Do your pets interfere with housework?

[Karen]

In a word, Yes.

What can one not-even-4-pound bunny do?

Try to eat the broom (it's made up of bunny food a.k.a. straw) as I sweep, decide the disgusting bits of dusty hay in the pile of sweepings are the tastiest thing ever and pull apart the pile to get them, get mad at me when her paws get damp when I mop, decide she needs to iinspect the hutch halfway through my cleaning it ...

[BC_MoM]

Sort of... Mickey never moves out of the way. If you go over to him, threatening to run him down with the vaccum, he just looks at you as if to say, "I'm not moving."

As soon as I even REACH for the broom or any object like that, Molly's GONE and off hiding. I guess someone used to beat her with them.

[Jessika]

Nope because I put them outside so they won't get underfoot. If they are inside they FRAEK OUT at the vaccuum and Jamie will try to attack it...

[binka_nugget]

Nope! It's all carpet down in the basement (where I live) so I don't sweep. Kaedyn's not too fond of the loud vacuum and Kai's just plain terrified of it. It makes cleaning so much easier albeit I only vacuum because of their hair.

[cyber-sibes]

No, I just skip the housework

HaHa, just kidding! I do have to sweep up at least once daily out in my studio where they come in, and they just watch me and shed some more.

[Sevaede]

Everybody runs for cover when the vacuum comes out. Maybe it is just the noise?

Spanky likes to hold onto the mop while I am swishing it across the floor and you get the picture.

I have to keep an eye on the litter box when I am completely changing it over. Soni likes to use it as soon as I have my back turned (last time, there was no litter in the box!) when it is freshly cleaned out. Even if it has only been about four days since the last complete change out!

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

Tango's very helpful when it comes to some types of cleaning, such as laundry as she can pick things up and put it in the washer for me, and she takes things out of the dry and hands them to me. It's one of her favourite activities! As far as dusting and vacuuming and such goes, they're not any help at all. Morgan chases the vacuum aswell as the broom. She seems to think she's saving me from them. Tango lays in the middle of the floor, wagging her tail and staring at me when I vacuum but when I tell her to move, she does so it's not a big deal. If I'm cleaning up a stain on the floor or something, Morgan 'attacks' the cloth that I'm using to clean it up (she pounces on it). If I'm dusting, again, Morgan wants to play with the cloth. Besides that though, they don't really get in the way.

[pitc9]

As soon as I even REACH for the broom or any object like that, Molly's GONE and off hiding. I guess someone used to beat her with them.

That's Sierra! She runs and HIDES when the broom or the vacuum comes out.
It never fails that when I'm sweeping the piles of dog hair up in the kitchen, that Buddy walks right through the pile I've just swept up.

[Ginger's Mom]

Ginger has gotten better as she has gotten older, but she still likes to walk through the little piles of dirt/dog hair that I sweep up. BUT, do you want to see her get really excited? Clean the toilet (sorry if that was TMI). She gets all excited and keeps trying to get her little nose right in the middle of it.

[Bengalz]

Absolutely - Eve is the best little helper She follows me around to ensure I'm doing a good job - Quality Control Occasionally she finds herself in awkward spots like in the middle of the kitchen sink when I'm cleaning it or gets a paw stuck in the soil when I'm watering plants. Even the vacumn cleaner doesn't faze her - she just growls at it

Her best trick yet is helping with the laundry - she has recently taken to picking socks out of my husbands laundry basket and carrying them downstairs to the laundry room - a strong hint that mommy needs to get busy cuz daddy's socks are getting a little ripe

It's hard to find good help these days - I'm lucky to have her

[gemini9961]

Sadie and Maggie pretty much stay away, especially if I come near them with the vaccuum. Grant on the other hand tries to chase the vaccuum and grab the attachments off of it. He has to stay outside when I mop the kitchen floor because he keeps walking on it. I just tell the girls to get back and they do.

[Argranade]

My only house work is my pets lol.

So its sweeping,grooming,washing,rinsing,filling ect ect ect!

They dont bother me when I have to do other things.

[slleipnir]

I don't know if this counts, but I have toy boxes for the dogs toys (about 4 of them ) and I put all the toys away when I clean up...however, everytime I do this, Josie thinks it means she has to come right behind me and pull all the toys out again

[BitsyNaceyDog]

Mine are usually pretty good. They usually stay away when the vacuum is going or when I'm sweeping. Jake loves to grab and run off with my Swiffer Duster, he'll grab it right out of my hand.

I don't know if this counts, but I have toy boxes for the dogs toys (about 4 of them ) and I put all the toys away when I clean up...however, everytime I do this, Josie thinks it means she has to come right behind me and pull all the toys out again

mine do the same thing.