Maybe you will read this one?

YES It was very funny after I figured it out, but it took me a while, because the dog in question was so clever. I had a Samoyed female named Velvet, who was very spoiled. I loved her very much and she knew it. One day I was talking on the phone, and she walked into the kitchen where I was at. She just stood there for a moment, and then began gagging like she was going to throw up. Of course I quickly got off the phone and took her outside to the backyard, where I hovered over her thinking she was sick.

About a week or two went by, and the very same thing happened. I am on the phone -- the dog comes in the room and sees me --- dog acts sick and I hang up fast and go out with her. She gags and coughs and I worry about her. Then she tried this a third time a few days later, and guess what? She forgot to carry on her gagging routine after we got outside. The third time she forgot to be the little actress, and stopped gagging as she went thru the doorway & out onto the porch. That is when my light bulb went off in my head.

The 4th time she tried this, I was on the phone and I told her to knock it off and go lay down. She looked at me with those big brown eyes and stopped gagging and went across the room and laid down until I got off the phone.

No. Dogs do not 'act' sick to get 'attention'. If a dog is vomiting, has diarrhea, is not eating etc. That is not to get attention. Only the human species is capable of this.

I really have never heard of that before. I guess its possible it they know it gets them what they want. How does it act sick just by not moving or actually like throwing up?

To be honest I doubt that a dog would have the thought processes to work out that if they faked a sickie they would get attention.

They either are sick, or they aren't.

YES!! I backed a chair onto my dogs paw one time, I fed her steak after cause I felt so guilty, the next day she kept limping, only she started to switch paws on me we went to the beach and she was using both paws to dig in the sand, but when he walked back to the car, she started limping again, smart little monsters...

No if anything, dogs downplay how sick they are. They don't like to show weakness - that's the natural reaction of most animals when they are sick.

yes actually. my pomeranian has some disease called 'Addisons' and its kind of like they go into depression and they get flu symptoms. its basically because she wants more attention and had separation anxiety. mine is very mild and rarely happens, but there are medicines to help cure it if your dog does this alot. consult a vet first!

Is your dog home alone all day? They are pack animals and don't like to be alone. We have two dogs and that helps. They always have a friend.

none of my dogs.

but i had a horse once that would act lame if he didn't want to go riding.

absolutely, i have even seen a dog die from loneleyness because her

owner died