Do yours sit like this? 

I actually had a friend ask me if I taught him that.

All of our GSp's have crossed their legs when they lay down.

They also cross their eyes when they look at you

I buy Spot's toys at the goodwill too.  I clip off the plastic eyes.  It doesn't take him long to rip them to shreds.  Spot's two best friends are Bearded Collies and they do learn from each other.  Now the Beardies eviscerate their toys just like Spot does and they had never done that before.  And best of all is Spot trying to herd sheep like they do.  It's hilarious.  He herds like a Border Collie and just creeps towards them.....tail just wiggling.  He loves it but my friend with the Beardies and the sheep says it's just wrong.  I keep trying to tell her Spot could herd with a little practice. 

GSP's are pretty smart and all purpose too.

That picture is too cute!  Jackson has crossed his legs before  when lying down on the couch, but it is not something he usually does.  My chihuahua on the otherhand would not chose to lay any other way.  He always sits with paws crossed.    I liked the bit about dogs learning from each other.  My once prissy chi is now chasing squirrels and acting GSP like outside.  It cracks me up to see him get dirty now.

Jackson will keep trying new toys if you refuse to play with the one he first brought you.  He will go through all the toys before finally giving up and chilling out by himself. 

These are great posts....It seems GSPs are OCD about certain things!!  Mine has to sleep with his fav toy under his paw or in his mouth...I love the GSP who counts his toys! lol!!  Sometimes he covers his eyes when he sleeps with one paw I have a pic of this in the Sacked out page.  When he was a younger puppy he used to bring all his toys into the papasan one by one...then he would climb up and sit with them...I happened to have  a picture of this...It was quiet a routine-

Jackson will also steal toys at the dog park and bolt off!  it is so funny how much all these dogs have in common!!!

Marie I highly doubt your Rocky is boring!  NOthing wrong with liking the WI cheese!  Have you let him try cheese curds yet ? 

I also realized something else...  when i am on the floor doing something Jackson has to come and lean all of his body weight on me.  I am not sure why, but it cracks me up.  Sometimes he also likes to sit in my lap and tries to curl up like a small dog.  He also seems to love being on his back more than any other dog I have known.

Our GSPs all cross their paws while laying down.  But the coolest thing is, Gracie will take a tennis ball and set it on top of her paw while laying down and stare at it until you try and grab it.

Bedburg...that is neat.... do they supply the grapes/diff varieties and you mix it?  Where did the grapes come from? That sounds neat!  I love reds...not as into whites.  Shiraz merolt sounds yummy!!  I wil shoot you a message!  We just had some really nice reds with our valentine's dinner last night....wine is the one drink jackson seems to have no interest in...

My older male Remy he's two turns his head like Ranger, when you scold him or you don't give him what he wants. My father's Male lays with his legs crossed also. I haven't seen any say that there dog paw.  Both of mine always have to have a paw on you, always trying to shake or bat at you, my fathes two are the same way.

My two girls will both lay with their paws crossed.  My youngest also sits and puts one foot forward.  I call it the princess paw.  She even knows what that means now when I ask her where the princess paw is she puts it out.  My oldest likes to shake hands.  We call that the "Howdy doody Miss Belle."  Her name is Belle.  Halo also likes to eviserate her stuffed animals.  She pulls out the stuffing and then I pick it up and restuff the animal and later she unstuffs it again.  It's a game.  Halo also has stuffed puppies that I get at PetSmart.  They have squeakers in all the legs and the tail.  I got her one as her first toy when she was 8 weeks.  It was bigger than her at the time.  She carried that dog around for 2 years before she ever started unstuffing it.  Once she found out how to get to the squeakers and the unstuffing part.  The rest is history.  I have several spares though as that is her favorite toy.

Belle never liked stuffed toys much even though she eviscerated a chair and a throw pillow when she was pup.  Her favorite is the huge "dinosaur" bones.  They are actually cow bones that are smoked, but they look like a dinosaur bone.  She will get that bone and carry it around for awhile, taunting Halo with it.  Halo could care less. It is so funny because the bone is so big and she is soooo proud of it.  Eventually, she will settle down and chew on it for hours.  It takes her weeks to really do any damage and she demolishes other toys is minutes.

Love this thread as I read some many things that my girls do too.  Shorthairs seem to have a personality all their own in the dog world.  That is why I love them sooooo much.

GSPs Rule!!

Bev

Rocky is tennis ball crazy even after receiving 10 inches from snow storm Howard. And we are due for 12 more inches of snow from Snow storm Isabella