Things our animals do to make us crazy:

[hedgehog]

1. You are falling asleep or working on the computer when you hear your dog crunching away on something. You now are faced with the dilemma; do I go to sleep/keep working or do I get up and determine if he is in fact chewing on a pill bottle, chunk of bone, precious object that he shouldn't have in his mouth?

[grace0418]

1. My cat comes into my office when I'm working and starts pawing at whatever he

can find that will make the most noise. A bag, the garbage can, whatever. If I stop him he goes back 30 seconds later. I end up having to close the office door, which I hate because I like having him sleep next to me while I work, I just hate the attention-seeking stuff.

[Roon]

12. I have a cat that pushes everything off my desk if i am ignoring her

She just does that "cheek rub" thing until it falls off the edge.

[Rhiannon12866]

34. She's conducting experiments with gravity... :)

My cat used to do this on the bathroom counter. If I left the toilet seat down when I was taking a shower, she'd jump up on the bathroom counter and push everything that she found there off of the edge... I'm sure she found it most entertaining... :)

[Brickbat]

2. Pee when I greet him.

He's gotten much better, but man, he almost earned himself a trip back to the shelter.

I keed!

[hedgehog]

8. How about your dog dragging its butt across the carpet?

[TZ]

3. In one room and in another you hear a suspcious scratching sound

that does not sound like their scratching post. By the time you arrive, said perps are hiding and you aren't sure whether it was fuzzy brat #1 or fuzzy brat #2 who is guilty..:grr:

[hedgehog]

4. Corollary: Wake up in the middle of the night to hear that horking sound....

[BlueIris]

5. When they're *really* pissed off, both my cat and dog have gotten all wet outside,

then come back in the house, jumped in my bed, and deliberately rubbed themselves all over my covers. The tom cat in particular seems to love pulling this stunt, but both have done it on separate occasions. Drives me fucking nuts.

[Bertha Venation]

6. Jumping up onto the end table.

Dropping toys into the water dish.

Barfing.

[meow2u3]

36. Your cat's not the only one who does that

My cat Max, better known as Circus Maximus, dunks toys, candy wrappers, empty bread bags, twist ties, and even (one time) his freakin' laser pointer into his (and Ruby's) water dish (my cats share the water dish).

[Betty88]

7. Oh where to start....

Most of the things center on waking me up.

1) paw at the large glass covered picture over the dresser, you know the one that if it falls off the wall will shatter and cut the cat in half.
2) Stand on top of the refrigerator and scream at the top of his lungs (use siamese cat voice)"NOOOO BOOODDDY LOOOVVVEESS MEEEEE!!!!"
This can also be done with his head sticking out the window just to be sure the neighbors hear.
3) drag toys, mice, sticks with bells etc, into the bed and drop them on my head.
4) poke me till I wake up
5) get the older cat that we cant yell at, because he is old and has diabetes so who yells at a cat like that, to get in the bed and say a very soft sweet "mow" in my ear.
6)this one is girl cat, run like her butts on fire across the apartment to the bedroom window, when she finds it not open enough to properly enjoy "bird time" bang on the blinds till it is opened to a proper hight. Then you should be quiet so she can hear the birds.
7)back to Siamese cat, make a digging gesture next to anything he feels needs cleaning. Sometimes this is done just after I clean up a mess but use a product he does not like. He prefers Fabuloso, the purple color that smells like violets.

I guess I could go on but then you would think I don't love cats :)

[hedgehog]

9. Fabuloso? Does it keep tha animals from returning to their favorite spot to pee?

[Betty88]

11. Nope, it just smells good

Fabuloso is a real inexpensive all purpose cleaner that he likes the smell of. Thank god everyone pees where they should. If they didn't I'm sure he would lead me right to it so it could be cleaned up quickly. Sometimes he goes into the box after the other cats to push more litter over improperly buried poop.

[Archae]

13. I just got the biggest laugh from your sig picture...

The cat dancing.

I saw it when "Gimme All Your Loving" by ZZ Top came on Pandora. :D

[WolverineDG]

20. +1000 for Fabuloso purple

my favorite too :)

dg

[kayakjohnny]

10. The cat gets himself exactly where my feet need to be in order to walk properly.

He doesn't get it that I'm taking his food to the exact same spot that I always do, and instead of just following me along, he has to lead the way, but he zig-zags right in front of me and it drives me batty.

Sometimes, I get the jump on him and walk real fast to the spot. He has trouble with that burst of speed, and then I get there first.

Drives me bonkers, the little bugger.

[sakabatou]

31. I know about the zig-zag stuff

My cat does that too.

[veganred]

14. My cat drives me crazy when she.....

I have a great and love her with all of my heart but she has a few things that drive me insane:

1. My cat Cora loves using the bed (while I am sleeping) as a trampoline from one spot of the bedroom to another.

2. She sucks up anything on the floor especially fuzz.

3. She likes to pull down the fabric of our canopy bad just for fun and then hide under it.

All of this, she is the greatest :)

LLN

[veganred]

15. sorry for typos,

Obviously I meant bed not bad, not being mindful today, sorry.

[LaurenG]

16. Laptop in bed, cat wants attention, pet cat and put cat at the foot of bed

cat jumps on top of dresser and throws off everything she is strong enough to toss off. Cat gets told no, cat talks back, I tell cat no again cat sits on jewlrey box and admires self in mirror. If I don't get up and take her off the dresser she yells while looking in the mirror until I go get her. :crazy: cat.

[GreenPartyVoter]

17. Pickles the cat jumps on my head on and off all night long, then paws at me for attention.

[Duer 157099]

18. Follows me around the house

Or worse, tries to lead by doesn't know where I'm going so she has to keep looking back at me to see, and then I have to just say "move" and she quickly gets out of the way, lol.

She's great.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

19. Milo, the enormous fluffy white and orange cat, does this thing

that drives me nuts: When I'm sleeping, or pretending to sleep, the little bastard deliberately tips over the lamp on the table next to the bed. If he feels ignored when I'm in bed reading (and not petting him), he just reaches his paw ever so slooowly toward the lamp, knowing that will get my attention. Jeoffrey, the sleek gray tabby, just looks at me and howls and gibbers and warbles until I pet him. I only have to pet him for a few minutes and tell him he's a good boy, and then he'll curl up and go to sleep. But he has to be petted first. Pixie (the Queen of Sheba), my half-Siamese floofy ball of fur, likes to hang with all four feet on the back screen door, thereby destroying the screen. I have to get the screen replaced every year.

But I love 'em all.

[WolverineDG]

21. Yowling continuously while I'm in the shower

as if they're starving neglected animal beasts who no one loves & will die in 2 seconds if I don't pet them *RIGHT NOW* :eyes:

scratch at newspaper until it's so loud I have to turn up the volume on the TV or (if I'm on the phone) go to another room :eyes:

"nag" me while I'm in the kitchen or "nag" the other cats who won't let her curl up next to them :eyes: (I really need to get video of this because it's funny)

drink out of (what was) my glass of water in the bathroom :eyes:

dg

[PJPhreak]

22. If I am sitting in a chair at my desk,

My Husky/Aussie Timber will "Kidney Punch" me with his nose,He is so skilled at this you can't hear him sneaking up behind you and then BAM! right in the Kidney.

Luna my other Canine American likes to Argue...Tell her to do something she doe not wanna do and its on...
ME..."Luna put that down"
Luna..."Yooooooooowwwwwwlllll"
Me..."Luna,Stop Arguing with me"
Luna...Yoooowwwwlllwwwwooooolllll!!!
Me...Luna,I said no!"
Luna...YYYYOOOOOOOWWWWWWWLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOLLLLLLLL!!!!!
Me...Luna,enough backtalk,Young Lady!!
Luna...Grrrryyyyyooooowwwwwlllllwwwwoooowwwwoooowwww!
Me...Sighs...Luna,Why must you argue with me?
Luna...YYYYOOOOOLLLLLoooolllllwwwwwoooowwwww!!!
Me...I give up,alright already!

[applegrove]

23. Just when I am about to fall asleep my cat will curl up in my armpit and start purring

like crazy.... how could I not wake up and wrap him in my arms and give him a kiss.

[pinstikfartherin]

24. Jack the JRT

Loves to wait until you are napping, really relaxed, or concentrating to sneak up on you and bark, thereby scaring the crap out of you. I swear he laughs at me every time.

He also will talk back like someone noted up thread.

Wouldn't trade him for the world, the nutty pup.

[Withywindle]

25. I woke up yesterday morning with a sharp claw hooked into my right nostril.

OW! :mad:


She also likes to sit at the kitchen cabinet under the sink and snap the magnetized door open with her paw again and again. BANG. BANG. BANG. (It's not even where I keep the catfood. She just knows that the noise drives me bugfuck.)

[IMATB]

26. My cat

steady runs to the refrigerator when he hears it open. Always looking for his cut. He gets inside to see what he wants. I have to drag him away.

He also bites feet. It was cute when he was a kitten but he's got claws like a tiger. Not so funny anymore.

[Lucy Goosey]

27. My weirdo cat likes to chew on my hair.

What the hell is with that?

[XemaSab]

28. 5:30 in the morning EVERY morning

Maddy starts off the day with frantic angry barking and leaping against the door.

My mom lets her out after making sure that the other dogs are safe.

10 minutes later Bailey jumps against the door to let himself in.

The paint on my door has become totally trashed. :(

[AtomicKitten]

29. My cat loves to roll around making snow (desk ?) angels on my desk, stuff flying everywhere.

Then he climbs up on my old school behemoth monitor for a snooze. I bought a new computer with a spiffy flat screen monitor. Ren jumped up as usual and he and the monitor went flying. Being the compliant pet person I am, I took the spiffy monitor back.

[Skittles]

30. barf and back up just enough to make it the length of my foot

:mad:

[maddezmom]

32. barking at the horses in our backyard

Every time she goes out there she starts acting like it's the first time she every saw them before. :) I think she might have short-term memory loss.

[murielm99]

33. My cat sits on the newspaper if I am reading it,

or on my keyboard. My dog pokes me with her nose, barks and backs up until I pay attention, or stares me down.

All these things work. They do get my attention.

[Phentex]

35. Stare at the door to go out. Look back at you. Can I get a little help here?

You get up, let him out.

He immediately stares at the door wanting to be let back in.

HA! Made ya get up!

[meow2u3]

37. My cats jump on me at 6 in the morning, running around the room

I can tell who's pouncing on me simply by the weight I feel when I'm lying half-awake. When Max jumps on me, I feel it--he's 17 pounds! Ruby has a habit of lying on top of me when I'm about to turn over in bed to try to get comfy, but she won't let me.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

38. This is a great thread.

It makes my glad I don't have cats.
Prudence, my sweet baby girl Dachshund, is a primadonna to the max. She wants to be carried everywhere. In the evenings, my husband and I sit in our recliners with our laptops and play World of Warcraft, write, or just surf the nets. She will sit staring at him and wine until he lets her sit with him. And she is so easily hurt. I had to put off picking her up for five seconds due to hot coffee and she walks away and wouldn't talk to me for hours.
In the morning, only on the weekends when we can sleep in, at exactly six AM, she begins to nose my husband's face. She has even started chewing it a little just to make sure he has "heard" her. Then it's roll over on her belly and love me time. If we stop, we get bitten in the face or the hand.
Sometimes, even if you are speaking to her lovingly, she will pee all over herself when you pick her up. We have never beat her or done anything mean to her. She was a rescue and was abused to the point where they wouldn't let her make a sound. Sometimes I will bend over to pet her and she shirks away like I'm going to hit her. I would commit homicide if I ever could get my hands on the people who originally had her.
Pru:

Then there is our sweet, old cocker spaniel foster we named Leroy Jenkins. Ever since my 2 year old goddaughter visited, he will only answer to Lil' Boy. He loves to shred paper. I think it makes him feel better. He loves it. And when we are playing and I call him good boy or Lil Boy, he starts licking me all over and just goes wild the more I laugh. God I love that 14 year old sweet old guy. He is in the early stages of kidney failure. We're managing it with diet. I love him so much. But I know that I will be the last face he ever sees when he leaves this world. I know at some point we will have to put him down, and I will be kissing his face and scratching his ears when he goes. We were the one family who never gave up on him and didn't let him get out. He lived on the street for God knows how long before the pound got him. Hours before he was to get the gas chamber, we brought him home, and he has taught us so much about love. He is the best dog I have ever owned.
Sorry I got all mushy. This was a thread about how our pets drive us crazy, but I can never resist gushing about my sweet Lil Boy.
This is my old man:


Duckie