Doodle behavior or just Mindy being Mindy?

[Jen St. Louis]

Our sweet, insane, recently-turned-one Goldendoodle, Mindy, has always been a funny pup. Funny ha-ha, not funny odd. Well, maybe funny odd, but I'm not sure... That's kinda my question.

 

Mindy spends an inordinate amount of time on her back, and she's done this since she was just a baby. She sleeps on her back with her back legs splayed and her front feet tucked up to her chest. She rolls over for tummy rubs at the slightest indication a tummy rub is a possibility - from anyone, doesn't matter if she knows them or not. She lies on her back to wrestle with other dogs. And she lies on her back (and sometimes side), limp, when she doesn't want to do something. Have you ever tried to wrestle a prone, 50+-pound furball off the floor? Or the couch, for that matter? It's not easy. She goes completely limp so it's as hard as possible for us to move her.

 

So what I'm wondering is, do any of you see similar behavior in your Doods? Or is Mindy just weird? (Well, we know she's weird, and that's part of the reason we love her so much.)

 

[Denise & Sophie]

Sophie also lays on her back while in here crate and in the evening after she has gone through her hyper hour!  I don't think she is submissive but if something scares her she sits at my feet.  I would love to give some of her energy away!!