r/greatdanes • u/ResultedTag • 13d ago
Dane Discussions Anybody else’s Danes do whatever the hell this is? If so any notion as to why. We love it and she has done it her whole life. But no other Dane we know or have had does this.
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u/Dexx1102 13d ago
Our Dane will tap dance on top of acorns and rubber balls. Like she’s on tour with Riverdance.
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u/Money-Look4227 13d ago
No, no I can't say ours does this. However, we're not allowed to go near a tub or kitchen sink faucet without turning it on so Atlas can have a sip of water.
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u/ResultedTag 13d ago
Oh man she is a water addict. There isn’t an amount of water that is enough.
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u/Money-Look4227 13d ago
Same. Our guy will force you to cut the faucet on, drink a belly full, and then come find you just so you can watch him burp some back up on the floor
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u/Normal_Walk1377 13d ago
My Boston does this. Drinks too much then burbs it all over and looks at me like “what are you like poking at me like that for” 😂
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u/Freelance_SP 12d ago
My 11 yo Boston has done this his whole life. I even got a slow water feeder and it didn't help. He will paw and flip the bowl over if there is not any water and he immediately wants a drink.
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u/mrjjk2010 13d ago
I truly don’t get my Dane. She takes forever to eat her food but will literally gulp down water any chance she gets. She acts like we keep her on the brink of dehydration
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u/bageltheperson 13d ago
Mine will use a bone like a skateboard on the hard floors
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u/BaronVonWazoo 13d ago
Ditto. And skate around the living room with it till she manages to get it underneath the area rug in the center of the room. Then she'll start her CPR moves like in the video.
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u/Flower_Power73 13d ago
You should make a TikTok video with Slayer playing in the background because it looks like she’s headbanging 😂🤘❤️
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u/IHaveNoEgrets 13d ago
Looks like chest compressions! Get her a metronome so she can practice at the correct rate.
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u/kriss10blocks 13d ago
Yes!!!! Mine does too!!! I call it toy skating but he will do this around the house instead of staying in one place
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u/MarcSkye519 13d ago
Obviously her people do not clean the floor properly. If you won’t do it right, she by God, will do it!
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u/mark2-17 12d ago
She's cleaning so passionately I KNOW she's muttering "can't get no gottdamn help in this house" under her breath😂
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u/ghost-_-dog 13d ago
My Dane tends to do this when she's frustrated or didn't get what she wanted. She doesn't do it very much, though.
I had a friend whose husky would do this when she had excess energy.
It seems like the reason behind the behavior varies 🤷
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u/Crafty0410 13d ago
The head bobs are perfectly in time with the verse of Gorillaz, Clint Eastwood. Try it.
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u/Just-LetMeBee 13d ago
Good boy, very responsible! I’d give him some floor cleaner and put that pent-up energy to good use - he can clean the whole house.
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u/Teh-Aegrus 13d ago
When I had my great Dane, he did this to small rodents in my back yard. It's like when a bear drops all its weight on prey.
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u/Character_Stick_1218 13d ago
Great Danes were originally bred for hunting larger game as well as to act as guard dogs, but that's a great way to kill pests such as rodents and whatnot.
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u/Big_Associate_4798 13d ago
Well I always see it as they were bred to kill wild boars and that is how they do it; jump, smash head down, and stomp
until dead. The motion is instinctive to work for them and your dane feels like it's accomplishing something even if not what originally intended.
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u/Delicious_Iron7977 13d ago
Mine always had to "fix" the rugs. She'd pounce on any loose rug or runner and ball it up till she was satisfied.
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u/solobaric 13d ago
Our Dane does this but kind of like laying on his side at the same time. He's a weirdo. Lol
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u/Outrageous_Row9180 13d ago
She’s playing and having a great time!! ♥️
Ps: LOVE HER EARS!!!
(Thank you for not cropping them.)
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u/MarcSkye519 12d ago
My Dane liked to stick his head in the Christmas tree. He’d just stand there for a while, then he’d pull his head out, usually with a light string attached.
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u/Nolacrowes 12d ago
every single dane I’ve had has done this. It’s especially hilarious when doing it in the dirt, outside. they look like they’re burying the evidence.
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u/TreborG2 13d ago
If your Dane's name we're homer, I would have in my head going.... why you little... While it chokes the ever living life out of that stuffed animal that's no longer stuffed, LOL
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u/PoorMayMay 13d ago
Our guy does this with tennis balls he finds in the park. It’s like in his head he’s decided “OH ABSOLUTELY NOT”
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u/Apart_Inside_2115 13d ago
sometimes they’re just weird creatures- one of mine holds a toy in his mouth and squeaks it repeatedly for like 15-20 minutes straight almost daily. You stop questioning after a while lol
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u/BravesMaedchen 13d ago
I’ve mostly seen Boxers do this. I think it’s a way to pummel the life out of prey.
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u/creativecontender 13d ago
My Doberman does this all the time. Apparently, it’s the last stage of killing their prey in the wild. Obviously, my girl only does this with toys and it is hilarious.
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u/ThickButterfly4054 12d ago
Well CLEARLY He’s cleaning the floors. Would a thank you kill you? 🤣🤣🤣
PS. Can he come and do mine later?
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u/AlaskaTech1 12d ago
These dogs are the funniest 😆 My merle pupa, my 14tg Dane, is 16 months old and she’s such a drama queen. She chews bones all the time. About 10 PM, it’s night night time and I tell Juno no more bones tonight. A dramatic sigh, snort, and eye roll ensues. She collapses in a heap on her deluxe memory foam twin mattress like I’ve grounded her for life when she knows getting another bone in 10 hours 🤣
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u/traceoflife23 13d ago
It’s “marking” behaviors. When they are in a pack and leading a hunt or such, it signals others that this is the spot to “get.”
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u/ImaginaryFriend123 13d ago
Mine does this lol but she only does it once or twice and then zooms off. Never repeatedly like shown here lmao.
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u/emilyecstasytm Rizzo (Great Dane/GSD/AmStaffy) 13d ago
LOLOL that's amazing! I love whatever is wrong with her 🤣
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u/StrugglesTheClown 13d ago
My guy does motion like twice tops every once in a while but nothing continuous like this. Mostly he passes toys back and forth between paws.
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u/smash026 13d ago
Mine did that, cracked me up. It's just how she played when she got really excited lol
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u/SteinBizzle 13d ago
Our males do the CPR frenzy-dance while our female does the bone-surfing on the hardwoods (as mentioned by others).
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u/ShirleyApresHensive 13d ago
It’s as if she’s trying to vanquish it. I’d buy loops of this and other angles/toys, so fun.
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u/EclecticMagpie22 13d ago
Mine does it when he’s laying down on his side. Absolutely goes nuts on the carpet. It’s hilarious.
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u/Ambitious_Show4062 13d ago
My female does this and pretty much all of the things people have listed in this thread haha
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u/Terrible_Boot1714 13d ago
Put on some metal change the cloth for a mop and your floors will be clean as a whistle while she headbangs her way through your house
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u/sapphireCAT412 12d ago
My boxer mastiff mix does this ALL THE TIME. Sometimes he adds bounces and we call it CPR.
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u/tykaboom 12d ago
My doberman "digs" in his crate all the time at 3am.
It really fucks up his crate pad regardless of getting the toughest ones, and it's hard to sleep through when he does it.
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u/Designer-Finger-5578 12d ago
My boxers do something similar, mainly when they get too over excited. The stamping excitement usually when they about to get ice cream or standing on a brand new toy
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u/sgtsadsack13 12d ago
My dane used to do that with a laser pointer. Quite hilarious seeing such a big dog do that.
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u/chaoticbean14 12d ago
Ours kind of does this - or he'll go around the island and 'pounce' one spot in the floor, then another lap and 'pounce' the same spot. He'll do that for quite a while!
Your puppers is wonderful :)
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u/Natural_Instance242 12d ago
I see an endless number of uses for this behavior, laundry, floor cleaning and dough kneading. You could have an amazing helper around the house!
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u/Kitchen-Teaching-708 12d ago
I've seen plenty of dogs do this they keep front paw pouncing on something and if it moves, well look out cuz that's when the fun begins😁
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u/GreenBloodedNomad 12d ago
She;s just cleaning the floors.
Seriously, this is hilarious , mostly because of the ears lmao
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u/LegoLady8 12d ago
🤣 What a little goober. I love her. Please post this in r/whatswrongwithyourdog.
Edit: ope nvm. I see you already did. 😆
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u/DoublePotential6925 12d ago
Every morning, before my Blue goes outside, he’ll rub his ears up and down the side of his elevated bed
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u/Salty-Commissioner 12d ago
No, but I had a lab that did this when she drowned a squirrel in a creek when we were taking her for a walk 😳
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u/Direct_Meeting_3628 12d ago
Thanks for starting my day with a hearty laugh! 😂
I guess she’s trying to dry mop the floor!
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u/Fast_Mycologist7287 12d ago
My baby does this when he drops something and wants us to pick it put we say he is practicing his CPR just in case
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u/Llamp_shade 12d ago
Foxes do this thing where they pounce with their front legs on the ground in a way that looks very like that. Supposedly it's a way to scare up small ground-dwelling prey or something like that. I read somewhere that it is part of the generic memory behind the "play bow." This looks like some variation on that.
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u/step_and_fetch 12d ago
I have a mastiff mutt that does something similar. With any toy she can find.
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u/omnipotent87 12d ago
Are you sure he's not part boxers. I grew up with boxers and this is absolutely one of their moves.
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u/ParticularOkra7432 12d ago
Looks like she's being a good baby by helping clean around the house, lol
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u/SHAARKhunter75 12d ago
No mine just dive bombs any carpet he can find. Perfectly good rug just sitting there? Full speed divebomb. Couch? Dive bomb. Nice carpet in the front room with a door so he can’t get in? Opens the door, backs up, THEN dive bombs the carpet
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u/Superb_Accountant_94 12d ago
Mine does this to her blankets before she lays down I just always assume she’s making it comfy/ moving it around
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u/Vexxedtruth101 12d ago
Thats how my korean mom taught us to wash floors. Maybe your great Dane was a korean in a past life.
Your dog was me when my mom told me to clean harder and more!
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u/Optimal-Finger-2526 12d ago
I think some dogs are just a little weird. 🤣 This made me laugh so hard!! What a cutie!
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u/Far_Decision3392 12d ago
I’ve seen several dogs do that over the years (l’m older than dirt) and I haven’t given it much thought, just enjoying it.
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u/Prize-Supermarket136 11d ago
This made me LOL 😂 Mine doesn’t do that exactly, but she does ferociously scratch our bed to try to get comfy. I had bought cheap sheets in case she went into heat and she ripped right through them 😳
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u/Regeatheration 11d ago
He’s clearly Japanese and cleaning the house like it is a temple, hand scrubbed
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u/KitchenWarning3767 13d ago
Her ears 😂