Looks like play to me..Charlie does the same biting the couch , or whatever he can get his teeth on..
I tend to rub his belly, which makes him even more playful.
He will then jump off the couch and chase my feet nipping at them.. all in play..crazy boy!
if you ever get to the point that it might be too dangerous, feel free to send bully my way!

sue

The first part of that video looks like a cc: of Roxy having one of her mental play attacks...it's almost like they get the zoomies without the zoom, lol. All in good fun.

The scooting/licking we've never seen first hand, but from everything I've ever read here, it's am issue with the ol' derriere.








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something is bothering/irritating her. Have you ever had her anal glands expressed?

Has she ever tried sleeping in her crate? Does she sleep on the couch 100% of the time?
She doesn't seem totally 'demonic' to me, I can see she wants to play. I see someones hand in the video a couple times, grabbing the leash off the couch then grabbing the toy away from her, then fixing the sheet on the couch. I would ask her to get off the couch if you do not like the way she is acting up there, nomore couch priveledges until she earns that right and can demonstrate that she can act accordingly up there. I see she had an itch at the end of the video, It's either her butt itching, her tail bothering her, or she is itching her private part. How much does she get walked?? Obedience class would not be a bad idea either.

sometimes even cleaning it every day doesn't stop that from happening She's adroabull and looks like a very happy bully

chunky dunk

I can only picture him in that CUTE CUTE CUTE sweater on his christmas sweater. tee hee J &T

someone has a toy and that is her way of being excited and having fun. Then she is hoochie rubbing, or needs anal glands, tail or tail pocket cleaned.

Ester does some of the same stuff. She loves biting the couch blankies....and the girl loves her hoochie rubbed. LOL!

good info here already. I was about to respond and read all the others first and would have just repeated so ditto!
Definitely check anal glands and tail pocket. Both my bullies have done the whole "air licking" thing and it was always because of their bumm!
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I think my son was trying to give her a toy to bite instead of the couch. He didn't think it was play behavior because she will do this and then get up and try to nip at his wife's feet and legs.

She gets 3 very very long walks a day.

Thank you for your help and advice!

Thanks to everyone weighing in. He's only had her for about a week so not sure what she previously has done. He had a bulldog for 12 years prior to Dolly and never had that issue so I was a bit concerned. Thank you all for your help and advice.

I'll tell him about the anal glands (like I said I know he took her to the vet but not sure if this came up). I do know he cleans her tail pocket daily.

Bella does it all the time too at bedtime
as do the pugs..too
Gus is the only one that does not here..lol
they love to play play play before bed
you have a 100% bully playtime going on
she is fine..just doing the bulldog thing..

Especially the way she was licking the air and kind of scooting her butt. It could be her anal glands or her tail pocket.

Janice

He can be dead asleep for hours downstairs, but as soon as it's time to get into bed and lay down, he has a 5 min FREAK OUT. He gets a spurt of energy and wants to play and be crazy, very very similar to Dolly. In the beginning we use to say, "stop george" "calm down george" but it was almost like we were glorifying it because we continued to pay attention and he got exactly what he wanted. NOW, we get in the bed and when he starts, the lights immediately go off and there is no talking. With no one to indulge in his craziness, he realizes in a min that he's been defeated LOL and lays down.

All three of mine like to play with blankets, bite at them, yap, with their butts in the air. The last thing she is doing is definitely a tail issue. Bulldogs can't lick their butts of course and she is trying to scratch her butt, Chloe does this when she needs her tail pocket cleaned.
There is no behavioral problem here - just bulldog stuff.
By the way - she is very very cute!

she seemed to be very happy and excited about the couch. When someone told her "Stop" She DID stop, and looked right at the person speaking to her expectantly, and that person didnt' acknowlegde she did the right thing or tell her what else to do so she just continued on doing what was enjoyable to her. She also seems to have an itch that she can't scratch, possibly her anal glands need some attention. My bully is very happy at bedtime too, she loves to roll around like that and play and cuddle before she settles down to sleep.

Cathy
when she first came home

Like the others, I believe she is being "bratty" here. When I ignore Stella and she's feeling good, that's exactly what she does. Barks, flips over, "snapping jaws of death" (i.e. biting the air). She wants to rumble, and she wants to rumble NOW.

I do the wrong thing, generally, and indulge her. But I always make sure to get a toy she can bite on because she can get pretty frisky (even in her old age) - and if she ever does bit you, just get up and leave. She will understand that biting you and not the toy is unacceptable and means the end of playtime Game over, if you will. If you want her to stop altogether, I agree that you may have to keep her off the sofa. That would be if you are a disciplinarian (which I'm not).

One way to avoid the friskies right before bed might be a nice walk or a good game of fetch, letting her run up and down the hall. Whatever makes her happy and is fun for her - and tires her out!

As for the latter part of the video, not sure what's going on there. Possibly an itchy bum or something else that is itchy that she can't reach.

my girl when she gets hyper bites at the couch, blankets, hands, etc and is looking for someone to play with her. She also tends to rub her privates on the floor when she gets excited, which in turn causes the licking....exactly what your bully is doing at the end. If you don't like it maybe try playing with her on the floor, but only when she is being nice and playing gently, say with a toy. I let Daisy play like this and give her a toy to bite, or put the blanket over her and she bites the blanket and does her crazy jumps, twists and turns, I'll try and get it on tape someday... but with Daisy, I know her well and I know it is playful and the bites are not hard, they are soft like when she plays with other dogs.

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charlie is a rescue of mine and he gets really excited...just like your dolly is doing...she is not showing agressio..just being naughty naughty. .if your afride then try doing some distraction things...like blow a whistle...toss a ball...she is just being a silly bull....do not yell or scold her..just redirect the behavior....

I see a bit of a combination of spoiled brat not having a clear understanding of her boundries (the biting and possesiveness of her couch) and playfulness. Bed time seems to be happy time and she wants to do a happy roll and play. But then she's getting mixed signals with some scolding and domination from the owner (but without any consequence), so she's exerting her bulldoggyness (stubborn brat).

If I let Betty go too far with what she wants too many times in a row, she would be just like this. She would like to get up on my bed at bedtime (because I allowed it once in a while, which was a mixed signal so she expects it now) and so happily runs to the bed and wiggles and does the happy stuff. Then when she doesn't get her way, she pitches a fit and barks, bites the bed, will bite my leg if it happens to get in the way. I think bullies get a bit overexcited and I'm not really the target of her bite, I call it her Large Mouthed Bass move where she chomps the air and whatever gets in the way. She just throws back her head and neck and chomps out of frustration and is barking at the same time.

I agree with the others, she also is showing maybe some aggrevation with her anal glands or tail pocket or maybe worms?

Behavior wise, my suggestion would be to restrict her 100% of the time off that couch. Or let her happily sleep there without interfering with her at all. One or the other. Clear message.

I don't think that there's anything physically wrong. Let us know how it goes.

Dawn

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