Jazz has a bad habit of using her paws alot in not so lady like ways. She doesn't understand that being a 50 lb spoo kind of means she ISN'T really a lap dog and you often find her turned upside down in my hubby's lap. When you stop petting her she will paw at you... well actually it's more like she *itch slaps you in the face, she doesn't get how long her legs are I guess?? She does it a lot in the bed too whenever she's allowed up there. More than once a dewclaw or wayward toe has poked an eye.
On the grooming table she will also paw at you if you stop what you are doing or pause to talk. It's a good idea in those cases to step out of reach because again she doesn't have super great aim (that she has awesome aim and intends to try and kill you) and will get you in the face. Most of the time I think she is trying to paw at your shoulder and if she does she will just leave her paw there until you start grooming again.
Saleen has JUST started to discover she has feet which is a good thing and a bad thing. It's a good thing because I have been trying to get her (and Jazz too) to mind their feet where the little dogs are concerned and where MY feet are concerned. They step all over you and it sucks. Saleen frequently trips over things as well so this discovery of hers is going to help with that. The bad thing is she is learning to use her feet to get attention, as much as you try there are times when it's very hard not to react to that. She also uses them to reach out and grab things on the back of the counter top- BAD GIRL! This is how she stole a cinnimon roll this morning from the pan that was waiting to go in the oven for christmas breakfast. My mother took it away from her but of course by then nobody cared to bake that one ROFL. She uses her feet a lot in play and sometimes it looks like she is trying to catch a toy in her paws when you toss it her way
I've noticed a lot of my spoo clients use their feet a lot both during grooming and in training classes. The big culprit is the down, the owner gives the hand siggy and the dog paws at they on the way down.