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Dogs are crazy animals!  Let’s just get that out of the way first.  If your dog could have its way the world would probably be a world of chaos and fun.  Actually, it might be a better place if dogs did rule the world!  Here’s a list of 50 things the average dog would probably do if it could get away with it.  Again, if you have any suggestions that are not on the list then please leave a comment.

1. Eat from the dustbin (trashcan to you Yanks!)
2. Stay outdoors all day.
3. Get frisky.
4. Eat your furniture.
5. Eat their dinner.
6. Then eat your dinner.
7. Then eat everyone else’s dinner.
8. Torment cats.
9. Jump on people.
10. Eat tissues.
11. Eat socks.
12. Go swimming
13. …then go home without being dried.
14. Sleep on your bed.
15. Make baths illegal.
16. Not allow you to leave them alone.  Ever!
17. Chase flies.
18. Lick you when you are in the shower.  Yuck!
19. People cannot talk but must whistle at all times.
20. Banish 9-5.  All awake time is ME time.
21. Drink from the toilet.
22. Make everyone play with them.
23. Eat from the pavements.
24. Hang out of the car window…whilst it’s being driven.
25. Jump on your kitchen worktop if there’s something tasty on it.
26. Meet the postman.
27. Eat the postman.
28. Eat cat droppings.
29. Kiss you.
30. Have free range around the pet shop.
31. Take YOU for a walk.
32. Be able to jump on livestock.
33. Chase the refuse collectors.
34. Make all vets unemployed.
35. Urinate on EVERYTHING.
36. Begging pay off.
37. Be allowed to roll around on dirty things outside.
38. Chase people on bicycles.
39. Be allowed to dig the lawn.
40. Ignore its name when being called…
41. Unless food is involved!
42. ‘No!’ would actually mean ‘Yes, go ahead’.
43. Meet the dogs that are trapped inside the TV.
44. Make everything about THEM.
45. Bark excessively.
46. Not get told off for whining.
47. Be allowed to sniff the private areas of all your visitors.
48. Be able to wake you up at 3am when it wants to play.
49. Get locked in a supermarket.
50. Make everybody love them.

Written by Gary Mullen from Pet Supplies Devon.

Struggling to think of ways to entertain your dog?  Fido getting bored of doing the same old thing?  Well, this should help!  Below, I’ve listed 50 ways in which you can entertain your dog.  Actually, some will probably entertain you more than the dog but that’s good too.  If the method you use to entertain your dog isn’t listed then please let us know by leaving a comment.

1. Sing to it.
2. Chase it.
3. Talk to it.
4. Make it run after you.
5. Play fetch.
6. Laugh in its face for no reason.
7. Give it a treat.
8. Give it a toilet roll tube.
9. Hug it.
10. Let it near an open dustbin…then close it.
11. Take it for a walk.
12. Play hide and seek.
13. Get it a new toy.
14. Bury your head in your hands and make it dig for you
15. Go into its crate and close yourself in there…with the dog outside.
16. Hide under your bed sheets.
17. Put one of its toys on your head.
18. Blow a raspberry in its face.
19. Get a laser and whirl it around the floors/walls.
20. Run around a tree and make it catch you.
21. Stand outside your front door and wave at it.
22. Lick it back.
23. Play chase around your couch.
24. Let it take ‘nuisance calls’ for you.
25. Say ‘walkies’ to it.
26. Take it on a car ride.
27. Let it ‘talk’ to strangers dogs.
28. Visit a chip shop with it.
29. Make a fuss over a stick that it can’t reach then throw it for them.
30. Play ’superdog’ with it (pick it up and make it fly through the air!)
31. Put its tail near its mouth so it chases it in a circle.
32. Scratch its belly.
33. You, spin around in a circle so it gets confused and excited.
34. Let it watch you eat dinner.
35. Talk to it about your problems.
36. Invent a voice for it then speak in it, to your dog, with its imaginary thoughts.
37. Put post through your letterbox.
38. Crawl around on the floor with it.
39. Get another dog!
40. Threaten to send it to a shelter then laugh when it gets excited!
41. Show it the contents of your refrigerator.
42. Squeeze its bottom whilst making a ‘quacking’ sound.
43. Whistle to it.
44. Let it sniff your wash basket.
45. Blow bubbles for it.
46. Splash it with water when doing the washing up.
47. Go running with it.
48. Hide under your sweater and talk to it.
49. Put it on your lap and let it type an email.
50. Take it to the beach.

Written by Gary Mullen from Pet Supplies Devon.