What your pet did to make you smile today!

SillyMangoX

Got the inspiration for this from the parenting forums :P

Today, after letting Dude out of his crate he ran straight up to me and gave me loads of lovely headbutts, normally they take prompting! And he brought his favorite blanket downstairs and left it on the chair where my dad always sits as a present

anniehoo

He hasnt peed on or in anything except his litter trays in 2 days.....you have NO idea how much that made me smile

I bought new litter trays and new beds over the weekend, as the foster dog has robbed most of his, so giving him other beds higher up and away from her might be helping. Im not counting my chickens yet though.....

Nody

My misses left half a chicken breast I had cooked for lunch on the counter after lunch and I walked into the kitchen having 5 cats pulling at the remains of it (including our 2 month old kitten!).

danom8

My has has spent the whole afternoon sunbathing by the large window in our apartment for the past 5 days. You can tell we don't get sun in Ireland too often because when we do my cat makes the most of it. Incredibly cute!

ABajaninCork

My doggy snoozing contently in the garden under the parasol at my husband's feet. He's had his walkies, had his nosh, and both of us are home. Life's good!

Mars Bar

Unfortunately I have no pets as my dog and two cats have all died. It's been 20 years since we were pet-less!

However, a woman near the river in Galway let me throw their tennis ball into the river so their dog would run and dive into it. Made me smile so it did!

boomerang

This!

BillyMitchel

Done what he was told!

Also seeing how careful, gentle and loving my 100lb Dogo is with my 3 year old nephew. Every single man, woman and child that see them together can't do nothing but smile!

bluecherry74

I put my gardening gloves down for a minute and when I went to put them on again they were gone.

I looked behind me and there were Henry and Jess have a game of tug of war with one of them! It's hard to sound stern when I'm laughing my a$$ off!

thegreatiam

just got this text of my missus who is off work today and doing housework (BTW, she believes that our cat is in love with me, hates her and is jealous of us)
"Your cat is asleep on your dirty shirts, I want to wash them and every time I go to get them he hisses and growls at me. Don't tell me he doesn't have feelings for you!!"

;-) at least someone misses me.

Alun

I was experimenting taking a few photos of Buffy with my new phone and managed to catch this one, purely by accident ...



I never realized how long a cat's tongue was

eirator

Our animals haven't done anything too clever today but it turns out my son washed his hair last night and used the pet shampoo by mistake now that did make us all smile

Nody

Waking up and seeing one of our cats sitting on my side (sleeping on the side) around tummy level looking at me and wondering when I'm going to wake up and feed her (second chat was loafing next to me to notice when I moved).

meoklmrk91

I was minding a friends puppy for a while this morning. The puppy was about the size of my boxers head! When I was making a sandwich I threw my dog a slice of ham and he caught it in his mouth, then the puppy ran over to him and he dropped it and let the puppy take it away, it made me smile, so proud to see my usually crazy, lunatic dog being so gentle and kind with a teeny tiny puppy,

kylith

I'll smile later if T hasn't dug my rose bush up again. She showed no interest for months, but saw me weeding last week and somehow got it into her head that it was ok to start digging holes all over the place.

noddyone2

Mars Bar wrote: »

Unfortunately I have no pets as my dog and two cats have all died. It's been 20 years since we were pet-less!

However, a woman near the river in Galway let me throw their tennis ball into the river so their dog would run and dive into it. Made me smile so it did!

Hope you get a new pet soon.

reallyrose

My cat keeps chasing flies out the window and then sitting on the open window frame and meowing sadly after them.
"noooo come back"
"I just want to be friends!"

honerbright

Poppy is sound asleep on the couch beside me and her little tail is wagging like mad! I'd love to know what she's dreaming about.

baby and crumble

yesterday i was making myself some cereal for supper and I shook the box. Isabella (hamster) knows the sound and was out like a prairie dog begging for some oats! She may have got one...

SillyMangoX

Dude and Cream are great at playing chase together

HansHolzel

I gave the eggs back to the mammy raptor and she let me live.

fatmammycat

I smiled today when my 15 month old GSD stood patiently while being swarmed by beagles, some of whom were licking his mouth as if he was a daddy wolf withholding food. Then he rolled his eye at me as if to say 'Well woman? Will this do?'
Yes pup, it will.

honerbright

A rare moment of calm between my girls:

fatmammycat

Aw bless, that's so cute.

Layinghen

That is just adorable.

ncmc

This happened yesterday, but only able to laugh about it today!

Made a fabulous sandwich last night, had been marinating the chicken breast all day, oven baked it, it was beautiful and moist and tender. Got lovely fancy bread and fresh rocket lettuce, this sandwich was a thing of beauty. I had been for a run, so decided to take a shower before eating. I was so looking forward to this sandwich, I was actually thinking about it in the shower and how nice it was going to be.

Came out of the shower and heard rustling in the kitchen, rushed down the stairs just in time to witness Libby gobbling the last of the sandwich :eek: (she left the rocket in fairness :pac:) I don’t know how she managed to reach it as it was quite far back on the counter. I was like a dog (excuse the pun) I gave her a good scolding and she had the decency to look a little contrite, but the tail wagging like mad gave away her true feelings :mad:

I was sulking with her for the rest of the night, but can see the funny side today. As I always say about her, it’s lucky she’s pretty!

HansHolzel

That story started off a bit spicy

Vojera

One of my guinea pigs was put to sleep on Monday I was worried that her little herdmates would be upset, and for a while after I showed them her body (so they would know she was gone) they wandered around looking a bit lost. Then the three of them smooshed themselves all into one house and went to sleep all snuggled up together. So cute (and a little sad).

eireannBEAR

ah sorry to hear that vojera,i adopted off that pig i got seamus is happy on his own,how old was your poor piggy? what happened?


also are you member of irish guinea pig and rabbit group on FB?

Vojera

eireannBEAR wrote: »

ah sorry to hear that vojera,i adopted off that pig i got seamus is happy on his own,how old was your poor piggy? what happened?


also are you member of irish guinea pig and rabbit group on FB?

Aw thanks! She was four, so not a youngster but not too old. The vet could feel a lump in her abdomen that he thinks was an abscess that was leaking and making her sick. He didn't think she'd come through an operation and she was uncomfortable so it was for the best. Poor Mabel.

I'm glad Seamus is doing well. Some pigs are happy enough on their own, and you did try him with another friend.

I didn't know there was a fb group. I'll check it out, thanks!

eireannBEAR

Vojera wrote: »

Aw thanks! She was four, so not a youngster but not too old. The vet could feel a lump in her abdomen that he thinks was an abscess that was leaking and making her sick. He didn't think she'd come through an operation and she was uncomfortable so it was for the best. Poor Mabel.

I'm glad Seamus is doing well. Some pigs are happy enough on their own, and you did try him with another friend.

I didn't know there was a fb group. I'll check it out, thanks!

check it out right now!!! its great!!! you did the best thing.

kylith

kylith wrote: »

I'll smile later if T hasn't dug my rose bush up again. She showed no interest for months, but saw me weeding last week and somehow got it into her head that it was ok to start digging holes all over the place.

She hadn't dug up my roses , but she had decided to sleep in the big pot. My heucharia and hydrangia are flattened

sohsoh

When I was weeding the garden the other day my Collie/GSD x was removing the weeds from the bucket I was putting them in with his mouth and dropping them back onto the ground :rolleyes:

kylith

Don't you just love it when they help with the gardening? Every time I do a spot of weeding they 'help' by filling one of their beds with partially chewed up worms.

Coopaloop

My dog made me laugh this morning! He sleeps on the landing and I got up to use the bathroom in the middle of the night, I was gone no more than 2 mins and when I came back, he was on my side, with my boyfriend spooning him :eek:, I can only hope my boyfriend thought it was me in his sleep :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:. I got some nice photo evidence too!

thegreatiam

Sharpy's escapades continue, moving on from annoying the missus to annoying me.
Woke me up at 4am, sneezing on my leg, then miaowing and kicking his water bowl. Which I dutifully filled with nice fresh water. he took one look at it (didnt drink) yawned and went back to bed.

dodderangler

My pup has now figured out how to let my two hob ferrets out so she can play with them. She knows how to turn the handle on the hutch the little b!tch
But she has fun with them so not complaining too much

reallyrose

I've been sleeping with my window open a crack because it's so warm. I also have the window sill blocked off with an old wire shelf because Swanson Cat likes to go through the blinds to look out the window and he was destroying them.

This morning, he was determined to go outside for his morning constitutional, the litter box was not good enough.
He went over the barrier at the windowsill, through the blinds and shoved the window open enough for him.
I got up to see what the noise was in time to see his furry behind disappear off around the corner.

I had to laugh a bit at his epic escape. And at least he wasn't meowing like someone with three broken legs any more!

sohsoh

kylith wrote: »

Don't you just love it when they help with the gardening? Every time I do a spot of weeding they 'help' by filling one of their beds with partially chewed up worms.

I'd wish they help me dig the ground on command 'cause I certainly know they have the required skills. When I'm not looking they can dig like miners

honerbright

thegreatiam wrote: »

Sharpy's escapades continue, moving on from annoying the missus to annoying me.
Woke me up at 4am, sneezing on my leg, then miaowing and kicking his water bowl. Which I dutifully filled with nice fresh water. he took one look at it (didnt drink) yawned and went back to bed.

This is my cat Cinnamon to a T. She'll make all the noise and fuss in the world (usually at 4am) for food, so one of us will ramble downstairs and either fill her bowl, only for her to glance and walk away, or find it completely full.and she's delighted we're up too :rollseyes:

thegreatiam

honerbright wrote: »

This is my cat Cinnamon to a T. She'll make all the noise and fuss in the world (usually at 4am) for food, so one of us will ramble downstairs and either fill her bowl, only for her to glance and walk away, or find it completely full.and she's delighted we're up too :rollseyes:

he's normally pretty good for not waking us up that early, usually its around 6-7am.
I was worried he may be sick as he was sneezing on me to wake me up.
but ive since concluded it from the water he'd sniffed at.
looks like he went for a drink, that bowl was empty (he does have 2 bowls in different rooms) sniffed at the water drops. came to me to get some more sneezing on the way.

He was probably thinking:
" oh ffs, im getting a cold, best get some fluids into me, ill get that greatiam fella to get me some of the good stuff or ill be in bed for a week."

then he'd stopped sneezing when i filled the bowl

"oh, seems to have cleared up on its own. ah well best get some sleep, early day tomorrow, if I dont get up to stare at the wall all day who will? and those new curtains won't scratch the crap out of them selves.*yawn* greatiam fella what you doing up at this time? shouldnt be up this late, you got work tomorrow. night night."

Terrierist

My yorkie is currently racing around the garden (evading capture) with a bright orange ronseal 'go faster stripe' painted on his side! I'm afraid to chase after him in case he rubs off the fence again... I hope it washes off!

Whispered

We're watching a scary film, not paying too much attention to the dogs who are asleep on the other couch. All of a sudden Phoe jumped up over the side of the couch and landed on my knee with a big snort/grumble. Fright of my life.

Lawrence1895

One of my Toms robbed a whole chicken breast off my dinner plate...the cheek of him, but it looked sort of cute

The Pheasant

My lab did that thing when they squirm around on their back - made some hilarious noises too while he was at it

mymo

Parcel came yesterday, the box is a nice size, I wanted it for work, but no, no, no, kitties have claimed it.
It must have some magical power, one after another they have got in, rolled about purring, got out, walked around and pounced back in!
3 cats all did exactly the same, none saw, or was even in the house, when the other did it.
Made me laugh every time.

Pumpkinseeds

We have/had a foot long canvas catnip filled toy fish, one of the best cat toys ever. This morning Toby managed to disembowel it. I've never known a cat to love catnip the way that chap does. I love to sit on the floor beside him while he kicks it to bits and dribbles all over it. He doesn't know whether to kill it or eat it:)

SillyMangoX

My 2 boy cats have been following me everywhere today, when I'm in the kitchen they weave around my feet, when I'm upstairs playing playstation I have one behind my legs and the other on my ribs, when I'm on the internet they try climb on my laptop.. I think they are a bit obsessed! But it's lovely

kylith

sohsoh wrote: »

I'd wish they help me dig the ground on command 'cause I certainly know they have the required skills. When I'm not looking they can dig like miners

I managed to get Tegan to dig. The hard part is getting them to stop, and to not do it when they're alone.

honerbright

Came home from town before and Poppy wasn't waiting at the front door window like usual, so I snuck around to the lounge window to peak in to see what was happening and her and Cinnamon were spooning on the pillow pet. So adorable!

Alun

Buffy spent a long time trying to get at a bumble bee that had become trapped in the conservatory ... not unusual you might say, but this was from the outside