"Pet" Peeves

[adpiucf]

Do your pets have any pet peeves? The pet ramp thread got me thinking about this... LOL...

My dog can't stand it when you move furniture or large objects around. She throws an absolute temper tantrum-- barking, howling, jumping, growling. It's actually pretty funny.

The first time this happened was we lived in Texas-- I kept my balance ball on a chair on the far right side of the living room. One night, after I used it, I put it on the far left of the living room.

Hours later, I'm in bed and frightened out of a deep sleep to hear Riley barking at the top of her lungs. I'd never heard her make that kind of sound before and I was convinced someone had broken in and I was a goner.

Not so much. The little princess decided that the ball was in the wrong place and I needed to move it... RIGHT NOW. It was 4 AM.

I was reminded of this incident this morning when we were doing some heavy duty house-cleaning and furniture moving and she started in again.

So my dog has OCD or a major pet peeve-- she likes everything in its place and Lord help you if you decide to mix it up.

Does anyone else have a pet like mine?

[AlphaFrog]

My cat (and my toddler) cannot STAND for me to go to the bathroom without being in there with me. Besides work, I have forgotten what it's like to pee without an audience.

[ForeverRoses]

Don't talk on the phone with my oldest male cat in the room. He will start head-butting you to get your attention the second you pick up the phone. And if the phone rings, he will actually race you to the phone. I have tripped over him many times.

Come to think of it- don't talk on the phone with my kids in the room either. They will suddenly decide to have indepth conversations with me the minute I pick up the phone.

[Senusret I]

My cats will not eat any food out of their bowl more than an hour after it has been served.

[AlethiaSi]

Idk if this is a pet peeve of Brody but he howls whenever the fire truck goes by with the sirens and stuff on, we've taken to howling when we see the lights or anything, to try to get him to do it, but he'll do it at all hours of the night, wake us up and everything, even then though it's still pretty funny.

Another thing of his, is his blankets. we have 4 Berkshire blankets and we think he was taken away from his mom too soon because he always drags those damn blankets around everywhere, and sucks on them, chews on them, the works... we can't even wash them, he freaks out but we're slowly trying to cut them down so they are quite so gross lol .

[BuckeyeTriDelta]

My cat runs around like a crazed maniac at night and it drives me nuts.

[nikki1920]

Originally Posted by ForeverRoses

Don't talk on the phone with my oldest male cat in the room. He will start head-butting you to get your attention the second you pick up the phone. And if the phone rings, he will actually race you to the phone. I have tripped over him many times.

Come to think of it- don't talk on the phone with my kids in the room either. They will suddenly decide to have indepth conversations with me the minute I pick up the phone.

THIS IS my daughter. She won't say more than three sentences to me, then when I pick up the phone, all of a sudden, its "mommy, I need...."

My dearly departed Schnoodle would NOT go outside in cold weather without her sweater. She also did not like the rain: she'd turn in a circle to be let out, go outside, do her thing (no sniffing nor looking for a specific area) and come right back in.

[Educatingblue]

My dog hates anyone at the front door, ringing the door bell, or in front of the house. She really hates the garbage man and goes out on the porch and barks at him until he is out of sight.