Why do dogs do this?

[WillParkinson]

I'm currently sitting about a foot away from my desk because all 4 dogs are piled around my feet. When I'm in the office they're either scattered around my chair or laying on/near/between my feet. And it's freaking impossible to get them to move!

[hobbit709]

1. All of mine have the same middle name

"Move, dammit"

[WillParkinson]

2. I always thought mine was...

Get the hell out of the way, but it seems like they changed it without letting me know.

[driver8]

16. Ha ha -- very funny! n/t

[nadine_mn]

3. as my husband says "they love you!"

mine not only do that but also huddle around us when we try to use the restroom

they just want to keep an eye on you in case you drop a snack

[A HERETIC I AM]

4. It is a well known doggy fact that food falls from the sky in the proximity of bipeds. n/t

[cbdo2007]

5. Get a chair with rollers

then chase them around with it making a loud vaccuum cleaner noise.

My dog currently thinks my office chair is a vaccuum cleaner, so she won't come near me when I'm at the computer.

[NV Whino]

6. I like this solution

I may try it with the cats. In the winter, when they are almost constantly in the house, my office door remains closed. Summer isn't a problem as they are generally outside doing kitty stuff.

[cbdo2007]

13. haha, thanks. We tried training her to like the vaccuum and not be scared of it....

but that didn't work so we turned it around and all the bad stuff we did, we trick her into think it's the vaccuum. She jumps on our bed, the "vaccuum cleaner" magically turns on and chases her around the house threatening to eat her. She outsmarts us most of the time, but definitely not here. (if you count me rolling after her in my office chair making loud vaccuum cleaner noises as "smart")

[MilesColtrane]

7. You're the Alpha Dog.

Your minions are awaiting instructions on who or what to destroy.

[WillParkinson]

9. My minions do not understand 'destroy'. If I say 'Get him!'...

The think that's their cue to lick the person coming into the house.

I hang my head in shame for having a pack of Rugrats.

[MilesColtrane]

11. I guess there are fates worse than death.

Licked by Minions! *shudder*

[Richardo]

8. Dogs take the term 'pack' very seriously

Hence the term "dogpile" which you can see very night, winter or summer, wherever I'm sleeping.

[HopeHoops]

10. I want to know how a 17 lb Sheltie can Marmaduke a full-size bed!

She gets like six-feet long at night and my wife and I are without anywhere to put our feet.

[lunatica]

12. When I say "Go lie down" my dogs leave and go to their favorite lying down spots

[TorchTheWitch]

15. so does mine - though often reluctantly

He has to make sure I know he doesn't want to do it and it makes him sad. You know... that "oh poor me" doggie face they practice in the mirror when you aren't around.

[PJPhreak]

14. LOLOLOLOL!!

Our 60 lb Husky/Aussie Timber is nicknamed "Velcro",He just won't leave Scarletfyre's Side....ever!

Luna our Husky/Shepard likes to argue...LOUDLY!

and yes Cosmo our 15 lb Pomchi has the same abilitys as ElastiGirl,little bugger can cover a whole fullsize bed when it behooves him,generally when I'm in it!

[pokerfan]

17. pack animals absolutely hate being alone

They see you as the alpha dog. Some dogs become so attached to their owners that they suffer separation anxiety whenever left alone for a considerable time. By sleeping on your feet they might not be very comfortable physically but they know that they will be wakened if you move and that is emotionally comforting to the dog.

[applegrove]

18. My cousins brought over a new puppy one day in the 1970s. That pup went right to my dad's

feet and curled up between his two shoes. He was used to being in a litter and missed his brothers and sisters and my dad's brown shoes fit the pattern of puppies nursing. It was really cute.