<p>Oh, and I forgot this. The same cat that likes popcorn and goldfish must have been a parrot or something in another life. If I am sitting down (and it’s only me) he will climb as high as he can and drape himself across me like a scarf. It’s hilarious when I’m trying to do something on my laptop because of course then I can’t see. He also comes in at night and sleeps on my head. I sleep on my stomach so he literally curls up between my neck and my head. Again he only does this to me. Everyone in my family thinks it’s hysterical…except me. And last thing, he has a really weird meow/howl which he will start randomly doing/screaming and the rest of my family swears he is screaming “mom, where are you…mom!!!”</p>
<p>When I was growing up, we had a dog (a basenji- anyone familiar with them? Smart but bull-headed). Anyway, she woudl answer the phone and ring the doorbell. No joke.</p>
<p>Oh, and the sweet cavalier king charles spaniel that we had until he passed away a few years ago used to sleep on my neck. I would have to lie with my head turned to the right, and he would lay in between me and my DH and lay his head across my neck. AND. SNORE.</p>
<p>He wouldn’t do it inthe other direction. He had to be on my left with my head turned to the right. Guess he showed me who was boss. Not that I didn’t know.</p>
<p>don’t our pets just give us so much love, joy, and entertainment?!?</p>
<p>people who haven’t had pets or only have had outdoor pets, often don’t understand.</p>
<p>Our old cat used to follow us around the neighborhood. Except, if he got tired, he’d plop down wherever he was, and stay there until we came back. One time I had to go find him when I realized, about an hour later, that we had gone in a loop and hadn’t passed by the yard where he’d sat down. He looked at me like, “where WERE you!!! I’ve been waiting FOREVER!!!”</p>
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<p>Mine’s the same way with my mom! He’s such a funny little guy!</p>
<p>I have three golden retrievers.</p>
<p>The alpha dog (oldest) plays fetch with the other two. He literally flings the tennis ball out of his mouth so that it bounces on the terrace and off into the yard. Chase ensues, and they other two bring the tennis ball back to him. </p>
<p>He walks around the house bouncing the ball up and down in to his mouth like a kid practicing catch against the garage.</p>
<p>If I go to toss the ball for the dogs, he lies on the ground beside me, and the other dogs bring the ball to him and he gives it to me.</p>
<p>My former cat, Bella liked to jump up on the side of the bathtub and put her tail in the water. She would also jump in the tub when it was almost empty and roll around. I had never seen a cat that loved water. </p>
<p>My current cat has two little quirks. He likes to lick the arm of the sofa when company is over. I guess he knows where people are planning to sit, so if someone new comes in the house I have to watch out for dark stains. It is not a good feeling to put your hand on cat saliva without warning. Come to think of it, it is not good to put your hand on cat saliva ever!
He also is in love with leather purses. If one is placed on the ground, he rolls all over it, licking it and purring.</p>
<p>My cat is a Bombay - they are pure black and sleek, she looks like a mink coat and when I put mine on my bed, she climbs on it and hides her face and paws. She blends in so perfectly.</p>
<p>She’s absolutely black but her name is Snowflake, courtesy of my then 7 year old.</p>
<p>She knocks on the door when she wants to come in and if we don’t hear her, the 2 dogs start barking and don’t stop until we let Snowflake in. The dogs are like her servants. If she walks by, they move away from the water and let her at it first. When we walk the dogs, the cat comes along. When we first got her, my 7 year old put a pink leash on her and walked her.</p>
<p>The dogs have an annoying tendency to park themselves just where I am going to be. I am NOT a dog person and just barely tolerate them, yet they are constantly following me around.</p>
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<p>My favorite part of this is that you are supposedly not a dog person… with more than one dog! :p</p>
<p>I used to not be much of a pet person, but I grew up with cats. I found them unsatisfying, just in general. Once I found puppies! Now, THAT’s a pet. and yet… I have two cats.</p>
<p>My dogs have learned “cat traits” from watching our cats…</p>
<p>They want to cover their business.</p>
<p>They groom themselves.</p>
<p>^^^^^^^</p>
<p>I know, right?</p>
<p>My retrievers are spotless. Even when they come in covered in mud, they are cleaned up and tidy within fifteen minutes. </p>
<p>And one of our cats will play fetch with his toy mouse.</p>
<p>^My youngest cat plays fetch with a hair curler. I tend to sit in bed and read, so he’ll drop the curler in my lap and just stare at me. If I don’t notice for some reason, he drops the curler on my book and smacks me on the cheek. He’s quite demanding!</p>
<p>The same cat likes for me to guard his favorite toys at night (his hair curler, paper ball, and feather). He crawls under my legs under the blanket and drops them there for safe-keeping. If he can’t find the toys in the morning, he screams to wake me up until they are found.</p>
<p>Lately, my mom and I have been teaching my dog to get his stuffed animal toys by name… we put them all in a room and say, “go get george!” and he brings back the right one! Then we’ll say “go get birdie!” And he goes and pulls out the next one… I’m super proud! Haha</p>
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<p>^^^Our cat Santino plays fetch too.</p>
<p>Santino also sucks. I don’t mean he’s a bad cat, but he’s quite attached to my youngest D and he’ll crawl up on her and start sucking on the sleeve of her t shirt (or mine or DH’s) until he dozes off. She has a pink sweatshirt that is “his;” when it’s time for her to go to bed, he follow her in and meows until she arranges the sweatshirt on the bed. He then jumps up and starts sucking himself to sleep on it. </p>
<p>We have a year old Ragdoll who likes to jump on the bed in the morning and lick my nose; if I don’t respond quickly he’ll take a little nibble. He also likes to place his enormous paws on either side of my nose. Who needs an alarm clock 
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<p>My Cockerpoo (my first dog ever) has a few unusual habits. </p>
<p>If I sit on the couch in the family room with a snack, she will go over to her food and water dish and look up at me pleadingly. When I get up to see what she needs she races past me to the couch to see if I left my snack unattended!</p>
<p>She loves to sit on the couch with me and drape her head on my legs. I say “I have to get up” and she jumps down out of my way.</p>
<p>I live on a busy street and when a fire engine or police car goes by with the siren on, the dog joins in by howling for as long as she can hear the noise.</p>
<p>My doxie is such the powerful watchdog, we feel so protected.</p>
<p>he makes sure that no little girls in Barbie cars come to our home. </p>
<p>He hates those Barbie cars…and loves everyone else.</p>
<p>My cats are definitely alarm clocks, too. My youngest cat likes to wake me up by kneading on me so that he can get fresh food and water and his litterbox cleaned. I don’t mind, though. It’s like getting a massage every morning, especially when I sleep on my stomach and he kneads my back.</p>
<p>My oldest cat wakes me up during the school year, but she’s not as gentle. She’s been known to jump from on top of the wardrobe (which almost reaches the ceiling) onto me, then she screams in my face, as if I wasn’t already awake! Sometimes, though, she does just headbutt me in the arm to wake me up.</p>
<p>The middle cat is in charge of waking my father up for work, but she doesn’t understand that he retired at the end of June. So, every night, she walks on him, waits for him to wake up and go to the bathroom, and she won’t leave until she hears the shower running.</p>
<p>I had a Manx cat that loved water. I could leave a drip to entertain him and he would also get into the tub. </p>
<p>He adopted a knock off Barbie doll that had purple hair and he took it everywhere. He would stand at the bottom of the steps and swing it back and forth in his mouth and then run up the steps in rhythm with the swings so the Barbie never touched the steps. He woke me up every morning by bounding onto the bed with the purple-haired Barbie. He would also hold her down with his teeth and groom her. Sometimes he seemed to pretend she would try to get away and he would smack her and really chomp down on her. She had teeth marks all over.</p>
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<p>lol…</p>
<p>Do we have funny pets or what!!??? </p>
<p>My H and I are laughing at these stories. </p>
<p>Right now I’m watching Mittens groom Nala while she sleeps. They both have their arms around each other and Mittens is cleaning the areas that Nala can’t reach. So precious.</p>