What your pet did to make you smile today!

SingItOut

I know you're not supposed to give dogs chocolate but a tiny piece won't do any harm. Moone was over asleep In the crate and Alli was beside me at the table. I was eating munchies and had two left so I gave Alli one quietly hoping I wouldn't wake moone up. All I hear then is little nails on the tiles and moone appears in front of me with her whole body wiggling in excitement so I had to give her the last one! I can ever say no to her little happy face! Or try catch her out apparently

Cedrus

SingItOut wrote: »

I know you're not supposed to give dogs chocolate but a tiny piece won't do any harm.

GOBSMACKED

Theobromine poisoning is a very real hazard don't be tempted.

breadbin

i was watching youtube last night and heard a clanging from the utility room, a very definite clanging like not just a banging into it sort of thing. it was pennys bowl and it was penny banging it on the tiled floor for me to fill it up with water!!

can't get over it! she got all excited then when she knew i understood what she meant:)

SingItOut

Cedrus wrote: »

GOBSMACKED

Theobromine poisoning is a very real hazard don't be tempted.

Once in a blue moon has never done them any harm. Munchies are tiny with not much chocolate.

gimmick

We were away for the weekend and the dog was with us. He got the legs walked off him. On Sunday we were going out for the evening so we said we would take him out for a while again to empty himself and run off any energy he may have had.

Usually "wheres your lead" is met with wild and exuberant celebrations and twirling. This time it was met with the look that is usually reserved for "mind the house". It was almost like he was saying "please god no, will ye just leave me alone". Even while out and down on the beach he was completely disinterested.

We succeeded, we finally made Rufus tired.

jimf

gimmick wrote: »

We were away for the weekend and the dog was with us. He got the legs walked off him. On Sunday we were going out for the evening so we said we would take him out for a while again to empty himself and run off any energy he may have had.

Usually "wheres your lead" is met with wild and exuberant celebrations and twirling. This time it was met with the look that is usually reserved for "mind the house". It was almost like he was saying "please god no, will ye just leave me alone". Even while out and down on the beach he was completely disinterested.

We succeeded, we finally made Rufus tired.

have fun when the payback hits they have good memories:p

Tranceypoo

Was taking in-laws dog for his evening walk, up into some of our fields that are empty at the mo, I let him off his lead as he's happy out just toodling along, he spotted a hare and ran after it, not very fast as he's about 13 and a big hairy beast of a thing, for a sec I thought he caught it but it had just changed direction, he kept after it and they both ran past me, bless him he's not very fast and he gave up fairly quickly but the joy on his face when he came running back to me 'did you see me did you see me', it just warmed my heart, he's so happy and easily pleased!

reallyrose

I woke up early this morning with an impending migraine so I got up and took some meds and crawled back into bed for a bit. Swanson wiggled in beside me in full purr mode and submitted to being hugged to death until I had to get up for work.

baby and crumble

The other night I had some friends over for drinks, and of course the hamster had to come out for a hello. I was so proud of him, he was a delight! Sometimes he can be jumpy (hence the name Twitch!!) but he was a little gentleman. Let everyone rub him, hold him, and give him scratches on his head (which he does enjoy!!!). He was the hit of the party!!!

nala2012

Bruce has kinda started to play! I got a giant dog slipper for christmas, it's one you fit both feet in, that he pulled outta the crate yesterday and was dragging it around the room shaking it until he got tired and after a couple of tries he managed to pull it up on the couch and fall asleep on it. So cute.

Meemars

Token has been having a tough few months. She's a Lab X about 10-11 yrs old and her elbows are arthritic.
Since Christmas our walks were getting shorter and slower, she wasn't swimming as much. I didn't take the tennis ball on walks anymore, because she likes me to throw it in the air for her to catch, as we walk along. Landing really doesn't help her elbows, so I've stopped doing this.
She had to have Xrays on her elbows, and she was sedated for them, and the Vets got rid of some lumps at the same time. Took a little while for her to recover from the surgery. Then, just when she was improving a bit, she got kennel cough. Her world was getting slower & smaller every week. I really thought I had a very old dog on my hands now.
I started giving her Glucosamine & Chondroitin supplements along with her senior food, and finally now she's getting her mojo back! in the last week, she's taking her ball again on walks, has no stiffness afterwards, and can't wait to get to the river to swim.
This morning, with the sun shining, it was such a joy to see her tearing around like a young one, belting along to the river's edge and getting in well before I caught up, all ready for me to throw the ball for her.
I started to sing "Hey-La, Hey-la my Token's back"
Really makes me smile to have her back on top form (for an aging old dame)
And yes, I do sing to my dog.

Layinghen

Speaking of singing to dogs. Was in queue for ATM outside the bank this morning. JRT on her lead sitting down next to me, when one of the local "eccentrics" passes by. He stops, returns, looks down at the dog and gives a full verse of 'how much is that doggy in the window', then merrily proceeds on his way. Must say it brightened up my morning, not too sure about the hound, she didn't look very impressed

Tranceypoo

Meemars wrote: »

I started to sing "Hey-La, Hey-la my Token's back"
Really makes me smile to have her back on top form (for an aging old dame)
And yes, I do sing to my dog.

Doesn't everyone?!!

Pumpkinseeds

I was watching My Cat from Hell last night and Poppy was sitting next to me straining her neck at the television. Felix, Toby and Jazzy were comatose and oblivious to it. She's decided that since Toby sleeps at my feet in bed, she's going to slip down between my knees when I'm reading in bed. She's got a real talent at being deliberately cute:)

Graces7

Cedrus wrote: »

GOBSMACKED

Theobromine poisoning is a very real hazard don't be tempted.

calm down please!... it is dark chocolate that does the harm. milk chocolate has so little theobromide in it it would take a huge amount to do harm.

i know this as a friend;s dog once stole about 4 oz of milk chocolate from my bag while we were chatting.

panic...but his daughter is a vet and assured us that there was no danger.

there was a thread here a while ago about this.

owners whose dog had done similar with no problems.

wish these folk who send out lists of what is bad for dogs would include amounts in them. alarms needlessly.

OldNotWIse

Graces7 wrote: »

calm down please!... it is dark chocolate that does the harm. milk chocolate has so little theobromide in it it would take a huge amount to do harm.

i know this as a friend;s dog once stole about 4 oz of milk chocolate from my bag while we were chatting.

panic...but his daughter is a vet and assured us that there was no danger.

there was a thread here a while ago about this.

owners whose dog had done similar with no problems.

wish these folk who send out lists of what is bad for dogs would include amounts in them. alarms needlessly.

Its theobromine. I certainly wouldn't risk it. Would you consider the weight/size of the dogs to be a factor? I wouldnt be giving any chocolate (dairy or otherwise) to a 6kg dog

DBB

Folks, if you want to discuss matters that arise here which are off-topic, please start a new thread on it. Please don't drag this "feelgood" off topic any further.
Do not reply to this post on thread,
Thanks,
DBB

mqq

Oh, i have a cat like this one,so lovely,so cool.besides,it only listens to me that makes me feel proud. what a pity,i can't post the picture.

Graces7

mqq wrote: »

Oh, i have a cat like this one,so an


my feral is a charmer; winds round my ankles, purrs..totally manipulative.
i trust him not; sometimes for no apparent reason he will lash out with a deadly claw.

odd thing is that when i was chatting to my landlord, cat comes to us with no fear. he usually vanishes

Vojera

This is from yesterday.

Snoop (the white and red Dutch on the right) is my oldest pig and she is very whingy. She doesn't really like to share her personal space with any other pig. She used to have a (neutered) boyfriend and she would cuddle him all day, but since he died she's been very cross with the other girls. She makes this "wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee" noise when anyone tries to share a house with her normally. She does it so much that sometimes I have to check to make sure she's not genuinely in pain. She does it so much that, hand on my heart, I've seen one of the other pigs headbutt her to try to make her shut up. Sometimes she even goes into a house that another pig is already sleeping in and whinges so much that they leave and let her have it.

Anyway, I took the day off work yesterday to get the car sorted so I got to spend a lot of time with them. Imagine my surprise when I checked the herd to see that Snoop was sharing a house with Persephone (the buff on the left) and not making a peep! And they both had sleepy eyes so they'd been there a while! Yay!

(Oh, and it all went back to normal later when Maggie tried to share with Snoop - I think she only tolerates Sephie because she's the baby of the group).

TL;DR - Normally crabby guinea pig allowed a friend to sleep beside her without complaining.

aonb

Meemars wrote: »

Token has been having a tough few months. She's a Lab X about 10-11 yrs old and her elbows are arthritic.
Since Christmas our walks were getting shorter and slower, she wasn't swimming as much. I didn't take the tennis ball on walks anymore, because she likes me to throw it in the air for her to catch, as we walk along. Landing really doesn't help her elbows, so I've stopped doing this.
She had to have Xrays on her elbows, and she was sedated for them, and the Vets got rid of some lumps at the same time. Took a little while for her to recover from the surgery. Then, just when she was improving a bit, she got kennel cough. Her world was getting slower & smaller every week. I really thought I had a very old dog on my hands now.
I started giving her Glucosamine & Chondroitin supplements along with her senior food, and finally now she's getting her mojo back! in the last week, she's taking her ball again on walks, has no stiffness afterwards, and can't wait to get to the river to swim.
This morning, with the sun shining, it was such a joy to see her tearing around like a young one, belting along to the river's edge and getting in well before I caught up, all ready for me to throw the ball for her.
I started to sing "Hey-La, Hey-la my Token's back"
Really makes me smile to have her back on top form (for an aging old dame)
And yes, I do sing to my dog.

OH thats great! Its fantastic when an elderly dog gets a new spurt of life. I had an ancient collie (PTS few months ago) that used to get a new lease of life once in a while My other elderly guy now, gets a spurt of energy regularly too - happy days! Not to put this topic off track, but could it be the Glucosamine/Chrondritin alone making her more comfortable? Thats a new topic I guess - but I was told by a vet, that its better to start these supplements when the dog is younger to help maintain rather than improve joints. Anyway, whatever it was - lovely to read about your happy old girl. Nice name too!

aonb

Tranceypoo wrote: »

Was taking in-laws dog for his evening walk, up into some of our fields that are empty at the mo, I let him off his lead as he's happy out just toodling along, he spotted a hare and ran after it, not very fast as he's about 13 and a big hairy beast of a thing, for a sec I thought he caught it but it had just changed direction, he kept after it and they both ran past me, bless him he's not very fast and he gave up fairly quickly but the joy on his face when he came running back to me 'did you see me did you see me', it just warmed my heart, he's so happy and easily pleased!

They really do do that dont they?!?!
If my elderly guy takes off after a rabbit or something (at FULL belt for about 10 seconds) - hes always so thrilled with himself Go Pepper!! Fearless Hunter!!

Meemars

aonb wrote: »

could it be the Glucosamine/Chrondritin alone making her more comfortable? Thats a new topic I guess - but I was told by a vet, that its better to start these supplements when the dog is younger to help maintain rather than improve joints. Anyway, whatever it was - lovely to read about your happy old girl. Nice name too!

Might not just be the supplements, she had to lose a few kgs too. Not easy when she was too sore to walk or swim. But she's a bit trimmer now, so it all goes together.
Having said that, I'm sticking with the supplements, I reckon they really had an effect.
I've only had her for about 3 years, so she's always been mature in our lives together. I'll definitely supplement any other dogs I have from early on. Stuff is brilliant!

Graces7

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

Jazzy is engaged in his annual battle with the blue tits. This has been going on for about 4 years now. They really wind him up and in the beginning he got a few of them and ate them, except for the odd few feathers. Anyway, that was the first yeeased iar that he was with us and I suspect he ate birds to stay alive when he was a feral kitten.
There are 4 of them and they go through the motions of building a nest above a pipe in a neighbours wood clad house wall. This goes on for weeks and then they nest elsewhere. Meanwhile they all but shake their asses and thumb their beaks at him and he sits on the shed fixated on the hole for hours at a time while they make twits at him and he mimics their twits. He does have the grumpiest facial expressions, especially since he had some teeth removed and has a lopsided smile:D

reminds me of one of my rescues. before he learned not to come near me with a bird in his mouth i rescued a wren from him. released it of course

ever thereafter when he went out a-hunting, the wren would start her alarm literally follow him round the garden wherever he went until he gave up in disgust. the look on his face was priceless.

SillyMangoX

I've started bringing Dude out again because his skin is finally starting to heal up, it's a little raw but the infection is gone, I figure a bit of sunlight will work wonders for him. Today he was so excited about going out, he ran outside and spent a good 20 minutes running and leaping around the place after a butterfly Really makes my heart soar to see him like this considering not even 6 months ago he was on death's door!

Right Turn Clyde

I was cutting my dogs nails last night and I accidentally cut the quick. So there was a bit of blood and a bad vibe between us for the rest of the night. But he made me smile today by lying down for his morning belly rub and chin scratch. We'e back to normal.

Graces7

Tranceypoo wrote: »

Doesn't everyone?!!

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no but my collie sings to me..stands behind me when i am getting their evening feed ready and croons and sings. she does not realise that this delays the magic moment when the dishes go down. as i can hardly work for laughing.

Pumpkinseeds

Toby decided to have a nap on the back of my thighs last night. Usually he just sleeps at my feet on our bed. He had a little play on the bed as well last night. , it's the first time he's done either of those things I had him at the vet on Thursday and he was very stressed out, he'd to be shaved in several places and had to be sedated in the end.

I was worried he'd be wary of me after that but he seems to trust me more now. I hate when they have to be sedated. He was so dazed and glazed when he came home. He was sitting up swaying slightly and then eventually lay down staring blankly at a skirting board:( He's full of energy and a lot happier though.

Graces7

my wee feral decided to lie in wait in a flat box i had put out by the door.

so still i did not notice him.

but wee dog did!

she has been biffed across the face a few times for getting too close, so she froze, ears forward, alert and expecting reaction.

feral totally ignored her and you never saw a more disappointed dog.

miss no stars

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

Toby decided to have a nap on the back of my thighs last night. Usually he just sleeps at my feet on our bed. He had a little play on the bed as well last night. , it's the first time he's done either of those things I had him at the vet on Thursday and he was very stressed out, he'd to be shaved in several places and had to be sedated in the end.

I was worried he'd be wary of me after that but he seems to trust me more now. I hate when they have to be sedated. He was so dazed and glazed when he came home. He was sitting up swaying slightly and then eventually lay down staring blankly at a skirting board:( He's full of energy and a lot happier though.

Awww, poor Toby. What had him at the vet?