Is she a good dog sitting by the roadside? Well actually, this is Donna sitting her ground during a walk at night and refusing to go home. She shows this kind of behaviour sometimes, and she will literally lie down and stick to the ground when she really, really doesn’t want to budge. That’s our Donna :P
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Roxy the Traveling Dog
What a stubborn pooch!
weliveinaflat
Oh yes, sometimes. Have a great day Roxy, guess you guys are more laidback and easy going huh? :)
Kuruk
Donna, sometimes I went I want to walk further or want to go in a different direction than Mama I just lie down on the sidewalk! :-) You wouldn’t know we get 3-6 miles a day! Wooooooowoooooo, Ku
weliveinaflat
Oh man, Donna and Ku are great minds that think alike. That is exactly like Donna, except that Donna sits or lies down bunched up like a frozen chicken on the path. You guys are funny creatures! :P But I imagine it’s harder to move Ku than Donna :P Ku is so much bigger and stronger!
NW Frame of Mind
Oh no! I had a family dog that would suddenly decide to not get in or out of cars. 80 lbs. of Black Lab with four legs spread and braced around the sides of the door frame. There was no way to move her. :(
Lisa
weliveinaflat
omg, that’s more than twice Donna’s weight! I don’t know how I would move her either Lisa! Limits the options for outings too ): After Donna realised car rides mean going some place fun and not going back to the shelter to be returned, she wants to get on the car straight away. I hope it got better for your lab!
NW Frame of Mind
Unfortunately it didn’t get better where cars were concerned but Cornbread had a lot of great qualities even while being incredibly stubborn. :)
weliveinaflat
Cornbread… that name! :P
ILoveDogs
LOL! She has no problem expressing her desires, does she?
weliveinaflat
Oh yes, and the human helps to expand on her desires… probably inaccurately and in an over-exaggerated fashion :P But there are also times, she is quiet and lethargic and I started to worry if there is something wrong and yet I don’t know what. – – Oh well, hopefully I get better at reading her as time passes. Have a good day :)
The Sundog Drift
Every dog has their own language :)
weliveinaflat
Haha, starting to sound like quite the common language among some dogs from the other comments ;) it’s cool. Have a great day Jo :)
Frances D
They sll do it once in a while. This morning Shadow was determined to bring home a dirty old baseball.
weliveinaflat
I sometimes wish Donna has more … shall I say character? She has never done anything of the sort like wanting to bring anything home or having any sort of attachment to her toys or bones for very long. But then she is a very sweet and fussfree (until it rains) dog, so I really should just be happy and let her develop as she likes. Glad Shadow gives you some entertainment once in a while :P
hutchagoodlife
Naughty but still so cute! How does she do it?!
Nutty, Nacho, Buddy & Basil
xxxx
weliveinaflat
Hello Nutty, Nacho, Buddy and Basil,
you guys sound yummy! (except for Buddy :P) Guess she’s just being her doggy self. ;)
rubytheblacklabrador
ha ha – Ruby does this too – sits and turns away from us when she doesn’t want to keep walking or has found something more interesting than us. They are funny things :)
weliveinaflat
They are indeed, amusing when we have all the time in the world but exasperating when we need to run for an appointment or go home to toilet, hahaha! Have a great day my dear :)
rubytheblacklabrador
Thanks you too – have just been out and spent $350 on food, drugs and a new collar/lead for Ruby so about to go out now and try the lead out. A belated b’day pressie for her :)
weliveinaflat
I remember you started your blog and that helped you like her better, $350 at one shot is a lot of lurve :P but I imagine I know how it can all rack up! Can’t wait to see the new collar and lead! I so wanna get a new one but other things take priority ): Ours still working dandy.
rubytheblacklabrador
Fortunately some of it eg. flea/worm/tick treatment I can get back on pet insurance (which is very big here). New collar and lead are black but this afternoon two people thought she was a male dog – I think because she’s in black not her usual red. Anyway – lead has a spring in it which helps when she pulls…
weliveinaflat
Nobody has pet insurance over here I think, except for people with earmarked breeds that need to get insurance by law in case the dog hurts somebody – – … it’s amazing how people always leap to conclusion about a dog… even Donna gets mistaken for a male dog most times… and our leash is pink with hearts on it! :D I don;t know why but hearing the leash has a spring, makes me have this cartoon image in my mind of Ruby springing back every time she pulls :P Cartoon!
rubytheblacklabrador
Yes definitely a cartoon image!!
Sonel
LOL! That looks so familiar! :D
weliveinaflat
Lemme guess, Simba does it too! :P
Sonel
Yep! Especially when we went for a walk and he doesn’t want to go back home. Then he pull those ‘anime eyes’ look on me. hehehehe
weliveinaflat
At least Simba bothers with the anime eyes, Donna just goes – if we are going to turn around and go back where we came from I’d rather sit here and stare at where I want to go next. Even sitting and staring makes her happy lol.
Sonel
Whahahahah! She is so adorable! What we wouldn’t do for our kids! LOL!
1st World Dog
Strangely I don’t think I’ve ever sat and refused to move…. Hmmm might have to try that.
Usually it is I want to go one direction (good smell) and mum wants to go another.
weliveinaflat
Oh dear, I’m sorry for giving you ideas now :P
2browndawgs
LOL she must love her walks. :)
weliveinaflat
It’s the thing she likes best. It may even rank before food!