14 funny (and slightly mortifying) dog pawrent tales of pure embarrassment: 'My Australian Terrier jumped through the drive-thru window [of] an Einstein's Bagels'

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Blake Seidel • Managing Editor & Brand Manager
Sep 14, 2025 10:00 AM EDT

It's such a classic dad thing to blame your flatulence on the dog, but what about when it's the other way around? Our doggos have gotten us into more than a handful of trouble over the years, not because they did so on purpose, but because their excitement or anxiety got us into some silly situations. One time, our dog got so scared by a cat that she shrieked, jumped into our arms, knocked us over, and we hit our heads on the sidewalk. We woke up with our dog licking our face, and a bunch of strangers standing over us. We felt so embarrassed that we didn't even notice the huge bump on our heads.

We're not the only ones who have had some funny (and slightly mortifying) experiences at the expense of our doggos. From inconvenient potty times to sudden escape attempts (including through a drive-thru window), we can't help but laugh at all of these hilarious tails below. They remind us to giggle through the silliness and hope that people will forgive us afterwards. Our doggos don't know any better. Or, at least, we hope they don't.

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    My dog embarrassed me today…

    Dog stuck on giant tennis ball
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    At the vet's office, my dog decided to let out the loudest possible while everyone was silent. Everyone turned to look at me instead of her What's your most embarrassing dog story?
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    Savi... 1d ago Edited 1d ago Every time without fail - - upon walking into the vet's office, our lab takes a giant dump.
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  • That's…. that's ruff. Definitely mortifying. You can't even out-train that. A lot of behavioral actions can be trained in dogs, but where they choose to go potty isn't really one of them. We think it's time they switch vets.

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    Seesthroughnonsense Mine popped a kids balloon. Not because he was excited, but because he hated kids and hated balloons. Instant screaming from the child, dog was pleased with himself. I miss him every single day, he was a grumpy old man who hated everyone and everything except his people and his bed.
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    a_mom_who_runs Recently our dog got out while my husband was distracted/ greeting some extended family who came over. She gave a cursory and polite hello to every one then simply took off, zero looks back, zero f S. Some dogs might hang around
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    Dog running away
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    people or have the training needed to stay by her people. Penny is not one of those dogs. My husband had to chase her down frantically, penny having gone mysteriously deaf and unable to hear or respond to his commands
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    tritoeat 1d ago • Our vet had church pews as the seating in the waiting area. My timid girl decided that the safest place to go was directly underneath a man who was boxed into his seat and holding his own pet. I had to get on my knees and reach between and behind this guy's legs to drag my dog out.
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  • Once, our dog decided to pretend they didn't know us and went next to another woman. We had to convince her that she was our dog. We had to show her pictures proving it because our pupper really pretended like we were a stranger. It was so embarrassing.

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    Hermit_Ogg · 1d ago Years ago the vet wanted to get a pee sample straight from the bladder of our elderly Old English Sheepdog. They told us to bring him in before he had his morning pee, so we made a whole procedure of rushing him from our door to a taxi, and from the taxi into the clinic with as much speed as possible.
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    Once we were in, I started the procedure of "yes yes we're here can we get a move on, he's not going to hold it much lo---" and then The Flood started.
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    He peed, and peed, and peed, and peed. There was a lake on the floor. OES are big dogs, and they have big bladders. We all just stood around the widening Great Lake of Pee and sighed. The rest of the waiting room stared. Our dog finished, waded out of Lake Pee Victoria and lay down next to me with a satisfied grunt.
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    I loved that dog so much, but that day I did consider using him as a mop.
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    NorthPackFan • 1d ago Some of my family was camping on our land- no running water or sewer/septic, and for privacy had a portable toilet behind a curtain in the garage- the kind you have to manually dump after a few
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    uses. My aunt thought she was helping out when it got full and walked into the woods with it and dumped it, although she didn't walk very far from camp.
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    Needless to say my husky found it. And like anything that smelled like s-- decided it was a good perfume, so he proceeded to roll in it.
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    Muddy dog
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    He strolled back into camp proud as could be. Walked up to a few people for "doggie hugs" and to be petted. The stench was unbearable and it didn't take long to realize what he'd done.
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    Now remember- there is no running water. So we used everything we could to rinse him off while my dad changed clothes (he now was covered also) in order to drive to town to fill the water canisters so we could bath him more. Three trips into town for water later he was finally clean enough to get in the car with us.
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    AlarmedOrdinary3331 1d ago . I was picking my dog up from his neuter surgery. They warned me that he was very sedated, wobbly, and may need to be carried to the car.
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    The vet tech opened the door with him on a lead, and I could see that he was having trouble standing. Then he saw me and went absolutely bat sh crazy. He pulled the lead out of her hand and started running, jumping on the benches, and barking like mad. She was horrified and yelling about his sutures.
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    I got him under control and the tech and I just stared at each other for a moment before she said, "You're going to need more dr s," and walked into the back again.
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    TCgrace 1d ago Every single time we've taken my dog to small dog playgroup she has jumped in a stranger's lap. Every time.
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    Razmyr 1d ago . My boxer peed on a girl's wheelchair that I was crushing on 15 years ago. Just walked up to her in my driveway and lifted his leg. It was so long ago but I can still remember how bright red I must have been from embarrassment.
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    coldestclock · 1d ago I took mine to a puppy socialisation session in a pet supply store, I was talking to another owner and mentioned I don't think my pup has the brains for the recall training he was doing. Turn around to see my puppy licking the shop windows and making people outside laugh.
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    wisemonkey101 · 1d ago My dog gets tired and tries to leave with any blond woman he finds. Dog park? I'm out! Beach? Heading home now. Hiking? Peace out!
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    littleclaww • 1d ago . Someone got a flat tire in the alley behind our house. My dad walks our dog behind there, and while the guy was changing the flat, my dog saw his exposed crack and licked it before my dad could pull him. away. Guy looked p ed and shocked. My dad said he just walked away as fast as he could
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    Tommyblahblah · 1d ago . My Australian Terrier jumped through the drive-thru window an Einstein's Bagels and right into the arms of the girl getting ready to hand me my order. They shouldn't keep those doggie bagels in a jar right by the window where they can be seen by hyper-alert dogs.
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