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50 Hilarious Pets Who Refuse To Give Their Humans A Break (New Pics)
When you get a pet, you're (hopefully!) their buddy for life. Many people see their pets as family members. In fact, a 2024 study revealed that 73% of owners think of their pet as a best friend. And when you're that close, it's natural to spend as much time together as you can.
But no one is as clingy or ignorant of the concept of personal space as the pets on this list. Bored Panda has scoured the internet and found you the most adorable, hilarious, and cute pics of pets invading their owners' privacy. And they did it with the most adorable look on their faces.
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#1
I Was Trying To Enjoy A Nice Bath But
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#2
Post Surgical Anesthesia Recovery - Pets Formed A Protective Boundary To Prevent Me From Accidentally Moving In Any Direction
#3
Taking A Bath, When I'm Home "Alone"
#4
Personal Space? Nope. I'm A Cat Pillow
Multa Nocte 10 months ago
Oooh, that kitty looks a lot like mine did when he was little! Now that he's almost 8 months old we look back fondly on those days.
#5
Professor Jigglesworth Doesn’t Understand Privacy
#6
Such Poise And Dignity
#7
Personal Space?
#8
I Found This Little Boy In The Countryside, Alone. Initially He Was Scared, Now He Seems To Be Pretty Comfortable
#10
I'm At Home Recovering From Heart Surgery. My Nurse Insists On Holding My Ear At All Times
#11
When You Leave The Door Open
#12
“Do You Like My Hat?”
#13
Hellooo! Please Stop Working And Pet Me
#14
Sam And Dean Are Doing Lore Research (For Those Who Know)
#15
I Really Need To Get A Lock On The Toilet Door. Just 5 Minutes Privacy Please
#16
Head-Bump Loving Cats Are The Worst When They Have The Cone Of Shame
sturmwesen 10 months ago
that's the cone of silence.. everything they talk about stays between them
#17
Didn’t Lock The Door, Ended Up With Company In The Bathtub
He loves the water... if we can’t find him we turn on the faucet and he comes running.
#18
He Actually Fell Asleep Like This, With His Mouth Fully Around My Daughter’s Arm And Claws Dug In. If She Moved, He Woke Briefly To Tighten His Grip
#19
Without Even Consulting Anyone, This Guy Unilaterally Decided To Stage An Intervention
Bookworm 10 months ago
Tom we need to talk. Are you aware my dinner is getting later by 5 seconds every day? I'm eating 35 seconds later than last Thursday. This can't continue. I've signed you up for Late Pet Feeders Anonymous. Your first meeting is at 7:30 tonight. That's precisely 1 hour and 30 minutes 0 seconds after dinner. Not 1 hour 29 minutes and 25 seconds after. 1 hour, 30 minutes, and 0 seconds. Zero seconds.
#20
I Guess Personal Space Wasn't Part Of The Deal
#21
Privacy? What Is That?
That’s Zizou and he is literally my shadow. I have a feeling he thinks his name is Noooooo.
#22
What Is This Privacy You Speak Of?
#23
I Woke Up To My Cat Standing On My Chest Staring At Me
Gingersnap In Iowa 10 months ago
Baby girl has done this to me. How can a cat so small feel like she weighs a ton?!?
#25
My Rescue Who Doesn’t Know What Personal Space Is
#26
Kuzco Has No Boundaries
#27
She Doesn't Know About Boundaries And I Don't Plan On Teaching Her
#28
Trying To Use The Bathroom, But This Rascal Won't Give Me Any Privacy
#29
My Velcro Dog Taking A Nap
#30
Oh You Wanted Some Privacy? Cool, Can I Come Too? Between Her And The Dog, There Are No Closed Doors In This House
#31
My Flatmate's Cat Doesn't Give A Flip About Boundaries
#32
She Has ~850 Sq Feet Of Floor Space And Opts To Sit Atop My Puzzle
Finished a few hours later, and 3 pieces were missing.
#33
I Was Laying On My Bed Browsing Social Media When Suddenly
#34
Yeah, This'll Do Fine. I'll Sit Right Here
Don't listen to me 10 months ago
I used to practice yoga at home. My cats just loved to find me on the floor. Oh look can we play too!
#35
She's Beauty, She's Grace, She Doesn't Have Any Sense Of Personal Space
#36
What Is This “Privacy” You Speak Of?
#37
Working At Home Is Proving To Be More Difficult Than I Thought
My new coworkers are dumb, have no concept of personal space, and one even threw up in the break room yesterday. I tried to address this by calling an office meeting, but I don't think I got through to them.
There's no HR because it's such a small work environment; otherwise, I'd have been fired because I refuse to wear pants.
#38
Turned Around For 5 Seconds
#39
Personal Space? What Is Personal Space?
#40
But Mom, You’re Way More Comfy
#41
Ellie Is Using My Foot As A Hammock. Hurts To Hold It This Way
#42
Swipe For A Coffee Review
#43
Get A Puppy They Said. You Won’t Be So Alone During Quarantine They Said. They Were Right
#44
Privacy Was Never An Option. Featuring My Deaf Cat Magoo (Short For Oogala Magoogala)
#45
She Doesn’t Care About Personal Space. This Is How I Get Woken Up In The Morning
#46
The Pups Don’t Understand Boundaries Very Well
#47
This One Gets Upset And Tries To Rip The Door Off Its Hinges If You Close It On Him So This Truly Is The Lesser Of Two Evils
#48
Ziggy Stardust Doesn't Care About Human Privacy Or Personal Space
Constant bathroom buddies. I think he deliberately follows me in so that he can access the pants hammock.
#49
I Wondered Why During The Interview Process "Do You Like Cats?" And "Do You Have Issues With Personal Space?" Were Brought Up
#50
“You’re 30?”, “You’re Single And Live Alone?”, And “Wait, How Many Cats?” Are My Free-Spaces For Thanksgiving Bingo This Year
I am somehow a full-blown male Snow White in terms of cats. There are like 4 or 5 stray cats that come hang out with me behind my restaurant after we close each night.
I always feed them and it’s usually a different cat each night, so it’s pretty fun to see which of my buddies is out back waiting to hang out when we close!
Sally Moen 10 months ago
There ought to be, if there isn't already, a dating app for pet owners. Then you can match up with similarly-minded servants
#51
He Gets Into The Shower With Me And Sits Here The Entire Time. I Have No Privacy Ever
#52
Clyde Dragged His Bed To The Bathroom To Make Sure No One Interrupted My Privacy
#53
Attempted A Bath Alone Today. If It’s Not The Kids Or The Husband, Then It’s The Pets. Privacy Update: Nonexistent
#54
Phoebe Would Love A Bite Of That Lemon Cheesecake
#55
Personal Space?
#56
My Chest Is Nothing More Than Sleeping Space For My Birds
#57
You Don’t Move When Your Pet Is On You
#58
Clarice Doesn’t Understand This Whole Personal Space Thing, Making Her The Third Cat In The House Who Does This
#59
No Such Thing As Privacy With Boo
#61
Pepper Obviously Has A Sense Of Entitlement
#62
I Just Can't Seem To Get Any Privacy Around Here
I think it's because I took a bath mid-day, which never happens, so they were probably like, "What is going on Mom?"
#63
She Doesn't Like To Be Left Alone In Unfamiliar Places
#64
That Was The Moment When Foley Realized He Could Just Push The Bathroom Door Open And Privacy Was Gone For Good
#65
We Have An Issue With Personal Space
#66
Personal Space
Dude is always in my face in the morning like “wake up silly human”.
#67
“You Got Any Games On Yo Phone?”
#68
What Personal Space?
#69
This Is Our Cat Charlotte. She Is Not Familiar With Boundaries, And Has Exactly Zero Shame
#70
When Your Mom's Friend Doesn't Like Puppy Kisses So You Have To Learn What Boundaries Are
Tabitha 10 months ago (edited)
I’m not entirely enthused with slobber either, but it’s unavoidable, and I don’t want to teach her that showing her affection for someone is a bad thing, some grin and bear it, and make an excuse to wash my hands and face afterward whenever possible, so she doesn’t put that 2 and 2 together. She’s a smart dog, so she would figure it out.
#71
We No Longer Have Any Shower Privacy When These Two Team Up. Closing The Door Is Not The Answer, It Only Makes Things Worse
Beth Wheeler 10 months ago
I had a cat that could open the bedroom and bathroom doors. The only time my bedroom doors closed was if the kids had friends spend the night. The litter box is in the basement so the 2 cats had to have access to it. If Rocket wanted to be in my room the doorknob would start rattling in the middle of the night. He would reach up with his front paws and turn it back & forth until it opened. He was almost 19 when he had a stroke and I had to have him put to sleep.
#72
Privacy? What Is That?
#73
Some People Get No Privacy From Dogs And Cats, I Get None From This Guy
He is a 2 and a half year old Eclectus named Eko. He's pretty clingy and needs to follow me around EVERYWHERE. Wish he would be a little bit more independent, but he's cute, so it's ok.
#74
One Of The 'Privacy Panels' On My Roommate's Door Fell Off, So My Creep Of A Bird Just Sits Outside And Stares At Her When She's In There
#75
No Personal Space
#77
Kitkat’s New Lounge Chair
#78
Does Anyone Here Get Any Privacy?
#79
No Privacy With Her
She can be a gremlin sometimes.
#80
My Birb After Being On My Shoulder In Every Zoom Class For The Last Semester
#81
Hi, My Name Is Winston And I Have 0 Boundaries
#82
Who Else Waived Goodbye To Bath Privacy Long Ago When They Got Fur Babies?
I asked both of them for approval to set boundaries, they said no.
#83
What Is Privacy?
He rushes in every single time he sees me about to shut the door.
#84
Trying To Do My Planks, And She Thinks I’m A Jungle Gym. I Swear There’s No Such Thing As “Privacy” With This One
#85
Boundaries And Personal Space Pfffftttt
#86
Update: Theodore Still Does Not Understand "Personal Space"
#87
What Is This “Personal Space” You Speak Of, Hoooman? Trying To Get Dressed & My Baby Gigi Found She Could Run Up My Leggings Much To Her Delight
#88
Just Started Reading When He Decided To Plop Himself Down On My Book. Read The First Three Words Of The First Page
All three of mine love to compete for the prime sitting spot (whatever I happen to be working on at the time).
#89
Percy Doesn’t Care About Privacy
#90
Working From Home... Trying To Work, No Sense Of Personal Space. Not Even One Of Our Cats
#91
She Learned How To Jump On Chairs Today And Now Stares At Me Like This During Zoom Meetings
#92
My Workout Buddy Doesn’t Respect Personal Space
#93
As Long As I Can Boop The Nose, I'm Ok With Gobby Invading My Space
#94
What’s This Personal Space You Speak Of?
#95
No Such Thing As "Personal Space"
#96
Personal Space? Nah
#97
Hamster Fell Asleep On My Kid
#98
It’s Too Early For This. No Personal Space, Ever
I just woke up and we snuggled all night. Let me breathe, woman!
#99
Any Time I Move My Arm To Give Her A Little More Room, She Follows It And Sits As Close As Possible. Guess She Is Not Interested In Personal Space
She probably likes my body heat.
#100
Porridge! Learn About Personal Space
AtMostAFabulist 10 months ago
I thought that looked like a baby donkey on the first picture. Then I saw the second picture, and still don't know what it is!
#101
Can Anyone Else Not Get Privacy In The Bathroom?
Smeghead Tribble Down Under 10 months ago
Toilet rolls are the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow for ferrets :D
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Mike Barrette 10 months ago
I feel like I've seen enough stranger's underwear to last a lifetime.
Mike Barrette 10 months ago
I feel like I've seen enough stranger's underwear to last a lifetime.
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