over for you to pet his belly. </p> <p>He's special.... </p> [attach=1353/15/niv7t6.600x400.1523124_10201493565523447_165428006_o--1-.jpg] https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-pets-have-any-quirks#post-2042892 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 21:18:16 +0000 catlady 2042892@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our oldest cat who will only eat a very specific type and flavor of cat food (I really hope they never discontinue it!), but she loves to lick plastic bags. </p> <p>The middle cat is obsessed with a "lovey" (an old red blanket thing) and likes to bring toys up the stairs and then meow in a crazy way until you toss the toy down the stairs again. </p> <p>The youngest one is weird because he is equally likely to scratch you or snuggle you. When he's in a snuggly mood, he likes licking toes. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-pets-have-any-quirks#post-2042869 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 21:09:26 +0000 ValentineMommy 2042869@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't know if it's necessarily a quirk, but my dog is SUPER anxious. They literally gave him Xanax and it did absolutely nothing for him. He freaks out at a lot of things, especially the doorbell. He literally screams, like someone being murdered in a horror film, when it rings. He's scared many children on Halloween. That being said, he's an 8 pound Morkie and the one thing he isn't afraid of is thunderstorms and fireworks - which I've heard most dogs don't like. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-pets-have-any-quirks#post-2042860 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 21:06:59 +0000 smith 2042860@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents have a yorkie who barks at the TV weatherperson every time without fail. She could be sound asleep, TV on low, but as soon as the weather comes on, she is at full attention barking right at the TV. We don't know if it's the weather graphics or what (she barks at all the weather anchors, no matter their gender or what channel!) but it's totally bizarre. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-pets-have-any-quirks#post-2042845 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 21:00:41 +0000 mrs. bird 2042845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Shutterbug: he's so stinking cute! I can't handle it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-pets-have-any-quirks#post-2042767 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 20:07:44 +0000 IRunForFun 2042767@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlejoy: Of course! He goes absolutely nuts. It's funny, but I also feel kinda bad, because it seems like he's tormented by it! After we put the laser pen away he will be tense and on alert for a loooong time waiting for it to come back! He has the most sensitive eyes ever or something. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-pets-have-any-quirks#post-2042758 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 20:01:54 +0000 littlejoy 2042758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@IRunForFun: Please tell me you've tried playing with a laser pointer with him! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-pets-have-any-quirks#post-2042753 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 20:00:08 +0000 IRunForFun 2042753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our beagle/Catahoula leopard dog mix is OBSESSED with lights/shadows. He will chase a shadow on the wall or floor or door or wherever frantically. Like, if I'm using my cell phone in a darker room and it casts a light on the wall, he'll go insane trying to get the light. Or when we he's outside and we open the screen door on the porch at a certain time of day and the sun casts shadows, he races back and forth chasing it. I've never seen anything like it! He is always on the alert for lights and shadows. It's crazy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-pets-have-any-quirks#post-2042750 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 19:58:00 +0000 littlejoy 2042750@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: We should have a "no puppy talk" rule. They are just too cute. I remember the little baby teeth. ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-pets-have-any-quirks#post-2042749 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 19:57:09 +0000 littlejoy 2042749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@simplyfelicity: Ha. Just a taste: One dog will spin in circles if she sees another dog, but really doesn't care to "socialize". She only eats in 1 square foot of our house (when we moved her bowl, she grabbed a mouth full of food, and goes back to that one spot). She's not afraid of normal scary things (like the vacuum), but instead, she's very hesitant to come in the room if I have a pencil, or a glass of water. She won't go through one of our baby gates, but has no problem with the others. </p> <p>Our other dog doesn't like walking on grass. She humps the other dog. The won't eat food out of anything but this one purple bowl we have. She will put herself into the corner, and just stare at nothing (which isn't creepy at all seeing as though our house is super old).</p> <p>Believe it or not though, they are great with our baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-pets-have-any-quirks#post-2042743 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 19:51:09 +0000 BSB 2042743@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Tanjowen: When I took my dogs home for Christmas, I had the chance to dog-sit (her two dogs... yes, I was watching 4 dogs... crazy idea!) for my sister for 2 weeks while she and her family were out of town. She got a new puppy and it was 11 weeks old... it's a cocker spaniel. 1) Puppies are a lot of work! (Both of our dogs were shelter dogs and adopted at 3 years old) 2)The puppy would follow my cocker around. It was so cute. Though, the puppy would also ankle bite (teething, maybe?) and annoy all the dogs. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-pets-have-any-quirks#post-2042738 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 19:48:47 +0000 simplyfelicity 2042738@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@littlejoy: Do it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-pets-have-any-quirks#post-2042731 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 19:42:58 +0000 littlejoy 2042731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@youboots: She's amazing!</p> <p>Our dogs are totally neurotic. I think I'd break the internet if I took the time to share all of their "quirks". </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-pets-have-any-quirks#post-2042721 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 19:36:23 +0000 Tanjowen 2042721@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: Hahaha, a chocolate lover! They are just determined little things. And I agree, they are so cute they get away with a ton. I think they are the cutest puppies on earth when they are little and have to stay away or I'm going to wind up with a 3rd dog. :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-pets-have-any-quirks#post-2042702 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 19:27:39 +0000 Miss Sarah 2042702@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My cat, Peter, must have been weened too early as a kitten. He is nine years and, even at this moment, he sucks on the top of his paw when he's really happy or content. It totally freaks people out when he does it while his sitting on them. He's such a weirdo, but I love him. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-pets-have-any-quirks#post-2042689 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 19:21:25 +0000 BSB 2042689@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Tanjowen: Yeah, we took our dogs home for Christmas. He got onto the table and got into the crab dip. My MIL had milk chocolate kisses in some of her gift bags and he found them. Luckily it was milk chocolate and so he didn't get sick. I feel like a bad dog owner but I moved a plate of chocolates on to the table that I swore I thought he couldn't get to. Yup, he managed to knock a chair over to get to the chocolate. It was milk chocolate again, luckily. We call him 'Swiper' because he will swipe your food.</p> <p>Haha. OMG, your turkey. Yup, I can so see my cocker doing that one of these holidays. It's just time. He is so clever. Not sure how he managed to knock a dining room chair over. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-pets-have-any-quirks#post-2042680 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 19:17:06 +0000 Tanjowen 2042680@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@bluestriped bee: I grew up with cocker spaniels, and they stole food all the time! We had one Thanksgiving where all gathered in the living room right before dinner for a photo and walked into the dining room to find our dog on the table chowing down on the turkey.</p> <p>My Rhodesian mix was a rescue that was severely abused. She came to us with a stuffed animal for comfort, and she has to have one to sleep even 8 years later. She gets a new one every Christmas and she steals LO's stuffed animals all the time. If I leave a towel anywhere, she will steal it and squirrel it away in her bed. She also hates being petted on her head by anyone, but that's probably related back to the abuse.</p> <p>My cat is just weird. She's terrified of everything - even me sneezing - and has never seemed to realize she can scratch and bite. </p> <p>Our Lab is fairly normal and just a giant lovable idiot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-pets-have-any-quirks#post-2042647 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 18:48:28 +0000 Shutterbug 2042647@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. bird: haha your cats are hilarious!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/do-your-pets-have-any-quirks#post-2042644 Tue, 27 Jan 2015 18:46:25 +0000 youboots 2042644@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Shutterbug: this is awesome!! Love the montage. </p>