Dog Logic: when the brown truck comes up to the house,

[hedgehog]

I bark like mad at it, and it goes away.

I have protected my home from the brown truck.

[hlthe2b]

1. My dog's logic (when tied out front when they come)...

Yeah, Yeah... start whole body wiggle of tail, slick ears back be as cute as one can be--draw them in, score the belly rub and THEN...
they will come BACK!!!

Keep working on technique-- and they'll be back SOONER!!!

(Mom's so glad I have trained the Brown truck to keep coming back) WIN WIN WIN!

[In_The_Wind]

2. ...

[Populist_Prole]

3. We had a dog that was such a scammer to the postman

This was back in the 70's and he was a walking postman that carried a mailbag for house deliveries. Anyway he always carried a BIG box of 'Milk Bones' in his bag and gave them out as a way to pacify any aggressive dogs he might run into as he did his rounds. Our dog, a fairly large english setter mix was always an affable mutt and everybody in the neighborhood loved him; but he would bark in his menacing "warning" tone if strangers approached the house. Once he got to know somebody he wouldn't bark.

Anyhow, ever since the dog and postman ever met, the dog learned how to "play" the postman ever since the postman first gave out milk bones to pacify him. Now this dog as I've said was very affable but every day as the postman approached, he ( the dog ) would trot out of the yard and down the street to meet the mailman, acting threatening to a man he had no intention of harming whatsoever, just to get a few milk bones. This went on for years. It was funny but we still felt bad for the post man but I'm sure he knew the dog was bullshitting him and was just natured and went along with it.

[ashling]

4. My dog's logic when ANYONE comes to the house

If I don't know you , you don't belong here!

[UTUSN]

5. My two beg to differ: It's the white cubical mail truck. Plus, both bark, but the male

is who cares about the task. The female (Chihuahua) raises a ruckus just to rile him, dashes out the door first for the sole purpose of ambushing the male dog, and nips him, then ignores the rest of the expedition. And the male dog (a mini-wiener) furiously barks at the (garbage) truck, but when it backs up toward him with the beeping alarm, he RUNS back to get inside.

[hedgehog]

6. The current big dog is a German Shepherd hound mix trained as

a puppy by our old hound mix dog. When the old dog died, the Gereman shepherd mix was very anxious about having to do all the barking himself. We added a Spitz, who now does the preliminary barking. The big dog joins him as the situation warrants. I've seen the little dog outside barking, run in to bark at the big dog, then both of them high tail it back outside (sliding on the wood floors around corners) so they can both bark. Generally it's bad, bad deer who are the targets.

[RobinA]

7. Our Dog's Logic

when Brown or Purple & Orange come in the driveway, "Oh boy here comes one of those trucks with the doors always open. If I jump in and sit patiently, maybe I can go for a ride when the man comes back. At least I will get a cookie." Looks around inside of truck, "This is nice, but that cop car I glommed a ride in last week was way cooler, especially when he let me ride up front."

[Yavin4]

8. In your dog's defense, have you been attacked by the brown truck?

No? Well, then, job well done by doggie. Well done indeed.

[Locut0s]

9. Our Dogs logic (late dog), same for most dogs..

Master comes back after being gone 15mins - OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! He's BACK!!!!! I'm going to shit on the floor! I'm going to shit on the floor! So EXCITING! He's been gone for years! I miss him so much! *cry* *whimper* tail wag, bark, squeal! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG!.....

Master come back after being gone 3 days - OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG! He's BACK!!!!! I'm going to shit on the floor! I'm going to shit on the floor! So EXCITING! He's been gone for years! I miss him so much! *cry* *whimper* tail wag, bark, squeal! OMG! OMG! OMG! OMG!.....

[Lasher]

10. Yep, that's dog logic

[Kaleva]

11. I was attacked and bitten by a dog once.

The apologetic owner told me that the dog loved everyone but UPS and furnace repair men. I was really pissed off at first but calmed down and got his furnace running even though my left pants leg was torn and bloody.

[hedgehog]

12. I did a dumb thing years ago - I opened the door to help the mail carrier with packages,

and my old hound slipped past me and nipped her! First and only bite - if he'd been barking I would never have opened the door. Thank heavens for heavy winter clothing - and God Bless her and the USPS because she didn't even report it - she didn't want to spend the day doing paperwork!

[Kaleva]

13. I've been bitten many times but this was the only time I got upset about it.

Mainly because it hurt and that dog was bound and determined to kick my ass until the owner came outside. Most of the time, I considered being bit by a dog to be just one of the hazards of the job.