Hendryx just won't sit still for a picture anymore. I take out a camera, he's gone from the room. Darn!

Posted By danbenau on 10/31/2007 6:54 PM
Just my luck; I adopt the world's most neurotic rat terrier. I'm surprised that he doesn't compulsively wash his paws.

Don't worry- it's not just you (or Hendryx).  Rowdy knows the sound of the camera turning on!  (I have to be sneaky about the camera, and even then....)  And. while he may not run from the room, he will always curl up and close his eyes.  Or turn away.  He HATES the flash and the red-eye light thingy!

And he is a compulsive licker, too.  When he's not licking his legs and paws, he's grooming himself like a cat.  And if he's not doing that...  then he's licking the bedsheets or the sofa.    Basically, he runs around leaving little wet lick-spots all over fabric!

Oreo  does the same thing! I get the camera out and she won't sit still, when I put the camera away she is my best friend, sitting right next to me!

Posted By danbenau on 10/31/2007 6:54 PM
Just my luck; I adopt the world's most neurotic rat terrier. I'm surprised that he doesn't compulsively wash his paws.

Jack DOES wash his paws compulsively...we are going through a bunch of tests with the vet to make sure there is no underlying problem - the puppy prozac here we come! (His poor toes are bare)

And he runs whenever the camera comes out too!