Stupid things your pets/animals do.

Stupid things your pets/animals do.

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Fermit and Sexy Sarah

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12,787 posts

99 months

Monday 14th January 2019
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Haha! Our younger one does exactly that too, so we bought her a bed which hangs off it. It's now her favourite spot.

anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 14th January 2019
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lovely cat is that a bengal?

FWIW

3,042 posts

96 months

Monday 14th January 2019
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Thesprucegoose said:
lovely cat is that a bengal?
Yes. Noisy fker! laugh

FWIW

3,042 posts

96 months

Monday 14th January 2019
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Fermit and Sexy Sarah said:
Haha! Our younger one does exactly that too, so we bought her a bed which hangs off it. It's now her favourite spot.
Oh no, that’s too easy. He won’t sleep in one of those.

Edited by FWIW on Monday 14th January 21:01

Jasandjules

69,825 posts

228 months

Monday 14th January 2019
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FWIW said:
Oh no, that’s to easy. He won’t sleep in one of those.
You need to tell him it is the dog bed and he may not use it......

Fermit and Sexy Sarah

Original Poster:

12,787 posts

99 months

Monday 14th January 2019
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Thesprucegoose said:
lovely cat is that a bengal?
I agree, he is lovely. We too guessed he was.

FWIW

3,042 posts

96 months

Monday 14th January 2019
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Jasandjules said:
You need to tell him it is the dog bed and he may not use it......
Haha! Funny you should say that, his current bed is a dog bed.
He is confined to downstairs at night, since we got sick of him doing a perfect re-enactment of Simon’s Cat every morning at 5.30am:
https://youtu.be/AbtJkupF3SE



LosingGrip

7,806 posts

158 months

Friday 18th January 2019
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One of our old cats used to race you up and down the stairs. Bloody lethal, even more so as he was black and would do it at night. Lost count of the amount of times I would trip over him.

Another sleeps in doorways or on the steps. Again fun when leaving the house for work in the dark.

The other is scared of everything. Doesn't like blankets (mum has had a operation this week and has to have a fluffy blanket over her to stop the cat sitting on her as it hurts too much!). Scared of her shadow. Doesn't like the new (a year or so ago) carpets and runs across them. BUT when we had fireworks around new year, the others were scared stless. She didn't bat an eyelid! Funny thing.


Marcellus

7,111 posts

218 months

Saturday 19th January 2019
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Our 15year old female bh does three legged pees, easy to spot when you need to go and pick up n bag or not.

Our 2 year old dog does what we call peepoos, goes to cock his leg but then obviously thinks “whilst I’m here”, generally works ok apart from the other week when he had an upset stomach and managed to st all down his standing leg hurl

Fermit and Sexy Sarah

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12,787 posts

99 months

Wednesday 23rd January 2019
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Bruce, our smallest dog today.

I've been dismantling an old UPVC porch out the back today, ready to extend. After the roof was off, out came the windows, to begin unscrewing it all. The front of the porch is split 50/50, a door, and a window.

After getting all the windows out I let him out. He went to the door to be let out, even though the porch was a windowless skeleton. I showed him the way out the 'window' and he was on his way.

Five minutes later I hear him whining, he's only sat at the porch door again telling me to open it!

Picture for context.


anonymous-user

53 months

Wednesday 23rd January 2019
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Xtriple129 said:
Chester (the fat Basset) is a knob of the highest order, his list of 'quirks' are nearly endless. Right now I am trying to type this, he is laying under my arms so I can't, he also weighs 36Kg so moving him is not an option. This is actually an improvement as he normally lies ON my forearms...

At bedtime, he has his own bed alongside mine, his is made of pillows and cushions and my duvet is then draped over him (as well as me) and he has to have his head placed in the correct spot on his cushions. All well and good, but you also have to hold his front paw until such times as he is well asleep or he howls/cries/fidgets until you do.

He is the friendliest dog on the planet... so long as he is away from home. If we are within 50 meters of home, then he is a vicious killing machine (yeah right!) that barks and growls at other dogs, people, cats, anything. People around here are scared stiff of the 'vicious dog' and are amazed at him when they meet us when out and about.

At certain times of the day, he drinks. Water is gone by the bowl full and if it actually gets empty, he picks the bowl up and BANGS it on the floor as hard as he can until it gets refilled. I could strangle the bugger!

When we go out for a walk at the park, I have to take his lead, not that he goes on it, oh no, just to have a chance of getting him back in the car! For a Basset, he is pretty well behaved off his lead and comes when called (eventually), plays nicely with other mutts, is friendly to one and all, but he knows when it's time to go home (this can be one hour or two or even more) and at that point, he starts to go 'full Basset' and buggers off! You have to catch him unawares and get his lead on when he is not looking/expecting it and then you can drag him back to the car while he struggles and plays up all the way.

The other dog (Phoebe the slim black Lab) has a few quirks of her own, but even she looks at Chester in amazement! I congratulate Chester every Sunday that he has made it through another week without being strangled.
Your post made me laugh, I had a Basset and he had so many quirks, including dipping his ears in gravy so he could suck on later, legging it whenever there was an interesting scent and feigning severe injury so he didnt have to walk home. Pinching any food he could get his paws on, don't forget dogs with short legs & long bodies can still reach the top of work surfaces.

Not sure what yours is like with barking, mine had a deep, loud bark that belonged in a horror film, often door knockers would look petrified when I opened the door. Then they couldn't compute that bark belonging to the friendly dog in front of them.



garythesign

2,056 posts

87 months

Wednesday 23rd January 2019
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Vandenberg said:
Xtriple129 said:
Chester (the fat Basset) is a knob of the highest order
This is the description of a well loved dog

Fermit and Sexy Sarah

Original Poster:

12,787 posts

99 months

Monday 24th February 2020
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Thread resurrection time.

Melina (monkey) the cat this time. We sell our birds eggs to a local allotment shop. Last week the lass there asked if we could date stamp the eggs, she just found out she's legally obliged to have this. Stamped the eggs this afternoon. We're just back from a dog walk, and unintentionally left the ink pad out. She's been pawing away at it, and now we have red ink paw-prints bloody everywhere!

Oh, and last week Wilson helped himself to a £50 note left on the side, and chewed it to pieces, luckily there was enough of it left for the bank to exchange it!

Roofless Toothless

5,610 posts

131 months

Thursday 27th February 2020
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I had a cat that used to sleep on eggs. We had a shallow wicker tray that we used to keep on the side in the kitchen which would hold a good dozen and a half eggs.

The cat would jump up and curl up on the eggs and go to sleep, looking just like she was trying to hatch them out. Never broke a single egg, though.

A Winner Is You

24,942 posts

226 months

Friday 28th February 2020
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My cat (different one to when the thread started) likes to wake you up by licking your ear. Problem is that on occasion it's rough enough to draw blood, and having a wet and course tounge shoved into your ear lobe is not nice. But if you react at all, which it's hard not to, she will realise you're awake and pester even more. Any earrings or studs will get pulled out as well, so had to stop wearing them for fear she'll accidentally swallow it one day.

waynedear

2,157 posts

166 months

Sunday 1st March 2020
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Fart... then looks at his back end with a ‘what the f**k was that’ expression.

surveyor

17,767 posts

183 months

Saturday 7th March 2020
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We have a dhead called Domino.

He lives for food. We are under siege constantly. Normally we are accustomed to his stomachs desire and make sure that any food is safely at the back of the worktop, in the fridge, microwave etc. But he gets lucky on occasions. No kids are owning up to the 2/3rd of a pizza that vanished last night. We have our suspicions.

An early success was a pound of cheese that my wife bought at a Christmas market. It was in her handbag when we got back. But not for long...

He also barks - aggressively. Currently he is in is his favorite position, between my wife and I. If a neighbour closes a car door he will be instantly barking like he is on fire. I've had delivery guys running down the garden because of this. Oh and while he's doing this he tail is bloody wagging.

Play - If a dog wants to play he will probably join in. Remember the talking? Yup he thinks that play includes growling, teeth barring, and generally being an ignorant yob. At this point the other dog has thought fk this he's fking vicous. He then trots back looking disappointed. They won't play dad....

Sticks. The longer the better. And especially good to take out back of legs. Cheers mutt.

Singing. Morning DJ's who play all about that base are not popular... https://youtu.be/VK_MBja4GqM. Neither is the Amazon pony advert https://youtu.be/qSBGCuUjQeY. He also assists the reverse park sensors. Oh and if we call our daughter....

He is a dick. A cute dick, admittedly.


Fermit and Sexy Sarah

Original Poster:

12,787 posts

99 months

Saturday 7th March 2020
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surveyor said:
We have a dhead called Domino.

He lives for food. We are under siege constantly. Normally we are accustomed to his stomachs desire and make sure that any food is safely at the back of the worktop, in the fridge, microwave etc. But he gets lucky on occasions. No kids are owning up to the 2/3rd of a pizza that vanished last night. We have our suspicions.

An early success was a pound of cheese that my wife bought at a Christmas market. It was in her handbag when we got back. But not for long...

He also barks - aggressively. Currently he is in is his favorite position, between my wife and I. If a neighbour closes a car door he will be instantly barking like he is on fire. I've had delivery guys running down the garden because of this. Oh and while he's doing this he tail is bloody wagging.

Play - If a dog wants to play he will probably join in. Remember the talking? Yup he thinks that play includes growling, teeth barring, and generally being an ignorant yob. At this point the other dog has thought fk this he's fking vicous. He then trots back looking disappointed. They won't play dad....

Sticks. The longer the better. And especially good to take out back of legs. Cheers mutt.

Singing. Morning DJ's who play all about that base are not popular... https://youtu.be/VK_MBja4GqM. Neither is the Amazon pony advert https://youtu.be/qSBGCuUjQeY. He also assists the reverse park sensors. Oh and if we call our daughter....

He is a dick. A cute dick, admittedly.

Dali's are dicks, yep. As are Weims, and Vizslas. Wilson, our Viz/Dobe X is going through a food stealing phrase. Every bit of food now placed at the back of the microwave. Where the cat will probably steal it. He's also taking to finishing his meal, then going to one of the other dogs bowls and sticking his head in to it..... whilst said other dog is still eating!

Lazermilk

3,523 posts

80 months

Wednesday 11th March 2020
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waynedear said:
Fart... then looks at his back end with a ‘what the f**k was that’ expression.
My parents dog does this, but sometimes if hes sleeping he will wake with a jump from a fart and run off hehe

Lazermilk

3,523 posts

80 months

Wednesday 11th March 2020
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Our Frenchie loves crawling around on his belly with his back legs just dragging along, he often gets down from the sofa like this, just kind of slides off and his back end flops down to the ground and he continues the crawl along the rug usually.

One day I found him half way off the sofabed asleep, I guess he just got a bit too comfy while sliding down and decided to take a nap! The bottom part pulls out and folds up, so we left this out as a step to make it easier for him to get up and down from it...

I had to wake him up after a minute as it couldn't have been good for his back like that, it must be a good 7 or 8 inches off the ground! hehe



He occasionally does it while crossing the road which is nice, below you can see him doing it beside the road and being laughed at by the kids cycling past hehe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFK30hhjSTs