Does anyone else....

[CorvusCorax]

....while talking to people, subconciously wipe/brush/pick off non-existant dog hair from your clothing, or worse, try and brush it from a jumper that is already three layers thick in it and an innefectual hand swipe will make not one bit of difference?

....snap fingers at people when you want someone's attention, or if they are doing something you don't find pleasing/say 'Good BOOOYYY!!!' or 'Clever GIRRRRL!' when they do?

.....shout AH-AH! at the OH if he is about to put a tea mug down on the table without a coaster/Spills cereal




I spend way too much time with dogs......

 

[mollichop]

PMSL- all of the above!

On the flip side, when I was young, my mum used to have this 'cough' she'd do like a 'hukhum' if I was doing something she dissaproved of - all it took was that cough and I knew I was in trouble!
Well now I find I do it all th time to the dogs:
Sneaking onto the sofa - 'hukhum'
Not sitting when told - 'hukhum'
Eating something vile - 'hukhum' - Oh christ, i've turned into my mum

 

[FinnishLapphund]

Humph!

I never snap my fingers at my bitches and I don't do it to people either!

Although, once when I was walking somewhere with my father, just as we was going to turn left, I swung my arm out in front of him and said "LEFT!"
Actually, I've probably done something similar more than once, even sometimes when I've been walking somewhere all alone.

 

[MurphysMinder]

LOL. Yep done all of those, although I don't think I have ever had clothing with non existant dog hair! I was also guilty of frequently telling my children to sit and stay when they were younger.

 

[Slinkyunicorn]

Have lost count of the 'dog' and 'horse' related things I say and do!! Its ok at meetings at work as the other girl in the team has horses and dogs so she understands - as does one of my male colleaguess as he used to ride/team chase/P2P when he was younger - the others however look at us as if we have landed from Mars.....why don't they understand what kick on, noooooooooo, clickclick, come, short whistles etc mean??

Non existant dog hairs - never had them but have had plenty of proper dog hairs........

 

[Booboos]

He, he, he! I have given up on the hairs especially at this time of year!

I have an ongoing joke with myself: can I insert one horsey related reference to every lecture I give to a new group? So far I am winning! (OK perhaps not a very funny joke, but as I am doing the telling and the laughing we are all happy!)

 

[FinnishLapphund]

LOL. Yep done all of those, although I don't think I have ever had clothing with non existant dog hair! I was also guilty of frequently telling my children to sit and stay when they were younger.

I say such things to my sister's children every now and then, how else do you make them stay where you put them?

When they've tried to take a toy from each other, by pulling in one end each = a certain dog command comes in handy.

Several years ago, when they were still using nappies, sometimes even my sister talked about a certain training, as housebreaking them...

 

[Spudlet]

Horsey speak is quite the done thing at work

I do wheel out the Voice of Authority in emergencies, it works quite well

 

[Ranyhyn]

PMSL, I have clicked my fingers at people before. And done the Caesar "shush" when they are annoying me! lol

 

[Ravenwood]

Oh this thread has made me laugh

I am always saying "good girl (or boy)" in a doggy way to my children Or, "Hold Hard" when I want the kids to stop quickly!

Conversely I also often tell my dogs to wait as if they were children and every night when I put them to bed I shout "Night Dogs - see in you the morning" Or, when I leave them "Won't be long, back soon"

Actually I have taught my horse to "stay" too!

 

[Patches]

Oh yes. I do it all the time.

I keep telling the horse to stay, when I mean stand-up too. I'm blooming terrible for doing it.

"Ah-ah" is probably my biggest one though.

 

[Galupy]

....while talking to people, subconciously wipe/brush/pick off non-existant dog hair from your clothing, or worse, try and brush it from a jumper that is already three layers thick in it and an innefectual hand swipe will make not one bit of difference?.

I was once sat next to my boss in a meeting listening to a presentation and he picked a short, white, dog hair off his shirt and put it on me. He has a lab and a golden and they don't even live where he stays in the week so it was definitely a hair from one of the Galupy dogs. I am already a little paranoid about it being on me like you are and endlessly pick and brush hair that may or may not be there too and that didn't help ... although it did provide some entertainment during a pretty drab presentation.