diff --git a/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt b/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
index 6dd35d38e..b30fbb712 100644
--- a/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
+++ b/doc/fixes3-7-0.txt
@@ -1471,6 +1471,8 @@ interactively setting a status highlight for hunger with 'O' and choosing
 	'text match' could crash while setting up the menu of hunger status
 	value strings; happened for curses or if the program was built to
 	use C++ regex processing but not for tty+posixregex
+a pet with the hides-under attribute could "move reluctantly over" a cursed
+	object and then hide under it
 
 
 Fixes to 3.7.0-x General Problems Exposed Via git Repository
diff --git a/src/dogmove.c b/src/dogmove.c
index f35a873b7..6e25c39c2 100644
--- a/src/dogmove.c
+++ b/src/dogmove.c
@@ -1270,8 +1270,11 @@ dog_move(
                                ? vobj_at(nix, niy) : 0;
             const char *what = o ? distant_name(o, doname) : something;
 
-            pline("%s %s reluctantly over %s.", noit_Monnam(mtmp),
-                  vtense((char *) 0, locomotion(mtmp->data, "step")), what);
+            pline("%s %s reluctantly %s %s.", noit_Monnam(mtmp),
+                  vtense((char *) 0, locomotion(mtmp->data, "step")),
+                  (is_flyer(mtmp->data) || is_floater(mtmp->data)) ? "over"
+                                                                   : "onto",
+                  what);
         }
         mon_track_add(mtmp, omx, omy);
         /* We have to know if the pet's going to do a combined eat and
diff --git a/src/mon.c b/src/mon.c
index a52f9a051..5d7ed1eea 100644
--- a/src/mon.c
+++ b/src/mon.c
@@ -4555,6 +4555,9 @@ hideunder(struct monst *mtmp)
                && (otmp = svl.level.objects[x][y]) != 0
                /* most things can be hidden under, but not all */
                && can_hide_under_obj(otmp)
+               /* pets won't hide under a cursed item or an item of any BUC
+                  state that shares a pile with one or more cursed items */
+               && (!mtmp->mtame || !cursed_object_at(x, y))
                /* aquatic creatures don't reach here; other swimmers
                   shouldn't hide beneath underwater objects */
                && !is_pool_or_lava(x, y)) {