Grumpy old doggy

Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 9:57 am

jasper is now just over 9 years of age. and he gets grumpy and does an awfull lot of grumbling. he has got into the habbit of waiting for me to dish up the dinner and barks. i have got him to sit quietley Shocked

but he grumbles and yawns and talks to me. he is most comical. Laughing

he also knows when i make 2 cups of tea. these dogs are very smart .
would like to hear your stories

Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 5:27 pm

Brioche is starting this "talking" too it's so funny great voice Very Happy

Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 6:29 pm

Hi Linda,

Ralph does this as well. Especially if I go out without him. I'm not sure if he's telling me everything my neighbours have been doing, or telling me off for leaving him.
Does Jasper do this in the middle of the night though? Ralph has always 'talked' but its when he does it in the early hours of the morning... it makes me jump out of my skin!

Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 7:39 pm

Hamish doesn't sing but he can certainly hum especially now he needs a bath Very Happy

Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 8:30 pm

Hi,

When you say talk do you mean bark or.....

Tim

Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 9:22 pm

no jasper is usualy very quiet in the night unless he hears something.

tim he kinda grumbles and mumbles bit like a thunderstorm at times. Laughing

Posted: Mon Mar 08, 2010 10:22 pm

Amber use to mumble to herself if she couldn't get her own way, or if she had been told off. Laughing

Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 4:21 pm

Belle talks a lot. Especially if she is having a scratch it is so funny. Or when she hops into bed it like ahhhhhhhhhhh that is nice. Very Happy

Caitriona

Friend Joined: 01 Feb 2010 Posts: 52 Location: England

Oh yes!!

Sirius pud has earned the nickname "Grumble-bum!" Wink

He grumbles and mumbles to himself if he dosen't get his own way, or if his stout is not poured at exactly 9pm! He also grumbles on the back seat of the car as he insists on sitting on my knee!! He is a bloomin' big dog!! and he has no concept whatsoever, that he is not a puppy anymore! Shocked

Master Friend Joined: 20 Aug 2005 Posts: 357

Our Roxy is eight soon, and the same here a big yawn and a grumble. She walks really slowly if she's been told off. The howling at anyone on the drive hasn't stopped yet!
Gail and Roxy

Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 7:34 am

Fleur and Bonbon do the contented mumbling when they lay down; have come back from a good romp or been fed. Bonbon also speaks (not a bark) when you talk to her in a silly voice. I am sure is swearing at me sometimes Laughing

Posted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 11:54 am

thanks everyone for the input most interesting.
jasper has started to come in and tell me when hubby is doing a drink. i tell jasper yes i know but he goes on and on talking to me.
all the dogs i have owened over the years have been clever.
jasper being a briard seems very different. very intelegent yet stupid Laughing

then aren't we all Rolling Eyes

they hate change like cats.
and of course the deep i am a big dog bark Shocked

but scared of a TRAFFIC CONE.
YOU JUST GOTTA LOVE THESE DOGS.
Hubby was looking for him the other night and jasper was standing behind him. i think jasper was playing him up. it was facsinating to watch the devilment in jaspers eyes. Surprised

Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 11:46 am

Ha! Devilment in the eyes! Don't we all know about that! Hugo has it when he's just stuck his face in mud and is on his way to wipe it on my legs.
He also does a huge sigh with some lip-smacking when he is going to sleep and he sings along to various theme tunes. He hasn't yet reached the grumbling stage, but I expect him to develop it later in life like Oscar did whenever he was told off. Both of them have been prone to very loud, drawn-out, attention-seeking yawns.

Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 4:45 pm

oh the yawns too. very vocal dogs. keep your storys coming Laughing

Posted: Sat Mar 13, 2010 8:28 pm

Jadis yawns.

Tim

Posted: Tue Mar 16, 2010 4:19 pm

Olive only talks when she sees another dog while out walking. She takes cover between me and my partner and keeps up a funny, whiny, growly sort of conversation until we get past it. Lots of folk laugh at it, it sounds so silly.

Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 9:46 am

i think the older they get the more they do it. Laughing

Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 12:26 pm

Bo has taken to delving behind our long curtains when they're closed and poking his head out from underneath looking like Mother Theresa.... usually when we're not paying him any attention! Looks so funny

He also now mini barks at me if i'm eating a biscuit he wants Laughing

x

Posted: Wed Mar 17, 2010 7:16 pm

Caroline wrote:

Bo has taken to delving behind our long curtains when they're closed and poking his head out from underneath looking like Mother Theresa.... usually when we're not paying him any attention! Looks so funny

He also now mini barks at me if i'm eating a biscuit he wants Laughing

x

I need you to write a storybook about Mister Bo Jangles! You have a wonderful way with words... xo

Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2010 9:47 pm

Caroline wrote:

Bo has taken to delving behind our long curtains when they're closed and poking his head out from underneath looking like Mother Theresa.... usually when we're not paying him any attention! Looks so funny

He also now mini barks at me if i'm eating a biscuit he wants Laughing

x

he he

jasper does the same with the kitchen curtains and one usualy drapes over his head. which leads to me saying he is wearing this years fashion garment. Laughing

they are comical at times.