What your pet did to make you smile today!

SingItOut · 21-02-2014 08:38PM

I've been away for the last few days in my other halfs house, as soon as I got to his house his Siberian husky is all over me, howling and "talking" then dives straight into my bag looking for treats

.. When I got home to my own house I got the biggest cuddles and kisses from moone

Alli went crazy with excitement and almost knocked me over! They were play killing each other for the last hour but are now fast asleep, aww

Pumpkinseeds · 21-02-2014 09:37PM

honerbright wrote: »

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

It's pretty much the same here, Felix and Poppy are neurotic about anyone but them getting any attention:)

SingItOut · 23-02-2014 11:54PM

You know your cat definitely has a weight problem when he turns his nose to low fat cat milk :P

metaoblivia · 24-02-2014 05:30PM

Two stories from last night.

1. I was doing crunches on the floor and Gryphon, my grey cat, first attacked my ponytail, as usual, but then he went down toward my feet and positioned himself so that every time I extended my legs, my feet hit him in the face. And he didn't move! He just sat there getting hit in the face until I was done with my crunches.

2. Last night, both of the kitties were curled up with me, Khaleesi, my new kitty, up toward the top and Gryphon at the bottom. Gryphon woke up and decided he wanted pets, so he came over to the other side and I started petting him. Then Khaleesi woke up, walked around and sat down next to him, purring and wanting pets. But that wasn't enough. Soon, she moved her body so that it completely blocked his so she could get all of the pets. It was the kitty cat equivalent of a cockblock!

miss no stars · 24-02-2014 07:06PM

SingItOut wrote: »

You know your cat definitely has a weight problem when he turns his nose to low fat cat milk :P

Try just offering lactose-free for-human-consumption milk? Much cheaper and the exact same stuff

Ours drinks a saucer of rice milk

reallyrose · 24-02-2014 09:07PM

Davy went out for the first time at the weekend!

Look at his little FACE!

SingItOut · 24-02-2014 09:16PM

miss no stars wrote: »

Try just offering lactose-free for-human-consumption milk? Much cheaper and the exact same stuff Ours drinks a saucer of rice milk

Never thought about that, I must try it! He's on a diet so everything has to be low fat

Pumpkinseeds · 25-02-2014 03:57PM

Ahh, Davy is so gorgeous. I've always had a soft spot for the tuxedos so we have 2.

reallyrose · 25-02-2014 08:49PM

Pumpkinseeds wrote: »

Ahh, Davy is so gorgeous. I've always had a soft spot for the tuxedos so we have 2.

Yeah, I'm a sucker for the little white toes.

Pumpkinseeds · 26-02-2014 12:43PM

Not smile as such. Since Toby wasn't well after coming in soaked in dirty water yesterday and having a swollen leg last night, I decided to stay up and keep an eye on him last night. That was fine, I'd plenty of stuff recorded on the Sky box to keep me occupied. I'd a fleece dressing gown over my lap and for some random reason, known only to him, he decided to spray me as he left the room.

SingItOut · 26-02-2014 03:53PM

I had to dye my hair last night as I have college interviews next month so it's bye bye purple hair

. The dogs spend most of the day inside with me depending on the weather so I asked dad to keep an eye on them last night while I was doing my hair. When I was done i came back up to the sitting room and dad goes "how do you put up with those two all day?! Mother a j*ysus!" they were playing gladiator, knocking things over, pulling shoes, their own bed and pillows around haha gotta love puppies and dogs

handbagmad · 26-02-2014 05:03PM

Does anyone have any sneaky ideas to get a very clever jrt to take wormer. I've tried butter, white chocolate sausage, crushing it, wrapping in ham chicken! He will just hack it back up. He just too clever. Don't want to force him or he throw up.
Maybe if I crushed it mixed it wit melted chocolate and let it harden. He will prob still smell it though

SingItOut · 26-02-2014 05:13PM

handbagmad wrote: »

Does anyone have any sneaky ideas to get a very clever jrt to take wormer. I've tried butter, white chocolate sausage, crushing it, wrapping in ham chicken! He will just hack it back up. He just too clever. Don't want to force him or he throw up.
Maybe if I crushed it mixed it wit melted chocolate and let it harden. He will prob still smell it though

Have you tried using Zerofen wormer? It's tiny granules in a sachet so it's easier to mix into wet food. My terrier always takes that insteAd of tablets

Pumpkinseeds · 26-02-2014 05:17PM

handbagmad wrote: »

Does anyone have any sneaky ideas to get a very clever jrt to take wormer. I've tried butter, white chocolate sausage, crushing it, wrapping in ham chicken! He will just hack it back up. He just too clever. Don't want to force him or he throw up.
Maybe if I crushed it mixed it wit melted chocolate and let it harden. He will prob still smell it though

Years ago we'd put it in that Primula cheese that comes in a tube, that and under the mallow of the Jacobs biscuits used to work too.

SillyMangoX · 26-02-2014 05:34PM

I had Dude out for his daily walk and he found the over turned barrel that has been up in my garden for years. Grass and ivy have grown over it now so it's a great adventure land, and rats used to live in it so he loves the smell. There isn't a big enough opening for him to get fully in so he was sticking in his paws batting away mad at something. I was thinking rats must have moved back in or something, when Dude stuck in his head and caught his 'pray'... A mouldy old slice of bread! He was so proud of himself trotting around with his bread!!

handbagmad · 26-02-2014 08:15PM

SingItOut wrote: »

Have you tried using Zerofen wormer? It's tiny granules in a sachet so it's easier to mix into wet food. My terrier always takes that insteAd of tablets

singitout thanks I will have to ask the vet bout zerofen. Himself is now sulking on the armchair tried to give him the tablet in sausage meat. He's a diva

aonb · 26-02-2014 09:23PM

handbagmad wrote: »

Does anyone have any sneaky ideas to get a very clever jrt to take wormer. I've tried butter, white chocolate sausage, crushing it, wrapping in ham chicken! He will just hack it back up. He just too clever. Don't want to force him or he throw up.
Maybe if I crushed it mixed it wit melted chocolate and let it harden. He will prob still smell it though

ok, this makes me sound like a complete nutter

but we had a JRT that was SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO clever (arent they all?!). The only way we could get him to take meds/tablets was to FOOL him. If he thought we WANTED him to eat something there was no way he would take it. So, we developed this system where we would CASUALLY give him a treat of cheddar rolled into a ball (or anything he considered to be a treat) then play a bit with hiding the treat in our fist, making him work for it etc. After lots of bits of treats, we would get the treat with the pill in and same thing - make him work for it, or roll the cheese ball across the room etc.

The other thing we did was hide a pill in something we were eating. RELUCTANTLY give him a bit (he could beg for Ireland!) then RELUCTANTLY give him a bit with the pill in

Basically, you have to be cleverer than him - remember JRTs have to be out manuovered at every possible turn!! Think sneaky! Think devious! (and yes, i know its nutty but hey, it worked!!)

mymo · 27-02-2014 08:45PM

aonb, it's a bit like that in our house, Tiffi knows when there's a pill about, she won't take a bit of food unless Oliver is getting some, we give them a bit each, then offer him a bit and "accidentally" drop it in her face, then give him a piece when she dives for the bit we dropped.
Still has to be well hidden, or she'll pick out the tablet, but she's more likely to eat it if she thinks she's got one up on him.

Layinghen · 28-02-2014 12:05PM

Trying to outsmart a JRT, that's a full time job:D:D

You think you are winning but really you know they are only lulling you into a false sense of security!!!

Wouldn't be without one though.

aonb · 01-03-2014 04:54PM

working in the garden this a.m., three tiny hybrid hens had my very large terrier x pinned up against a fence pecking at him :eek: This fool dog is very sensitive (and not confirmed, but we think 'special needs' maybe) - I had to call him to flee from the hens, he took a flying leap into my arms and needed some serious TLC & treats to recover

(I swear those hens were sniggering)

Pumpkinseeds · 01-03-2014 08:45PM

Felix is sprawled on the sofa beside me, Poppy jumped right up behind him and the look on his face was hillarious. If he could speak he would have said :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:OMFG, I've never seen that look on his face:D

morgana · 02-03-2014 09:25AM

Seeing our Micky who turned even more fussy eater since we changed to higher quality no grain food tuck into his bowl of food and finish it and wanting more :-). Now he has settled next to me in bed ready for a nice long nap.

reallyrose · 02-03-2014 08:02PM

Bad migraine today so I was in bed. Swanson snuggled up to me and purred and went to sleep near me all day.

(This is doubly cool because cat purrs have been shown to lower heart rate and pain levels in humans. So he totally is helping!)

Pumpkinseeds · 02-03-2014 09:15PM

reallyrose wrote: »

Bad migraine today so I was in bed. Swanson snuggled up to me and purred and went to sleep near me all day.

(This is doubly cool because cat purrs have been shown to lower heart rate and pain levels in humans. So he totally is helping!)

Poor you, migraines are horrendous. Haven't had a bad one for a long time thankfully. I always find it very soothing having at least one cat on the bed with me, especially when my husband is on a nightshift, I seem to sleep better with their company:)

nala2012 · 02-03-2014 11:11PM

Nelson who normally sleeps on the floor, decided last night he wanted to sleep on Nala's chair, which is fine cos nala will sleep anywhere, but poor Nelson is too big. He was tossing and turning and getting all tangled in the blanket, after a big sigh he fell asleep with his bum in the air and his face squashed into the corner of the chair! I don't know why he wanted to sleep there but tonight he's back in his usual spot!

SingItOut · 03-03-2014 02:00AM

Alli has to be the ditziest puppy I've ever met! She's constantly smacking her nose off doors or presses, falling over shoes/the bin, running into the door, trying to catch birds as they fly over etc
I was taking her and moone for a walk the other day and instead of waiting for the gate to be opened she decided she was going to get through the bars (she must have forgot she's put on weight since we adopted her!) , que 20 minutes trying to unstick her head! She has a weird thing with cars , she used to try chase them when on her walk but we kicked that habit really fast so now whenever a car is coming she'll sit and watch it till it goes past which drives moone insane! Alli's supposed to be part collie, I do wonder something's

Pumpkinseeds · 03-03-2014 04:54PM

I gave the cats some cooked chicken pieces when I got in from the supermarket today and forgot to put the packet in the fridge before I took the bins out. Got back to find that Jazzy had worked his way through half the packet.

rannerap · 04-03-2014 08:50AM

Boyfriend and neighbour who's little black cat visits me arrived home at same time yesterday. They were chatting outside the front doors and he ran up to his owner. Then noticed my boyfriend. And decided to come home with my boyfriend instead of going home. Neighbour was not impressed

Pumpkinseeds · 04-03-2014 08:54PM

Poppy has this thing about very enthusiastically burying solids in her litter tray. I always know when she's done it because she has a fine layer of litter dust on her head:D

Toby's started spending more time in the living room with me. He mostly kept to the kitchen on his armchair, it's really good to see him claiming his place with the others in the living room. It also saves my bottom from the ache of sitting on a hard chair in the kitchen keeping him company for a while. I love all 4 of them, but Toby just has that extra special place in my heart.

SillyMangoX · 11-03-2014 07:35PM

I had Cream cradled in my arms earlier because he's a freak who likes that kind of thing and I decided to sing him a lullaby. He fell asleep in my arms then when I stopped singing he just stared at me and stopped purring till I started singing again!

What your pet did to make you smile today!

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