You can teach a dog (young or old) all sorts of tricks. But they can also learn new things on their own – weird ones.

These 20 dogs have some really strange habits that we’ve never quite seen before. And nearly all of them made us laugh at these quirky little creatures.

Have you ever seen a dog do these things?

1. Foot fetish

This person posted quite a few photos of her friend’s dog sucking its foot.

And, oddly enough, all commenters could do was talk about how much dog feet smell like corn chips.

So maybe he’s just snacking?

2. Hot-tubbing

We are so down with this.

If mom or dad is going to go into the air-conditioned store, you should be allowed to keep yourself cool by any means necessary, little pooch.

Someone bring this dog an umbrella drink!

3. Giving swirlies

Ah, puppies. They are all sorts of trouble.

These little rascals look like they want to know more about the toilet but picked the weakest link to do the real discovery.

We bet he or she got them back later.

4. Butt-warming

It’s not just chestnuts roasting by that open fire!

Hey, we’re not gonna lie, this doesn’t seem like the worst idea – it just looks funny.

We hope he’s comfy!

5. Tree-climbing

Bella here enjoys climbing trees. You know, because that’s convenient.

Do you think she’ll learn her lesson eventually? She looks like she’s enjoying the view at least!

6. Sitting like this

Ok, well, we’re not sure what’s going on here OR what’s happening on the TV.

We honestly didn’t know dogs enjoyed kneeling, but maybe he’s just trying to cool off his body on the leather?

7. Hanging out in the toilet

Oh, lovely.

I guess everyone will be leaving the toilet closed in this house until the pup no longer fits in the bowl.

He looks so pleased with himself though, like he wants to say “hey, mom, did you know we had a pool?!”

8. Using the toilet as storage

What’s worse, finding your dog or your stuff in the toilet?

Ok, it’s the latter.

Technically, the water is clean, but unless you’ve disinfected that bowl the moment before this happened there are still going to be bacteria.

Let’s hope he didn’t “store” anything expensive in there.

9. Sleeping on other dogs

We like this pup’s style. It doesn’t want to sleep on the hard, dirty ground.

It knows it deserves better!

10. Eating rainbows

It’s adorable and inexplicable.

If dogs can’t really see color then we imagine it just saw the light twinkling and thought it was alive.

OR, it’s trying to find the gold at the end – in which case we have bad news.

11. Jumping in the bath

Such privacy! So clean!

Isn’t it wonderful when you get a few luxurious moments to yourself?

Ok, maybe some people would actually enjoy this. The dog sure looks happy as a clam!

12. Doing somersaults on the trampoline

Well, we didn’t have that one on our BINGO card.

We knew some dogs learned to jump on these, but this dog prefers something a little more daring.

He’s pretty sprightly for a bulldog!

13. Sunbathing

Dogs can actually get sunburns, but you’d hope they’d be smart enough not to do this for too long.

We know they love their warmth, but we didn’t know they cared about getting an even tan.

14. Sitting at the table

This pooch looks like it’s waiting for its friends to show up for a game of cards.

Or maybe it’s just out there pouting that there’s snow on the ground and it was left outside.

Either way, it sure knows how to make use of that patio furniture.

15. Getting a mud wrap

Spa day!

We really hope this little dog’s fur is shiny and soft after this body treatment.

But did it have to get mud in its eyes?!

16. Smoking a pipe

Smoking does not make you look cool. Unless you’re a dog. With a pipe.

Only under those circumstances.

17. Dog-riding

We don’t know what to say. It’s very circus-y.

That poor bottom dog though…he looks so miserable.

18. Balloon-carrying

After popping one, you’d think this dog would stay away from balloons altogether.

But apparently it has now challenged itself to simply carrying them around very gently – for fun.

19. Balancing on their two FRONT paws

Wait, is that dog peeing?

Has it seen a vet?

We’re so confused. That’s a lot of effort and balance.

2o. Whatever is going on here

We got a good laugh at the lengths – quite literally – this dog would go to in order to get some milk.

At least he’s got a spotter.

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Our pups are so weird sometimes!

But, let’s face it, it’s all part of their charm.

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