If you’re a pet parent, you know how dramatic your little animal babies can be. They might push you off the couch just to stretch their legs, cry when you won’t share your pizza or pee on the floor just because you refuse to let them attack the vacuum.
But when you have multiple children of the animal variety, they might not only have beef with you, but also with each other. One curious Reddit user recently asked pet owners to detail the drama that’s been going on between their furry, fluffy and feathery babies, and it turns out that pets are just as petty as us. Enjoy reading these juicy stories about animal siblings, and be sure to upvote the ones you'd like to see re-enacted on a soap opera!
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My flock of chickens is very dedicated to my rooster and obeys his every command—with the exception of one hen named Vicky. She doesn’t give a f**k about him and only wants to hang out with us humans. She follows us around and is just super friendly and cute and chatty, and of course, we spoil her with delicious treats all day. When I weed the garden she’s right behind me, scratching up the soil like she’s helping me lol and eating all the newly exposed bugs. She’ll walk up to us, look up, and say “hmm-hmm?” like she’s asking, “What’s goin’ on?” The other hens are always by the rooster’s side, but she comes and goes as she pleases.
Rooster can’t stand it. He does everything he can to get her attention, like making the “I found food” call and picking up a random pebble to pretend it’s a treat he found. She figured out this ruse very quickly.
If she starts to run toward us he’ll run ahead of her, stand in her way, and stomp his little rooster feet. She just runs past him, lol.
He gets especially mad when she’s late coming back to the coop at the end of the day because she’s hanging out with us, and he tries to herd her back over to it. She doesn’t give a F**K and just sits on the porch with us, and we all watch him run around screaming and having a fit because she doesn’t want to go to bed yet. It’s hilarious.
Somehow she’s still like #2 in the pecking order tho, she’s an alpha chicken
Edit: here is [Vicky](https://i.imgur.com/uzuSsau.jpg)
And [here’s](https://i.imgur.com/Fk77pwa.jpg) a blurry picture of the rooster puffing up in rage because I gave some corn to his wife
The bird to the left is GORGEOUS. Sorry, but I don't know if that's Vicky ... the one to the right needs an exorcism...
Following the link shows that the bird on the left is indeed Vicky
Load More Replies...It's like they're all trapped by an abusive boyfriend and don't want his wrath, but then Vicky comes along showing all the girls that b***h ain't s**t, you don't have to listen to him, in fact, "Watch this" proceeds to walk right by him ignoring him to the fullest.
No drama; but my cat was sick a few weeks ago and my wiener dog started to bring him mouthfuls of cat food and leave them in a little pile next to the cat.
I was sick a few weeks ago, and my weiner puppy kept bringing me all his favorite toys and leaving them next to my bed. They are sweet dogs!
We have two donkeys, Geriatric donkey and Chonky donkey. Chonky has separation anxiety and freaks if she can't see Geriatric donkey. Geriatric donkey is too skinny and on a special high-protein diet. Chonky donkey is, well, chonky, and is on a diet, which she hates (but is looking much better).To keep Chonky donkey out of Geriatric donkeys food, I have to separate them. Now Chonky donkey is upset to be separated from Geriatric AND upset she can't steal Geriatric's much yummier food.
Upset donkeys are LOUD.
All I can imagine right now is a cranky donkey crying on the floor like a toddler
My mini mule, Ferris Mueller freaks out if his herd mate/girlfriend, Blossom, mini horse is out of site/reach
I love the “names” describing them. Although if those are actually the donkeys’ names then it’s hilarious.
I want to know if geriatric donkey was trouble walking, in which case it's a wonky donkey.
Load More Replies...He was a cranky, stinky-dinky, lanky, honky-tonky, winky, wonky donkey.
Why? Why would you do this to me?! Now I have to find the video so I can remember all of it or its going to be in my head all wrong for hours!
Load More Replies...Well you Need to Build a Tiny Feeding Station for Two where Each Donkey can Stand in an Get their Food Only but They can See Each other!!You Could build something Easy out of Five or Six Pallets that Chonky and Geriatric have to Stand in to Eat their Foods Separate but Side by Side!!!
My ducks are so dramatic about sharing their pools. I have three ducks and two pools, one green, one pink. All three have decided the pink pool is their favorite and fight over who gets to be in it. They all three can fit comfortably in one pool, but they chase each other out and “fight” about who gets to be the only one in there. It’s hilarious to watch. This spring, I’m buying new pools. Three all pink ones lol.
They also bully the wild birds and squirrels. And when they hear the neighborhood dogs start barking, they run to the back fence and start quacking really loud.
I have 3 males ducks, every morning I let them out of their coop and they run down to the pond and start fighting in the water, well I thought they were fighting, turns out they're just having a gay threesome.
My old neighbors had ducks...and two huge German Shepherds. Those ducks would chase the dogs around when they came out to do their business. (Yes, the owners were out there the whole time to supervise.)
The cat continues to give zero f***s the dog even exists. Dog finds this unacceptable.
I have the opposite problem. The dog wants to be left alone but the male cat watches her from around corners and such and the baby slaps her
Similar- my cat grabs my dog's face with her claws so he can't move and passionately licks his eyeballs, ears, and anything else within reach while purring loudly. The dog, however, pretends she doesn't exist. Sometimes, to even out the relationship a little, I put cat food on the cat's head (she's really bad at grooming) so that the dog has a turn licking her. Her face whenever that happens- she just completely believes that he loves her too!
Load More Replies...Hahaha. My sister's dog loves to play with cats. My cat does not like dogs. Kitty has gotten so she'll tolerate the dog when she visits (mostly because she knows she gets treats when the dog is here). But she gets scared when the dog gets too close. And the dog just doesn't get it and really, really, really wants to play with the cat.
My Two Rescue Cats Love my 130 Pound Rottweiler Pup But the Grand Duchess Doesn't !She gets Really Pissed when the Maine C**n & the Silver Tabby Chase the Rotti in a Game of TAG!!
My dog still, after 4 years in this family, is completely convinced the car is gonna steal her rawhide. When cat walks by she will tuck the rawhide under her paws and chin and gently growl. Cat of course walks right on by because of course he does not want the rawhide or indeed anything to do with dog. That's not good enough for dog though. Surely after 4 years he will see how much she loves rawhides and start coveting them. So she growls even louder next time and gets a claw to the face.
We have a new foster dog who is terrified of the world and everything in it. She's been cowering in the corner of the kitchen for days, but she's just now getting brave enough to start coming out to solicit attention. Our resident dog is jealous so she keeps coming over to try to steal the attention. The foster dog loves the resident dog, and seems to get braver when she's around, so that makes her more willing to come out. So resident dog's jealous is accidentally feeding the bravery and socialization of the foster. (She doesn't realize it, but that's exactly what we were hoping would happen.)
A frequent story among those who foster dogs that have been abused. Seeing their foster parents treating other dogs well sends them an important message.
I think this is about to turn into a great situationship!!! Please keep us Pandas updated!!
I have a girl cat that doesn't get along with her two younger brothers (who are peas in a pod). They chase her and she runs and hisses, absolutely terrified.. We were at our wits end because they aren't violent kitties except to her.
Then we started watching her behavior more closely and noticed how she would play with them when she didn't think we were watching. Sit by them, show her belly, even groom them. As soon as she noticed we were in the room she'd act like they attacked her, even if they hadn't done anything. Eye opening for sure.
Yes, I have a cat like this. Her name is Trudy and she’s almost 6. When she was 2 I bought a pair of kittens home and she was not happy. Even now, 4 years later she hisses at them regularly but every so often, when she thinks I’m not looking she’ll wash them. Cats only wash other cats that they consider family so when she starts hissing I just tell her to stop being so overly dramatic 🙂
Our girl is a tiny baby tortoiseshell we rescued from the pound who isn't likely to get any bigger at about a year of age. She is constantly picking fights with the older boy and the moment he retaliates she cries and runs for cover for us to come save her. It's annoying because half of the 'fights' are after sitting there cuddling and cleaning each other
Load More Replies...I have a dog and cat who adore each other but they don't want me to know 🤣
We have a female tortie who collects stray toms, we have 3 farms nearby so possible source. She'll bring them home and when they move in and we have them neutered she'll just go off on one at them. I think she is just a secret hussy, we now have 4 neutered toms because of her. ))
Rofl.Our OLH shows the same attitude. She acts like a priviliged princess. We always thought she was being bullied by our youngest addition a small siamese lady. And tbh the siamese acts more like a rat terrier and likes to chase our OLH. We pitied her until we found out that she actually enjoyed the chase but played the pityful lady when we noticed and then comes to us for protection. The drama 😸
I have a two cats and the older male would bat at the younger female and I would scold him for hitting her. Then I had to go out of town so I set up a camera that had a view of the auto feeder and another for the room with the litter box. Turns out she's the annoying little sister type who will make the old male mad when I'm not paying attention to set him up.
Two cats and a hedgehog. The cats are in disbelief that the hedgehog not only eats dry cat food as her diet (the audacity!) but also that she gets a heat lamp and they don't.
They are likely plotting a revolt.
Aha! Good question, young soul. Here lies your answer..........................................……………………………… Most likely not lmao
Load More Replies...My cat patches and my hedgehog suga used to play. If suga was not paying attention and just being all wiggly as she walked around it would activate patches hunting instinct. When she tried to pounce suga would hear her chubby waddle run and turn around and let her spines down into a little face cover of intimidation. This would scare the cat, who would run away. Suga would give chase until the cat got too far away. Rinse and repeat for a few hours and I was entertained lol.
2 cats and a hedgehog walk into a bar. Bartended says "what'll it be?" "Three rums shots please." Cats push the shots off the bar and says "another" Hedgehog throws his glass on the floor making an incredible mess. Bartender turns around and says "what a bunch of pricks."
My hedgehog absolutely loved cucumbers and bell peppers. His area always smelled like a delicious salad
Well for Heaven's sake give the cats their own heat lamp. Cats just love those.
Frank (mostly Rottweiler), Oscar (probably yellow Lab/Corgi mix), Finn (one eyed Yorkie/Shi-Tzu mix) and Polly (Finn's two eyed sister) all MUST go out the back door at EXACTLY the same time. They inevitably get stuck in the doorway Three Stooges style and start fighting. ONE AT A TIME, YOU IDIOTS!!!
I'd love to see the tall Rottie and the three little doggos all stuck in the door. Hilarious!
Used to have a dachshund who always carried the stick by one end. And always forgot to adjust for extra width when turning corners.
My horses who are bffs got a new buddy. Buddy likes both horses. Horse 1 likes buddy, horse 2 does not, so now original two horses are in a rough patch in their friendship. Feels like a cliche issue between highschool girls.
If you have ever met a group of mares, you know that they ARE a cliche group of high school girls
there isn't as much difference between humans and animals, once you get to look closely.
The 3 dogs are literally arguing at each other to see who can sit by my feet while I'm working. There is plenty of room all around me for all 3 of them. But all I'm hearing is grumbling and groaning. My idiots, my loveable, adorable idiots.
My baby idiot is now a hearty and hefty spaniel floof of 8 months....he still thinks he can sit on my lap while I work. Reader's....he really can't ...so he will paw at me relentlessly, and if I don't pay attention, will cross the room and start to steal shoes ....
Maybe a wide footstool or raised bed next to your desk?
Load More Replies...It must be a great feeling. Wish humans had some of these idiot skills
i have a cat & chickens. one of my chickens chased my cat yesterday and now she’s hiding in my room
Once, my dogs were outside chewing on some bones (during a time of year that we could let chickens free-range without them destroying our gardens), and one of the chickens decided she wanted to have the bone. Within seconds, the dogs were cowering and had surrendered the bones. Now, we're not exactly talking small dogs- a hound and a husky driven to abject terror by one of my little demon chickens.
Load More Replies...Reminds me of the time we introduced our rabbit to our neighbors' cats. At first, the cats went into prey-stalking mode, thinking this was going to be fun. Until the rabbit ran right up to them and got in their faces with all her attitude. The cats were very confused why the giant mouse had no fear and made a hasty retreat to their apartment.
My cat suffered an emotional trauma when he met our ducks for the first time. Like, those are birds, I'm supposed to hunt birds. Why the birds are twice my size?
My orange cat alternates between seeing my Xolo as his best friend and tasty prey. I’ve seen them cuddle happily and play with toys together. I have also seen the cat wake up, stretch, walk over to the sleeping Xolo just to smack him and calmly go back to his sleeping spot. My German shepherd has figured out how to take a bite of her water and hold it in her mouth. She will then find the sleeping cat and dump the water on the cat. The cat understandably hates this. My German shepherd takes endless delight in this. I recently bought an air tag for my keys because my Xolo has always been a kleptomaniac and he has a new hiding spot I have yet to find.
My Jack Russell is a kleptomaniac too. She absolutely LOVES remote controls; no idea why, but we've caught her taking one and then hiding it under some blankets in her crate/bedroom. Only remotes. We thought there was something to OUR remote as to why she always tries to take it, but no, she did the same thing with a hotel remote. We got her a "fake" dog toy remote and she looked at us like "do you think I'm that stupid??". Like, DAMN MILA!! We're trying to keep you from killing yourself from choking on plastic!! Her bestie, Charlie (also a Jack) will sneeze every single time she gets caught and our vet said that this was his way of saying "she was just kidding!!!" Damn dogs
My cat is best buddies with my rottie, but waits til my rott is asleep, then goes up behind him and smacks his balls in rapid succession. Like someone punching a speed bag, walks away, and my dog is looking around like "what just happened?". Cracks me up every time!!!
Type of dog. Unclear post is talking about 2 dogs and 1 cat
Load More Replies...This gives me a flashback to when my second son was born. My older son was understandably jealous of the attention the newborn was getting, but we told him NOT to hit his younger brother. So the baby is sleeping in his chair on the floor while my older son is playing with his Tonka trucks ... spoiler alert! He "accidentally" dropped one of his heavy metal trucks on his brother's head! (The baby was fine! He got revenge at the grocery store 3 years later by declaring, loudly, "She's MY mother; she's NOT your mother!" - which made the 5 year old SHRIEK like he'd been Stabbed!) *sigh*
My cat has discovered my dogs bed, that he rarely uses, is bigger than hers. My dog has discovered she is using his neglected bed and has now decided he MUST use it immediately when he sees her on it. He barks at her and boops her with his nose, she just gets even more comfortable and looks at him as if to say "ya right kiddo, you know who's boss around here!"
She is an 8 year old hairless cat named Mew, and he is an almost 2 year old Dogue de Bordeaux named Wilfred. 🥰
Little cats always seem to overpower the giant dogs....we had a little rescue many years ago, didn't think she would survive as she was pulled from her mother at about 3/4 weeks....within a week, totally bossed our floofy spaniel and giant rescue dog (we had no idea of his genetics, but he was similar to a doberman in size and shape, but was brindle with a huge long tail)
@ Babsev, Doby's do have a very long tail by nature :-)
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My dog stole the blueberry my conure was eating so she fluffed up and head down charged at him and chased him around the room
Birds can be vicious. Mine loved the dog and would ride on her back (a parrot and a bichon) but hated my father and would attack
Ah! When I was growing up we had a parakeet and a malamute and the bird would also hitch a ride on the dog’s back!
Load More Replies...We have just one chonky cat, but he creates enough drama to qualify for this post. He was recently adopted and we’re now discovering that he’s terrified of socks, sports bras, tangerines and the sight of snowflakes outside. He often tries to fight the air that comes out of the hair-dryer and the vacuum cleaner. Oh, he is also in deep denial about his chonkiness and often gets stuck, then meows all outraged as if it was our fault that his fat butt can’t move 😂❤️
Aw,, I had a rescue 65 kg rescue Doberman that was afraid of the dark,, had to leave a nightlight on every night. RIP Pluto 💔
When I got married, my new wife came with two cats. One of them had issues with stuff in the trash can. She would sit back and use one paw to bat at anything hanging out of the can. Well, one night at about 3am, she was batting at a pair of panty hose in the trash, and hooked a claw into them. As she jumped back startled, the panty hose flew through the air and landed on her, straddling her. Instant freakout! She started yowling and bouncing off the walls. We got the light on to see her bucking and twisting like a rodeo bronc. The panty hose finally fell off at the entryway by the front door. She was huddled in the corner, shaking from fright. My wife cuddled her for a while and got her calmed down. She never put panty hose in the top of the trash can again.
"as if it was our fault that his fat butt can’t move" - news flash to OP: it IS your fault that your cat is fat. Cats don't mysteriously gain weight by themselves, nor do they buy their own cat food XD
They did say he was recently adopted, so hopefully that will change.
Load More Replies...My 90 pound dog is terrified of the vacuum. Maybe she only has aversions to things like undergarments and tangerines. I can relate
Two cats. Our older one likes to lay directly beside the automatic water fountain, guarding the "watering hole" like a predator lying in wait. Then our other cat comes up and wants to drink, but she won't let him. So he just licks the top of her head until she moves enough for him to get water.
Yup, high drama, will be selling the movie rights later this year.
So the older cat's figured out exactly how to get the younger one to groom her head, the one spot she can't reach. Genius!
Load More Replies...Only one cat, but I put a heating pad on his bed since we keep the house cold, and now he comes in and glares at me until I turn it on.
My 3 legged goats will insist I turn friend (gas heater) on when he is cold and he just stares at it for hours. Now that it summer he just rubs it constantly
This reminds me of my last dog Ringo. Why am I cold, is the fan heater not working? Oh, I see! fan_heater...c90ae1.jpg
Not mine, but my sister has 2 huskies and her oldest has a cat. The huskies love all living creatures and have the brains of huskies. Therefore they are constantly excited trying to get the cat to play. You know what kind of creatures don't like clumsy ever-caffeinated goofballs 20 times their size, cats. The huskies simply don't understand why the cat doesn't play and it breaks their derpy little hearts. This has been going on for 2 years.
The oldest husky has its own cat?? That would sure be an interesting dynamic
We brought home a husky mix dependent on how our cat felt about it. We opened the door, he walked up, eyed the dog, head bonked her and wandered off. Yep, they are just peaches. lol.
Load More Replies...I have a husky who was about 1 when I brought in a kitten I rescued from outside. The kitten was terrified of the dog at first and stayed on the safe side of the baby gate. He got a little older and started messing with the dog, sitting right by the gate to annoy him and intentionally running around so the dog would chase him. It's been a year since then and the cat chases after the dog's toys with him, runs up and down the house with him, and grabs him around the neck and tries to wrestle with him. I swear he thinks he's a dog too sometimes.
We rescued a tiny sick black kitten - she ended up owning our big red husky.
This is my cat and my sister's dog. Sister's dog thinks cats are so fun to play with. My cat thinks dogs are big and scary, especially when they get too close.
One of my cats wanted a piece of premium canned tuna, and then his sister came and b***h slapped him, presumably because he wouldn’t stop yelling. Now he is sulking on his own in the corner and wouldn’t even look at us.
Omg, so, I have a dramatic animal story- so, I have SIX Jack Russells, and one of them absolutely adores me. Literally- when he sees me, he tries to lay all over me and won't leave my side for anything, unless I tell him "you can go!". Well, when momma (lovee) had her first litter (only one survived) we had her and her pup, Chub Rock (or, Chub Chub), down to introduce them to the others (I think Chubs was about a month old at that point) and I see that Charlie, Lovees litter mate brother, was pouting in the corner, and looking over his shoulder at me and whining. I guess he thought he was being replaced or just jealous of the new pup. In any case, I went over and cuddled him, told him he was my favorite little pup and that I love him. The look on his face; it was like he understood what I said. He gave me lots of kisses and then went to the new pup and started trying to play with him and lick him. He's so funny- they all are. Wildly different personalities
one of my little bros was so chonky until he was 4 that we nicknamed him chub chub
Load More Replies...I hope you brought him a piece of premium canned tuna to his sad little corner
Tuna is the absolute holy grail of foods for kitties, at least according to my kitty.
My parents have several cats. One was very old and ill and she was confined to their bedroom ( I say confined but she had luxury heated cat beds, a wall mounted cat climbing frame, 1000 toys and my parents spent a lot of time with her so she wasn't lonely.) They also have several other cats who roam the house freely. Well sadly the old kitty passed away a few weeks ago- broke everyone's hearts. But now that room is open and the other cats are all jockeying for posession of said room- and who gets to sleep on my parents bed with them now. My poor parents- they are so exhausted from the all night cat wars raging on top of them.
Yes, they should put cameras trained on that part of the room so we can see what the little suckers get up to. Drama!
Load More Replies...Your Parents need to Get all their cats on the bed With them & show them there is Room for Everyone!!!Then Hopefully the Night Wars would Stop!!!
I have had the rule animals are allowed in the bedroom in the day time at night they are all out.
There’s a prime comfy spot that one of my cats loves to sleep in and the other sits there just so she can’t. I swear she even has a smug look on her face while doing it.
I spent a day trying so hard to think of anything that could possibly compete. Nope. Nothing smugs like a cat!
Load More Replies...It is very cold here, so the chickens have been brought inside into a luxury set up in the basement. The cats are most upset that they cannot go in the coop with the chickens. The herding dog is thrilled her flock is contained in the house, and she is annoyed that the cats keep waking her up.
Yet people think I'm weird when they ask me what I'm up to. "Watching the chickens." Or any other animal. Better than any movie!
Load More Replies...We have chicken cats. They love to live in the coop with the chickens.
Not really between pets. But my wife’s cat died. Cat slept on her chest every night. After about a month of grieving, she wanted a new cat to cuddle. Got a tiny little female kitten. The kitten wants absolutely nothing to do with my wife, but is head-over-heels in love with my male cat, they literally eat together, sleep in a ball together, and play together. My wife is ultra jealous
I feel this. I adopted a kitten in 2021 to keep my older cat company (she was 6 at the time) and also because I wanted a second cat XD I'm a through-and-through animal person. My boyfriend, who has allergies to both dogs and cats, isn't an animal person. At all. So.... the younger cat, Preacher, is a menace to his big sister Kohl; he pokes her in the butt with his paw constantly and chases her, jumps on her, and overall harasses her 24/7. She loathes him and hisses whenever he gets near her. And Preacher couldn't care less about me, who is ostensibly his owner - but he sleeps in my boyfriend's bed at night, jumps onto his lap, cuddles with him, etc XD I admit I was sad and frustrated at first, but now I love it. It's beautiful. Boyfriend carries younger cat around and talks to him about economics. The man who was not overly fond of animals (and was afraid of dogs) is now 100% Cat Dad and Dog Dad (we have a doggo too.)
So sick of men stealing my animals complete devotion, but it's just too cute. The most adorable betrayal
Load More Replies...From Catch 22: Hungry Joe ends up being killed by his roommate Huple's cat, which smothers him.
I have a 6.5 foot couch. This is not adequate for my two cats to be on at the same time because they are too close to each other.
Did anyone else picture a 6.5 foot TALL couch and wonder why on earth you’d have that? Then realized that was not the height…
Place a Cat Basket in the Biddle of the Couch with a Fluffy Fleece Blanket in it and Watch What Happens!! For Me Both Sleep in the Kitty Basket Bed & I can sit on the Couch!!!
This is how my chihuahuas are! If Duke gets up on the couch while Princess is up there, even if he hops up on the opposite side, she WILL grumble at him and leave.
Two of our cats have an odd situation with their allogrooming.
One cat, the elder, has a normal cat tongue. Not smooth, but not painful. She'll groom the younger cat whenever they're feeling affectionate enough to not fight each other for space on a bed, window, etc.
The younger cat has a set of small, freshly sharpened knives for a tongue. Once the elder cat is finished grooming her, she'll get up and try to reciprocate. Except, if we let her groom the older cat for more than a minute, she ends up with one of the elder cat's claws sticking out of her forehead.
The younger cat, of course, has no idea why this keeps happening, and thus keeps trying to offer return-grooming services, to the same results, every time.
So we'll be watching TV or going to sleep, and all of a sudden we'll hear the *Schliiip, schliip* of the younger cat's ridiculously sharp tongue grating against the older cat. We have to rush into whatever room they're in (and it is loud enough to be heard in other rooms) and separate them before it goes on too long.
All cats have backwards facing hooks on their tongues for grooming and licking meat from bone. House cats tongues feel like sandpaper, I shudder to think what a lion's must feel like!
Load More Replies...Oh, gad, I think I just did myself an injury trying not to laugh out loud in the office...
Oh dear. At first I thought your cat had two tongues the way I read it.
Let them work it out. Interfering is confusing the kitten. If you left her alone she'd learn reciprocating = ow. And stop. But now reciprocate = people come. Yay! Must continue to reciprocate.
You should take the younger cat to the vet, make sure this isn't something unhealthy or dangerous.
I have a six pound calico b***h of a cat. She will chase my 80 pound gs/Rottweiler mix and my 85 pound mix on her back legs like a freaky ninja cat. She won't let them down the stairs... it's humiliating.
We had a calico like this. Lucy would try to murder my sister and I when we were little lol
That's just standard for a calico. We had one that was not allowed in any of the local vet offices because they were all afraid of her.
Yep. There's a reason why calicoes are considered the spiciest of kitties and why torties have "tortitude" XD
Load More Replies...You need to Hold your Ninja Cat in your Arms and Talk to her While You and the Doggos go up & Down the Stairs a Few Times!! Hope that Helps once the Doggos Scent in on the Stairs Cat should be Fine!!!
I have an Airedale terrier, 4 ducks, 50 chickens, and 6 goats. The chickens should have their own soap opera. One of the most interesting conflicts is with Tim Allen, who is one of my hens who was born with a deformity called scissor beak. Basically it's harder for her to eat, preen, etc, because her beak isn't lined up correctly, but she still manages. She's become my little buddy because of the help she needs, and she has her own section of the chicken run to eat without being bothered. Tim has the biggest balls out of all of my hens. If another hen so much as looks through the fence at her (and remember, I have 50 birds, so it happens all the time), she'll charge it and act all tough. Because she's behind a fence. When I put her back in the run after she is done eating, she tries to be best friends with everyone and most of the birds walk away. She'll try to share a dust bath: rejected. Group preening happening? Rejected. It's like she's two different birds depending on which section of the run she's in. That or she's come up with different "rules" in her head based off of where she is at the time. Either way, it's hilarious. Don't worry, she isn't lonely. She spends more than enough time with her human, and she also has a rag-tag group of misfits that tend to accept her, even when she's being a d**k. Chickens are so funny and can be very affectionate. If you have the room in your yard and in your heart, get some! Plus, fresh eggs are the bomb. Edit: Formatting and here's a picture of [Tim Allen](https://imgur.com/a/PWqlKWO) in all of her beauty and wisdom. This beauty brings a smile to my face every day!
Totally shoulda named her Wilson since she doesn't like to be seen when she's behind her fence 😀
I now live on a farm. My apartment is attached to the main house. They now have a rooster and 3 chickens. They’re hilarious. Better than TV. They are very friendly. If I’m unloading my car at my front door and leave a car door open, I can tell, they’re planning at some point for one of them to jump in. One afternoon the rooster and 2 of the chickens were near my door. The third chicken was way over at the coop. She saw me come out and pay attention to the rooster and two chickens. Cluck cluck cluck what!? What’s going on over there. That chicken came running over so fast to see what was going on. I didn’t know they could run so fast. Hilarious!! I love them.
I'd love to have chickens as they are so comical, unfortunately my health isn't good enough to give them the care they need. A friend of my mum's will send me the odd video of her flock which keeps me entertained!
I concur. Chickens and ducks and goats are the best entertainment ever
Most people don't realize just how self aware and intelligent chickens are. And you're right, they make great pets! (And friends.)
I have a snake and a cat. They get along, and I swear they are always plotting her escape from her terrium. Every time I walk in the room, they look guilty and are shoving their faces against the glass toward each other, sharing secrets.
I would love to see a comic strip about the adventures of a cat and snake.
Lol, my cat Skitters and my snake Orin were also BFFS. Skitters would break into her cage to hog the basking area or, She'd break Orin out and they'd be all cuddled up on the couch. That was how I made this discovery, btw. my heart almost ended me. All I saw was fluffy cat tail sticking out of coiled up snake. Yep, they were both sound asleep.
Depending on the size, yes. And vice versa. I don't have cats but a friend does and they're constantly bringing in dead snakes.
Load More Replies...Your Snake is Measuring How big Your Cat is And One Day Dinner will be Served Fresh!!!
We have a Pigeon thats half blind and can't fly that started using our tortoise's terrarium as its house in winter.
Problems began when we started letting our tortoises outside in summer since they would randomly meet inside of it and the pigeon would panic.
Now he has learned that the tortoises are harmless so now they just chill
Edit: Okay this got way too much attention I was expecting, I will look around to see if I have some pictures around, despite the pigeon being with us for almost like 2 years, he's still scared of us so taking close pictures of him or him inside the terrarium makes it go buckwild so we really don't try to take pics at all but I will have to check my archives.
As for the whole social animal issues, don't worry, we have an enclosed 4-walled yard so the pigeon goes out and chills with other pigeons and birds throughout the day so it gets to do socials without a worry.
Edit 2: Didn't find a pic of the whole family together but a pic of the pigeon inside the terrarium chilling https://i.imgur.com/mISAePZ.png just to prove it's real. It's a bit low for a pigeon but keep in mind it can't fly, goes in on its own will and is free for the rest of the day except the night.
My rabbit and hamster had a brief feud going on. The rabbit would stomp and wake the hamster up, then the hamster would chew the bars, which in turn irritated the rabbit who would stomp even more.
I used to have a hamster and pet mouse when I was younger. The mouse was an escape artist and used to go into the hamster's cage. Eventually, we just let them be together. They seemed to get along well, aside from the few times the hamster bit the mouse's tail. (Nothing real bad, just nips)
The constant drama at our place is our fat cat is always trying to steal the little cat’s food. He won’t even finish his own food before he’s trying to nab hers, even though they’re fed in separate rooms. Someone needs to be on constant watch while they’re eating, or else she won’t get anything, poor thing.
I had a client once with 5 cats of various ages. Some were like this, others on special vet diets. So each cat got covered with a laundry basket at meal time, so they couldn't steal the others' food. They got so used to it that when they came to the clinic and had to be hospitalized, we had to cover with a laundry basket to get them to eat!
Lmao hilarious. But effective. They can eat in peace without worrying about attack from behind
Load More Replies...I have this problem with my two, the older one likes to eat her food in one go whereas the younger one is more of a grazer. I have to put the younger one's food on top of a piece of furniture that the other one can't get to.
I forked out $200aud for a special bowl that only lifts the clear lid when the cat gets close, to stop my small dog from stealing the cats food. The cat is 20, so she nibbles all day.
Or you could use a closed door to keep them separate during feeding time so you don't have to keep watch.
Unless you have carpet then they'll destroy it trying to get in.
Load More Replies...My one cat knows how to open the pantry while the other cat waits behind to get the goods.
My cat and dog used to team up. The cat would knock the food off the counter so my dog could eat it.
My two cats team up to open my wardrobe that they know they aren't allowed in, unfortunately they can open the door from the outside but not the inside so they end up getting stuck
Load More Replies...Cat burglars. It’s late, and I have been glued to my phone reading this like these were soap operas.
Same. Now 6am and I will sleep when I've read it all.
Load More Replies...Even more fun for the cat to push a can from the counter and hit the dog on the head with it. 100 points !!
My cat opens all of the cabinet drawers and doors when he's board. I just got a house, and he's already figured out how to do it
I had two dogs that would team up like this. The one would open the food container or refrigerators, and the other would be waiting so they could eat.
My cat wasnear a vent and meowed when I picked her up. Now the neighbors dog is going nuts and they scream at each other through it
My sister lived in an apartment where the vents ran through other units. Her big tabby started singing/screaming one night and when she went to check on him, there was a cat screaming back through the vent. They did this a few more times.
I wouldn't worry about it unless they start tapping Morse code messages to each other through the wall. Lol
Load More Replies...We recently got a kitten (juvenile now). He and the dog (a Brittany) wrestle and it sounds awful but they both love it. Then they‘ll snuggle on the couch and the cat will proceed to suckle on the dog’s teat, which she is totally fine with. It creeps my husband out. So I guess the drama is with him lol
We had a Yorkie that came from the pound (picked up as a stray & not claimed). We were going to get her fixed, but she went into heat and we had to wait. Yadda, yadda. A couple months later we got a kitten. The dog loved the kitten. The kitten loved the dog. The kitten refused to eat the cat food, but was getting fat.... The dog had a false pregnancy after her heat (that we knew nothing about), and when the kitten showed up, the dog adopted it as her baby and produced milk to feed it.
We used to foster orphaned kittens, & our rescue (spayed) terrier mix would let them all suckle on her. ♥️
My chi-weenie and kitten are like that. They are the same age and grew up rough-housing with each other. They also love to snuggle together for naps. It's cute.
My runt Jack Russell (Lil Bit; 5 lbs) stole my miniature pinscher's (Barli; 15 lbs) favorite toy and refuses to give it back. She won't play with it unless Barli is looking directly at her but gets super spiteful if Barli tries to snatch it back. I've given it back to Barli a few times but Lil Bit finds a way to get it again.
Note: Lil Bit has an almost identical toy just in a different color.
Have similar issue with my dogs. Dickbag always holds a toy she has no desire to play with. I think she does it just to be a dickbag.
I named my cat lil bit because she was 3 weeks when we rescued her. Tinier than the palm of my hand. She was bottle fed for quite a bit. She also grew. 20lbs of pure muscle. Black and white tux. My girl. I was lucky enough to get 20 years with her.
Load More Replies...We do that with my dogs, but then one of them ends up with both toys and both are upset
Load More Replies...Growing up we had a dachshund and a larger mixed dog. The larger, and younger loved toys with squeakers. He'd go around the house squeaking the toy, never chewing it, just squeaking it. The dachshund, when finding the toy, would chew the squeaker out of it. When the younger dog found it without the squeaker, he'd just ignore it after.
Three cats. The two ginger boys hate each other and the female just hates everything except belly rubs
It's ongoing drama. Got my dog in January of last year & anytime she does zoomies, my cat runs up on her to yell & bap her, usually on her side. She just stops, because she's so confused. I have a pet ramp that has a hidey hole on the side, sometime my cat will chase my dog in there if her zoomies are too zoomy.
You need to Hold the cat so your Dog can do it's Zoomies and get Tuckered out!!Let the Cat just watch with you!!! cats usually do their Zoomies Between One and Four A.M.!!!
Mine usually do their Zoomies after visiting the litter box. XD
Load More Replies...The mystery fight. I have four cats. Two are older males, two are five-year-old females. In general, everyone gets along swimmingly. Last weekend, I hear about bunch of thumping and a couple of growls upstairs, and I go up, and there are blood spatters on the hallway floor. I start checking everyone. Bear is under the bed growling. He's a big fluffy cream-colored boy, and I check him thoroughly; no blood to be seen. I check the girl cat most likely to start some s**t: no blood anywhere. I check the other two, who are pacifists--nada. I have no idea who made anyone bleed, but there was some. That's a first. Nothing since.
My 2 tiny old lady dogs terrorize my younger, large dog. One is just old and cranky. One of them is playful and likes to scare him and watch him scramble. I swear she knows he is nervous and can't grip the kitchen floor. She waits in a doorway, then scares him with a bark in his face when he walks in, and I swear she is standing there, laughing at him, falling all over himself. I also have a cat that will smack the big dog if he barks too much. He is such a big dumb baby that every animal pushes him around.
I think the larger dog is the younger one that's getting pushed around. Poor baby.
Load More Replies...I have two cats, three snails, some shrimp, a betta fish and a dog. My roommate also has a dog. The dogs are running a relay-thievery scheme with a specific bone. Dog 1 will take it the leave it somewhere. Dog 2 will find it, take it, and hide it somewhere else. Rinse and repeat. They do not chew the bone or anything, they just hide it from one another. This has been going on for about a month. A few of the shrimp are in a turf war over the prime algae spot on one of the plants. It is getting super intense and I'm expecting casualties soon. My betta is pissed off at one of the snails because it didn't let the betta inspect the algae wafer I dropped in last night before eating it. The betta has been flaring and sulking at the snail all morning. There is nothing going on with the cats that I am aware of.
A rare instance of when the cats are the least dramatic of the household.
We have two senior citizen pets and one that younger than them. The big cat and boss of the house is 18yrs old and the hoarder of all the orange brain cells. He is seriously the smartest cat we've ever had. The dog is 12 yrs old and going blind. He and the little cat are best friends and hate being separated. It's ok if the little cat wants to hang about outside but further than the backyard and the dog is upset. The little cat, 8 yr old and most commonly called "Booger", is our little troublemaker.
I have three small dogs and one cat, they work like a military regiment, the cat is big enough to look like a puma, so the three dogs follow whatever he wants.
We only have the one Great Dane, but there is currently a mouse in the house. The drama of catching said mouse lasted until 5am this morning. Doggo thinks himself a great hunter, but his real super power is barking and bunny-hopping across the hardwood floor. The mouse still lives and we're all exhausted today.
The younger of our cats thinks she's a great hunter, but she can't actually catch a mouse to save her life and usually just lets them escape under the fridge. Great job, former feral cat! She was not cut out for life in the wild 😆 When the older one catches a mouse, she growls every time the younger cat comes close because she knows if she shares, younger cat will probably lose it. The older cat actually kills the mice (after torturing the poor things), but is absolutely fascinated by houseflies, which she can't catch unless she manages to corner one by sheer luck. But she'll run all over jumping and knocking things over trying. We have to swat them or let them out of the house before the cat notices their existence and tears the house apart.
My mature female is absolutely the best mouser I've ever seen. We have 4 acres of field behind the barn and she is constantly patrolling. She has a litter of two month old kittens and she has ramped it up, in three days she brought 5 field mice up to the house to try and bring inside for them. I put the kittens outside with her during the warmer hours so she can teach them. I'm keeping the large male kitten and the other babies have homes waiting but I love them so much, it's going to be hard to let them go, especially knowing there won't be any more kittens after Mommas vet appointment to be sterilized. Hope they all end up great hunters like her!
Load More Replies...Great Danes can be great hunters… but that’d be quite a ruckus indoors! They forever how big they are!
Weston, my wife's dog, keeps trying to get Morgan, her cat to play. Morgan just wants to snooze and occasionally go out hunting. Meanwhile, Pockets, my one-eyed and nearsighted cat, wants them both out of her life.
The younger cat hides and and lays in wait to ambush the older cat from behind every corner in the house
Yep, this is 100% my younger cat. Who was originally adopted to be a companion to my older cat XD She loathes him, and he wants to play 24/7.
My cats have a nightly fight club on which one gets to sleep on my right arm…I have two arms..cmon guys
The cat desperately wants to play with the dog. The dog, who played with our last cat like best friends, absolutely refuses to have anything to do with her.
It makes me sad, I feel bad for both of them.
When I was a teen, I had a German Shepherd and a gray cat that I adopted as a puppy/kitten, just a few months apart from each other. They grew up together and were best friends. I'd see my 90-lb German Shepherd carrying the 8-lb cat in her mouth (and the cat loved it, she was purring.) They'd sleep together on the same bed and were absolute besties. They were both chill with me, but preferred each other to me XD When the GSD, Ember, was 12, she got breast cancer and had to be euthanized. My cat, Wintressia, was absolutely devastated. She wandered the backyard for weeks, calling for Ember. I felt horrible and tried bringing Win inside more (she was an outdoors cat as my mother didn't allow pets in the house when I adopted them.) Eventually she decided I was worth snuggling with, but she was NEVER the same after Ember's death. She lived another 8 years, dying just a month short of her 20th birthday. Ember was my heart-dog and Win was my everything. I miss them both still.
Here's Ember in the passenger seat of my van: ember_sitting.jpg
and here's Wintressia a couple of years after Ember died: hearth_cat.jpg
Our younger dog, Simon, has reached peak little brother. Every day at 6pm the dogs get bully sticks. Simon is very treat motivated. Our older dog, Kaylee, will get to it when she gets to it. As a result, Simon almost always has first pick. But he'll wait until Kaylee comes in to see which one she takes. Then he'll follow her around whining to try to get her to let him have that one. The newest development: he'll run somewhere and bark like there's an intruder. Kaylee will come running to investigate, and he'll go back and steal her bully stick. The bully stick he could've had from the beginning, but didn't want until she wanted it.
I have two cats and a snake. The snake is irrelevant to this story. My wife and I got Grim(M, 17 lbs, medium grey fur) the day Force Awakens came out. He was a tiny kitten then. He's been very happy being a solo cat, despite repeated assertions from the shelter that 2 cats were better. Our apartment situation at the time made that impossible. June of 22, on my wife and I's anniversary, we were driving down a backroad when my wife shouts, "KITTY!" A black cat was laying on the road. Apparently I almost ran him over. Now, my wife is very kind hearted and loves cats. So we have a routine when we see a stray doing something dangerous/out in the cold. I hop out, try to convince the cat to come over so we can take it to a shelter, it runs away. Which, this is fine. I'll just scare the cat off the road and move on with our anniversary. This cat... He had other plans. I hop out of the car and he looks up, sees me, and pads over, calm as can be. Lets me pick him up and put him in the back of the car. I drive over to the bar he was sitting in front of, ask if he's somebodies. Note that he's stick thin, dirty, and looks near starvation. They say he's a stray that lives at the machine shop nearby. By the time I get back to the car he's in my wife's lap, asleep. We're both a little worried he's going to die on the drive home. My wife is talking a big game about taking him to a shelter, but the only no kill shelter in the area we live in will be closed by the time we can get there, and I know she'll regret letting him go away forever, so I suggest we call my little brother whose fiance also loves cats and who has a 15 year old cat who, while healthy, is old. I assume he'll say no, they only have an apartment. We'll end up with the cat. He says yes. We get the cat fixed, vaccinated, and tested. They take the cat for a month, until he and the 15 year old whose probably 4 lbs smaller than him get in a fight. The cat comes back to my basement. Now for the drama. New cat Sanya(12 lbs, Long black fur, still growing so far as we can tell) has the guest room. He's pretty happy in there but likes to ramble and loves attention and being where people are. Grim does not like other cats. Grim doesn't like other people(he loves his people, just not guests he hasn't seen at least a dozen times) Sanya on the other hand, loves everyone. And Grim. He's tried being submissive. He's tried being friendly. He wants to play. Grim wants none of this. Grim will hiss if Sanya moves towards him. Even through a grate. Three time Sanya has broken containment methods to try to see Grim. By which I mean three times Grim has deigned to leave his massive cat tower while Sanya was out. Sanya runs up. Grim flees. Sanya chases. Grim decides it's time to fight and piles of black Sanya fur fly everywhere while Grim yowls as if he's being murdered, while winning the catfight hard. If he'd stand his ground and say he's boss he'd be fine. If Sanya could acknowledge that his attention isn't wanted and that the other cat has 5 lbs on him and can royally kick his a*s things would be fine. But Grim thinks it's life or death. He's terrified of a cat he could absolutely kick the a*s of. Who he had kicked the a*s of in the ten seconds it's taken me to separate them. At this rate it's going to take years before they work out an appropriate pecking order and just... Leave eachother be. I'd love advice. They have plenty of food. They've been around eachother a fair bit, but each with their own space. They get lots of attention. On the plus side Grim has lost some tub since Sanya entered the home. He's still huge, but lanky huge.
Time. And having them eat near eachother but where they can't get at eachother. It took our old cat a year to stop trying to murder our kitten. After which she decided that jumping at him out of the blue karate-kicking him so he fell over and running away was her favourite sport. Which caused the old cat to not want to hang out inside. Eventually though, she settled down and now they tolerate eachother well. Old cat is still the boss. If they're both outside sometimes they play together.
Unless Grim is a Maine Coón, 17 lbs is WAY too heavy for a cat :/ 12 lbs is pushing it too - our younger cat is quite large and our vet told us he was overweight at 13 lbs and wanted him down to 10 lbs. Going by the chonk scale images, our younger cat WAS fat at 13 lbs and is perfect weight at 10.5 lbs XD At 17 lbs Grim is, unfortunately, probably a bit obese.
Hoo boy. I'm fostering 5 kittens, and I have 6 of my own. We have more in residence, but they are temporary because my kids can't take them at the moment Our 2 youngest foster fails, and they desperately want in the room to play with the babies. They play too rough, so we can't. It's a constant battle. My oldest is too introverted and can't handle all the others, so she lives in the bedroom. She deals with the kittens like a champ, though. Our oldest foster fail loves her daddy more than I've ever seen a cat bond with anyone. She was the youngest, but she runs the house because she's got that personality. She cowed our second oldest, who thought he would be top cat when she was still tiny. That was something to see! He has made friends with one of my daughters cats, who he hated with the little guy first came. They are always together now. So weird. Just now, I came into the bedroom, and our youngest darted in because she can't stand we won't let her play with the babies.
I have two dogs. One is a yorkie, and one is a papillon mix. The yorkie is a grumpy old man, the papillon is an energetic, young dog. There is no drama, they just remind me of pinky and the brain.
The tabby kitten is faster than the calico and love treats more than anything, so it's real hard to make sure they both get the same number of treats. Other than that, they get along pretty well and are great at cooperating to accomplish their goals (mostly pulling down the curtains.)
My Westie loves running and often invites other dogs to race her. Now that my mini goldendoodle is taller than her, she can't catch him. She's had to resort to wild maneuvers, trickery, and running up and flipping him with her head. He screams bloody murder and then it starts all over again.
I caught a deer mouse in my kitchen and imprisoned him in a hamster cage. Then I bought some fancy mice so he wouldn't be lonely. Surprisingly no drama. They sleep in a pile.
Seems kind of randomly weird and unfair to capture a wild mouse, force it into living in a cage, and then buy domesticated mice to "keep it company". Why not just buy the domesticated mice in the first place and NOT trap/imprison a wild animal?
Seriously, just trap the wild one and then release it back outside unless it came in to escape the cold. In that case it probably has a nest it could get back to. I'm sure it's not an issue of it being inside seeing as they went and got more mice to keep.
Load More Replies...I have 2 cats and a dog. Earlier today my dog barked suddenly while my old cat was sitting next to her and scared him so much he went and hid under the kitchen table My cats have an ongoing fued related to my younger cat being convinced she's a vampire and biting my older cat on the neck for no reason, this usually results in her being pushed off whatever surface they're sitting on
we had a vampire cat too. But he bit human necks. We named him Lestat. Had him 15 years. Miss him so much
Three cats. The oldest and largest is a bit of a grump and not super fond of other cats. The youngest and smallest is extremely friendly and loves other cats. Smallest keeps trying to make friends, but it doesn't go well. Poor little guy. :( At least the middle cat is agreeable to his affections and they are often found in a cuddle puddle.
Our oldest cat have learned that he can growl wheb a kitten bites his hind legs (tbh, that’s fair). Now he growls every time he sees her, even if she’s just walking by or sleeping on a chair 😂
We are muzzle training one of our dogs so he can go to the vet. Part of the process has been putting food in his muzzle to desensitize him to it. Our other dog is super jealous and tries to take the muzzle and store it in her bed the second he's done using it.
I have three small Chihuahua dogs and they were always fighting over who gets to sleep in the bed and where. Trying to share a bed with three little dogs is an absolute nightmare.
I've had a cat and a dog for the past three years but, outside of the first time they met, they never really interacted with each other. However now, for whatever reason, they occasionally play with each other — or, at least attempt to. They haven't really figured out a rhythm for how this all works, and it often ends with the dog running away in terror (which probably pleases the cat), but at least they're trying.
My mini goldendoodle LOVES our cats, but they all hate him. He's both intrigued and terrified by all of them. But our girl cat has it out for him and bullies him relentlessly. She also enjoys playing with him, though. It's all a ruse
I feel you! My current dog was born on a farm (complete with farm cats) and he LOVES cats. My two cats did NOT grow up with dogs, and do not love him XD Our younger cat isn't afraid of anything (not exactly a great personality trait) so he'll give the dog intrigued sniffs, but older cat will just flee XD it probably doesn't help that the dog is disabled and has myoclonus so he looks like he's "attacking" when he's really just twitching!
Load More Replies...My old/fat cat gets really mad when I'm not sitting down, she wants me to sit down at all times so she can sit next to or on me. My other (little/young) cat wants to play with the big one, the big one does not want to play and smacks her.
I have 2 dogs. 1 is 4 and the other is 8 months. The 8 month old always wants whatever the 4 year old has, doesn’t matter what, toy, bone, lap, cuddles, you name it. As you can imagine, the 4 year old isn’t the biggest fan of his younger brother. Edit: autocorrect
I have two dogs. Right now the main drama is that the female eldest dog moved over in bed and took the male youngest spot. So when we came in from potty time, he had nowhere to lie, so I had to make him a bed on the floor. He was actually crying and pouting that his sister took his spot and wouldn't move and she knows what she did, she was smirking.
I have two red cats one is almost three and the other is a kitten she's about four and a half months old. I don't know if it's just my cat but it's the only one I've ever seen I got both of them before they were weaned out of happenstance not purposely. But I used to play with the older cat like I did with my dogs and I would growl in his ear and rub him and play with him. Now he growls at her when he plays with her sounds like he's going to eat her face she's just happier than s*** playing with him.
My blue heelers scared of my cat. My cat chills with the jack russell but hates the blue heeler. The blue heeler doesnt like to be away from the jack russell. Cue a terrified dog staring into the room just to be hissed at
My experiences with Blue Heeler dogs are not favourable to cats at all.
We have two dogs. One is a tactical thinker and the other is strategic. They don’t really ever fight over toys but they use their thinking style to gain the advantage. Often the strategic thinking one (chihuahua) will come up to one of the humans and ask for pets. She’s always giving the side eye to the goal treat or toy and as soon as the other dog runs over to get in on the pets from the humans she pounces! It’s a master class and it happens about four times a week.
Who gets to sit in the spot where the sun is currently coming through the window next to me
3 cats, and the youngest one always has to have the highest perch in the cat tree. So he'll stand up on his hind legs and annoy the older ones until they leave so he can lie down in their warm spot.
Yep, my younger cat does this to the older cat. There are PLENTY of perches, beds, and cat trees in the house, but he wants the spot she's in RIGHT NOW. Boyfriend just bought one of those round cardboard bed-and-scratchers-in-one for the cats' birthdays (they are different ages, but were both born in May) and it's been WAR over the new bed/scratcher. Younger cat outweighs the older cat by 3 lbs, so he just full-on body-checks her if she's in the bed/scratcher and she goes flying out. Then he curls up in it himself. XD It's the same for the pouch attached to the cat tree - if she's in it, he literally stretches his loooong self upwards from the ground and bats at the pouch like a punching bag until older cat leaves.
I have 2 bunnies and they can't stand each other. My older one is super territorial and craps all over his enclosure to mark his place (they live in adjacent enclosures). I have to vacuum his area every day or it looks like I neglect him.
My dad use to have a cat called Jack, a nonchalant in/outdoor tabby. My dad use to take him out on a lead until he went out by himself. First time out by himself he quite literally flew off our 2 meter high veranda and beat the s**t out of our 2 Maremma guard dogs, they were s**t scared of him and wouldn't even look at him when he was out. After they passed we had 2 more Maremmas and a Border Collie, he beat the s**t out of them too. He only beat them all up once to get his message out that he was the boss and they all worshipped the ground he walked on. Absolute character of a cat.
My brother's dog (Shih Tzu cross) was chasing their new kitten (Siamese) regularly and his family were worried the dog might eat the kitten. However, if you observed carefully, you would see the dog lying peacefully on the floor and the kitten would go and swat the dog on its nose, so it would chase the kitten. When the dog "caught" the kitten, if you put your hand between them, it turned out that the dog was licking the kittens belly.
I have two idiot felines. Snafu outweighed Fubar by a pound when they were tiny, so he'd naturally beat the hell out of him. Fubar recently (as in...two years later) realized he's now bigger than Snafu. Payback's a b***h, Snaffy.
I used to have a sheep who thought he was a dog and was terrified of sheep. When he tried to run away from them, they'd follow (because sheep). We put goats in his paddock and they would maliciously trail him around the fence line. It's amazing how a sheep can express disgruntlement in his gait.
When I was a kid my mom had a Shih Tzu named Gizmo and I was given a Border Collie I named Mac. Mac had this ugly green stuffed animal toy he loved to cuddle and play with. Gizmo did not like Mac. One time Gizmo got a hold of Mac's toy and chewed open a seam. He started pulling out mouthfuls of the stuffing, looking at Mac with the stuffing in his mouth, and then spitting it out before repeating the process. Poor Mac just started whining, which is when we went to see what was happening in the other room. I rescued the toy, fixed it, and returned it to Mac. Mac would never leave that toy alone in a room again.
Within 15 minutes of each other tonight, one cat got inside of my chest of drawers and couldn't get out. Took out a drawer to get her. The other cat figure out how to jump on said chest then to the top of my bathroom door. Proceeded to be up there for about 10 minutes, then started to freak out when she couldn't get down. Never a dull moment. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTREXsSNH/
I once had two Jack Russell Terriers; one happy-go-lucky, the other more reserved. There was a time when we kept coming home and finding the trash can tipped over and food wrappers shredded. They both knew it was a no-no, so they would sit side by side in the far corner of the room when we came home. Every time we asked the pair, "ok, who did it?" The happy-go-lucky pup would lower his head and look away, while the reserved one would look all chill and then directly glare at his guilty looking brother... this happened several times. Finally, we decided to set a camera to record what was happening. Wouldn't it just figure that it was the reserved dog the whole time, while Mr. Happy-go-lucky remained seated on the couch, happily chewing on his toy. The acting skills of my lil' trash-can-raider were phenomenal 🤣
We've had dogs and cats for many years and there have always been stories about their antics. When our ginger cat, Artie, came here as a kitten, he made a beeline for our dog Shiner and snuggled right in. Shiner was surprised at first, but got used to the idea of having a personal cat. Of course, Artie thought he had his own personal dog! Shiner then passed, and so did our oldest cat, Betsy. Artie lost his personal dog and his cat friend in one month. He tried sucking up to the other dog, Blinkie , but she's not having it. We thought maybe Artie needed a kitten to take care of, so we got one, Freyae. She thinks she is the top cat, a position that Artie has held for years. The growling, spitting, and fighting is still going on. I can't help but feel sorry for Artie, he has lost so much. There's nothing we can do except let it play itself out.
My dad use to have a cat called Jack, a nonchalant in/outdoor tabby. My dad use to take him out on a lead until he went out by himself. First time out by himself he quite literally flew off our 2 meter high veranda and beat the s**t out of our 2 Maremma guard dogs, they were s**t scared of him and wouldn't even look at him when he was out. After they passed we had 2 more Maremmas and a Border Collie, he beat the s**t out of them too. He only beat them all up once to get his message out that he was the boss and they all worshipped the ground he walked on. Absolute character of a cat.
My brother's dog (Shih Tzu cross) was chasing their new kitten (Siamese) regularly and his family were worried the dog might eat the kitten. However, if you observed carefully, you would see the dog lying peacefully on the floor and the kitten would go and swat the dog on its nose, so it would chase the kitten. When the dog "caught" the kitten, if you put your hand between them, it turned out that the dog was licking the kittens belly.
I have two idiot felines. Snafu outweighed Fubar by a pound when they were tiny, so he'd naturally beat the hell out of him. Fubar recently (as in...two years later) realized he's now bigger than Snafu. Payback's a b***h, Snaffy.
I used to have a sheep who thought he was a dog and was terrified of sheep. When he tried to run away from them, they'd follow (because sheep). We put goats in his paddock and they would maliciously trail him around the fence line. It's amazing how a sheep can express disgruntlement in his gait.
When I was a kid my mom had a Shih Tzu named Gizmo and I was given a Border Collie I named Mac. Mac had this ugly green stuffed animal toy he loved to cuddle and play with. Gizmo did not like Mac. One time Gizmo got a hold of Mac's toy and chewed open a seam. He started pulling out mouthfuls of the stuffing, looking at Mac with the stuffing in his mouth, and then spitting it out before repeating the process. Poor Mac just started whining, which is when we went to see what was happening in the other room. I rescued the toy, fixed it, and returned it to Mac. Mac would never leave that toy alone in a room again.
Within 15 minutes of each other tonight, one cat got inside of my chest of drawers and couldn't get out. Took out a drawer to get her. The other cat figure out how to jump on said chest then to the top of my bathroom door. Proceeded to be up there for about 10 minutes, then started to freak out when she couldn't get down. Never a dull moment. https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTREXsSNH/
I once had two Jack Russell Terriers; one happy-go-lucky, the other more reserved. There was a time when we kept coming home and finding the trash can tipped over and food wrappers shredded. They both knew it was a no-no, so they would sit side by side in the far corner of the room when we came home. Every time we asked the pair, "ok, who did it?" The happy-go-lucky pup would lower his head and look away, while the reserved one would look all chill and then directly glare at his guilty looking brother... this happened several times. Finally, we decided to set a camera to record what was happening. Wouldn't it just figure that it was the reserved dog the whole time, while Mr. Happy-go-lucky remained seated on the couch, happily chewing on his toy. The acting skills of my lil' trash-can-raider were phenomenal 🤣
We've had dogs and cats for many years and there have always been stories about their antics. When our ginger cat, Artie, came here as a kitten, he made a beeline for our dog Shiner and snuggled right in. Shiner was surprised at first, but got used to the idea of having a personal cat. Of course, Artie thought he had his own personal dog! Shiner then passed, and so did our oldest cat, Betsy. Artie lost his personal dog and his cat friend in one month. He tried sucking up to the other dog, Blinkie , but she's not having it. We thought maybe Artie needed a kitten to take care of, so we got one, Freyae. She thinks she is the top cat, a position that Artie has held for years. The growling, spitting, and fighting is still going on. I can't help but feel sorry for Artie, he has lost so much. There's nothing we can do except let it play itself out.
