Do you think your dog is aware of his dog-ness and wants to be human?

[Melissa & Porter]

First let me start by saying that I really don't anthropomorphize Porter all that much. I know he is a dog and I don't ascribe complex thought processes to him most of the time.

However, he does some stuff that I find hilarious and somewhat indicative that he is confused about his species identity. I think his young age,1, and the fact that I have three kids, 4, 6, 8 may contribute to this situation.

Most recently, I loaded all the kids into the car to get haircuts. My husband was staying home. Porter snuck out of the house with us, climbed into the car, and crawled up into a forward-facing carseat. (Picture a 65 lbs dog squeezing his big butt into a flowered seat for infants and toddlers.) He had to be dragged by my husband out of the car.

Now, I know he must just see us as the pack and he wants to stick with us, but the way he handles the kids stuffed animals makes me laugh too. He collects them and puts them on his bed. He taunts the kids when he is stealing them, but he doesn't damage them at all. I think he just wants to hoard cool stuff for status, but I wonder if he is trying to be like them. It breaks my heart (I am laughing at myself too and making an "L" with my fingers and putting it up to my forehead.)

So, do you have any dog-human confusions stories to share?

[Sue, Murphy and Bella ()*o*()]

Melissa, the car seat picture would have been priceless! I don;t have anything to match that. Murphy pretty much is our fur baby and he knows it. No confusion here.

[Melissa & Porter]

LOL...thank goodness Murphy knows his place :-)
I'll try to get a pic the next time he does it.

[Dan, Judi, & Timbow]

I agree..I want to see the car seat picture. Porter sounds precious and this whole story just makes me smile. Timbow is the baby in our house since we don't have human kids yet, so I'm sure he thinks he's one of us. lol.

[Melissa & Porter]

I'll try to get a picture of my big hairy baby in the carseat :-)

BTW, Timbow's hair in your pictures is quite spectacular. There were pop stars on the MTV awards last night who only aspire to locks like his!

[Laura & Chewie]

No stories like that about Chewie yet, but do have a cute one about our dog Rocky we had for 17 years. We had pizza delivered once...I paid the delivery guy, walked into the kitchen with the pizza and there was Rocky sitting at the kitchen table on a chair...priceless!

[Melissa & Porter]

LOL!! What a smart dog that Rocky must have been.

[Linda and Murphy]

I would love to see the picture in the car seat!
Murphy has no clue he is a dog. Recently, my 19 yr old had to ride with me (and Murphy) in my two seater car. Murphy almost REFUSED to give up his seat (and seatbelt) to my son. He refused to get on the floor ..there wasn't much...and sat on my son's lap. All 100 lbs of him.

[Melissa & Porter]

Oh, I can picture that, LOL. These dogs seem to double in weight when they don't want to move, right? Passive, peaceful resistance to the insult of being asked to move out of his seat...or for Porter: walk down a certain street or walk upstairs for a bath :-)

[Melissa & Porter]

I couldn't convince him to get in the flower seat again. When I filled all the other seats with kids and junk, he lay on the floor and huffed once in annoyance. But I have added some pics to my profile of our photo shoot.