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Anyone else's dog hate it when you use your phone? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have a 1 year old Bichon Frise and she cannot stand the sight of someone using their phone. It's not even when she was already trying to play with you and you pull out your phone, she can be laying on the coffee table while you're on the couch, she'd be doing her own thing, but the instant you start using your phone she will walk up to you, put her paws on your knees, and do that little high pitched bark thing dogs do when they want something from you. She's not okay with anyone in our family using their phones in front of her, not just me. Does this happen with anyone else's dog? Is this a symptom of insufficient enrichment and play at home or something like that where she thinks we're not paying enough attention to her and associates phone use with that?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Do you or your family members have notification sounds, or do you play videos with sound, or do your phones vibrate? Or is it just that you're holding something, so it has to be either food or toys?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I think it's mainly because we've had times where we were looking at our phones instead of paying attention to her so she associates the phone with that. If I was holding something she wants or is curious about, her reaction is different. She doesn't want me to give her the phone, as soon as I put it away she stops whining.