What your pet did to make you smile today!

handbagmad · 01-02-2014 05:25AM

My dogs bed time ritual. He'll go out back and do his business. Survey every inch of the garden making sure all is ok.
He'll then come in. I'll say 'check they house' he goes into each room come back and give a little woof as if to say its all safe.
Gotta love the little JRT eh,
Minding me and his territory

aonb · 01-02-2014 12:54PM

Not my dog, but was collecting my daughter from school last night - 8.30 or so, dropped in to Lidl. Lovely little unneutered, JRT, no collar, hanging around, tail down, in the entrance. Stomach sinks - thought, "O please dont let him be a stray/dumped". Got my few bits, and a tin of dog food for the dog, watching the other customers to see if there was someone who might own him. Got to check-out, saw the dog IN the shop, tail down, slinking in.... The very nice friendly/chatty man in front of me, shouted to him to go wait outside

I was so happy! The chap said, he hates waiting in the car, and prefers to wait for him at the shop door - he jumped in the car, all happy, and off they went - SIGH OF RELIEF!!!

Pumpkinseeds · 01-02-2014 01:27PM

Molly got a bit over excited in her galloping around the living room last night and managed to knock my husbands pint of ale all over the rug, his dressing gown and pajama bottoms, just as well she's so gorgeous, was she sorry?, not a bit:D

Tea Tree · 01-02-2014 01:59PM

Day 3 in the life of a first time fosterer and this morning the dogs played properly. Yesterday my dog was trying to play but he would just sit there timidly. This morning he got well stuck in ! Heartening to see

He's definitely getting brighter and healthier and getting more of a spring in his step.

SingItOut · 02-02-2014 03:52AM

Two nights ago Alli went on a rampage & destroyed a CD that was bought for my Nan's birthday . . . Tonight I Let Alli and moone out at 12am to do their "last wees" before bed, they weren't out 5 minutes and I heard Alli barking so I went to check on her, she barged into the kitchen and was covered in muck from head to toe! I don't know how she did it but she was made up with herself. Moone wasn't dirty at that stage but before I could separate them Alli jumped all over her so into the shower they had to go. Staying up till 3am washing, scrubbing and brushing them wasn't part of my evening plans! Moone was disgusted having to get a shower! Also stopped Alli eating a pack of matches a few minutes ago... I really don't know what goes through her head :rolleyes: their both out for the count now, hopefully there won't be any carnage in the morning

moone was a golden child when I got her so I forgot how bold puppies can be !

Meemars · 05-02-2014 12:48PM

If I'm not the one to "tuck her in" and say goodnight, then she'll sneak upstairs and sleep on the landing outside our room. Woke up yesterday morning, to devoted hound fast asleep outside my door, waiting for me!
*heartmelt*

sadie06 · 06-02-2014 01:19PM

Meemars wrote: »

If I'm not the one to "tuck her in" and say goodnight, then she'll sneak upstairs and sleep on the landing outside our room. Woke up yesterday morning, to devoted hound fast asleep outside my door, waiting for me!
*heartmelt*

My guy does similar. He sleeps in the utility room, and if I have neglected to give him a proper good night, and my husband puts him to bed, he cries. It took us a while to cop it. I don't even need to close him in myself, but I must give him a couple of minutes just before he goes. Agreed…heartmelt!

Pumpkinseeds · 06-02-2014 01:26PM

Not my pet, but a neighbours cat that used to visit us every day and who disappeared after a vet visit last week, turned up yesterday. I thought I'd have a look around the back garden of a nearby house that was empty for a good while in case he was stuck in a shed or something, must've looked very suspicious to the neighbours:D

Anyway no sign of him in there but when I turned around he was behind me doing a frantic meowing. I wasn't sure if he'd already been home or not so I called to his home and asked them, he hadn't been, so he'd only just turned up. Cheered me up for the day as he was hardly able to walk when he disappeared and the weather had been awful.

baby and crumble · 06-02-2014 01:55PM

Last night Twitch got into the hood of my hoodie and seemed very reluctant to get out! All delighted with himself he'd managed to get somewhere dark, cosy and out of his cage!!!!

Was looking in the mirror as he poked his little nose out the side of the hoody and ran back in. ADORABLE.

SillyMangoX · 07-02-2014 10:47AM

I slept in a seperate room to dude last night and this morning my mam opened the door to call me, Dude came legging it down the call, dived on me, started brrrring and purring and is now asleep with his face tucked up under my chin

The Gride · 07-02-2014 08:48PM

My dog chased off a guy from my driveway today and 20 mins later the same guy was caught robbing from my neighbours car. I was so happy that we have him.

Raminahobbin · 10-02-2014 11:17AM

So my mam found a large dog crate at a car boot sale, unused and in perfect condition, for a fiver. I opened it out yesterday and Kayla (10 years old, NEVER been in a crate or around them really) jumped straight in and started digging like crazy on the plastic base tray. It gave her a major case of the zoomies and she ran around the house, jumping in and out of the crate like a dog possessed!

Then the really amazing thing: I started trying to get her used to the word 'crate' as a command to go into her crate, and she seemed to know the word automatically, with very little prompting on my part.

I think it's a definite hit!! She seems to love it, and I think it'll go a long way towards helping with certain issues she has. I just need to work on closing the door and on getting her to sleep in it!

miss no stars · 10-02-2014 09:01PM

Our 8.5 year old puss survived her dental work. 3 extractions all on the same side. Poor thing is a bit out of it at the moment. Can't work out what she wants and only got to eat at 7pm after fasting since 9pm yesterday. So cute and sad seeing her paw at her mouth afterwards, she looked like a little squirrel. Delighted she pulled through and we have her home.

Pumpkinseeds · 10-02-2014 11:13PM

miss no stars wrote: »

Our 8.5 year old puss survived her dental work. 3 extractions all on the same side. Poor thing is a bit out of it at the moment. Can't work out what she wants and only got to eat at 7pm after fasting since 9pm yesterday. So cute and sad seeing her paw at her mouth afterwards, she looked like a little squirrel. Delighted she pulled through and we have her home.

Ahh, that is great:)

handbagmad · 12-02-2014 03:19AM

When he's really sleepy my jrt will curl up on my chest or go in under my hoodie and will listen to my heartbeat xx really soothes him. He's an aul pet

Layinghen · 12-02-2014 08:00AM

JRTs are gas like that. They can't get close enough to their humans:)

aonb · 12-02-2014 09:44AM

handbagmad wrote: »

When he's really sleepy my jrt will curl up on my chest or go in under my hoodie and will listen to my heartbeat xx really soothes him. He's an aul pet

is there anything nicer/more de-stressing/relaxing than a pet sleeping on top of you!?!

kylith · 12-02-2014 12:08PM

I can't be the only person with a dog that loves watching nature documentaries. Tegan especially loves anything with bears and if it's something really noisy and interesting she'll go stand in front of the telly like a child. She's sitting beside me now watching Inside the Animal Mind, ears pricked up.

SillyMangoX · 12-02-2014 12:37PM

I have the biggest smile on my face today because I didn't thing Dude would survive long enough to see this day - it's his first birthday!!

bluecherry74 · 12-02-2014 12:49PM

SillyMangoX wrote: »

I have the biggest smile on my face today because I didn't thing Dude would survive long enough to see this day - it's his first birthday!!

You just made me cry a little at my desk.

Happy Birthday, Dude!!

Aglomerado · 12-02-2014 12:51PM

SillyMangoX wrote: »

I have the biggest smile on my face today because I didn't thing Dude would survive long enough to see this day - it's his first birthday!!

I've been following his progress on this thread, delighted to hear this!

Happy birthday Dude.

handbagmad · 12-02-2014 01:35PM

kylith wrote: »

I can't be the only person with a dog that loves watching nature documentaries. Tegan especially loves anything with bears and if it's something really noisy and interesting she'll go stand in front of the telly like a child. She's sitting beside me now watching Inside the Animal Mind, ears pricked up.

my guy loves tv. I sometimes put on animal channel. He'll sit on the coffee table woo wooing and growling when the animals go off screen he thinks they behind the tv he goes to check he's really funny character. Must get a video of him in action.

handbagmad · 12-02-2014 01:40PM

Layinghen wrote: »

JRTs are gas like that. They can't get close enough to their humans:)

he may be 5 still bold and still eats the odd shoe but his big brown eyes make my heart melt. I have him since he 5 weeks old rescued from a horrid life.

gimmick · 13-02-2014 04:05PM

Took Rufus out for his morning constitutional early. It was the first time he saw so. At first he was not sure to make of it.

Anyway, got home and he went straight to the back door all antsy. Obviously it was cold and knew he had emptied himself so I wasn't opening it letting the cold in. Normally he wont go out the back and entertain himself at all so I wasn't sure what was up.

So he came back in to me whinging and whinging, then started barking at me while walking away. I followed him, and he brought me to the back door. Again, I wasn't interested in leaving the cold in.

Rinse...repeat x 3 and I left him out. He obviously wanted to go outside and play in the snow. Like any other child would (he is 20 months). He stayed out for a good 30 minutes occasionally popping his head back in to make sure I am still there. If I closed the door he would start whinging, so I had to leave the cold in for the love of a dog. He had a great time.

Pumpkinseeds · 16-02-2014 01:32PM

kylith wrote: »

I can't be the only person with a dog that loves watching nature documentaries. Tegan especially loves anything with bears and if it's something really noisy and interesting she'll go stand in front of the telly like a child. She's sitting beside me now watching Inside the Animal Mind, ears pricked up.

One of our cats heard a peregrine falcon on the tv the other week, I thought he'd knock the tv over trying to get into it to get the bird. This is a cat that has no interest in birds mostly, though he has caught a seagull once(got it off him) and he prefers bigger pray, like crows.

Yesterday our foster kitten was getting a bit carried away swinging out of one of the other cats so I put a 10 minute clip of Winter birds on youtube for her on the laptop. She was fascinated by the birds on it eating seeds someone had put out. She was purring away and swishing her tail, she kept trying to climb into the screen:)

SillyMangoX · 19-02-2014 01:18PM

I'm a very proud cat mama this morning, there wasn't a single accident in the utility overnight

I've started bringing Dude out for 2 walks a day now instead of one so everyone is a lot happier that there isn't much pee or poops in the house anymore!

Layinghen · 19-02-2014 01:49PM

Great news. Well done Dude:)

honerbright · 19-02-2014 03:29PM

Feeling a bit under the weather today so I'm having a duvet day on the couch. I've Oscar beside my legs under the blanket, Poppy on my knees, Max curled up on my other side and Cinnamon on the armchair beside the couch. Such a good bunch of fur babies.

Pumpkinseeds · 19-02-2014 04:45PM

honerbright wrote: »

Feeling a bit under the weather today so I'm having a duvet day on the couch. I've Oscar beside my legs under the blanket, Poppy on my knees, Max curled up on my other side and Cinnamon on the armchair beside the couch. Such a good bunch of fur babies.

It's great that he's really settled in and that they all get along:)

honerbright · 19-02-2014 11:53PM

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

It's great that he's really settled in and that they all get along:)

It was a rare moment of peace, Poppy's super jealous usually if anyone even looks at me. I think she was feeling sorry for me :P

What your pet did to make you smile today!

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