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My Weird Little Dog...

House Cat

House Cat

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Has to hide under our shed for at least an hour anytime she hears a beeping noise from an electronic device. Ironically, I can coax her out from her hiding place by ringing our electronic doorbell.

She also washes her face like a cat.

Please tell me all about your eccentric animals... :kiss2:
 
My weird little dog used to sit in the middle of the field and watch my husband walking round. We had to start throwing a ball for him!
 
That is too funny that she responds to the doorbell!

We have a cat that will dip her paw into her bowl of water or the dog's water and lick it off her paw. She will do the same if you leave a cup of water on the table. She is just an odd duck.

Then there is our little female white bichon that gets to feeling hot and bothered and decides the same cat who is also female looks like a good place to get her groove on with. The cat will just lay there and take it because it's easier than fighting off the dog apparently or she enjoys the attention, not sure which.

One of our cockatiels refers to himself in the third person "pretty bird Mr.Gray" even though he has a companion I guess he is a bit of a narcissist.

The sheltie Fiona has this thing about rolling around and then sitting up super quick like "where am I?" She is a bit of a spaz.

Our day DH was trying to call our male cavalier mix and he wasn't responding so I told him to make monkey noises (ooo ooo ooo ooo) and he came right away, so a dog that speaks primate.

Those are the ones that stand out, we have eight pets so I could go on forever lol!
 
House Cat, My little dog can also be weird at times. When I’m on the phone and she doesn’t have my full intention undivided attention, she will sit at the refrigerator and bark until I give her a baby carrot. She’s eat her carrot and starts barking again. Once I’m off the phone she is fine.

I’ve told this story before. When I was spendng my days at the hospital with a family member and I had to take her to day care, she was so mad. One morning while I was in the shower, she frantically banged on the glass shower door until I turned around and looked at her. She promptly pooped right in front of the shower and ran.

She is the happiest when she is being held, sitting on your lap or snuggled up against you. She really is the sweetest little furbaby. We love her to pieces.
 
One of my savannah cats is a water addict. Not only does he play in it all the time, he dunks his toys and anything else that catches his fancy in the water bowls. This morning I found the entire shower curtain that he ripped down in the bathroom stuffed into a water bowl with the naked shower rod beside the bowl.
 
I've told this before, but I have no new stories since Griffin passed away. When we first got him he was already 16 months old and 124 pounds; he was a Newfoundland. I had put the toilet seat down, so I knew he couldn't be drinking out of the toilet, but there was water on the floor near the toilet. One day I heard banging when I was on the upper floor. (Griffin didn't climb stairs so he stayed on the first floor.) I discovered he would lift the entire apparatus of the toilet, lid and seat, let it rest on his giant head, drink his fill of water from the toilet, then let the whole thing bang down. After that we had to close the bathroom door. Once he got inside the tiny bathroom and closed himself in. We couldn't find him. It was comical. A huge dog missing in a tiny house...and he didn't say a word. Newfies are very quiet. Not a lot of barking!

Then he got tangled in the lights we had on a fairly large fir tree in our front yard. It may have been 12 feet high and was a traditional Christmas tree shape. With another dog, I'd have worried about his being strangled by a cord of lights. Griffin appears never to have lost his cool. He simply pulled up our tree and dragged it to the door. :))

Deb ;))
 
All of these responses are so great. Love this thread.
 
My weird big dog can't stand not being the center of attention. If my husband and I hug, she runs over and sticks her long nose and big body in between us. Group hug!
 
AGBF said:
I've told this before, but I have no new stories since Griffin passed away. When we first got him he was already 16 months old and 124 pounds; he was a Newfoundland. I had put the toilet seat down, so I knew he couldn't be drinking out of the toilet, but there was water on the floor near the toilet. One day I heard banging when I was on the upper floor. (Griffin didn't climb stairs so he stayed on the first floor.) I discovered he would lift the entire apparatus of the toilet, lid and seat, let it rest on his giant head, drink his fill of water from the toilet, then let the whole thing bang down. After that we had to close the bathroom door. Once he got inside the tiny bathroom and closed himself in. We couldn't find him. It was comical. A huge dog missing in a tiny house...and he didn't say a word. Newfies are very quiet. Not a lot of barking!

Then he got tangled in the lights we had on a fairly large fir tree in our front yard. It may have been 12 feet high and was a traditional Christmas tree shape. With another dog, I'd have worried about his being strangled by a cord of lights. Griffin appears never to have lost his cool. He simply pulled up our tree and dragged it to the door. :))

Deb ;))
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TOO FUNNY DEB!:lol-2: Wot a sweetie. RIP.

cheers--Sharon
 
One cat, :confused:, geez when she's upstairs and the doorbell rings she runs down to the first floor to see. If she's on the first floor and the doorbell rings, she runs UP the stairs. :???:
 
Our Saluki, Arya, see left, likes water too. We bathe her in our bath.
One night I heard a squeal from the daughter “Mummmmm” from the family bathroom.
Daughter had run herself a bath, gone back to her bedroom to get something and returned to find Arya lying very happily in her bath!
And we have a rescue greyhound who loves the vet.
While others are dragging their dogs across the floor into the examination room, our Button, stands at the examination room door whining and scratching. When the vet opens the door she nearly knocks him over getting in. I love the “open mouth stares” from others sitting in the waiting room.
 
I have one cat that is intent on tipping over any cup or bowl of liquid. If we forget and leave a cup of water where she can reach it we'll have a guaranteed spill to clean up. This same cat used to sit on the tub wall between the shower liner and shower curtain and watch my husband shower.
 
One of my cats Zeppelin (Zeppy)(rip) used to jump up behind me on the couch to lick my hair after I got out of the shower.
 
Oh wow. I used to have a very expressive cat named Tinkerbell. Every time I was gone for longer than she thought I should have been (overnight or a weekend away) she'd poop on whatever mat/rug and pee in my suitcase or overnight bag when I returned. And not just accidental poops. Poops that resembled the apple emoji, or a cow pie, nothing solid. I had to stop replacing things like doormats, bathmats, kitchen mats after a couple years. If there were no mats she didn't defacate outside of her litter box. I learned the suitcase mistake real quick.

She also did the dipping a paw in glasses of water thing. Wouldn't drink normally from a water bowl.

When she was just a kitten and I prepared her food in the kitchen she would climb up my entire pant leg to get to the food before I even scooped it out of the can. Kitten claws are sharp and they come in handy for climbing denim-clad human legs.

I had one of those desk chairs that was upholstered and swiveled 360 degrees. I don't know how this got started, but that cat LOVED to attach herself to the chair with her claws and then have me spin her around and around and around until I stopped and she'd crash to the floor because she was dizzy from spinning. Once recovered, she'd hop right back onto that chair and want me to do it again.

At 4 a.m. any given morning she would attack my feet which were under the covers because I was sleeping. Like not even play attack. Ferocious ninja ******* cat attack.

She was a real treat, that one.
 
monarch64 said:
Oh wow. I used to have a very expressive cat named Tinkerbell. Every time I was gone for longer than she thought I should have been (overnight or a weekend away) she'd poop on whatever mat/rug and pee in my suitcase or overnight bag when I returned. And not just accidental poops. Poops that resembled the apple emoji, or a cow pie, nothing solid. I had to stop replacing things like doormats, bathmats, kitchen mats after a couple years. If there were no mats she didn't defacate outside of her litter box. I learned the suitcase mistake real quick.

She also did the dipping a paw in glasses of water thing. Wouldn't drink normally from a water bowl.

When she was just a kitten and I prepared her food in the kitchen she would climb up my entire pant leg to get to the food before I even scooped it out of the can. Kitten claws are sharp and they come in handy for climbing denim-clad human legs.

I had one of those desk chairs that was upholstered and swiveled 360 degrees. I don't know how this got started, but that cat LOVED to attach herself to the chair with her claws and then have me spin her around and around and around until I stopped and she'd crash to the floor because she was dizzy from spinning. Once recovered, she'd hop right back onto that chair and want me to do it again.

At 4 a.m. any given morning she would attack my feet which were under the covers because I was sleeping. Like not even play attack. Ferocious ninja ******* cat attack.

She was a real treat, that one.
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Tinkerbell was a furballfull? In the parlance of our times (thanks Pirates of the Caribbean screen writers), she could have her own Bachelorette series. :rodent::cheeky:
 
My first cat was a hoarder. She would steal sticks of gum and q-tips and store them under the sofa. She would also catch houseflies, tear off one wing, and keep a herd of them under the sofa. She'd bring one out to play with it, poor things could walk only in a circle, and when it got tired, she'd put it back under the sofa and choose another one. This is the same cat who thought it was a lot of fun to flush the toilets in the middle of the night and we had to keep the bathroom doors closed. She was quite a character.
 
My dog carries her food in her little mouth, up 12 stairs, only to spit them out and enjoy each bit one at a time. Never gets old to see her do that.
 
One year or areas was overrun by field mice, tiger would carry one piece of his dog food over to the corner of his run put it down and back off a couple feet and lay down like he was sleeping with his head on his legs. A mouse would run in to get the food and spring and crunch!
I guess he liked eating mice better than he did his dog food.

One the other hand a bunny built a nest and had little ones inside his run and he never bothered them.
 
Haha love reading what your furbabies all do LOL. Well I could write a book but will share one very odd habit with you for now.

In the evening when we are watching movies Bobby (aka psycho kitty) likes to come behind us on the couch and rub his head against ours. For minutes at a time. And I mean rub. Strongly and enthusiastically and persistently. It's hysterical and I must video it next time. Need to keep my phone near us on the couch so I can capture it next time he does it.

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House Cat said:
Has to hide under our shed for at least an hour anytime she hears a beeping noise from an electronic device. Ironically, I can coax her out from her hiding place by ringing our electronic doorbell.

She also washes her face like a cat.

Please tell me all about your eccentric animals... :kiss2:
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Haha yes my parent's dog Tara (a boxer) did this all the time. My parents have cats too and Tara (a rescue when she was already grown) picked up the kitties cleaning habits and it was hysterical. She would sit on the couch and clean herself just like the kitties. Lick her paws and then rub them on her face cleaning herself. Adorable!


One more....our Tommy cat cannot resist a straw. So if I am drinking something with a straw I cannot leave it unattended or he will take it in his mouth and try to drink from it too. LOL seriously funny to watch.
 
My dog is definitely quirky. My favorite story happened when we were dog sitting my brother’s Basset Hound (Walter). Our dog rings a bell to go outside. Over the course of our week dog sitting Walter, he began to annoy Hollis. He took over the dog bed and we had to feed them separately bc Walter wouldn’t eat if Hollis was eating. Hollis conceded his bed (which REALLY surprised me) and just generally sucked it up. By the end of the week Walter caught on that the bell meant he was going outside. One day Hollis rang the bell. Walter came running to the door. I opened the door and Walter went out. Hollis walked away. :lol-2: I always knew he was smart.
 
Everyone's stories are so funny! My parents had a cat for what had to have been 20+ years. He had been run over twice by the tractor and stepped on as a baby. He would climb on every strange vehicle that showed up at the ranch and pee in their air vents on the hood. That cat was so weird. Don't ever leave a loaf of bread where he could get to it because he would eat the whole thing. Even if you left groceries in the car for a short period make sure the windows were up. He left in the cars of so many people and they would have to bring him back. But he always gave them a nice smelly present on a hot day. :rolleyes2:
 
missy said:
Haha love reading what your furbabies all do LOL. Well I could write a book but will share one very odd habit with you for now.

In the evening when we are watching movies Bobby (aka psycho kitty) likes to come behind us on the couch and rub his head against ours. For minutes at a time. And I mean rub. Strongly and enthusiastically and persistently. It's hysterical and I must video it next time. Need to keep my phone near us on the couch so I can capture it next time he does it.

bobbyjustbeinghimself.jpg
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Omg. My dog does this to me too!!! My hubby says she's raping my hair!
 
Just now, I heard from the kitchen:
"Stop that! Hey, stop licking the cabinet!"
The culprit would be our miniature poodle.
 
Our fawn pug, Barry likes to drag himself over the duvet on our bed with his front paws while wagging his tail furiously. He also tries to drink my coffee at every opportunity.
Franklin, our black pug has a particular high stepping dance that he does when it's feeding time and he'll prance happily ahead of us as we go to the kitchen with his plate, watching us all the way and spinning round. Somehow he doesn't run into doorframes although it's always a close thing.
He also forgets to keep his tail rolled up when he gets absorbed in something and then helicopters it around in a big circle for a full half minute when he remembers it should be a tight curl.
 
nala said:
Omg. My dog does this to me too!!! My hubby says she's raping my hair!
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LOL. They're marking the heck out of us I guess. Love? Ownership? Itchy head/fleas? LOL.
I actually got video of Bobby mauling Greg's head/hair last night because I was prepared with my phone but I cannot share video on PS. Darn.
 
I love these stories!

I believe that my big dog is an old bossy woman trapped in a beautiful black dog’s body. Anytime a woman comes to my house with a baby, my dog has to be right next to her, talking to her the whole time. Her tone is “be careful with that baby!! Do you need any help? You’d better let me hold her!”

My little dog spends a 10th of her day “dominating” the big dog. She’s ten pounds and the big dog is 55 pounds. The vet said it’s play.

We had a hamster who was an escape artist and a hoarder. We would do everything we could to secure its cage and it would still find a way to get out. When we moved from that home there were little piles hidden in the backs of cabinets and closet and under furniture. They had the usual foods and candies dropped by the kids, but there were also items that left us very confused such as pencils, batteries...lots of batteries, Mardi Gras beads, rings, loose change, anything shiny.

I had a maine coon who would lay on your chest and slap your face for a triscuit.
 
foxinsox said:
Our fawn pug, Barry likes to drag himself over the duvet on our bed with his front paws while wagging his tail furiously. He also tries to drink my coffee at every opportunity.
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I had a coffee drinker: my last one, the Newfie. He's the only coffee drinker I ever had and it surprised the heck out of me to have a dog deliberately spill my large cups of Starbucks so that he could lap up the coffee! (Naturally, it was sweetened and had cream in it!) It was particularly surprising since he was such a good boy hat he never went up on a table to steal food!!! And he could reach any table top.

I have had a lot of dogs in my lifetime. Where on earth did this trait come from? ;))

Deb :wavey:
 
Our puppy likes to stick his head into the water bowl and blow air out of his nose. A lot of air. Until all the water is on the floor... Then he will bark because there is no more water in his bowl...
 
Scandinavian said:
Our puppy likes to stick his head into the water bowl and blow air out of his nose. A lot of air. Until all the water is on the floor... Then he will bark because there is no more water in his bowl...
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I didn't know you had a Newfie!!! ;))

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Deb :wavey:
 
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