Buddy--border collie rescue:
FASCINATING,
LOVABLE, very very very quirky, brilliant,
FUNNY,
respectful, sweet, nosey, obsessive, focused, energetic,
gentle, active, playful,
hyper-ish + laid back,
quirky,
'obvious'/communicative, quirky,
worries too much at times, goofy, show-off,
obedient, loyal, protective,
resourceful, problem-solver,
sooooo devoted,
quirky,
gangsta.
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but, if i had to pick only ONE word, i'd go with FASCINATING....my dog, being a rescue,
has so many quirks and interesting behaviors, that none of our previous dogs ever had....Buddy has so many
mysterious customs and habits,
like the way he stores his toys, for example,
is one(1)
of many
odd
things
that Buddy Shawshank does:
grouping some toys(his collection of laundry baskets) all go in the dining room, every night,
and only at nighttime.
IN the daytime, he herds his baskets all over the house, and leaves them whereever........ but,
every night, he drags the baskets, one by one, and stuffs them all under the dining room table. We did not teach him that, he does this on his own.
other
teeny-tiny furry toys go on his upstairs bed, and he acts like those are his babies, he carries them around gently, and keeps them snugged up next to him now and then, licking them and gazing at them
as if they are moving, for long periods of time..............and then, he returns the teeny tiny furry toys back onto his upstairs bed. ONLY that type of toy is allowed in Buddy's upstairs bed. If we throw, like a rubbery squeak toy on his upstairs bed, Buddy will remove that rubbery squeak toy....
and
his giant love-bear goes on his downstairs bed, he humps that giant bear, and only that giant bear. It's his "girlfriend" bear. He takes "girlfriend bear" outside with him, too, but, always brings her back in when he comes in. I think he is "hanging out" with his fake friend, ha ha!!
ANY brand new toy goes on the red rug, for 48 hours, til he decides where it belongs. If we move it, Buddy
will replace the brand new toy back over onto the red rug when he is done playing with it.
WEIRDEST ONE---apparently
3 random toys are piled at foot of stairs, daily, but we can not figure out why he chooses THOSE 3 toys every day to place at foot of our stairs....different toys each day, but, always 3. In past years, it was only one toy, but, he's upped it to 3 toys now. But, we don't 'get it' or understand why
those 3. It's fun to watch, though, although, sometimes a bit of a hazard...
and
NO toys are ever allowed by Buddy to be left in kitchen, for some odd reason.......... if we put any toy in the kitchen, Buddy will quickly snatch it up and look at us as if we were crazy, and put the toy where he thinks it belongs
.
.....we didn't teach him ANY of these things, he does it on his own....stuff like that,
just lots of interesting habits.
and he does crack us up every single day.