The other day Dogster published an article titled Do Your Dogs Ever Annoy You?
Go figure that last week I wrote a post about annoying things that my dogs do.
Great minds think alike I would like to say to this, however really great minds, like the fine folks over at Dogster, write their post and then hit publish, where as my brilliant mind lets my post sit in draft waiting for me to get back around to tweek it and add pictures.
***BIG SIGH***
Always a disappointment I am.
Anyway, I figured since the topic’s out now and people are talking about it I might as well finally publish my post rather than let it sit in drafts collecting dust along with my other brilliant posts that are awaiting for me to revisit them.
I love my dogs but my dogs are not perfect.
No matter how I portray them here in posts they have their flaws.
Some of them have more flaws than others but we won’t point fingers.
Regardless of that, and regardless of how much I love my dogs, I would be living a life of lies if I didn’t come clean and say that they don’t do things on a daily basis that annoy me.
I really don’y have a list of things, that was a little white lie. There’s just one really, really annoying thing that they do lately that annoys the heck out of me:
They lick each other and it grosses me out, totally.
Now I know by nature, dogs lick each other, but my dogs lick each other to the extreme and they sound like cows eating out of a trough when they do it.
SLUUUURP. SLUUUUURP. SLUUUUURP.
Sherman licks Leroy’s ear, Leroy licks Plungers ear, Leroy licks Sherman’s sore on his leg, Sherman licks Plunger’s pee-pee.
Eck!
I get it. They’re trying to heal each other.
Whatever. It’s gross and that’s why I pay for antibiotics.
I do what I can to discourage it but sometimes they do it at night and I’m awoken to the sound of a cow mowing down on some grub.
It’s gross and annoying and it makes me gag just a little talking about it now.
Besides the peeing on the garbage can thing, that’s all I’ve got on them right now in the annoying category.
Glad I got that off my chest and came clean.
So how about you? Do your dogs do anything that annoy you or are they perfect as can be?
*Added thought-I wonder if the dogs have a list of things that I do that annoy them? Now that would be a list to see, a short list, but a good list nonetheless.



Daisy says:
We’re perfect in our opinion. But SHE’s always telling us to stop growling at the dogs next door, barking at cats early in the morning, rolling in stuff, stopping in the middle of streets to look around…..we think SHE’s just picky.
XXXOOO Daisy, Bella & Roxy
Elizabeth says:
Oh this is too funny! Luna makes an unpleasant slurping sound when she is grooming herself and i always find myself telling her to stop. Penny has no faults, except when she pees in her bed- i guess that is a big one!
Jana Rade says:
HA. I think that depends on definition of perfect. Does perfect really equal what we like? That is the question (which really applies to any relationship). Because, NOBODY is perfect. Or are they? Are they just not 100% what we’d want?
emma says:
I am quite sure that nothing we dogs do annoys mom but she sure annoys us with not letting us pee on certain things or sniff forever on an interesting spot or telling us no barking in the house…just a few minor items.
2 brown dawgs says:
I can relate to this post. With Storm in season (even though she isn’t even here), Thunder has been licking Freighter’s ears. Might be part of the reason we have drops. It is gross and we discourage it…lol.
we three doxies says:
Oh good golly, you has done opened a can of worms…in mum’s opinion. I not thinks I has enough room heres to type everything.
My allergies annoy her cuz then her has to medicate me…not a purty sight.
I is a bitch to bathe…
I bark at everything…even when I is peein’…
When her gives treat, I take her finger off…
I kick in my sleep and therefores, kick mum…
I grunt…
I jump in da bafftub as soon as her gets out of da shower and then I leaves footprints all overs da floor when I gets out…
Okays I reckon dats enough.
Puddles
houndstooth says:
Ack! Okay, you’ve skeeved me out just slightly this morning! Um, maybe more than slightly… Do our dogs ever annoy me? You mean when Morgan and Kuster bark for ten minutes straight at absolutely nothing? Or when Blueberry stretches out, takes up the whole couch and then kicks me when I try to sit beside her? Or when Bunny comes to bed and has to lay perpendicular to the rest of us and put all her weight on my back? No, no, of course not!
Remington says:
Oh my….that sounds gross….Beth told me I am perfect….imagine that? Ha, ha!
Dawn says:
It doesn’t bother me that my dogs lick themselves or each other, it is just the sound of it that annoys me. Fortunately, when I tell them to stop, they do. What I don’t care for is when the dogs to lick me, especially after seeing what else they lick. Somehow, I’ve managed to express this to them so they don’t lick me… although Maya does sneak a big wet kiss in once in a while. Yuck!
Vicki Cook says:
Zora licks herself CONSTANTLY. It’s not her fault – she has severe allergies, but it drives me crazy!
Roxy the traveling dog says:
The very second my butt hits the chair…Torrey has to go out.
Kara and Harley (my Yorkie) says:
Harley chases barking wildly at airplanes when they are flying over at night and he barks at some things on the TV…. but he is young so I hope this will stop
TheDogMaOnline says:
Thanks! Very funny. Counter surfing here! We’re out of spatulas, oven mitts, wooden spoons.
The Heartbeats says:
Calhoun farts like a man which is funny but annoying when it stinks really bad. Lucy licks constantly. She licks me, the couch, Calhoun’s peepee. And she has no sense of personal space which makes her super cuddly but super annoying as well. McIver hit me with his giant bear paws which is fairly annoying because it scrapes my skin.
Other than that we are pretty easy going around here!
Mamma Heartbeat
Vicki says:
We have one dog with one disgusting habit; she eats poop. WTH? Why does Bea do this? It isn’t like we don’t feed them (three times a day just like us). Or give them doggie cookies for a bedtime snack? Is she just bored? IDK..but it is totally disgusting. Thankfully, she doesn’t do it constantly and she’ll stop if we catch her. Just GROSS!
Peggy Frezon says:
But they’re so cute!! lol
I don’t like the licking thing either. But even worse is my dog’s habit of dining on droppings in the yard. Usually they like it “fresh out of the oven.” It’s so gross. And when they come back inside, their breath STINKS!
Kristine says:
Hahahahaha! I remember when we lived with my husband’s brother, he had a giant Great-Dane-sized mutt who constantly licked himself very loudly in the middle of the living room. It was so loud I could hear the licking in my bedroom. To this day there is no sound that grates more (and please excuse my crudeness) than an enormous dog licking his empty ball sack.
My dog’s biggest annoyance is her joy in bugging the cat. It never gets her anything but a claw in the face and yet she keeps doing it. The whining sound she makes every time he growls at her drives me nuts. Argh!
Bailey says:
Katy’s midnight I can’t sleep pay attention to me issues are really the worst. The poop eating also not so attractive.
Blueberry's human says:
LOL – and I thought the fellas were perfect!
Blueberry is pretty perfect. I usually am only irritated when she won’t stand still for the camera! Or tries to pull me off a cliff…
Jodi says:
LOL you NEVER disappoint me, Jenny Jugs!!
Sampson has a habit of stopping right in the middle of wherever we are and blocking your progress forward.
Delilah…well that’s a post all on it’s own. This morning I think she drank from the toilet. I’m not sure because I didn’t smell her breath, but I think she did it.
jan says:
My dogs are often annoying but compared to the cat it is hardly worth mentioning. The cat is born to annoy humans and mine is at the top of her class.
Two French Bulldogs says:
We do things on purpose to annoy mom, BOL
Snorts,
Benny & Lily
Taryn says:
First, I’m not sure how short that list of our annoying human-isms would be. I bet we’d be surprised how many things bug the dogs…
The one that bugs me the most is when they dawdle on leash walks. Sometimes a simple walk around the block will take 30 minutes. If I was able to do the exact same walk without a leash it would take maybe 10 minutes. I know dogs live through their noses, but sometimes I want real exercise and not a stop and sniff every mailbox walk. Off-leash, they are happy to keep up. I think I am the one on the leash
caren gittleman says:
YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Someone after my own heart! YES YES YES Dakota annoys me (more frequently than I should EVER admit!) Mostly his barking. When he gets on a barking roll it just doesn’t STOP! If he had a deeper bark it wouldn’t be as annoying, but the SHRIEKING!! UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And…whenever I wear shorts or capris…he will not stop licking my legs and it irritates me!
Ahhhhh…THANK YOU for this wonderful opportunity to vent! Aren’t I just awful?
Gizmo (@GizmoGeodog) says:
We live across the street from a heavily used walking path…heavily used by folks walking dogs…seems that Gizmo’s hearing picks up the sound of jingling tags on every single dog that walks by…and of course has to bark his fool head at at each and every one…He doesn’t bark at the hundreds of human walkers, but each of the dozens of dogs walking by gets that very special Gizmo hello…and yes, it can drive me crazy…Other than that, of course, he’s totally perfect
Flea says:
LOL! It’s the same thing in my house! Flash and Patches lick each other’s ears and eyes. It sounds so GROSS!!! Ew. And belching. Flash belches.
Donna says:
Too funny. Dogs are weird sometimes!
I’m like you, I draft a post, and then let it sit forever until I get around to editing. I have like five of them waiting for some attention as I type this.
Nichole says:
LOL… this could be a new blog hop weekly thing… “Things My Dogs Do That Annoy Me Fridays” lol
Bebe says:
LOLLLLL
My dogs always try to lick me….non stop….so annoying!!!
plus they harrass my horses all the time. Annoying!
I feel better now.
Pup Fan says:
LOL. Tavish is always licking Bella too!
My pups have taken to waking up earlier and earlier to demand breakfast. I won’t lie… it definitely annoys me!
KB says:
My dogs eat horse poop. That totally grosses me out… So I get it!
Jessica says:
Silas humps my pillow when he gets sleepy and I’m not in bed yet. He also barks too much, but I can at least empathize with that a little. Pillow humping is just not nice.
Slimdoggy says:
Slimdoggy Jack follows me so closely sometimes if I stop quickly he bumps into me, or if I turn to quickly, I’m liable to fall over him! He’s too big to follow that close! Other than that and the issue with coyote poop he’s perfect!
Karen Friesecke says:
Dexter is a little pervert and loves to lick Jersey’s pee. Ewwww