george Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 I thought I would share with you guys this curious behavior Maya developed last month and see if you have seen it For awhile now, whenever we give Maya treats (those teeth cleaning bones) - she will no longer eat them right away she will slow slink away as if hiding or trying to "blend in" and she will stand in a corner until no one is looking at her, then she will walk around the house with her head low to the ground and place her treat in some kind of hard to find place like in the couch cushions, in my daughters toy box, or even behind the toilet! (gross!) I suppose this is part of the instincts that develop as they get older, because we have no other dogs (yet, soon!) and she just started doing it. I just thought it was interesting that she does this inside instead of out. It's actually very funny my wife and I both followed her around yesterday and if you're looking she'll just sit with her back to you trying to look innocent, she will not stash the bone if you're looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BingBlaze n Skyla Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 my boy bings does this i put it down 2 him once being a stray tho so having to hide his food from other animals stealing it specially as he does it alot more since we got blaze - its quite funny when he does it cuz he isnt very good at hiding it alot ov the time so if i look over 2 where hes hid it n say bings i can still see it he goes n hides it sumwhere else lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbb23 Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 When we first got Grey he went through a stage of trying to dig up the carpet in the corner of room to hide his treats. Its very normal for them to do this and very funny to find hidden treats around your home no matter how the strange the place they are hidden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 lol !! awwww Kimba has gone through a stage of this - but with the stones from my fireplace treats dont last long enough with two gannits lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibe77 Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 If i remember correctly when Grey use to do it Pickles the Rat use to come out later that day when he was outside and sniff out the treats and eat them or store them in her little hidding place (My Speaker)..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazz Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 Our last Husky, Elke, did this with socks from the clothes hamper. She's been gone a liitle over a year now, and I found some socks in behind a chair in the living room last week. She also did it with chew toys. Zoya, who will be 1 year old in a few days, does this all the time with chew toys. But not with treats. I think it's fairly common. Huskies you know, can be deceptive. The funny thing is, they are so good at it, that we sometimes don't realize what's happened until much later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siberian_wolf Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 My mums dog, Rusty, used to do this at our old house/cottage. We found treats in all sorts of places, errrrm let me think: there was treats found: under the cushions just under the oven behind the bin behind the display units wedged in between the sofa cushion things and a very weird place - in the cupboards (how they got there I will never know as he only a small dog!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
innocenti Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 NEO has started to do this with his dental sticks.stashes them in the garden. He has started to hide things behind cushions at the mother-in laws too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice Posted July 23, 2009 Report Share Posted July 23, 2009 Ice does this some times, if the back door is open she will go and hide it in the garden then come back looking for more :eek: but as soon as she relises there is no more she will go and eat her chew Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidjk Posted July 27, 2009 Report Share Posted July 27, 2009 micha loves to hide things in holes she has gug, but she never manages to bury them again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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