Anybody else get 'slapped' by their dogs? Lucky hasn't picked this habit up .....yet. But Happy has done it as long as I've had him. He litterally slaps you with his paws. My face has gotten pretty scratched up from it. He does it when he's ...well he's always Happy...but when you're petting him sitting down or you've quit petting him and he wants your attention...WHACK across the face if you're not careful.
I've repeatedly caught his paw and said "NO Paws down!!"
Clarence is a smacker too. I think he intentionally goes for my face. He slaps my knees if I'm sitting on the couch and he wants up. Kind of cute until I have a huge scratch on my face...
Billie slaps the edge of the bed with both feet when its time to get up. If that doesn't work she jumps up and sits on me. She'll also whack me on the knee to get my attention... :
Yup - Goliath does it -most often after I clip his toes, so I've gotten it in the face several times and Kody will slap my leg when he says hello to me when I get home from work - it usually leads up to his standing/jumping up to give me a hug.
I Guess you can say Tater B*tch slaps me all the time. SOrry for the language. But he does that to everyone. If you get down to his level watch out, you are fair game. But its funny how they really do use their paws as hands.
Emma is very well...I like to say "expressive" with her paws lol.
Same as Laura, soon as we taught shake, she began to use her paws to get attention, interfere with you reading, typing on the computer, watching tv...this is her #1 attention getter now. We say NO paw! But too late I think...she uses those bad boys like hands now.
Sam does this all the time. We always call it "pawing" he doesnt really slap, he like hits you on your leg, stomach, side, wherever he can reach but never the face until he gets his attention. Hes such a spoiled brat! He does this alot if Im on the phone and he wants to play, its rather annoying! Any idea how to stop it, the no bad paw method isnt working!
Chris
Funny thing to be mentioned....Tucker just slapped me today in the kitchen.
He doesn't do it all the time, but he'll slap me on the leg or the chest, if I'm leaning down. It usually happens (like today) when he's sitting and I'm squatted down talkin' to him.....having a conversation or tellin' him somethin'....he'll just suddenly slap me with his paw almost like he's sayin'.....awww, go on! (like he doesn't believe my story...but I'm NOT lyin', I'm tellin' him the truth) :-\
Yup, smacks with one paw, if that doesn't work you get the other. If you continue to pretend you are ignoring her, she will come up and push repeatedly with her muzzle and vocalize, it almost sounds like "OH". It is really cute.
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