Any chance she’s just trying to get a better grip?
To answer your main question: no. His paws are too big, and I can just barely lift him. He uses his paws to swat at people, indicating that he’d like to be scratched. Or to grab kibble that’s rolled under the furniture.
Weird things he does include trying to lick any and all sunscreen off me. When we swim together, he tries to grab me by my hair (presumably to save me, but it feels more like being drowned). When he’s happy, he drops to the ground and rolls over – not unusual in itself, but he’s way too fast. It’s one fluid motion from standing to rolling, and then up again.
And once, when he was young, he found a carton of milk and punctured it with his teeth, sucking it dry without spilling a single drop on the carpet. I came home to an empty, crumpled milk carton and a very happy puppy.