Owning a dog is a great way to add an element of surprise to your everyday life.
The owner of the golden retriever in the story below can certainly attest to that. In 2016, a Tumblr user who goes by supergiraffes mentioned briefly that her dog had the strange habit of licking doors in her home.
Obviously, that's not a piece of information you can just say without providing more info. Is it a medical issue? Or is it a nervous habit? Does she live in a magical house with bacon-flavored walls?
That last one might be a bit of a stretch, but someone else finally commented on her blog to ask for more details about the peculiar pup.
Take a look to learn why her pooch has a taste for licking doors. She even provided a photo of him caught in the act.
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After this dog's owner mentioned the odd licking behavior in a different Tumblr post, strangers began to reach out to ask for more details about the precious pup's habit.

The dog owner offered a lengthy (and amusing) explanation:
We trained the dog so that when he wants out, he goes to the front door and waits.
Somehow in his little golden retriever brain, he interpreted this to mean “go to the front door, and lick it.”
If he’s at the door, but isn’t licking it, he doesn’t need out, he’s just chilling.
So, this was our routine: when he wants out, he goes to the front door, and licks it.

And then we moved house, and he got very, very confused.
He knew he had to go to the front door when he wants out, but this was a new house with obviously a door that was completely new to him.
Despite our condo having only one door that leads outside, and him going out this very same door literally at least five times a day, every day, for about a year… he still has no idea where the front door is in this house. Absolutely no idea at all.

Now whenever he needs out, he will go to any random door and start licking it. And I mean any door: the bathroom door, my bedroom door, my closet, the door of a kitchen cabinet, even.
I don’t know if he’s really smart or really dumb. Because clearly, he understands conceptually what a door is. I don’t know if he thinks my closet or the kitchen cabinets lead to outside, or if he’s just hoping to find doggy Narnia, or if he’s just hopelessly given up on ever being able to find the door by himself and is just doing the best he can, but every time he wants out, he’s right there licking the glass door to the shower or something.

He doesn’t alert us he needs out any other way. So if you haven’t seen him in a while, you have to search room by room until you find him with his tongue pressed up against the linen closet because he thinks outside might be that way.
He’s the biggest, dumbest dog I have ever met in my life and I could not love him any more. He’s perfect.

The hilarious story recently made its way to Imgur, where users commented on the goldie's adorable antics. Many shared some of their own dog tales, like the user above.

Others focused on how lucky we are to be blessed with such silly animals as our best friends.

Some users also offered suggestions for fixing the odd bathroom request, like the hilarious solution shown above.
However, I have a feeling the owner is just fine with her "beautiful dumb dog" continuing his unique habit.
Do you have any crazy stories about your dogs that can top this one? Or do you know someone with an equally bizarre pup?
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