The post 8 Things Penny Does That Make Me Laugh by Savanna Stanfield appeared first on Dogster. Copying over entire articles infringes on copyright laws. You may not be aware of it, but all of these articles were assigned, contracted and paid for, so they aren’t considered public domain. However, we appreciate that you like the article and would love it if you continued sharing just the first paragraph of an article, then linking out to the rest of the piece on Dogster.com.
Hi, Iâm Savanna! Read my introduction to learn more about me and my spunky Chihuahua mix, Penny.
Dogs can really get up to some crazy antics, and Penny is no exception. Sheâs always doing the craziest things that keep me entertained. Most of the things she does, I donât think she has any idea that theyâre funny to me. Sheâs just being a dog.
Pennyâs personality really is something else and I never know what sheâll do next. But there are other things she does pretty consistently that always get a chuckle out of me. Here are the silly things my dog does to make me laugh.
The 8 Funny Things Penny Does:
1. She Sits in Weird Positions
I donât have a lot of experience with dog ownership, but I do know how a dog is typically supposed to sit, and it typically involves having all four paws flat on the floor. It seems like Penny doesnât know how a dog is supposed to sit though, or she just sits how sheâs most comfortable.
She loves to sit with her tail underneath her, with her back legs splayed out and either both front paws resting between them or with one on each side of her right leg. Itâs definitely not the most lady-like position, and I donât see how itâs comfortable. But just like Corgis love to sploot, Penny loves to sit this way.
2. She Says âPfftâ a Lot
One of my favorite books is Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck. He talks about traveling around America with his Poodle named Charley. But one of the lines that stuck out to me was when Steinbeck said his dog could pronounce the letter F. I wasnât sure what he meant by that, until I heard Penny go âPfftâ for the first time.
She usually does it to express displeasure or to complain that we didnât throw her toy fast enough. She sure has a lot of complaints for someone that has her every need taken care of and lives at our house rent-free. I guess thatâs whatâs so funny about it.
3. Sheâs Afraid of Lizards and Birds
Lizards are scary, but caterpillars⌠not so much.
Itâs definitely not funny that Penny is afraid of things, because none of us like to see our dogs scared. But itâs funny what sheâs scared of. We have three different kinds of lizards at our house, but every time Penny sees one running toward her, her eyes get wide and she runs away. I donât know if itâs their speed or what, but itâs hilarious because she could do a lot more harm to lizards than lizards could do to her.
Sheâs also afraid of birds. This one is a little more understandable because sheâs a small dog and we do have some pretty big birds like hawks and owls near our house. But she seems more afraid of small birds, and it started when she was a puppy and a flock of 100+ blackbirds landed in our backyard, causing quite the cacophony. She refused to go outside until the next morning, and now sheâs afraid of even one small bird that she sees in our yard.
She loves caterpillars, butterflies, and bees though, and Iâm always having to remind her not to eat bees because theyâre âspicy.â
4. She Gets the Zoomies
Of course, Penny makes me laugh for the same reason that all our dogs make us laugh. She gets the zoomies. Sheâs a pretty lazy dog in general, so when she gets the zoomies, itâs usually because she either has to poop or she just pooped. Either way, when she gets them, I say âDo you have the zoomies?â She runs to the back door, and when I let her out, she runs around the exact same path three or four times before running back to the door (or pooping if she needs to).
5. She Cheats at Races
Speaking of running, Penny always cheats every time I try to race her. If I canât get her to come back inside, all I have to do is say âIâll race you!â She bows down, I say, âOn your mark, get setâŚâ and she always takes off before I can even say âGo!â Penny always beats me back to the door, but she probably would anyway even if she didnât get a head start. Itâs quite funny to watch her go all out just to win, even if it means cheating.
6. She Cleans the Bathtub
Donât worry Mom, Iâm saving you from drowning.
What do I mean by that? Anytime I get out of the bath or shower, Penny has to jump in (well, rather be picked up and put in) there and lick the remaining water off the bottom after it drains. I always find this extremely amusing, since she hates the bath when itâs her turn.
But maybe she just wants to make sure she gets every last bit of water up so I donât drown the next time I get in there. Who knows? But I get a kick out of it every time.
7. She Goes Spelunking
Penny loves to burrow into blankets, and she sleeps underneath the covers at night. Sometimes we wake up at night because sheâs burrowed all the way to the foot of the bed. One night my husband asked her if she was going spelunking (the act of exploring caves), and she came crawling out. So now we always say sheâs going spelunking every time she burrows to the foot of the bed.
It actually makes me nervous because Iâm afraid sheâs going to suffocate, so I always move her back up to the top. But itâs funny to picture Penny wearing a little mining hat with a flashlight on it and going âspelunking.â
8. She Rolls Around on Dead Worms
Found a stinky worm.
I know a lot of dogs roll around in stinky stuff, but Pennyâs favorite thing to roll around on is dead worms. We have a lot of earthworms in our yard, and Penny always finds the dead and dried up ones. Itâs funny to watch her roll around in the grass flailing her body about to pick up the âstinkyâ scent. I donât mind because they donât make her actually stink, and thereâs far worse things she could roll around in.
Dogs Are So Funny, Even if They Donât Know It
There are just some of the many ways that Penny makes me laugh, and maybe your dogs do some of them, too? Itâs always fun to see what our dogs get up to and all the ways they are funny without even trying to be!
The post 8 Things Penny Does That Make Me Laugh by Savanna Stanfield appeared first on Dogster. Copying over entire articles infringes on copyright laws. You may not be aware of it, but all of these articles were assigned, contracted and paid for, so they aren’t considered public domain. However, we appreciate that you like the article and would love it if you continued sharing just the first paragraph of an article, then linking out to the rest of the piece on Dogster.com.