Things your pets do that drive you crazy...

Sian-of-the-dead wrote:

* Sticking their heads in the big bag of Iams in the kitchen cupboard and acting like they're never bloody fed!

Cats. We have one (the youngest), who whenever anyone else (we have 6) goes to eat kibble, he has to run and stick his nose in the dish too.

There is ALWAYS kibble available at ALL TIMES for all cats, but when you spill a few pieces they act like they've never seen it before and its caviar.

The usual - climbing on the counters, licking plates, spilling water, ripping paper, chewing cardboard, scratching the furniture and not the scratching pad we bought, scratching at doors, attempting to OPEN doors....

We have one that eats just about anything - he eats tofurky for goodness sake, and if I ignore him, I get increasingly insistent taps on my arm until I give him a few bits. He eats spaghetti, bread, cheezits, chips. I don't eat meat, but my husband does, and of course he (Max) likes that. And cheese. The others don't want or eat human food - just this guy.

Sian-of-the-dead wrote:

* Not really coming into our room until we're er... 'being intimate'... then they want to know why the door is shut and they have a sudden urge to explore Mum and Dad's room! :roll:

LOL! Reminds me of another one Fluff used to do. When I moved in to my house, the basement had just been redone, so there was some stuff that hadn't been done yet... One of these things was putting a door knob on the bathroom door. This didn't get done for two years. When Fluff was feeling lonely and I was in the bathroom, he would reach under the door and pull it open, then run around the small bathroom.

And another one he does: When he hears you cleaning his litter, he'll run from whereever he is to watch you at it. I know he's thinking "Yeah, that's right, bitch, clean up my poo!!!"

When my dog was alive, it used to annoy me how she would defecate everywhere. Well she knew places where she wasn't to shit as they say "You don't shit where you sleep". But geez I miss her. She died 5 years ago this June, and I haven't had a pet soon. (except for goldfish but they don't count)

Drives me crazy when my dog jumps out in front of my car and I'm traveling 20 mph and don't see him nor do I have time to stop, so I run him over. That really irritates me!

evenflow wrote:

You have one awesome dog. How old is he?
I've got a miniature weenie dog also. She just turned 2 on February 2nd and she only weighs 8lbs. For a dog that little she will eat anything. That includes the bottoms of all of our cabinets, the stuffing out of our comforter, and the most annoying, any toy that our little girl has. She (our daughter) has a bunch of those little plastic pretend foods and Beenie (the Dog) loves to eat them. It pisses off my wife more than it does me though.

Thanks. Beenie has that "I'm innocent, really" look down pat. Dinsdale is 13 years old. He was 10 when that picture was taken in my Dad's backyard. I think Dins is what I've seen referred to as a "tweenie" - larger than a mini yet smaller than a standard, but he won't hold still long enough for me to measure him.

when i go to my room to study and close my door, ten seconds later my dog scratches to get in. I'll open the door, and let him in, ten seconds later he scratches at the door to get out. Then, ten seconds later he scratches to get in again, then ten seconds later he scratches to get out.

rockpants wrote:

whoprincess wrote:

My dog Django was a wild child when he was a puppy. I thought he would never grow up! Then suddenly he turned into this wonderful sweet dog that was so nice to have around. But he still has a few crazy habits. He knows my routine and he gets excited whenever I leave the house, jumping up and barking. The WORST thing he will do as I'm walking out the back door is try to jump up and bite my purse! If he gets hold of it he will really sink his teeth in it! It's so irritating and I keep trying to teach him not to do it but no luck. I have to remember to hold my purse out of his reach and he still tries for it. Sometimes he misses and nips my arm! Arrgh!

Is your dog named after Django Reinhardt? My friend named his cat Django after him.

Yes, he is. The first time I took him to the vet as a puppy my vet walked into the room and said "Well, Django, can you play the guitar yet?"

Our other dog at the time was named Pete. Great dog but I learned there are lots of dog named Petey!

Here's Django in his "lair":



Does this look like a maniac who would attack your purse?