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At my mother's there was a "no dogs on the furniture rule". A few years before I moved out she had a foster fail called Ayk. He was so energetic but always friendly and everyone loved him but he tried to stretch this rule as far as possible.
This is an example:
And some of you may say: that's just a coincidence he's in touch with the seat. But I can assure you: it's calculated. As soon as he had established contact he started inching forward, slowly but steadily.
On the couch he usually started with his butt, just touching and suddenly he sat next to you, acting totally normal.
It was tolerated way too often because it was hilarious to watch him and see how his little brain came up with a "walkaround" for the rule. He was a very good boy!
I love this lol. Thank you for sharing the story. It’s pretty amusing how they try to inch their way in and stretch some boundaries.
I love the fact that they know what they're doing. We had a second dog around that time. She waited until everyone was in bed and the went to sleep on the couch.
In the rare occasions she was too deep asleep to notice someone coming down the stairs and she got busted, she was just lying there, wagging her tail like crazy, her eyes literally squeezed shut. If she can't see me, how should I be able to see her?
She was also a huge trash digger and whenever my mother found trash in the dog bed and asked her where the trash came from, she always looked at my younger sister like "I don't want to accuse anyone here, but you may want to ask your daughter u.u".
Dog tax - Trixie the trash queen making a new friend