Not Because of the Weight of His Brain

We have this dog staying with us.  He actually belongs to Himbeere but since Himbeere lives here so does the dog.  And so the dog is staying with us.  Anyway, while this dog has been living with us we have noticed some things about him.  Odd things, actually.  Perhaps oddest is how he rests his chin on whatever is handy.

Its like the weight of his head is too much to hold up so he rests his chin on whatever is in front of him.

More often than not, its on a little table in our front room. He'll rest his chin on the table, which is just the right height, and stare out the big window, into the front yard.  Not at anything in particular.  Just staring out the window.

But its not confined to staring out the window.  Sometimes its elsewhere as well.  This dog is social enough that he doesn't like to be alone.  So he'll tag along and hang out near wherever "his people" are.  And  he'll find something to rest his chin on while he hangs out nearby.

He'll rest his chin on your knee, given the opportunity.  Sometimes I think its a way of asking for attention.  He definitely does it when he wants something, although its sometimes difficult to tell what exactly he wants when he does this.

Sometimes it seems to be his way of being close to his people.  He'll do it without particularly wanting anything.  At least not obviously wanting something.

Other times it seems like he'll do it on whatever happens to be near wherever he is, not particularly looking at anything.

 Its like he's just passing the time, conserving energy, hanging out wherever.

 Yes, this strikes me a definitely a strange quirk of this big, normally energetic dog.

 He just likes to be close, near his people.

 Most dogs, when they are waiting on their people, will go to sleep.  That's been my experience.  And this dog will do that, too.  But as often as not, if he's waiting near his people, waiting until they do something interesting, he'll rest his chin while he waits.  Yes, there are some strange things about this mutt.