From about 1998 to 2010 or so I had a Corgi mix named Roxy. She was not my fave dog as I could never get her to not potty in the house and in her later years she was VERY aggressive to my other dog.
Anyway, she used to do this thing where she would take out one morsel of food and place it out of her bowl in the middle of the floor. She would lie down like a sphinx with her head resting on her legs in front of her. She made herself far enough away that she would be able to entice a cat over to come inspect it, but close enough where she could go in for the kill and grab HER morsel when they walked into her trap. It used to crack me up and amaze me at her planning. She had a thought process going on. I swear to goodness her motivation was that she was bored and wanted to get some crap started with the cats. Kinda like my mom does with my dad. ;) Poor Roxy. I miss her even though she was quirky. :(
My Hope is a Corgi/Sheltie mix quirky in her ways too:
Hates water loves snow.
Loves to ride in the truck, but doesn’t look out at where we are going.
Not scared of thunder or lighten, but the wind can have her shaking.
Just a few
If my dachshund gets pissed off at me for any reason (like not taking her on her thrice daily walk where she carefully surveys her empire), she takes her full food bowl (which is a solid porcelain bowl) and tumps it over with her snout. She then looks at me as if to say “you expect me to eat this???”