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charlie and algernon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 02:18 PM
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what do your pets do that piss you off?
Inspired by TZ's thread, what things do your pets do that annoy and piss you off to no end?

Nothing I do seems to get through to Esther's little head that she's supposed to use the vertical scratching post. She uses the scratching box on the floor just fine, but when she gets the urge to stand up and dig her claws into something it's always my curtains or dresser. :grr:

She's also taken to giving herself a bath on my bed in the middle of the night. Nothing like getting woken up at 5:00am to slurping sounds. x(
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My Good Babushka Donating Member (966 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 02:21 PM
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1. My cat vomits all the time
Also bites my fingers and pulls my hair when it's my day to sleep in.
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seemunkee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 02:21 PM
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2. Tiny dogs have tiny bladders, but still drink a lot.
The use of piss in your title should be a clue.
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 02:22 PM
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3. Bark for no reason at each other
The cats like to jump on my stomach and just stand there, instead of lying down. It hurts.

I'm just thankful Ginsberg stopped thinking licking my eyeballs was an acceptable way to wake me up.
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geardaddy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 02:22 PM
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4. Our cat likes to eat paper.
Tax forms, newspapers, etc.
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dropkickpa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 02:25 PM
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5. Eat poop then burp in my face
Ew.
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dana_b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 04:28 PM
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7. my dog does that too. yuck but NOW she's a stubborn
little shit. If she decides that she doesn't want to do something, she will stand her ground and refuse to move. I can practically pull her head off with the leash and she won't budge. SO stubborn! That's what I get for having a bully-breed dog!
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dropkickpa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-24-09 08:39 AM
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32. Lol!
Lucky for us, except for the poop eating insistance (and she loves all poo, not just dog), that's one bully trait mine doesn't have too much of.
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Bertha Venation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-24-09 11:21 AM
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36. I love that picture.
:thumbsup:
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dropkickpa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-24-09 02:18 PM
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40. They're my baby-girls
That picture never fails to make me smile!
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dana_b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-24-09 09:03 PM
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43. cuties!
your dog and mine look a lot alike although mine is only half pit. the other half is beagle but you can't tell by her looks.
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lazyriver Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 04:26 PM
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6. Every time he "borrows" my car for his lecherous weekend
getaways, my dog brings it back on Monday's with no gas in the tank, strange fur stuck to the seats and Pupperoni residue all over the steering wheel. The bastard.
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stuntcat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 04:29 PM
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8. walking from the tile floor to the carpet to VOMIT
I JUST caught one doing it. wtf?
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amitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 05:00 PM
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16. Probably the carpet seems more like grass to them.
Which is where a cat would normally be barfing.
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stuntcat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 05:41 PM
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21. lol perhaps!
they probably think they're doing the right thing lol

I don't get too mad with them about it, our carpet's already brown (:puke: shag) it's just bad when I don't know they've done it til I step in it.
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Haole Girl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 04:31 PM
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9. My Tabby cat won't stop meowing at certain times...
when I'm watching the news on TV, when I'm talking on the phone, or when I'm talking to my husband. I'm not sure if she just hates noise or what. Ironically, the little brat loves it when I sing to her. :crazy:
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Mad_Dem_X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 04:32 PM
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10. My rabbit kicks his bedding everywhere
He does it when he's excited, he does it when he's mad. What a mess! And when I try to put his food dish down, he jumps on my hand - ow!
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charlie and algernon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 05:06 PM
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19. hah, my cat headbutts my hand when I attempt to put the food in her dish
so naturally only about half gets in the dish and the rest spills on the carpet.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 04:33 PM
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11. Refuse to come when I call them.
Fuckin' fish.

Worse than cats.
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 04:34 PM
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12. My dane has about destroyed every last bit of foliage in my front yard.
He still doesn't get that he's not 35 pounds anymore, so when he goes racing around the yard, it's like driving a pickup through everything.
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 04:38 PM
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13. So many things!
- follow me around when I want to be left be
- wake me up in the middle of a beautiful dream
- act as if we are going to the circus just because I went in living room
- bark at the wind
- run off and not come when called. It's usually raining then
- watch me eat
- not come watch movies with me when I want not to be left be

hehe

A few off the top of my head. I love 'em both to pieces though.

:hi:
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 04:51 PM
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14. he's just too adorable.
it's just not right. He's also trained me and that pisses me off.
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 04:59 PM
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15. comes over and lays down by me
...and FARTS! Nasty farts! x(

I swear, that dog could be part of a chemical weapons program. :(
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amitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 05:02 PM
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17. Cats won't scratch on something that wobbles at all.
They're afraid it will fall on them.

I read about this and stabilized my cat's little scratcher post--and now he uses it! :)
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charlie and algernon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 05:04 PM
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18. oh this is a very stable post
very solid platform with a 4x4 sticking up the middle wrapped in that corded rope.
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wickerwoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 05:34 PM
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20. Sticking their paws in my water glass
Never mind that they have four dishes of water to drink out of... they have to dip their paws in my glass (the freshest glass and nothing but the freshest glass) and then lick the water off their paws.

Also, anything that can be knocked off a flat surface onto the floor has been knocked off a flat surface onto the floor.
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hobbit709 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 05:53 PM
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22. Boogie-Queen Of The Doofii
gets panic attacks and sticks to you like glue wherever you go in the house. You try to move from A to B and she is on your foot, you turn left, right or around and she's already in your way.
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TK421 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 06:06 PM
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23. Our cat here ( not mine, but a roommates ) is constantly knocking over
glasses in the kitchen...4 good glasses of mine have already been broken, and we tried the water bottle trick to keep her off the counter, but she doesn't seem afraid of that anymore.

Also, scratching the HELL out of my good futon! The arms have claw marks all over them. This was in excellent condition prior to moving in here, and prior to me agreeing to have a cat.
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Writer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 06:14 PM
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24. Gandalf constantly lies across my chest as I try to work.
:mad:
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 06:32 PM
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25. Chew up the philodendron
Chew up the bathroom mat.

Chew up my mom's book.

Start chewing up a pair of pants.

So far.

Today. x(
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peacefreak Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 06:50 PM
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26. He meows & cries that
HE HAS TO GO OUT NOW!!!!!. I get off the computer, walk towards him & he plops his ass down on the other side of the room. And just ~why~ does he always manage to walk across my boobs? He's no petite flower. It hurts.
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Lil Missy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 07:14 PM
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27. Anticipate where I'm going to step and immediately goes there.
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 07:47 PM
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28. farts
paint peeling green gas farts

while she's asleep behind my chair

some nights i go put a turtle neck on so I can pull it up over my nose at a moment's notice

sigh

but she's 16 and that ol sphincter gets relaxed when she sleeps I guess

but DAYM!!! she'll run you out of the room

like right now.....

:puke:

and yes, I've changed her diet, I give her yogurt every day but I'm open to any suggestions if you have any.....
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Chemical Bill Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 09:32 PM
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29. It's better to be pissed off than pissed on. n/t
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 09:55 PM
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30. My little one, Twilight, taught my big one, Monster, how to scratch the couch.
Edited on Mon Feb-23-09 09:56 PM by applegrove
I'm not home enough to stop them from doing it. I do see a water pistol in my future if I ever come across one in the store.
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leftyclimber Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-23-09 09:58 PM
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31. You mean other than the "running puke" maneuver
in which when puking starts, they have to run laps around all carpeted areas in the house while vomiting in order to maximize the distribution of said puke? :rofl:

I've got one cat that head-butts my hand whenever I've just refilled the water dish, resulting in puddles in the kitchen, angry wet cats, and having to fill the water dish a second time. x(
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tinymontgomery Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-24-09 10:44 AM
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33. Dog wants to go out and it's raining
so we put her out on the deck, she runs back in and then wants to go out the front door which means we have to walk her out. Like the weather is different on different sides of the house.
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mnhtnbb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-24-09 10:58 AM
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34. Get me up in the middle of the night asking to go out and when I open the door, they walk away.
We have two cats, Mouse and Simba, who normally go outside at night. When it's extremely cold, like it's been recently, we let them stay in the house.

Last night at 3 a.m. Simba was scratching at the front door wanting out. I got up, opened the door,
and he walked away. I went back to bed. At 3:30, he was scratching the door again. I get up, open the door, and he walks away. At 3:45 a.m., he's back scratching the door! I get up and this time he finally
goes out when I open the door. At 4:30, he wakes me again, this time scratching outside the door
wanting in.

I know. We should put in a door so they could come and go, but the only door we have that doesn't have a storm door too, is a metal one. I'm not sure I want to buy a new door when there's no guarantee
the damn cats would use the in/out anyway!

I can't wait for warmer weather and we can just put them out at night!
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FedUpWithIt All Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-24-09 11:04 AM
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35. Jumping on the table. I HATE it and he knows it. Does he try and hide his behavior? NO!
Edited on Tue Feb-24-09 11:05 AM by FedUpWithIt All
I can be sitting a foot away from the dining room table and he will jump up and look at me to see if the water bottle is nearby. The little shit is quite stubborn.

Oh and chewing the nipples off the tops of baby bottles. Grrr....

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Shakespeare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-24-09 12:10 PM
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37. Well, this morning, it was knocking my watch off the dresser at 5 am and batting it repeatedly....
...against the bed's footboard, then running into the bedroom every five minutes, letting out a loud, piteous wail, and dashing back out of the bedroom like some crazed jackrabbit. Oh, and occasionally stopping to bat the watch against the footboard again before dashing out like a lunatic.

He's lucky to be alive right now.
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ogneopasno Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-24-09 12:25 PM
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38. Chewing up crap -- I mean, I know I should put stuff away, but jeez, I buy chew toys for a reason!
Also, one of our dogs pees submissively, then drags his hairy butt through it. OMG, I hate that so much. He also eats dead deer and then gets diarrhea, which sticks to his hairy butt (he's a collie). I like him a lot, but sometimes I have visions of really smacking him one.
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ogneopasno Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-24-09 12:26 PM
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39. Also, our first dog used to eat his own poop and then barf it back up at 2 in the morning. Trust me,
it's NOT pleasant.
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RedCloud Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-24-09 02:45 PM
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41. Engage in oral sex in front of guests and kids.
They are addicted to it.
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LibertyLover Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-24-09 03:40 PM
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42. My greyhound bitch -
Wretched girl puppy howls to go at least twice a night. Usually around 1 am and 3 am. My husband rarely hears her, so I'm the one who gets up, puts her out and then waits for the 15 or 20 minutes it takes her to wander the yard, find something to bark at, do her business and come back in. I have to get up at 6 am for work, while he can sleep till 7 or later, depending on when he wants to get our daughter up for school. And since he doesn't work, if he feels like kicking back in the middle of the day to watch a movie on tv and catch a nap, it's not a problem. Then of course there are the whippets, who sleep in our bed, under the covers and the minute you get out of bed, they take up the extra space - try to get back in and you get snapped at. Usually I just go to the guest room and sleep.
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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-24-09 09:10 PM
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44. my cat Clancy will scratch and claw 30 mins post-dump
and never even come close to covering up his shit pile :o
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