Dog people, does your dog do this?

[marzipanni]

the scratch/bump door go out....scratch/bump door, come in loop

[liberal N proud]

1. She pretty much did this morning

I got out of bed and she needed to go right now, no waiting. She usually waits until I am out of the shower and dressed.

Today, she needed to go out before my shower, then again once I got dressed.

All dogs have ADD!

[marzipanni]

5. Mine may have short term memory problems or

she wants to make sure the dog, or the visiting grand dog, next door don't need through-the-fence supervision, or, on the other paw, some food thing could be going on in our kitchen?
She's 12 years old, and it has become a bit nutty lately.

She was treated for a bladder infection, but she's not going out to pee, just to sniff the air and peer between fence stakes at the shadowy dog shapes beyond.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Nope, our dog never did that........

We had a pet door, and she used that!

[siligut]

3. I think that this is why pet doors were invented

At least part of the reason.

[marzipanni]

10. I'd do that, but when it rains she'd bring in lots of mud

and I don't want to be on feet and belly wiping duty constantly.
I lived in a place where the dog door was in the garage door, so there was an area for feet to lose some mud.

[marzipanni]

7. We had a cat door, but covered it

after our last cat died. My husband cut a hole in the outside door and made a little sliding door to close it, and I put a flap on it. Our old dog, when she was a pup, kept using it, until one day she could no longer get through. My husband said we should have made a cloak of rough sandpaper for her!

[Myrina]

4. Yes. Mine sit there and stare back & forth between me/the door - me/the door ...

... then when I let them out, they run onto the patio, stop cold & turn around and look at me like "Well? C'mon ... You too!" and if I don't go out, they come right back in.

Arggh.

[marzipanni]

6. Exactly. The first time she goes out each am, Sally steps out, looks over her shoulder,

and I tell her it's not warm enough for me yet. When I do throw her ball for a while she's like a puppy and can relax better.

[Quantess]

8. Yes, because s/he is hoping you will join them outdoors.

They would rather be outside, but theý want company.

[geardaddy]

9. Nope.

She just cuddles.

[HopeHoops]

11. Yep.

[DryHump]

12. Mark Twain wrote

"a dog is always on the wrong side of a door."