Anyone else constantly running into, or tripping over their doodle?

[Adina P]

Anyone else constantly running into, or tripping over their doodle?

Sometimes I think my two labradoodles and my border collie feel no pain! Seems that every day I end up elbowing or kicking or kneeing Thule, stepping on Cass' foot, or tripping over Rosco to prevent stepping on his tail or belly or leg. And this is all by accident simply because they do not have a space bubble at all! I might be in the kitchen and suddenly turn around to grab one thing and end up with a bruised knee from having it crash into Thule's butt bone. Last night I was putting clothes away and reached down for something and elbowed Thule in the head! I might get up quickly from the table only to find I have no safe footing and almost fall on top of Rosco.

None of us are ever really injured--but sometimes it hurts and I feel so bad (for me and whatever doggy I've run into)!

Anyone else have this problem due to doggies constantly underfoot with NO space bubble?

[Adina P]

If I KNOW they are there I will have them move...but you'd think after getting clonked on the head or hips they'd have learned anyway...LOL. I probably just need to learn myself...LOOK left, right, and down before moving!

[Adina P]

That's Thule! So far she's almost broken my cheek twice...(though really there was no bruising at all, I'm just a wimp). Once I was in the yard ready to pick up a ball when she swooped up under me and BOPPED me hard with her bony head. The second time was recently while I was crouched down petting her and she wiggled, wiggled, and bopped me again! OUCH!

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

My problem is that Ned matches our carpet. His favorite place to stretch out is on the bottom step of our stairs. Light or dark you have to be aware that he might be there. His second favorite place is on a stair in the MIDDLE of the stairs. When he does this you better be holding the stair rail!!!

[Cam & Oski]

My stealth doodle also matches our shag rug in the living room & will snake himself around the coffee table so that even if I were able to pick him out from the carpet, there'd be no place to crawl off the sofa without stomping on him. He not only shadows me throughout the house but when I go down to the basement, he wants to walk not in front of me, or behind me, or even past me on the stairs. He has to walk right beside me, up or down, requiring me to plaster myself to the wall while trying to maintain whatever meager balance I have...I foresee a squashed doodle or broken ankle one of these days, LOL

[Marcia Stevens]

Everyday...all day...they are my "moveable" rugs.....

[Maryann,Roo and Tigger]

Yep! It happens to me pretty much constantly. I am pretty sure my dogs are psychic. No sooner do I move them from one place than there they are laying right in the place I want to be next. It is really uncanny - their ability to move from place to place just enough ahead of me that I step, bump, trip, over one and into the next. I could understand it if it happened just in the kitchen, I mean food might ( and does) fall on the floor at any minute. But it happens everywhere, even in the yard while I am gardening!

[Kelli, Fenway, & Dustin Pedroia]

Oh my gosh yes! Fenway is constantly right at our feet. Our kitchen is kind of small and that seems to be the worst. She is always right there when we're trying to turn around and make our way around the kitchen while cooking. It never fails. Fenway also loves to get under the couch and I sometimes step on her little paws that are sticking out when I get up. She just wants to be constantly close to you and therefore underfoot. Luckily we haven't had any serious injuries either, but I feel you on this one.

[Steve Drury]

I haven't had much trouble with my goldendoodle Daisy. She's young, quick and has lightning fast reflexes. She manages to move away from potential conflicts pretty quickly.
But we used to have a 60 lb Australian shepherd that would lie in wait for me. He would lay down and block my path. I would tell him to move but he wouldn't budge until I had one foot in the air and was stepping over him. Then he would leap up. He would scoot safely out of the way while I would stumble around trying to regain my balance.
He and I battled from time to time for pack leader status. I always won the obvoius tests. But I'm convinced this path blocking was intentional. It was his not-so-subtle pay back.

[Janie]

Oh,my word....I have this problem with both my doodles.