Clever dog fakes broken leg to get attention

[Bayard]

He looks well fed!

[sandensea]

1. Aww. My Basset used to fake sadness to get his way.

And it usually worked.



"No treats? Really?"

[Bayard]

9. Awwww.......

Look at that sweet puppy face! How can you resist?

[sandensea]

11. Right. It was indeed hard to say no!

Of course though, if I did manage to be firm I'd get that other well-known Basset tactic: the pout.



"Don't talk to me. I'm hurt you'd say no."

[lark]

2. Our old dog would do something similar.

When we were putting him out at night into the garage, he preferred to stay in the house, so would slowly and reluctantly go to the door, limping badly on one leg. I'd stop him and examine his leg, which showed no evidence of pain or injury then tell him to go on. Often he'd forget and switch to limping on the other side. I'd call him out and he'd duck his head, smile his guilty smile then go on into the garage,

[UniteFightBack]

12. Dogs hate being separated from the pack. nt

[secondwind]

3. This female looks like there is something wrong with her nether regions...she is a mess. :-(

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. A friend had a dog who injured his paw, and got a lot of attention and treats

until the injury healed. After that, the dog would limp when he wanted attention, but sometimes he'd forget which paw had been hurt and then he'd limp on the wrong one.

[Duppers]

5. What a character!! 😅

He deserves an Academy Award! What a clever pupster! I'd give him a treat just for that performance!

Looked him up too; Gae lives in Bangkok, Thailand. This clever Pupster needs an acting role in movies there.

Thanks for the laugh, Bayard.

[smirkymonkey]

6. I think it's a female dog. It looked like she had nipples.

Maybe she was begging for food for her babies or something. Anyway, very cute and clever pupper!

[Duppers]

7. You're right!

Thanks!! Yep, they were obvious after I enlarged the video on my phone.

I was only going by the description on YouTube which called her a "he." But Asian translators often have a problem with English pronouns. We have a good, close friend in Shanghai who constantly uses "he" for all genders and he's spoken English for ~38yrs.

[Niagara]

8. And the Acadamy Award goes to this puppy

Animals are amazing and a lot like us in the sense that they all have their own individual personalities.

[Duppers]

10. She reminds me of our Lady-Dady Collie

My mother's next door neighbors had gotten a standard Collie puppy, a beautiful girl whom they proceeded to ignore. It was the 1st dog ever for them but that was no excuse. Her only bedding was an old blanket thrown out on their carport. She shivered so badly in winter's cold weather that her teeth chattered. Seriously.

Whenever we drove up my mom's driveway (I was married & living 40m away) in cold weather, she'd come to greet us with those rattling teeth, poor beautiful girl. Sooo, what I chose to do was let her come into my mother's house....& of couse, I feed her & renamed "Lady" Lady-Dady & nicknamed "Chatter-Tooth." When summertime rolled around, Miss Chatter-Tooth, the big baby, would chatter those teeth hoping to come in & be fed. It "worked."

I always went along with her "game" over my mother's objections, who, btw, finally broke down & adopted Lady. I dearly loved that dog so much - she became our camping bubby.

Some pupsters learn that soft-hearted folks "fall" for their clever games. And we laugh.

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[Bayard]

13. Great story!

The 12 stories were pretty good too, if mostly sad. Love the Great Pyr mayor! There are so few honest politicians.

[Duppers]

14. Thanks! And the GP's name was Duke. 😉😊

[Apollo Zeus]

15. That smile!