Pet Stories
 

Come one, come all.

Come and tell your pet stories!

Or talk about your pets in general.

----
For example, my pet cat mainly likes to eat when there is someone around. He has 20 hours of alone time to eat his food when I am away from his food bowl(either working or sleeping). But he chooses to eat in the 4 hours that I am awake and next to his food bowl.

Anyone have any idea why that is?

OMG so many stories...I wouldn't know where to start. Or who to start with.

Well, my brother brought his dog downstairs to sit with us a bit as he was barking at the repair man. He's a pom-chihuahua mix so barking is what he does. Like seriously. You can pinch his little mouth together and tell him to shoosh and he will still find some means of barking through his lips.

Naturally he barks every times someone comes to the door, and we tall him not to bark, but he does anyway. It's his imperative. I've noticed something though. We're often in the kitchen when people arrive which is through a doorway from the main entry. When someone arrives at the house, knocks or rings the bell, or walks in, he starts barking and runs towards the door. However, tell him not to bark and he stops at the threshold between the door and the front room, but still barks. Watching him, he doesn't appear at all concerned about his barking, but he does seem concerned about entering the front room.

I have come to the conclusion that through accident and circumstance of the house layout, the dog has decided that "no barking" means "stay in the kitchen." After all, he's usually running to the front door (simultaneously barking) when we show disapproval with his behavior. It just so happens he interpreted his running to the door as the problem, not the barking. I guess he's being a good boy?

Not a cat person, but maybe he's just more comfortable eating when you are around.

My older sister was watching my dog for a while, and she noted that he only bothered to sit on the couch when I was there. The rest of the time he was in his bed or on the floor/in a corner somewhere.

For some reason our cat only likes his dry cat food and cat treats/vitamins. He won't eat anything else. No real meat. No fancy canned cat food. Just his dry cat food.

He's really missing out on the good stuff!
-----
You know how people say that cats are loners and solitary creatures?
It's not true at all. Our cat is an attention hog! He wants attention all the time! He's even willing to be naughty just to get negative attention!

I've heard boys can be pretty affectionate, and it might depend on the breed of cat I imagine.

Soo...one of my cats likes to eat yarn. Not shoelaces, not cords and cables, just yarn. Of course, I don't leave yarn about for him to chew/eat because that's bad. He's only successfully eaten it twice and only because I was dumb and left it unattended for more than 20 seconds.
But he has thankfully passed it without problems.

And yeah, both of my cats are super affectionate and often will fight over space near me.

If I have anything soft around for pets (or that pets might get into) I try to be sure it's something natural that would digest or pass easily if anyone gets into it. Things like cotton and latex rubber seem to be better for dogs than synthetic materials.

I can never sleep well ever
Even if we put the 3 dogs in the crate for the night
there are still 4 cats that end up sleeping with us out of the 6 .-.
So every night there are 7 extra bodies all over the bed that barely has enough space for my husband and me as is.......
but they are all so cuddly we can't stop doing it XD

Haha...poor Sparx!
Honestly, I sleep better with the cats on the bex than I do without them.
But then I only have 2 and I fon't have to share my bed with another person.
XD

Sometimes it is worth it. waking up with potty training accidents of paw print shaped bruises isn't the most fun though XD
My favorite is one of my cats that specifically sleeps on the pillow next to my head every night XD no matter what XD

Ouch. So glad my cats aren't strong enough to bruise.
And yeah...one if my cats will frequently lay above my head on a pillow if my pillows are arranged just right.

I am loving all these pet stories! XD

Today my cat has been good. We always open the windows in the morning for him and he has been sunbathing all day.

Sunbathing cats are so cute!
Mine like to fight over window space even though they have 4 separate window options.

I suppose their is a prime sunbathing location.

We love our cat, but we can only handle one. Our cat is a handful as it is. XD

But two (or more) cats are good to have! They keep each other company.

Dangerous, that. My dad took a liking to my sister's Jack Russel, and he figures she was only obnoxious and annoying because she didn't have a buddy (my dog was the equivalent of walking Valium compared to hers). Dad won't believe when I tell him that it's just as likely he will have two obnoxious and annoying Jacks instead of one.

That is true. Our cat probably does get lonely when we are away at work.

Our ex-roommate used to have a cat that hated our cat( he still has the cat). And our cat would always sneak into the roommate's room to harass the other cat.

Quiet: Yeah...that can be true. Although, I have honestly never met a Jack that hasn't been an obnoxious little shit.

Fulkth: What a naughty kitty! And yeah, your cat could get lonely (although daytime is generally naptime) but leaving a radio on even can help with that.

As to Valium dog, in hindsight he was probably feeling crummy much of the time since he had bad teeth I found later one, but basically he was about as fast to get up in the morning as I was.

He was my Cavalier, and in the AM when my parents would head to work they would get him from my room and put the two dogs out together. By the time Monty (spaniel) woke up, looked around a little bit, and hauled himself off the bed and started to stagger down the hall, Tobie (the Jack) had been up and down both sets of stairs about three times. Monty would make it to the bottom, wait for a bit and gather his strength to climb. Once I was told he stood at the bottom of the stairs, put his paw on the first step, then took it off and lay back down. Tobie has now gone up and down the stairs two more times. If she really lost patience with Monty, she would grab him by the ear and tug him along for a few steps.

Mont was smart though. Super smart. Also a bit of an ass. We would all be sitting calmly in the living room, Tobie on the hearth, Monty under a table somewhere (only small dog a knew that seemed aware he was small), and out of nowhere he would bark. He wouldn't look at anything, or even lift his head (I saw him do it). He would just bark. This would set Tobie off, and she would madly run from window to window, barking all the way, trying to see whatever nefarious thing was outside. She would eventually calm down, all would be well for a little, and Monty would bark again. I'm sure he was just doing it for some entertainment.

One of the reasons I'm less fond of terriers than other dogs. When my sister went to the SPCA to get her next dog, they saw she had had a jack on her adoption application and tried to get her to take another one. I guess they end up in shelters relatively often given how excitable they can be.

lol, he can be pretty naughty at times. He loves going into forbidden places (like our bedroom). And doing forbidden things like playing with the diverter lever in the bathtub. You know he's been playing with it when you hear dripping water coming from the bathroom. XD