I burst out laughing also, I did not see this coming...... very cute.

Oh yes, I love watching my dogs look in a mirror. They either attack the intruding animal or they prance around showing off asking the dog in the mirror to play with them.

It's a cute story but calling man's best friend an idiot just doesn't seem right. Referring to your dog as an idiot would have me believe you don't think very highly of your dog.

Sorry you all know you were thinking it, it just took a big mouth to say something.

"Lemonhead" is nicer than idiot. LOL to your cute story. They do keep us smiling, our Lemonheads.

I always tell Blu he's a Knothead. He thinks it's a term of endearment. It's all in the tone of voice ....

Sylvia, I had to laugh at your story. I could just see him dancing on the bed and trying to decide whether he needed to protect you from the "intruder."

Goofy is my usual term. Idiot does sound harsh, but I'm sure it wasn't meant that way.

Anytime an animal makes us laugh....they have done their job for the day.

Duane

If I thought sylvia meant it, I wouldn't have posted about it.
I know that I habitually press sylvia's buttons so better me than someone else.

They are so funny. We took our 2 knuckleheads on an outing Thursday, since that is our day off. Having barking dogs is new to us; these 2 bark if they hear anything outside or even at night if I am still up and they hear me in another room.

So we went through the drive through with them, and seeing the people inside set them off. The next thing that set them off was a person walking along the side of the road. This person was a good 15 feet away from the edge of the road, but the dogs didn't like it one bit and started barking. I admit it, we called them numbskulls. Is that so wrong? LOL.

I was auntie to my friend's wonderful husky shepherd mix, and basically Bear looked like a wolf. She was very devoted to me when her mom put her in my care and went away.

I took her to a gym once, to sign up. I stood there at the desk, waiting to do the paperwork, and Bear uttered a low, threatening growl. Her head was lowered. She never did that! I looked to see who she was warning, and 18 feet across the room was a mirror, She saw us in the mirror. She saw herself and was growling at herself.

Too cute, I think I have seen this a happen a few times at my house, even growling at their reflection in the sliding glass door. Terri

I felt so safe : )

LOL! Very cute :)

Our "silly looking bowlegged dog" is the best cockapoo in the world. He knows its an affectionate term and always responds. Anyone else with a bowlegged cockapoo????

Great story sylviatexas LOL!

Dogs can make us laugh for sure!

Compared to birds, humans are almost blind. Compared to humans, dogs are almost blind. So who knows what dogs really see when they look at the mirror, especially from a distance? Could be that all he registered in his brain at the time was just sudden unexplained shadow and movement -- both of which should make a dog bark.