For the most part, Sherman and Leroy are pretty well laid back dogs.
Well Sherman is, Leroy……………………..is……… well he’s semi-laid backed.
At times he is laid back.
Fine.
When he’s napping he’s laid back.
Anyway, most of the time when we’re hanging out in the house the dogs are laying down. They don’t get out of their comfortable laying positions unless something good is going down.
Something good usually means food but it can mean other things too, so her is a list of sounds that bring the dogs running to check things out:
- Popcorn. An all time favorite snack of Sherman’s and recently a favorite of Leroy’s (He’s a little slow to catch on) As soon as they hear the popping begin they come running. They don’t leave until all the popcorn is consumed and they like it best with Parmesan cheese sprinkled on it.(try it one day, it’s good)
- Leashes. If they hear the slightest jingle of their leashes, they come running, especially Leroy. Even if I accidentally bump the stool where their leashes are sitting, they come running.
- Lid of the Pringles can. One time I ran out of dog treats so I gave them each a Pringle. They have never forgotten that.
- Good morning. When Leroy was a puppy we would greet him in the morning with a very happy and cheerful “Good Morning!” His tail would swing and he would give you tons of kisses. He’s never forgotten that so sometimes when he is laying downstairs and I want to see him all I have to do is yell, “Good Morning” and he comes running armed with kisses.
- Electric Knife. Sherman use to be scared of the sound of the electric knife but now he knows that if the electric knife is on it’s cutting something good and he needs to be sitting as close as he can, without getting his nose cut off, so that he can catch anything that flies off the knife.
A knock at the door or the door bell ringing usually does nothing for the dogs because we have people coming and going all the time.
I probably shouldn’t of told you that.
Now you’re going to try and break into my house.
Don’t do it.
I have a viscous guinea pig and he’s not afraid to eat you.
Let’s change the subject.
So tell me, what sounds make your dogs come a runnin?
Sheldon Nesdale
Wednesday 20th of January 2016
The school bus stopping outside the garage door opening the door bell and God forbid I say the work dinner....
Dafne1511
Tuesday 4th of August 2015
The sound of the leash for sure! Gallagher loves kisses so whenever I make kissy noises he comes a-running. Also I typically keep the doors in my apartment closed, so when I open one that means a new adventure and he comes running to find the toys we've stashed in each room.
Also, whenever I'm in the kitchen there are a few trigger noises:
- when I grab the box of milkbones - when I grab a bag of chips (his favorite snack) - when the pantry door creaks open
evan
Wednesday 16th of July 2014
Lol everything
Heart Like A Dog (@HeartLikeADog)
Monday 12th of August 2013
The jingle of their collars. They each have an indoor collar they wear all the time, this has one tag on it with their name, my name and my cell phone number. Their going outside on walks collars has all their tags on it and if I really want Sampson to come from anywhere, all I have to do is jingle the collar.
For Delilah it's any time you step foot in the kitchen. She's right there next to you, waiting.
Jan K
Monday 5th of August 2013
Those are good ones! May I add the sound of cellophane crinkling. And a cat meowing in the kitchen. If the cats are in the kitchen that means they may be getting fed, and don't the dogs just love cat food?? they only get little nibbles of it, but it's enough to keep them coming every time.