dog doing happy dance

Sha (pronounced SHAY) is a coonhound-spaniel cross making a new friend at the dog park. She does this funny spin whenever she's really happy. How she doesn't get dizzy is anyone's guess...

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• dog
• play
• fun
• dance
• coonhound
• spaniel
• spin
• happy

[swisnieski]

My dog does a happy dance, too, although much more tame -- she pushes her own head to the ground with her butt high in the air and then pushes herself along the floor like a vacuum cleaner, occasionally switching the direction she's facing. She only does this after dinner so we know it's a happy dance.

[darthchase]

this dog (sha) does that too! usually when she's in a very playful mood, and wants to play with our other dog. it IS like a vacuum cleaner! weird! sha will do that, then she'll turn upside down, on her back, and wiggle around upside-down, playfully growling to tease our other dog...

[beaglerott]

That spin is totally weird. Makes me laugh.

I'm guessing that if she spins only when she is happy, it probably isn't a serious medical problem.

[darthchase]

her owner is a very knowledgable vet tech and she assures me the problem is not a seizure or neurological. it's just this dog's expression of happiness and excitement. it is weird, though!

[parrottrainer]

weird and funny

[westphalianprinz]

Have you had this dog to a vet? I knew a jack russell that would spin, and his owners took him to the vet. They found out that he had a neurological condition, and the spinning was actually analogous to a seizure. They put him on barbiturates, and he is fine now.