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Cocker Specific Discussion => General Cocker Spaniel Discussion => Topic started by: Yomper on April 16, 2012, 08:41:19 PM
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when i cpme home oscar does all the usual tail wagging running around greeting and i can;t help but give him loads of fuss but he always has to run and get a toy and hold it in his mouth. Would this be becuase he thinks he may nip me in exitement as he does ppund me with his tail wagging and head burrowing. So much better than the oh's greeting :005:.
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Our eldest will do this.. We kinda taught her to do it to curb excitement when we got home, on a couple of occasions she greeted us with her toy in her mouth, so we taught her "bear" meant that toy, when we would get home we would ask her to find "bear" - stopped her jumping up, and being all excited and stopped her barking too.
As she has gotten older and her mouth has gotten bigger she can now bark with bear in her mouth though it is muffled :005:
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Freya does exactly this to greet anyone at the door or at the beach :luv: :lol2:
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Cockers are gundogs - it is in their nature to "present" something. ;)
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Cupar does this, but he`ll grab anything to bring you, tea towel, shoe, one of his toys whichever is nearest :lol2:
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Cockers are gundogs - it is in their nature to "present" something. ;)
Knew there was a link with the breed but that sums it up very simply
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Yep Maggie does this as well... I will give her something if she can't find something immediately because she gets more worked up looking for "anything" otherwise...
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Cockers are gundogs - it is in their nature to "present" something. ;)
Have always wondered why Sal does this..... even if I pop to the corner shop for three minutes, I still get presented with a stag bar or IKEA rat on my return. :luv:
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when i cpme home oscar does all the usual tail wagging running around greeting and i can;t help but give him loads of fuss but he always has to run and get a toy and hold it in his mouth. Would this be becuase he thinks he may nip me in exitement as he does ppund me with his tail wagging and head burrowing. So much better than the oh's greeting :005:.
no a lot of dogs do this on greeting people and its nothing to do with them thinking they may nip you in excitement (dogs don't think like that) - 2 of my dogs love to pick things up and wander around with them in excitement (one a cocker and one a spanielX)
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Cupar does this, but he`ll grab anything to bring you, tea towel, shoe, one of his toys whichever is nearest :lol2:
My friend's Cocker does this too, it always feels like he's bringing you a present to welcome you home.
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wot Karma said ;)
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Willow does this too :005: :005:
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yes, can report this happens every time a favourite person comes through the door in our household also! :005:
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Barney does this too. Often it will be one if my walking boots as they are nearby, and in his excitement, he will usually whack me across the shins with it.
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Flo also does this, as Karma said it's their nature to present.....and I think it's very sweet to be presented with a chewed up smelly toy when I come home.
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Dylan has always done this :luv: So we keep a special toy at the door for him to carry around when visitors arrive, better than him jumping up. He parades around with a wiggle bum and a stiff walk on the back legs. :005:
Erica.
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all of mine do it , its as Karma said gundogs , though Milo presented me with my mobile chewed up yesterday >:(
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William always does this when I come home and when I get up in the morning and come downstairs. He's usually desperate to go out and pee by then but still has to go to the toybox and find one of his favourite toys and present it to me before he'll go in the garden :luv:
Louis never does it though :dunno:
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Dylan has always done this :luv: So we keep a special toy at the door for him to carry around when visitors arrive, better than him jumping up. He parades around with a wiggle bum and a stiff walk on the back legs. :005:
Erica.
All 3 three of the cockers who have shared their lives with me have always had to have presents to 'give' - and have been known to disappear for ages to find something suitable if nothing happens to be near the door at the time :D - and that stiff-legged walk is so sweet and characteristic of them all as well :luv:
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Wilf does a lot of this and he'll nudge you with the toy while making funny growly noises :luv:
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Louis never does it though :dunno:
Ruby's the same, dunno why
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Charlie does this too...generally with a shoe or my slipper (as they are the closest things to the front door). If he can't find anything within close proximity to the door I have to take my shoe/slipper off to give him to give to me.
He also watches out the window with a toy/shoe in his mouth.
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Riley does this too. It doesn't have to be a toy - it depends what is lying around and if he can find anything he'll drag his bed to greet us!!
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Yes Pebbles does this too. I think it's lovely.
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Cockers are gundogs - it is in their nature to "present" something. ;)
Knew there was a link with the breed but that sums it up very simply
Well I've got 3 useless gun dogs and one that only presents teddies after eating her tea. :luv:
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Murphy does this, I think it so lovely.
Maddi doesn't. She is a bit odd though lol
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aah i did wonder why he did it. should have guessed really but thought iut was just the exitement. thanks for that :D
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Yes Alfie does this, in fact he does it anytime he is excited. He also insists on taking a toy outside with him for a wee, I usually try and grab it before he goes outside because he always leaves it outside in the rain :'(
He always has a toy in his mouth when we go out for a walk, I then have to grapple with him to let go and leave it in the hall, just recently he has taken to grabbing the draught excluder. He holds it in the middle and it is about 3 ft long, looks hilarious, like he has a massive sausage in his mouth. :005:
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When I go out I HAVE to leave my girls something to 'present' to me on my return.
I have three old tea towels (affectionately named 'the rags') :005: that I leave in the hall for my return. If I don't leave anything, the girls are beside themselves for something to 'present'. I have to leave three in case one girl picks up two and then the other would be absolutely distraught and feel utterly worthless. :005: :005:
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Diesel also does this however it's embarrassing when he presents visitors with 'presents' from the dryer - I'm pretty sure they don't appreciate me bra and knickers as welcome gifts :005:
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Maddie does it more than Woofie but I love to be greeted with a big waggly bum and a stinky toy :005:
If there is only one toy lying around Woofie will get it and Maddie pinches it off him!
Also when they go out for their first wee in the morning they have to take something with them, unfortunately both OH and me have the habit of leaving our socks on the floor and if we don't notice Woofie will grab one on his way out of the door, bless him!
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My two did this and I did some research as to why. It would appear that most dogs will do something similar given a chance it’s an instinct from when they were wolves. When the pack would go out hunting the bond between the hunters and the dogs remaining back at the den was reaffirmed with gifts and brining something to the other members of the group, it sort of re-affirms the bond and established the pecking order. So or cockers are just doing what comes naturally.
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Tia does this, it's just like she has a present for you :luv:
Jake doesn't do it at all.
Tia will also do this sometimes in crafty way, if both dogs are greeting you she will sometimes present Jake with the toy to distract him and then she has us all to herself and laps up the fuss :005: Jake goes for this it hook line and sinker :005: She does this a lot. She's a manipulative clever little madam :luv: