PET Pet Peeves! What do they do that annoy, gross you out....?

**Samantha Puppy** · 10-30-2005, 07:32 AM

Samantha
~ When it's raining, I have to literally PUSH her out the door to get her to go to the bathroom. Then she tries to trick me by going out of sight for a second and coming back up the stairs like she peed.
~ When the kitties are wrestling, she pouces at them and boofs to break it up. She doesn't realize what entertainment that is!

The Kitties
~ All four love to follow me downstairs when they know I'm scooping. Once the boxes are clean, there is a mad rush for the box and they all dirty it up again - while I'm watching. Kirin once watched me do one, climbed in when I was done and peed, and then watched me go to the other one, scoop and when I was done, he crawled in and pooped.
~ Kirin loooooves to let the entire neighborhood know when he catches his "mousies". Trouble is, he "hunts" the most at night - as in, the middle of - so at 3-4am, Josh and I are woken up by a howling cat.
~ Kimi has a fetish with Josh's glasses. I've lost count how many mornings he's woken up to find them NOT on his bedside table but somewhere else entirely because she snitched them during the night.
~ Kirin likes to scratch random areas on the wall and drag his nails down it, which sounds a lot like nails on a chalkboard.
~ Kirin LOVES being squirted with the water spritzer, so while it's a deterrent for the other three, it isn't for him and he's the biggest punk of them all.

Samantha's pretty good, but the cats are punks.

**finn's mom** · 10-30-2005, 08:52 AM

Reading some of these reminds me of a couple others...Finn will render my undies crotchless if I leave them out. Blech.

He whines if he's outside and we're inside. If he's completely alone, he's fine, but, if he knows we're inside, forget it.

It's this horrible, throaty, deep whine, too...not anything like I've heard before.

**RICHARD** · 10-30-2005, 10:41 AM

the friggin 'traveling water bowl'...

And why do I have to pick up after a dog when horse crap is more voluminous, smelly and just as nasty?

**Kfamr** · 10-30-2005, 11:12 AM

Originally Posted by RICHARD

And why do I have to pick up after a dog when horse crap is more voluminous, smelly and just as nasty?

I know, I know, I know!

Dogs are carnivorous - they harbor a bacteria called coliform in their gut, from eating meats. (Same with humans who eat meat.) Their 'crap' gets into our water system and causes coliform levels to rise - which is harmful to humans and animals.
Horses eat grains, veggies, etc. Thererfor their 'crap' isn't harmful....well, to the nose it is.

We have one of these - http://www.futurepets.com/cgi-bin/FU...ARTNUM=DOL2000
Where we dispose of our dog's poop. It apparently turns the crap into a harmless liquid that's "safe" for the environment. (This was a part of my Biology class last year.

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**anna_66** · 10-30-2005, 11:45 AM

The only PET pet peeve I have is Bons mout after he eats or drinks.
He has such large hanging jowels that food sticks to it and water runs off of it like a water fall. We have to make sure his mouth is wiped all the time so he doesn't slime us or get doggie pimples (bacteria can grow in his jowels if not kept clean).
Otherwise I can handle everything else

**Scooby4** · 10-30-2005, 12:03 PM

One pet peeve is when my dogs or cat get under my feet constantly. They follow me everywhere!!!

I will admit that it can be kind of an "ego" boost to have someone want to follow my footprints but NOT while I am trying to walk in them too!!!

Second pet peeve... When the dogs or cat does something bad or wrong and then look at me like "I am soo sweet and cute... please love me!!!"

How can you get mad at that? Especially, when they already know they did wrong and they know you know it.

Benji took out a lamp and my piggy bank while I was out. I came home and she didn't greet me. Then I saw the broken glass and she had already gone to the back door waiting to be "tossed out". I laughed soo hard I couldn't be mad.
Third, this is extremely embarrassing

... I came home to find my maxipads torn up all over the floor!!! I don't think my date was too impressed...

Took forever to get the cotton filling out of my carpet.
I love my pets but boy they can cause some real peeves!!!

**Tollers-n-Dobes** · 10-30-2005, 05:03 PM

When Keeva and Winston drink and their last mouthful ends up all over the floor! It seems this a breed trait though as most of the Dobes I dog sit do the same.

**Cataholic** · 10-31-2005, 11:28 AM

Originally Posted by RICHARD

the friggin 'traveling water bowl'...

Good Grief! If mine travelled any further, it would need a PASSPORT! I have ONE word for it- MONTE! That cat...I swear...if I didn't love him so much, I would have given him the bum's rush a month after I adopted him.

I have never known such a 'bad' cat. He is responsible for every single problem in my household, every single one.

**catlover4ever** · 10-31-2005, 01:18 PM

Hairballs on the carpet....they can be within inches of the tile floor and they still prefer to throw up on the carpet.

Gracie and Gabriel who decied to wrestle at 2 am.....any other time would be fine....and it would be really nice if they would wrestle on the floor and not on me while I'm trying to sleep.

Abner.....he has to put his paw into every liquid...water, milk, soda...does not matter...he just has to put his paw into it to see what it is. Mark and I swear that Abner's daddy was a squirrel....because he has to bury his food and his water so no one else can have any.

Smokey, well he is just down right nasty. He peeves me the most.

Tucker and her atomic snots...she sneezes all the time and it is just nasty. No amount of antibiotic can help her.

Mystic and her smelly behind and Tigger who will not settle down on side of you until she walks in a circle for what seems like forever....just LAY DOWN!!!