Turns out my dog was reading the spines, not the pages

I kept snapping pics of my lab resting his chin on open books for this group, thinking he was deep into chapter 3 or whatever. Last Tuesday I caught him doing the same pose on a closed cookbook, and realized he just likes the smell of glue. Has anyone else gotten fooled by their pet's fake reading habit?

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thomas_wright411mo agoMost Upvoted

That's hilarious, but it makes me wonder if the dog actually knows what a book is for at all. Like, does he try to chew the pages when nobody's looking, or is it purely a chin-on-spine thing? My cat does the same on my laptop keyboard, and I'm pretty sure she's just after the warmth of the charger brick. Did you ever catch him trying to actually flip a page, or was it always just the pose? Maybe the glue smell is stronger on the binding, which would explain why he goes for closed books over open ones.

sandra_black1mo ago

Wait, is the cat really after the heat or just the keyboard bump? Mine does the same thing but only when I'm trying to type, so I think it's more about being in the way.