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If you could be turned into a dog or cat for ONE HOUR, how would you spend that hour? (Original Post) Miles Archer Feb 2018 OP
Licking my,..... Floyd R. Turbo Feb 2018 #1
See! underpants Feb 2018 #3
😛 Floyd R. Turbo Feb 2018 #9
Personal hygiene underpants Feb 2018 #2
Observing, stalking and hunting. DinahMoeHum Feb 2018 #4
Sure, I have a feral cat who likes to come into my home office & attack the nike swoosh on a shoebox FSogol Feb 2018 #17
That's just practice. . . DinahMoeHum Feb 2018 #19
Not knowing a darn thing about what is going on in this insane country... Freedomofspeech Feb 2018 #5
I agree IrishEyes Feb 2018 #36
We have two rescue dogs... Freedomofspeech Feb 2018 #37
Running! As fast as I could. Just for the fun of it. Chemisse Feb 2018 #6
same here! Phentex Feb 2018 #32
Enjoying catnip... 3catwoman3 Feb 2018 #7
As a cat TexasProgresive Feb 2018 #8
I would lick a hole in my nutsack... LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #10
Nowadays, you probably wouldn't have a nutsack. :-) Try rolling on a dead rotted fish instead. CozyMystery Feb 2018 #12
Smelling other dogs butts /nt sdfernando Feb 2018 #11
parkour! unblock Feb 2018 #13
Climb the tree, walk on the roof. Merlot Feb 2018 #14
Make a truce with the kitties backtoblue Feb 2018 #15
making videos rurallib Feb 2018 #16
As a dog I'd wait until my persons had house guests, then sarge43 Feb 2018 #18
I'd try catnip crazycatlady Feb 2018 #20
Catnip, belly rubs, lying in the sun The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2018 #21
Sounds good to me! But would also want someone to hug me tight and gently rub my nose. Fla Dem Feb 2018 #34
Shitting in my neighbors yard TEB Feb 2018 #22
Licking my balls in front of the houseguests and then wet sloppy kisses all around Major Nikon Feb 2018 #23
Find the highest perch in the house OriginalGeek Feb 2018 #24
Killing squirrels and eating their he heads off. milestogo Feb 2018 #25
sleeping on pile of books while the weedeaters are right outside Skittles Feb 2018 #26
Nap in the sun all day. MontanaMama Feb 2018 #27
I made a list! Sanity Claws Feb 2018 #28
On further reflection, maybe I'd spend more time The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2018 #29
If a cat I would spend the hour climbing trees snd Baitball Blogger Feb 2018 #30
I'd become my dog and get his skunk-ridden body into the shower janterry Feb 2018 #31
Following a trail through the woods. nolabear Feb 2018 #33
Yep, sometimes I'd really like to know what our dogs are smelling. hunter Feb 2018 #38
I would find a way to the White House. Laffy Kat Feb 2018 #35
Thinking to myself how lacking opposable thumbs sucks. n/t NNadir Feb 2018 #39
Sleeping sakabatou Feb 2018 #40
Dog...I would shit all over my neighbor's yard LeftInTX Feb 2018 #41
Raiding the bag of food!!! joem777 Feb 2018 #42
I would bring my human lots of mice jpak Feb 2018 #43
Get My Owner To Put Me In The Car. . . ProfessorGAC Feb 2018 #44
If I were a little puppy dog Wolf Frankula Feb 2018 #45

FSogol

(45,529 posts)
17. Sure, I have a feral cat who likes to come into my home office & attack the nike swoosh on a shoebox
Tue Feb 20, 2018, 12:39 PM
Feb 2018

He also likes to attack the cord on the waffle iron.

Master predator?

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
36. I agree
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 04:07 PM
Feb 2018

I adopted my two cats when they were a few weeks old. The only people they have met are friends and family that come visit me. Occasionally, they get taken to the vet but he is very nice. As far as they are concerned, the world is a wonderful place where everyone is nice and there are lots of hugs, cuddles, sleeping spots and places to explore. I spoil them rotten but they are really great well behaved cats. Personally, I would jump on everything and explore everywhere.

Freedomofspeech

(4,228 posts)
37. We have two rescue dogs...
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 06:20 PM
Feb 2018

and our remaining rescue cat is 17. Life is pretty darn good for them at our house! I always tell my husband that in my next life that I want to be one of his pets...he is the best caregiver ever.

Chemisse

(30,817 posts)
6. Running! As fast as I could. Just for the fun of it.
Tue Feb 20, 2018, 10:39 AM
Feb 2018

Of course most dogs don't have that option on a regular basis.

3catwoman3

(24,051 posts)
7. Enjoying catnip...
Tue Feb 20, 2018, 10:40 AM
Feb 2018

...and chin scritches/belly rubs. And head butting my mom to show her I know how much she loves me.

Merlot

(9,696 posts)
14. Climb the tree, walk on the roof.
Tue Feb 20, 2018, 11:52 AM
Feb 2018

Then take a nap in the sun to see what cats dream about.

We can rememer all this when we're back to human, right?

backtoblue

(11,345 posts)
15. Make a truce with the kitties
Tue Feb 20, 2018, 12:30 PM
Feb 2018

I would rally the pack and make a truce with the cats. We would all break free and run to Washington, mauling every lawmaker until they ban assault weapons/magazine capacity. Then I would take a nap.

sarge43

(28,945 posts)
18. As a dog I'd wait until my persons had house guests, then
Tue Feb 20, 2018, 12:39 PM
Feb 2018

attend to the personal hygiene in the middle of the living room. Payback for the trips to the vet's. Humping legs optional.

Fla Dem

(23,761 posts)
34. Sounds good to me! But would also want someone to hug me tight and gently rub my nose.
Wed Feb 21, 2018, 11:35 AM
Feb 2018

That is what my girl seems to love the most.

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
24. Find the highest perch in the house
Tue Feb 20, 2018, 05:25 PM
Feb 2018

station myself there and then both literally and figuratively look down on everyone who passes by for 59 minutes. The last minute I would jump on somebody's head.

Skittles

(153,193 posts)
26. sleeping on pile of books while the weedeaters are right outside
Tue Feb 20, 2018, 05:40 PM
Feb 2018

I would REALLY like to know how my cat can do that

MontanaMama

(23,337 posts)
27. Nap in the sun all day.
Tue Feb 20, 2018, 05:41 PM
Feb 2018

Meow around the house at midnight because someone will get me a treat to shut me up.

Sanity Claws

(21,854 posts)
28. I made a list!
Tue Feb 20, 2018, 05:44 PM
Feb 2018

Lap water with my tongue to see what that is like
Stick my claws into the sofa arm and pull myself up to sit on it.
Stick my claws into a dog's nose for his thinking about sticking his nose up my butt
Run as fast as I can to get away from the dog.
Try liver and see if I'd like it now that I am a cat
Chase the little red dot
Spend the last 5 minutes stoned on cat nip.

I hope I can fit all that in in just one hour.


The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,866 posts)
29. On further reflection, maybe I'd spend more time
Tue Feb 20, 2018, 06:02 PM
Feb 2018

exploring the nature of catness. I might try to figure out the secret of slipping in and out of other dimensions, as in those occasions when I am searched for everywhere and can't be found, but then I suddenly materialize underfoot when a treat package is opened. I might learn what it's like to be able to jump five times my own height, and to see well enough in the dark to sneak up on humans and trip them when they shuffle to the bathroom in the middle of the night. I'll learn how to aim hairballs at the best rugs, or to place them where the human is most likely to step on them. I'll discover what it's like to have a tail and fur and ears that swivel.

I might also take a crack at climbing curtains.

Baitball Blogger

(46,758 posts)
30. If a cat I would spend the hour climbing trees snd
Tue Feb 20, 2018, 06:08 PM
Feb 2018

Leaping with agility from limb to limb. If I were a dog, running. They make it look like fun.

 

janterry

(4,429 posts)
31. I'd become my dog and get his skunk-ridden body into the shower
Tue Feb 20, 2018, 06:09 PM
Feb 2018

as it is, he refuses.

My house stinks
The car stinks (skunk died next to the garage)
and I stink (the woman at the market said - oh, yes, now I smell it).

nolabear

(41,991 posts)
33. Following a trail through the woods.
Tue Feb 20, 2018, 10:26 PM
Feb 2018

Can you even imagine how cool a thing it is to be able to do that?

hunter

(38,328 posts)
38. Yep, sometimes I'd really like to know what our dogs are smelling.
Thu Feb 22, 2018, 08:27 PM
Feb 2018

Much of the world they live in is invisible to us.

ProfessorGAC

(65,195 posts)
44. Get My Owner To Put Me In The Car. . .
Fri Feb 23, 2018, 11:29 AM
Feb 2018

. . .and let me hang my head out the window! (My doggie has it even better. I drive a ragtop.)

Wolf Frankula

(3,601 posts)
45. If I were a little puppy dog
Fri Feb 23, 2018, 10:03 PM
Feb 2018

If I were a little puppy dog,
I would snippy and I'd bitey
Into everybody's nightie.
If I were a little puppy dog.

Wolf

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