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post #1 of 23
4/2/04 at 3:29am
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I know there have been pet threads before but I'm not to sure that there has been a thread dedicated to the wierd things that pets sometimes do.

I have two dogs, both standard poodles. One is black the other is brown. I personally hold the belief that the hair cuts that the dog show poodles are forced to have border on animal cruelty, so both of them look like normal, curly dogs.

The black dog's name is Jack and since he is thirteen years old all he does is sleep and eat, he dosen't bother wasting energy on anything else.

It is my brown dog that is the interesting one. His name is Bailey. They say that poodles are smart and in this dog's case they're not kidding.

Bailey has learned how to manipulate anything that concerns him. He can unlock and lock the sliding glass door into the back yard (yet still can't get it to open because I neglect to oil the track that it is on) and I suspect he is able to open the door to any room he wants to enter.

The habit that Bailey has unnerves most of the people he does it to. He stares at people. Not too interesting, I know, But it is the way he can stare at them that makes it disturbing.

Unlike most dogs that stare he is not just looking at you because he wants attention. He regards you, it seems as if he is looking into you, thinking deeply about you, judging your soul. You can sence his mind behind this sharp stare, as if he is planning your death or something...

Otherwise he is the sweetest dog in the world, but it is this habit that makes my sister not want to be left in a room alone with him.
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post #2 of 23
4/2/04 at 5:44am
My dog bicycle kicks and gets along swimmingly with cats.
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post #3 of 23
4/2/04 at 5:47am
My puppy has the uncanny ability to stay outside for twenty minutes, pee once, then come inside and immediately shit on the floor. It boggles my mind. Other than that, she melts my heart when she sleeps on my arm.
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post #4 of 23
4/2/04 at 5:48am
I've got an obsessive-compulsive dwarf hamster.

Every so often he completely rearranges his living space, often in the middle of the night whilst I'm trying to sleep. He'll move all of his toys around, build up drifts of sawdust, then move his bedding to a different corner before relandscaping it all again.

This is all accompanied by many small digging and skitching sounds with his little claws.

He never does this during the day. Though, thinking about it, he doesn't do anything during the day.
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post #5 of 23
4/2/04 at 6:38am
My dog Thor Larry, a beagle/terrier mix, barks like a girl and he knows it so he only barks at you when you play "Chase" (self-explanatory: You run, he follows you and tries to get you) with him.

My cat Shadow...weirdo! If he sees a bug, he'll start chanting at it in Cattish before he attempts to kill it, I shit you not. As if he's cutting some wicked promo on the poor doomed insect before he assasinates it. Also, whilst on the catnip, he pushes himself around the living room on his back, pushing with his back legs.

My former roomate Jim's dog Kennedy, a large golden retriever, was so jealous of anyone that would steal away attention and love from him that even when Michele was over, he'd assert himself and try and keep her away. My old computer desk had a space just wide enough for one human to pass through, so naturally he'd lay right in that spot so that Michele couldn't get to me. Jim and I could also "speak" to him. Once for about 15 mins non stop, I'd say "Woo" kind of like a dog (not Ric Flair like usual) and he would repeat it verbatim. At the end he got so pissed he made this angry Chewbacca-like war cry and attempted to squash, smash, throttle, and maul me with his mammoth paws. Of course, I just hit a Stone Cold Stunner on him and ran like hell!
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post #6 of 23
4/2/04 at 7:21am
I've said this like seven times in different threads like this, but my cat Sabian (almost eight) will drink water by cupping it with her paw and licking it off. She's now taught the trick to my 1 year old, Nyssa. However, I now have to keep their water dish right by the faucet on the sink, or it'll end up all over the floor as they either dump it, or just splash it out playing in the water.
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post #7 of 23
4/2/04 at 7:50am
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Originally posted by Kid Ego
I've said this like seven times in different threads like this, but my cat Sabian (almost eight) will drink water by cupping it with her paw and licking it off. She's now taught the trick to my 1 year old, Nyssa. However, I now have to keep their water dish right by the faucet on the sink, or it'll end up all over the floor as they either dump it, or just splash it out playing in the water.
Interesting. Our oldest cat, Evil-Lynn (about 2 years old), does exactly the same thing. She NEVER drinks any other way. I have to refill all the water dishes a few times a day, just because she fills them all with sludge and fur. She also likes to flush toilets in the middle of the night--I still haven't seen it happen in person, so I have no idea how she does it. I just hear a flush, and then she hauls butt out of the bathroom like it surprised her or something.
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post #8 of 23
4/2/04 at 8:18am
That's great. Mine likes to sit on the top of the shower doors...most of the time, while I'm actually in the shower. I think she just likes the steam....or the peep-show.

I think Sabian learned to drink that way from watching me as I brush my teeth and stuff.
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post #9 of 23
4/2/04 at 10:51am
My cat likes to sleep in the bathroom sinks, and is fascinated by the flushing of toilets.
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post #10 of 23
4/2/04 at 11:02am
Both of my cats are fascinated by water too. Phil and Lil, both stand on the tub ledge and watch while I shower. If I spray the water onto the shower curtain, they will either bat at the water with their paws, or lick the curtain, trying to get the water.

For their water dish, I have one of those fountain dishes, that constantly keep the water flowing. It's funny to watch them lick the running water.

Catnip. The kittie drug. I have never had cats reactive to catnip, before Phil and Lil, and so always discounted the effect of catnip. Catnaip, is indeed, acid for cats. Little bit of catnip, and they both go into the roll on the floor bit and get glazed eyes. Usually Phil then starts his kittie acrobatics next. Twenty pound cats have no business doing any acrobatics. <sigh> Try to take the catnip away? Earn myself love bites, that aren't quite love bites.

Only other trick I can think of right now, is that Lil fetches plastic bottle caps. Drop one on the floor and she will come racing out from wherever she is relaxing and pick the cap up. She will then drop it at my feet and wait for me to throw. Silly cat.
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post #11 of 23
4/2/04 at 11:22am
I have 2 cats and a rabbit. One of my cats likes to hump door jams...the other will carry her tooth brush around the apartment chirping to herself the whole time. The rabbit does a happy hop when he's let out of his cage for his daily exercise.
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post #12 of 23
4/2/04 at 12:17pm
My mom and sister have 2 cats. We got them after our other cat, Jenny died after being around for 21 years. We got Devik (about 6 years old now) from some people who were getting rid of their cats. She's odd. Makes weird chirping monkey talk noises, and loves to climb up you. Forget about sittin on your lap, she climbs up and drapes herself over your shoulder. I leaned down one time and ended up bent over with a cat lying on my back. She doesn't like being picked up or scared, weird though since she's one of the most affectionate cats I've seen, she just likes to do things on her own terms. Anyway, if you pick her up or agitate her too much she does what my mom and sister lovingly refer to as "poopies". It stinks. she must be part skunk. Nasty stuff. She has anxiety issue methinks.

We also got a kitten, a little girl I named Steve. Steve torments Devik but they get along pretty good now since Steve is about a year old now and not AS hyper.

When we're out the cats gather up stuffed animals an pile them up. They could be up on shelves or whatever, but the cats find a way to get to them. Steve's favorite is alittle piglet doll. She carries it all over the place. If we put it up on a chandelier she'll go to the edge of the couch and go up on her hind legs with her front paws up in the air pawing for Piglet...

There's more, but I've rambled enough.
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post #13 of 23
4/2/04 at 1:12pm
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Originally posted by Swykk
My dog Thor Larry, a beagle/terrier mix, barks like a girl
I was unaware that girl's barked. How exactly does that sound?
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post #14 of 23
4/2/04 at 1:18pm
Quote:
Originally posted by Kid Ego
I've said this like seven times in different threads like this, but my cat Sabian (almost eight) will drink water by cupping it with her paw and licking it off. She's now taught the trick to my 1 year old, Nyssa. However, I now have to keep their water dish right by the faucet on the sink, or it'll end up all over the floor as they either dump it, or just splash it out playing in the water.
My cat does that only when she tries to drink out of a cup me or my roommate leaves lying around. She'll try and squeeze her face in first and when that doesn't work, then she'll cup it.

My cat can open doors. In fact, she hates closed doors. As soon as we shut a door she'll run over to open it.

She also likes to play attack your feet while you are trying to go to sleep. She recently learned how to go to the foot of the bed and get at them by climbing under the sheets.

I suppose all kittens do this, but my cat still does it as an adult. She'll be walking through a room, and thenfor no reason just take off with lightening speed. Like all of a sudden she had someplace to be.

And her favorite toy is the one where there's a few feathers tied to the end of a string. My cat can do some acrobatics while trying to catch that thing when I swirl it about. One time she ended up doing a back flip because she jumped up to grab it, I swung the feathers behind her, and she switched course mid-air trying to reach for it causing her to flip over. It was quite a sight.

Pets are fun.
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post #15 of 23
4/2/04 at 1:43pm
Heh. This picture reminds me of my friend's cat who loves beer.
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post #16 of 23
4/2/04 at 5:38pm
When my dog gets a chew toy that's in the form of a person or animal, he always chews the face off and leaves the rest of it.
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post #17 of 23
4/2/04 at 5:50pm
My dog used to eat his bed. Well, he wouldn't actually EAT it, but he'd tear it apart. Oh, and he liked to rape it too. A dog humping his bed surrounded by stuffing is an odd sight. My grandparents would always try to fix the bed, stitch it up with more filling etc, but he'd always shred it and have his way with it in the end.

He was a weird dog. Woofer was his name.

If you told him to "sit" he'd go for the nearest chair. My grandma used to say he thought he was one of us.

I used to scratch his back by his tail and he'd start hopping up and down and dancing. Fun stuff
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post #18 of 23
4/2/04 at 6:56pm
Thread Starter 
There is somthing I forgot to mention about my dog Jack. Apart from eating and sleeping he still loves to go on walks. But the funny thing is, is that he loves walks just about as much as he loves to sleep. So whenever I walk up to him, leash in hand, wake him up and then say "walk?" he lays there torn between going back to sleep and getting up. Often whimpering because he unable to decide, though a treat usually makes up his mind to come with me.
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post #19 of 23
4/2/04 at 8:11pm
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Originally posted by Diva
I was unaware that girl's barked. How exactly does that sound?

<sigh> Like a girl dog, you know, very unscary and feminine. He'd probably thwart an intruder by licking him or her to death.
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post #20 of 23
4/2/04 at 8:15pm
Eh, whatever. I've found most girl dogs to be way more agressive. It's like the Napolean complex.
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post #21 of 23
4/2/04 at 8:40pm
One of my female cats likes to suckle on
herself. It doesn't bother me but it bugs
the shit out of my SO.
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post #22 of 23
4/2/04 at 10:53pm
We had to buy one of those water fountains for my cat Minnie. She figured it out pretty quickly and won't drink out of it anymore. She has to actually see us pour water specifically for her.

In the winter, my other cat Aubie sits in front of our gas logs and stares directly into the flames. If I say something to her, she just turns around like "Why are you bothering me?"

I have a Welsh Corgi named Lottie that loves to fish with my dad. If you say "Are you going fishing?" to her, you better be on your way to the dock or she'll freak out. Whenever my dad casts his line, she looks at the water and barks. When he catches a fish, he has to let her lick it. Sometimes he goes fishing without her. If she looks out the window and sees him on the dock, she cries.

We used to have a Bassett Hound named Holly. She played soccer with us whenever we were outside. The ball was perfectly sized so that it stayed under her chin and in front of her legs. It was impossible to kick it away from her without hurting her so she scored every time.
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post #23 of 23
4/3/04 at 1:32am
I got a pug that loves eating tissues. If you drop one, she'll pounce on it, shred it and eat the pieces. One time before i was about to feed her she shredded a couple. To teach her a lesson, she got a bowl full of tissues instead of food. "You want to eat tissues, bitch? Here you go." Didn't work. She ate all of them.

Also, she hates 1800 Collect Carrot top commercials (wait, that's normal)
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