r/MaliciousCompliance • u/lief79 • 1d ago
S Go to your ...
Ok, so this is far more adorable compliance, and I'll readily admit the first half is ridicously common.
So, not surprisingly sometime in elementary school, I get told to go to my room. Naturally, I listen, turn around and come back out again almost instantly. Malicious compliance, just not that interesting.
The entertaining part is 15 years later my parents have a golden retriever who's a seeing eye puppy who had a chance of career due to health issues. (You can't have a seeing eye dog with only one good eye. )
Low and behold, like many Golden retrievers he gets ridiculously over excited by guests. He gets told to go to his crate, and locked in for a bit until he calms down. So after a little while we end up with the following pattern:
Dog gets too excited, he's told to go to his crate.
He goes in, turns around, and comes back out again instantly
However, he knows he needs to be calmer, and he is.
So it works, and it continues for years.
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u/Mscatw 1d ago
My Doodle behaves the same way. As soon as you say jail he goes in. Sits down. Comes right back out but he’s a little calmer. And if he starts getting too excited again he takes a lap around the living room and puts himself back in “jail”
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u/OhNoNotAgain1532 16h ago
I have a kitty, that when he gets overstimulated, will ask for a time out - in a dark closet. He has 2 to choose from.
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u/LordKulgur 1d ago
Reminds me of this story my dad likes to tell,. There's no malicious compliance involved, but I think it's related anyway.
My dad was once outside raking leaves, and the border collie was running around, being a little too excited and running a little too close to the road. My dad eventually said "If you don't calm down, you're going to have to go in your cage" (we sent her there when she needed to calm down, but we usually didn't lock the door).
He continued raking leaves, and after a few minutes, he looked up to see that the dog was gone. He started looking for her, wondering if she'd run off, and eventually found her in the cage. She'd gone straight there after being told off. He told her she could come out, and she was much calmer for the next few hours.
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u/sueelleker 23h ago
We had a spaniel; when we said "sit" he did, then stood up again. "You didn't tell me I had to stay sitting".
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u/reygan_duty_08978 1d ago
Dog does what you want and dog gets to go back instantly. Its a win-win in my book
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u/ButtonHappy3759 3h ago
My dog does this! “Go to your kennel” but we don’t lock or close the door so she “sneaks out” thus being more calm cause she’s supposed to be in there 😂
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u/AppropriateRip9996 1d ago
I'm imagining a seeing eye puppy with its own seeing eye puppy.
I'm also imagining the hockey penalty box.
Now I want to send myself to my own room.