Dogs Have a Sense of Humor

I have noticed over the years, that dogs have a special sense of humor.  It's sort of a dry sense of humor for some dogs, while for others it's the Charlie Chaplin, slapstick kind of humor.

Sometimes, they use their humor to make you laugh when you are in a particularly bad place, and other times they use their humor to get you, or make a point.

I've found that dog humor has given me a new perspective on life, and has increased my need to have an even better sense of humor now that I am older, wiser and slower in dog catching terms.

Here's some examples of dog humor:

This was Ollie's way of telling me our chairs were not big enough.  It's a subtle hint, don't you think?  And done well in dry dog humor.

Ollie actually stayed like that for about 10 minutes, trying to decide whether he wanted that bone with him or not.  But the message to me was quite clear....

"Ha ha ha....Mom...you need bigger chairs or better dog pillows!"

The drier side of their collective humor is exhibited in this photo as well.  Here they were clearly telling me my carpet is too small and I need to have more of IT and less floor.  (By the way, that is our Moe when he was a puppy, and Ollie--the Golden--whom we lost in 2006.  Ike is in the background, Daisy up front and Bethy in between Ike and Daisy.)

Dogs also like to use humor to show you that you really shouldn't be worried about anything when it comes to them.  For instance, when we were first training Piper to accept the kitties and not eat them, Piper often used his own very special sense of humor to show us he was "just kidding" about eating them.

Clearly this was a practical joke on Piper's part, laying on top of Gus and pretending to eat him.  Ha ha ha...er....ha...?

Sometimes the humor is unappreciated until days later....

The Charlie Chaplin side of dogs is what makes us laugh every day.  I think they know that we need to laugh, and they talk over exactly what routines they can use, that we haven't seen lately, in order to get us to crack a smile!

Here are some examples of our dogs making us laugh:


Moe watching bugs on the yard glider.



My son's dog Raay watching kids at the park with his
squirrel (which he set up that way)!




Winston plays king of the pillow mountain!



Ike mugging with his squirrel!



There are so many examples in photos of our dogs making us laugh on their own that today's blog could be littered with photos, taking up all the room on the page.


Perhaps some of our best laughs are at our dogs' expense.  One of the things they have learned is to humor us when we have the most insane ideas.  The most insane idea we have in our house is holiday dress up.  As you can see by this most recent photo of Moe and Danny, they just put up with us because we feed them!

Aarroooooooooooo!