Puppy fakes his own death

[warrior1]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwdMzBMlQgA&feature=player_embedded


It's sort of addicting to watch. This pup is really very smart.

[pokerfan]

1. You got me! Aaaaaaaaaargh!

Smart dog. This dog on the other hand, not so smart: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWooV693FME

[freshwest]

14. The 'you got me' play works well. Now to your video..

First time I've seen a dog get fooled like that. Funny, though.

[pokerfan]

20. Dog is probably thinking:

"What's wrong with this human? I can't seem to get him started."

[freshwest]

23. Clearly a defect in the human, not the canine! The dog did everything perfectly!

[lukasahero]

16. Oh, I love that one. :) eom

[frogmarch]

2. LOL! that was great!

Very funny! What a ham that pup is. hahahaha

[lukasahero]

3. OMG - that's a riot!

:rofl:

[idiotgardener]

4. I think that dog had a seizure.

I hope the people get him checked out.

[alphafemale]

5. He looked up immediately. "Pretty kewl, huh?"

Then a couple seconds later was running again.

Seizure is pretty doubtful.

But welcome to DU.

[idiotgardener]

7. Some seizures just last seconds.

Falling over like that is not normal for a dog. Maybe he fainted.

Thanks for the welcome!

[frogmarch]

8. Couldn't she be showing submissiveness

by falling over? That's what it looks like to me, especially when she later runs up and appears to ingratiate herself to the other dog.

[lukasahero]

10. He was about to do it again at the end of the vid

Besides, that's not what a seizure looks like - my Lab had them for 13 years. Seizures also involve a "postictal" state where the dog goes through considerable recovery. The dog in this video is fine - it was doing a new trick.

And may I echo the "welcome to DU"!

[idiotgardener]

21. I had a dog with seizures too

it was due to an illness and only lasted a few weeks, but they were similar to the video at first. Did you ever find out what caused your dog's?

Maybe the video does not show a seizure, maybe he fainted or something, but I don't believe for a second he was playing dead.

[freshwest]

18. Welcome!

[freshwest]

17. Both my kid and the dog did the 'drop dead' act. Scared me until they laughed at me.

[frogmarch]

6. It looked to me as if the dog rebounded

too quickly to have had a seizure.

[warrior1]

9. It's called playing dead

this dog is smart. He/she may have been tired running around trying to get the dog to play.

[txwhitedove]

11. Funny! That looks like a Blue Tick Hound (German Pointer) I had.

She ran just like that and we used to watch her race the other dogs, just like a kid, in her face was "Come on, race ya!"

[freshwest]

19. Had one like that... Always liked to dance with us. Great dogs.

[txwhitedove]

22. Yes, one of the best dogs we ever had, the only time she 'missed' commands was to run

across the street to greet a child, any child. Because she grew up with my children, all children were were friends. When she was young she would bounce up and pull all the laundry off the line. I finally got her to stop, only to realize she considered any laundry left after sundown was fair game.

[fishwax]

12. lol

:rofl:

[freshwest]

13. I had a dog that looked/acted like that pup. She had to stop playing top dog to my Redbone.

Ah, the pecking order with a sense of humor. Wow, I love animals.

[lukasahero]

15. Oops - wrong place. Never mind.... eom

[Bake]

24. Try getting a CAT to do that ...

The cat will just give you a withering look and flip you off ...

:hi:

Bake

[Raffi Ella]

25. Ha! That is amazing.

I Love Dogs.