Lizzie's Bedtime Habits

I don't have a dog, because the space here is too confined, and it wouldn't be fair on the animal, but they certainly have some amusing little habits and rituals, don't they? Your dog sounds really cute. Brightest Blessings.

Hello Royal52gens, I do not have dogs but I am familiar with some habits that animals have that we humans aren't always aware of. Recently I had the pleasure of seeing dolphins. I was standing by the pool where the dolphins were swiming and everyone was told to place their hands gently in the water and the dolphins will choose which person they want to come too. I had one dolphin who came over to me and came up out of the water and let me stroke her back. It was amazing. The next day we went back to the dolphins and again I placed my hand in the water and a dolphin came over and again I stroked the back of the dolphin. The care taker of the dolphin and their trainer came over and asked me if I had any kind of disability. I told her yes, I have Cerebral Palsy. She smiled at me and said, She thought I did. I asked her how she knew and she stated that the dolphins will go over first to those who are disabled or sick because they can sense those with special needs. I was wondering because when my daughter and son placed their hand in the water, no dolphin came to them. This just shows that animals have a special sense that we humans don't have. Recently on the news, there was a story of a cat named Oscar who lived in a nursing home and when a patient was getting ready to die or become very sick, Oscar would go into their room and sit with them. Seeing eye dogs and other dogs have been known to save the life of their owner because of their special sense of caring. Maybe Lizzie's bedtime habits are for your purpose. The fact that she checks behing the closet door she is looking out for you. Also looking out the window before she goes to sleep is almost as if she is guarding you and watching out for you. Taping your elbow is getting your attention as if to tell you 'come on let's make sure your safe so she can go to sleep. Just a thought. Dogs are very smart as well as many other animals. I never knew that dolphins were so smart. We live and learn. Take care, Jadona2006

My black lab goes to bed on her own, but then comes back to check on us every 20 minutes or so until we finally go to bed. She comes into where ever we are, and sighs really loud and sits on my feet. We just moved, so she hasn't got her routine set exactly here yet, but at the old house, as soon as I would stand up from the computer, she would run to the stairs and wait to see if I was going downstairs to let her out. As soon as I stepped on that top stair, our terrier would jump out of our bed and they would both be at the back door waiting for me to let them out. When I let them back in, they would both run up the stairs and jup in bed. They figured they could get the best spot if they beat me I suppose. Our terrier always sleeps on my husband's pillow when he isn't in bed (he works nights), and our lab sleeps right beside me with her head on my feet.

I have 2 labs, one of them usually beats us to bed. His goal in life is to make sure the bed stays firmly on the ground. He is 8 1/2, when we got him, we were told his life expectancy was less then a year. He fooled everyone. The other one, the biological father of the above dog, is 11. He does not come to bed when told it is bedtime. He waits until I am in bed, then walks throught the house, I guess doing a bedtime check. Then he comes to the bedroom and sleeps next to the bed by me, but thankfully on the floor. If I stay up to late, he just stands and stares at me, he can stare very loud.

I do not have a dog or cat, but yours sounds wonderful.

That's too funny! I don't have a dog at the moment but my cats have some unusual habits when I get ready for bed. For one thing, when I go brush my teeth, they want me to run the water in the sink so they can drink from it. Then, when I get in bed, I have a couple of cats who cuddle up by my legs and one next to my head. Then I have one who jumps up on my right side and puts her head next to my shoulder for me to scratch. Once I turn out the light, one likes to come up and knead my arm and lick the inside of my elbow area. But I don't think any of mine have the unique routine your dog does.

Nope Gissi just goes to his Bed lol and when I go through to go to bed I get growled at because I have made Noise with him it is the Mornings when he gets up I have to make a Fuss and give him a Kiss when he comes through lol or he gets upset with me

That is very adorable! My dog, Haley, is an outside dog. The only communication we get from her is she will whine if we go outside and don't immediately play with her. Or aren't constantly playing with her too LOL.

Oh that is so darn sweet! Yes my beagle comes to me to order the others for her needs, LOL. She likes my oldest girl to take her out, she is happy go lucky when she does. If someone else does it, she drops her head and gives this grunt like "Darn". Then she likes my youngest to feed her, she does the same thing if someone else does it. But what ever she wants she comes to me and sets down in front of me until I say "what", then she dances around. When I holler for one of the girls she will start barking at them like, “listen to what she said”.

Izzy is ALWAYS in Bed! LOL It is her favorite place in the house. When it is Tara's bedtime, she comes in and gives me a goodnight kiss. Then I tell Izzy to go to bed with Tara. She gets up and goes into Tara's room. She gets to come back in my room after Tara goes to sleep. If Tara leaves the door open Izzy comes back as soon as Tara is completely asleep. If she closes the door, sometimes she stays in there all night. If Tara is not home, Izzy can tell when it is my bed time. As soon as I stand up she jumps up and gets under the covers. She likes to be covered up all the time unless it is over 85 degrees she is hudled under a blanket somewhere most of the time. So she has one on the couch and on our beds so she can get warmed up. She also knows when it is time for me to go to work, She is on high alert. She knows that if I put on my shoes, or pick up my purse, I am leaving and will RUN as fast as she can to the door and wait for me there. I usually take her to the sitter with Tara, and she HATES to stay home. I let her out to do her thing before we leave and if she gets the wrong idea on my days off and thinks I am leaving she will NOT come back in! She sits beside the van waiting for us to open a door so she can jump in and gop!

Wow, your Lizzie is an excellent communicator. Lucy seems to be good sometimes but at other's it's like she doesn't have a clue. Sometimes in the middle of the night she wakes me and if she's "anxiously" licking her lips it means she need to go to the toilet, but sometimes she cheats and the minute I'm out of sight she's over the fence and away on an adventure.

That is so cute. I don't have a dog right now, but none of the dogs I have had in the past have done anything such as that. Our cat likes to come up and nudge my elbow until I scratch her ears for a while before she settles in for bed, but doesn't have much of a bedtime routine aside from that.

It is better do not allow her to touch you when you are doing something, that will be a good habit.Let her touch your leg with her tail even it needs to be.

I don't have a dog but my cat comes into the bedrrom every morning at 5 am and demands that I get up and feed her. LOL she is used to me working and when I got home I would feed her. She will jump up onto the bed bat my head scratch my blanket lay acrossed my chest run around the end of the bed bat my feet nip at my feet. Finally she gets too me and I give in. hugs