Animals are great! They’re adorable, they’re fun, they’re cuddly, and they just bring a lot of positives to our lives. But sometimes, they can do things that drive us absolutely nuts.
For example, my cat likes to announce whenever she’s doing anything. Needs water? Meow loudly her whole way to the water dish, meow at the water dish, meow when she’s finished drinking, and meow the whole way back to her bed as loudly as she can.
So, what obnoxious thing does your companion do that you really wish they didn’t?
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Dog #1 loves to lay on the floor. Usually in spots where we regularly pass through, for example in front of the bathroom door or in front of the living room door. It wouldn’t be an issue if she is a small dog, but she is a big dog around 40 kilograms.
Dog #2 is usually quiet, nearly mute. Except when Dog #1 is blocking her way by laying on the floor. Then she gets nervous and starts a mixture of barking and whimpering until she can pass through somehow. I’ve never heard a dog make such weird ass noises as she does.
Dog #2 also likes to lick everything that gets in her reach, hands, arms, faces, shoes, other dogs.
I have a dog that’s a licker too. The worst part is she has a huge slobberly tongue. I’ll just be sitting there minding my own business and boom, my arm is soaking wet.
My cat has a spot right next to my bed where she sits and stares at me. She looks like she needs something, that’s where she sits to meow when she needs something. But she doesn’t. Not relaxing, sitting upright staring right at me. Frequently, for long periods, at any time. When I’m sleeping, on my phone, watching TV, doing anything in bed. She just sits there staring right out of arms reach, and will leave if I try to grab her.
She also licks a lot, too much. Blankets, pillows, me.
She’s staring at you because she loves you she runs away because cats are goofy.
My dog stares at my husband and me. I read something from a dog psychologist that said it’s like they’re “hugging you with their eyes,” and I think that’s the cutest description ever.
I’m not a pet owner anymore, unfortunately, but I have a few to share.
My first dog was able to recognize the sound of my father’s car from the street, and would make sure that everyone in the entire building knew that she recognised the sound. She would bark from the moment the car appeared on the street, until my father was at home. We eventually managed to convince her to bark a little less, but even then, she would still bark a few times. Problem is, my father would frequently come back from work late at night!
My second dog loved to jump. Like, seriously, he was the world champion of jumping. He didn’t know how to run, he trotted and jumped to gain speed. When somebody entered our home, he would come to them and jump around them. A lot. Sometimes we were forced to put him in another room and close the door so that he wouldn’t greet our guests. He was very dumb. A very playful fella, though.
Well, one of my dogs chews at the butt so dang loud and hard that I swear they get a cardio workout as a result. This dog also has a cat like behavior of seemingly wanting both in and out from the patio. She will spend a grand total of 2 min outside and want back in only to want back out a few min later. She also has gotten sassier with age. Love her stupid stinking face. Totally not petter her right now or anything.
My cat loves to run into the linen closet every time it opens . It’s also where my dad’s ashes are , so I tell her " no you can’t hang out with my dead dad !"
Our cat will follow us around the house, screaming, until we either sit with him in our lap (human heating pad) or put him in his heated bed but remain near (human security blanket). He’s a sweet cat and has arthritis, so I get it. But sometimes we gotta make dinner, bro.
Our dog will constantly and shamelessly be nearby when food is present, whether we are cooking, eating, feeding the cat, doesn’t matter. His previous owner gave him human food all the time. He completely deflates when you tell him to go lie down. When we cook, we just let him be in the way, next to the screaming cat 🤷♀️
My one cat actually whines. When she has to get up from when she’s comfortable, when she has to move, when I need to pick her up and physically place her somewhere, etc.
Like an actual child, when in cat terms, she’s a damn grown woman haha!
So, this is probably my fault, because I thought it’d be fun to teach my cat, Porkchop, to sit on my shoulder.
I did not teach him that when I’m peeing at 3am without a shirt on, is not the best time for this.
My dog will 100% of the time eat my other dog’s poop in the backyard and occasionally throws it up inside the house if we miss picking it up…defeats the convenience of having a backyard for them to do their business.
Have you tried putting them on probiotics? My dad’s boxer used to eat poop and putting him on probiotics stopped the behavior.
Good suggestion, thanks!
We did try pineapple as the other commenter suggested, but the one with the apparently tasty poop is a picky eater and wouldn’t eat pineapple
I’ve heard giving dogs pineapple can help too since it has digestive enzymes in it.
They make treats that make poop “taste bad” to dogs. I used to work at a pet store years ago and it was a common thing for puppies.
Search for ‘Coprophagia dog treats’
Tried it…
My wonderful sweet lady dog has been scooping up turds with her mouth like a hungry hippo. One chomp, down the hatch. Although just recently, she was trying to sneak in a frozen one. 🤮
Mine has been waking me up at 5AM for years and now he has decided to move to 3:30 AM.
Mine isn’t quite that bad. 7am is a hard wake up call because that’s when she’s owed her first wet food of the day. Most days she wakes us up earlier just so she can cuddle until breakfast, which is nice, but I’d rather get a little more sleep.
Her cuddle timer is often set off by the sun, so we get back to the 5am or so range in the summer.
Do we have the same pet?
One sneezes in your face, one pisses in the bath, and we’re pretty sure the third one has cat autism or some auditory dysfunction as the slightest noise (doorbell, motorbike, house noises) sends him into a panic, which in turn becomes violence. And he’s almost 20lbs, which can do a lot of damage when it’s launching at you with claws out.
Well I suddenly feel less annoyed by my dogs… Thanks everyone!
My dog will throw his toys and play with them on his own, which is great and super cute. But he will toss a ball under the couch or coffee table where he can’t reach it, then start whining incessantly at me to go retrieve it, even if I am working and on a video call.
My dog goes absolutely apeshit when there is a non-human creature on TV. At first I thought he was just barking at dogs on the TV. Then it was any kind of animal. Then he started identifying and barking at any non-human. I mean like… I couldnt watch Lord of the Rings because he would bark at dwarves, elves, and Orcs. It’s fucking insane. And it’s not just live action stuff. The animated mucinex blob guy? Bark fest. Bluey the animated dog that walks upright on 2 legs? Bark fest. I used to love watching nature documentaries, and movies with aliens… I can’t anymore, because my dog thinks that these creatures teleported into our living room and he needs to alert us to save our lives. And it’s not like he would even stand a chance in any kind of face-off with these things. He’s a 25lb mini labradoodle. The other day I was watching True Detective and there was a polar bear on the screen and he charged at the TV growling and barking and I’m like “Hey bud… That thing would devour the shit out of you. You would be a tasty little morsel for a polar bear. Know your size”
Sigh…
But I love him. He’s the bestest boy.
