Roy M
British Columbia
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Our toy poodle has some curious behaviors but one was particularly amusing. We were fishing off a pontoon boat, every time a fish jumped she would run to the rail and stare at the rings in the water. Maybe she thought it was her tennis ball.
Old age and treachery always beats youth and enthusiasm
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juliev
SE Minnesota
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Our dogs love (hate?) Prairie Dogs. They go absolutely nuts and make noises that I never hear out of them any other time.
Ratties and Prairie Dogs
Julie
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Terri travel
North Mississippi
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My French Bulldog Sophie, LOVES to chase and eat frogs. It's so gross, to see her foaming at the mouth. My DH says she looks like an add for "Got Milk".
2006 Jayco Jayfeather 29BHS
Mike & Terri (working hard to play)
Melissa & Ty (23yr old daughter,13yr old son) Just along for the ride
Cujo & Sophie  {1 bad Chihuahua & Diva French Bulldog}
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Code2High
One hour past Nowhere, CA
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My formerly feral house-lynx, Mike, loves our local wildlife, specifically the ginormous desert cockroaches. They're an outdoor animal primarily but will come inside... looking for water, mostly. We had some weak points in our defenses this spring and had a small invasion, which just thrilled Mike.
One thing I learned was that he can smell them if they're behind something or in a closet, he'd sit outside waiting and refuse to leave until I ran him off or flushed it out for him. Useful, actually... the invaders were vanquished. But the gross thing is he doesn't actually eat the whole bug when he finally plays it to death. He kind of leaves the shells like on a shrimp. Not that fun to find but definitely better than having them set up housekeeping!
susan
You know, there's really quite a lot to be said for having your life turned upside down!
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Acampingwewillgo
USA
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I know this is rather typical but my King Charles(Mollie) loves chasing any shinny reflection on the ground. One way I get her to run around a bit is to use a Lazer pointer on the floor..it drives her nuts.
96 Vogue Prima Vista 37' CAT 3176B
Our Babies: Mollie, Rubie, Cassie and Maggie, all rescued Cavalier King Charles Spaniels
Rally's and get togethers.....Lots
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Deb and Ed M
SW MI, USA
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BCSnob wrote:Our working Border Collies dogs have been known to run out to gather white boulders from fields instead of the white sheep farther up the field. When they got in behind the rocks their demeanor changed from determination to oh, oops.
LOL!!!!! How embarrassing!!
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CA POPPY
Santa Clarita, CA, USA
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Our two little chi mixes are currently in training as bird dogs. Last week's really hot weather made a bunch of baby birds bail out of their bird houses too early to fly. No problem, they just took up residence like a flock of quail, in and among our cactus and desert plants. They camouflage really well, too, but our dogs are intent on finding them. We can tell when they're getting warm because the parent birds will start yelling down from the tree. We call the dogs off and bring them in the house when they get too close. I'll be glad when the birds stop this year's production line. I think we've had 6 different crops since early spring.
Judy & Bud (Judy usually the one talking here)
2004 Pleasure-Way Excel TD
co-pilots, Rosie & Poquita
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otis-agnes
Wrentham, MA
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Sitting on our deck one afternoon, Haylie started staring and growling at one of the plastic deck chairs. Her hair was actually standing up on her back. No idea why she did this, maybe because it wasn't in its usual place. And another time we installed a flood-light on the house... Haylie wouldn't stop staring at it for days. She's quite observant! Agnes
Otis, Agnes and two Golden Retrievers (Haylie & Abby)
2007 Sunny Brook 270 BH w/Honda EU2000
2005 Dodge Ram 2500 Hemi 5.7
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CA POPPY
Santa Clarita, CA, USA
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otis-agnes wrote:Sitting on our deck one afternoon, Haylie started staring and growling at one of the plastic deck chairs. Her hair was actually standing up on her back. No idea why she did this, maybe because it wasn't in its usual place.
Nope, she was staring at the ghost/guest sitting in the chair. Our dogs and occasionally, even our cat, see apparitions from time to time. Maybe they're our old pets, stopping for a visit to see how we're doing? Once in awhile, one of them requires chasing. 
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Reader1
Ohio
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We made a month long western trip a few years ago. One of the campgrounds we stayed one night at (wish I remembered where) had rabbits of every shape and color running everywhere. Our ACD Emily so wanted to chase them, she was so upset that we would not allow it.
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