Dutch Shepherd Forum

Have your dogs fight just as you called somone?

I was just dialing the phone to a basset breeder, I heard Sadie start to growl, not the playful growl, so I look over and Sadie is stalking thalie, then went after her so I grabbed sadie and hit thalie with the phone a few times. Then I dragged Sadie and put her in her crate.

Im wondering if the person picked up and heard all of that

I only have one dog, so I haven't experienced that exact situation, but I had a similar one. Shortly after I adopted Zodiac, before we were able to properly socialize her, I took her to the vet clinic where I worked for a physical exam. I had her laying next to my desk while I made a call to place a drug order for our clinic. Just as I got through the menu and started talking to the woman about my order the veterinarian walked by my desk and Zodiac suddenly jumped up and started biting him :/ It took my brain a minute to register what was happening and then I yelled "NO!" and slammed the phone down so I could get up and grab her. Thankfully she only got his clothing. I always wondered what that lady on the other end of the phone call thought, haha.

It seems like every time I am on the phone, Diesel and Halo start to wrestle. It's playful at least but really annoying because Diesel is vocal when he's playing. And every time I do the dishes, Diesel has to go out for a pee!

My Malinois always starts barking when I pick up the phone to talk to somebody. I think she just likes to join in on the conversation.

As I was leaving a message for my sister, a nasty fight broke out between Odin and Dakota. She heard all the nasty dog sounds, growls, yelps, etc and me screaming NOOOOOOOOOOO and then nothing. I had to hang up to make sure Odin didn't kill Dakota. not really funny at the time.
She called me later and to her it sounded like they were attacking me

I don't know about the fighting, but I have certainly had dogs who are like kids when Mom gets on the phone. Attention-getting behavior. (I like how a dog ALWAYS knows the cues by that particular signing-off sound we have when we're getting ready to end a conversation. They know you are preparing to get off the phone and wham! they're front-and-center. "My turn, mom.")

I wonder how common for fighting to break out? Never heard of that....

Funny stories !! My girls and kids are always good about me being on the phone and Sadie and THalie are usually always playing so I dont mind that. What Sadie got upset at was... while I was next door helping with their dog, (thalie, who will stay loose in the house fine as long as she dosnt hear my truck leave, I walked next door) Thalie had grabbed my hazlenut creamer ( I forgot to put it away, bad mommy) and drank it and tore the box apart, the dog bed was all wet with creamer, ( I did not realize that untill after) and they were licking it ( i was oblivious to all of that ) Sadie was mad that Thalie was licking it too.

Funny stories!

Sugar does seem to bark at things when we are on the phone...its like, "you're too busy talking on the phone and don't see that person walk by on the street - alert, alert!!"

Just like kids, time to do something bad while mom is distracted! I just put the phone down and take care of business---my friends know what I'm doing, and the dogs figure out that I'm not THAT distracted.

lol great stories. Merlin loves to irritate Chewie by putting Chewies head in his mouth! Chewie freaks out about it, of course, and starts biting Merlins face and pulling at his lips. Merlin is only playing, but Chewie really doesn't like it, can't say I blame him lol, but Merlin always seems to want to have a Chewie to chew on right when I get on the phone.

[quote="kchristy"] Merlin loves to irritate Chewie by putting Chewies head in his mouth!

Chewie heads probably fits right inside Merlin's mouth with no problem - must be pretty dark in there for Chewie

that is soooo funny Katrina!!!!!

I bet it is dark in there!

Katrina, is that how "Chewie" got his name?