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

**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.

**caseysmom** · 10-30-2005, 07:17 PM

Bubba's fur drives me crazy...I will never have another dog with long hair! If he has a messy poop he needs an entire bath, if he throws up he stinks until he gets a bath.

Casey is totally low maintenance.

**catnapper** · 10-30-2005, 07:22 PM

Nicki looooooves tissues. The more "Flavored" the better. She also adores used "feminine products" (even worse once they come back up.) She also HATES when hubby and I cuddle. He calls her BC (birth control!) We might not be doing anything other than holding hands and she barks her head off until we stop.

Allen pees on any blankets that are on the floor. Even if its two minutes, he swoops in and sprays.

Pouncer has a fascination with rolling around in litter -- dirty or clean, he rolls in it.

**Tubby & Peanut's Mom** · 10-31-2005, 01:40 PM

Peanut - at home she's the perfect little girl, I love her to bits and she can do no wrong! However, in the motorhome.....

She must drink with her paw, which is not a problem at home with the carpeting - the paw is dry by the time she hits the tile floor, but in the motorhome, the tile floor is about all there is, so she takes a drink, then proceeds to walk from the back all the way to the front and she leaves little wet paw marks the entire way.

But that's not the worst of it....uUsually the litterbox is in the shower, but for about an hour in the morning it needs to come out so we humans can take a shower - sorry Peanut, we can't just lick ourselves clean like you can. She will not use the litterbox all morning, until the second I take it out of the shower! Then she's in it, and out of it, then back in it, then out of it, then it's time for the big dig, then, without going at all, she's out of it, then it's time for a drink....so the paw is wet...then she's back in, then out and tracking not only wet paws all over the tile, but clumpy litter too! She is in and out so many times in that hour it's completely ridiculous, and when she's done the floor looks like a tile lined sand box, which we then have to step on with our wet feet as we get out of the shower.

Finally she'll slow down with the in and out, but she won't totally settle down and leave the litterbox alone until we're both out of the shower and I've got the litterbox back in the shower stall. Then she wants nothing to do with it!

Whew! Glad I got that off my shoulders.

CJ - the only thing I really don't like that he does is his meowing while we're driving in the motorhome. At home he is a little goofball and if anything, I would like him to be a bit more cuddly and sleep with me, but those aren't really pet peeves. His meowing while we're driving though, is enough to drive me insane!

**IRescue452** · 11-01-2005, 09:55 AM

Pepper- she's so old that she shakes like a cold chihuahua, it drives me nuts.
Sonny- meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow his rendition of the cat food commercials, and when you want him to come by you to get pet he'll walk up to you and stop a few inches too far.
Autumn- the puppydog eyes she gives me when I leave for college, she fetches a toy and quickly snaps her head away when you reach for it, she has a real high pitched bark when she's frustrated at me and when she knows I'm hiding the ball behind my back
Morty- always hisses when I shut the closet door its like the door has a sound effect
Depot- begs for food with this great big wide open mouth like a baby bird

**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!!!