What does it mean when dogs stand and stare at the floor

puddy
puddy Posts: 12,709 Forumite
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Our dog does this a lot, it sort of looks like he thinks hes been caught out for something and his hanging his head, but its not in relation to anything

He's a collie if it makes any difference
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  • omen666
    omen666 Posts: 2,206 Forumite
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    He is looking at that spot to determine whether to have a !!!!!! there or not
  • puddy
    puddy Posts: 12,709 Forumite
    oh, you're so right, the little begger scraped his bum along the rug the other day and its a white rug:eek:
  • SnowyOwl_2
    SnowyOwl_2 Posts: 5,257 Forumite
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    omen666 wrote: »
    He is looking at that spot to determine whether to have a !!!!!! there or not

    Hopefully some dogs will stare at your face pretty soon.
  • SnowyOwl_2
    SnowyOwl_2 Posts: 5,257 Forumite
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    Jenner, if your dog often scoots his butt along the floor that is a sign that something is wrong. He would need to see the vet to have his anal glands examined.
  • System
    System Posts: 178,090 Community Admin
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    Trying to remember where he buried his bone ?
  • aliasojo
    aliasojo Posts: 23,053 Forumite
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    He's keeping an eye out for dropped coins so he can collect them for his doggy bank and eventually head off to the Bahamas for some sun? :)

    Failing that how old is he? Could he have any stiffness in his neck? Perhaps standing a certain way eases it?
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  • omen666
    omen666 Posts: 2,206 Forumite
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    SnowyOwl wrote: »
    Hopefully some dogs will stare at your face pretty soon.
    Fvck me that was a cracking response.
  • foreign_correspondent
    foreign_correspondent Posts: 9,542 Forumite
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    I don't know - but my dog does this occasionally - stares very intently at the floor with hr ears slightly pricked up - I figure that either she can see some small insect, or, once I saw her do it straight after I had dropped a treat on the floor for her - I think she didnt realise it had come from me and was checking to see if any more may magically appear from the carpet!
  • lisawood78
    lisawood78 Posts: 3,884 Forumite
    Mine do this if they see something move, fluff or a bug or anything really.
    It doesn't sound like anything sinister IMHO.
    Maybe your dog has spotted something moving about that you haven't seen?
    2 angels in heaven :A
  • giantmutantbroccoli
    giantmutantbroccoli Posts: 748 Forumite
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    It means he's possibly, nearly almost seen something move and he's watching to see if it'll do it again. Probably a dust spec or an invisible insect.
    The carpet's white, you say? Is it woolly as wells? Could be a case of mistaken identity!

    My dog once freaked out and wouldn't stop barking in the house. I was 15 and home on my own, and it was dark :( Eventually I tracked it down to just the one room he was abrking at, and then a bookshelf. Finally, we found there was one particular book he'd decided he didn't like - Mort by Terry Pratchett :D I still don't know why he was barking at it, but he only stopped when I'd opened it to check there were no bugs in it.
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