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Okay, enough lurking I suppose. This is Lepton. Say hi, Lepton!  He's a 9-year-old Maltese (though we think he might be a mixed breed since he's 15 pounds and doesn't have all Maltese features). He doesn't know he's 9. He runs around like a maniac, has more energy then my wife and I, and still looks and acts like a goddamn puppy. Most of the time, he rolls over and assumes that, since you're passing and he assumes you're on your way to nowhere in particular, you have time to rub his belly. We often oblige.  He is the destroyer of stuffed animals. Whenever he sees one, he goes apeshit. He doesn't rest until he has torn all of the stuffing out of them. He then snuggles with their hollowed out corpses. Don't gently caress with Lepton.  Anytime is snuggle time when you live with Lepton.  He loves to lick. He licks hands, feet, hands, foreheads, hands. Sometimes he wears himself out.  He also will manipulate nicely folded quilts into a nest for himself and then proceed to sleep there, even though we've bought him multiple expensive beds (which he does use all the time as his primary bed, but he can't resist a quilt).  He only ever humps his bed (and boy does he). He was neutered as a puppy and has never, ever tried to hump anyone or anything else ... only his bed. He loving LOVES people but other dogs, not so much. He is amazing with kids and just the biggest  in the world. This is old hat around here now, but it's true: I was never really a dog person when I met him. Now, I can't imagine life without him. I love this little man.
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| # ¿ Nov 9, 2010 18:10 |
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| # ¿ May 18, 2013 11:42 |
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cLin posted:Holy poo poo, is Lipton my dog's father? Argos has destroyed almost every single stuffed animal within his reach, frequently lays on his back for tummy rubs (and when you stop, he touches your face as an indicator that he wants you to continue) and licks my feet any time there's a hint of moisture on them. As much as Lepton would make an awesome dad, those days never arrived for him. He also decides that we're not clean when we get out of the shower since I'll be standing there with a towel around me and all of a sudden I have dog tongue licking my calf and foot trying to get all of the moisture off of me. He also does this string thing that I've dubbed "praying". He lays on his back with his two back legs just splayed out but puts his two front paws together like he's praying. Then, he lets out a single "Woof" and kicks his front paws over his face. He'll do this anywhere from 2-7 times. Then he rolls back over and carries on like nothing ever happened. He's done this for as long as I can remember. I'm sure I'm not describing it well. I'll try to get a video of it sometime.
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| # ¿ Nov 9, 2010 22:25 |
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CubanRefugee posted:Uh, yeah. I started shaving my head this past few weeks, and my dog normally just licks faces and ears, now if I'm laying down, he'll jump on me and lick my scalp. It's really really odd. I've had a (conveniently yarmulke sized) bald spot since I was 18, and our dog (Lepton; see in thread) takes to getting on the back of the couch and licking my bald spot. It is quite strange, but it's not much stranger then when he licks our feet or hands or calfs or tries to clean us when we get out of the shower or when he licks his paw incessantly because of a (still unknown but we keep trying) allergy, or when he covers the perimeter of the kitchen licking the floor after we've finished cooking dinner.... The dog loving loves to lick.
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| # ¿ Jan 16, 2011 14:34 |
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Captain Foxy posted:
I got my dog the carob and nut covered packs as well. What I didn't anticipate were the carob stains on the carpets from when he moves them around trying to maneuver them into his mouth  The odor free bully sticks are awesome and he loves the poo poo out of those things. I don't know who thought a bull penis would make a fantastic chew toy, and it helps me sleep a little better if I don't try to figure out the logical step thinking that went behind that, but dammit if they weren't right.
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| # ¿ Jan 17, 2011 19:42 |
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Kiri koli posted:How long does it take everyone's dogs to eat the bully sticks? Psyche ate a 6 inch in 30 minutes. We're not sure it's a good idea to keep giving them to her if she goes through them so quick. It's hard for me to know because he usually has a few of them around the house, so I'm never sure which one he's chewing on. He keeps some upstairs and some downstairs -- he will shuffle their locations as he sees fit. Also, I take them away from him when they get so small that I think he'll choke on them (about 1/2" or so), and he only chews on them when he's bored, but I'd say they last about a week for my dog.
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| # ¿ Jan 17, 2011 23:05 |
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tuckfard posted:My main question, however, is this: he'll often get "mad" at one of us and start sprinting full speed around the apartment, growling making odd snarling noises trying to sound all mean. After a few laps he'll come back, sit down, and stare at us, upon which I usually say, "what?!" which sends him off on another rampage. For the tear stains, I've heard Angels' Eyes works great. I don't really mind them since our Maltese isn't for show or anything, so we just clean his eye goops out every once in a while and call it a day. Our dog will do something similar though. If we start running in the house, he starts running after us and biting our pant legs and growling while shaking his head quickly. It's not a "Imma bite you" growl, but the same growl he uses when we're playing tug-of-war with his stuffed animals. If we stop running, he stops and just looks up at us with his tail wagging and completely cease this behavior. I think it's a play thing (at least for our dog). If I look at him and say, "What?", his tail will start to wag and he'll want to play (or go outside and take loving forever to go to the bathroom even though it's freezing outsize . Why are you so particular, dog!?
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| # ¿ Jan 20, 2011 19:37 |
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| # ¿ May 18, 2013 11:42 |
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Does anyone else's Maltese have loving ADD? I swear to christ every time we let the dog out we have to keep reminding him that to poop. He'll start to look for a place and then stop and stare for about 15 seconds. Then it's two more steps, a few sniffs, then we walk over here and Oh! What's that? Then the wind blows and the dog gets distracted and so on. The process takes 5 goddamn minutes. Just poop, dog!
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| # ¿ Jan 27, 2011 16:05 |
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