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Re: Pet hi-jinks
By: peony Date: November 23, 2019, 9:18 pm
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Our little cocker spaniel once escaped from the house and ran
around the neighborhood, gleefully avoiding our attempts at
capture. We were frantic because she could have been hit by a
car or gotten lost, but running after her was making her think
we were just playing with her. I had an idea, went into the
house, got her leash, and called to her, "Wanna go for a walk?"
And she came to me and sat down at my feet as nicely as you
please, waiting for me to clip the leash to her collar. Score:
human one, canine zero, ha ha ha! We took a walk together to
reward her for her obedience, of course. But it made me think of
an old saying I heard, I forgot from where: The first thing to
remember in training your dog is that you have to be smarter
than the dog.
#Post#: 44390--------------------------------------------------
Re: Pet hi-jinks
By: Copper Horsewoman Date: December 28, 2019, 1:09 pm
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We haven't had any funny stories for a while, are we getting too
serious? My cat, Turner, has been having bouts of "cat crazies",
spells of about three to five minutes where he gets a weird
glint in his eye, then tear-asses all over the house, chasing
bits of paper, or pulling a pen off a table and playing hockey
with it. (I have been conscientious about not leaving jewelry
where he can get it, see a previous story). Then, he abruptly
stops and heads off to nap. My dog, Yahtzee, sometimes watches
with interest but is not tempted to join in. If I crumple up a
piece of paper, Turner LOVES it and whacks it around madly.
I used to have a pit bull, Otto, who was the best dog I ever
had. He would sometimes go into "terrier frenzy" in the same
way, suddenly roaring around with his butt tucked under for
extra traction, careening about like a motorcycle wall of death
rider for a few minutes then stopping suddenly and carrying on
as if nothing had happened.
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Re: Pet hi-jinks
By: Mrs Rat Date: December 28, 2019, 10:13 pm
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Our first Berkshire rat Ash had me trained for about two weeks
before I realized it. He would tug on my sleeve and I would lift
my arm so he could run along it. I told my husband and he said
"so that's why he's been tugging on my sleeve". He would also
make noises to make us come into the room and would be waiting
innocently by the cage door to be let out, I swear if I had of
got him a little metal cup he would clang it across the cage
wires like a cute little prisoner. We were devastated when he
died suddenly at 10 months old but the next Berkshire with the
same markings Nikki reminded me so much of Ash in many things
she did, including tugging on our sleeves.
#Post#: 44875--------------------------------------------------
Re: Pet hi-jinks
By: Chez Miriam Date: January 5, 2020, 9:52 am
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My friend's cat, Morris, was really chilled out: he used to lie
on a low/nursing chair and purr himself into a trance...
And sometimes he purred enough to fall off the chair. ;D
We loved wearing him around our necks, but knew to take him down
once he starting that real vibratory purring.
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Re: Pet hi-jinks
By: TootsNYC Date: January 5, 2020, 3:44 pm
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[quote author=peony link=topic=1314.msg42575#msg42575
date=1574565497]
Our little cocker spaniel once escaped from the house and ran
around the neighborhood, gleefully avoiding our attempts at
capture. We were frantic because she could have been hit by a
car or gotten lost, but running after her was making her think
we were just playing with her. I had an idea, went into the
house, got her leash, and called to her, "Wanna go for a walk?"
And she came to me and sat down at my feet as nicely as you
please, waiting for me to clip the leash to her collar. Score:
human one, canine zero, ha ha ha! We took a walk together to
reward her for her obedience, of course. But it made me think of
an old saying I heard, I forgot from where: The first thing to
remember in training your dog is that you have to be smarter
than the dog.
[/quote]
Not a pet story, but similar sort of tactic.
I learned that when my kid had something dangerous, I didn't try
to grab it from her--she'd just jerk it away.
Instead I would say, "Can I see?" in a very interested way. And
then she'd had it to me proudly.
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Re: Pet hi-jinks
By: jpcher Date: January 6, 2020, 4:11 pm
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[quote author=TootsNYC link=topic=1314.msg44887#msg44887
date=1578260680]
[quote author=peony link=topic=1314.msg42575#msg42575
date=1574565497]
Our little cocker spaniel once escaped from the house and ran
around the neighborhood, gleefully avoiding our attempts at
capture. We were frantic because she could have been hit by a
car or gotten lost, but running after her was making her think
we were just playing with her. I had an idea, went into the
house, got her leash, and called to her, "Wanna go for a walk?"
And she came to me and sat down at my feet as nicely as you
please, waiting for me to clip the leash to her collar. Score:
human one, canine zero, ha ha ha! We took a walk together to
reward her for her obedience, of course. But it made me think of
an old saying I heard, I forgot from where: The first thing to
remember in training your dog is that you have to be smarter
than the dog.
[/quote]
Not a pet story, but similar sort of tactic.
I learned that when my kid had something dangerous, I didn't try
to grab it from her--she'd just jerk it away.
Instead I would say, "Can I see?" in a very interested way. And
then she'd had it to me proudly.
[/quote]
When raising my DDs I did the exact same thing! My MIL was
having a garage sale and DD#1 was maybe 1-1/2 years. I put her
down on the (relatively clean) garage floor so that she could
toddle, sit, explore whatever. Kept a good eye on her.
DDD#1 picked up a piece of rubber I think, maybe from a popped
balloon. While she was examining it MIL and SIL came up behind
me and said "Take that away from her now! She's going to put it
in her mouth! That's a choking hazard!" I tried to shush them
and fortunately they were the type that didn't physically
intervene, leaving the parenting up to me.
When DD#1 was done examining her prize she looked at me with a
great big smile on her face, held out her hand, gave me the
piece of rubber. I smiled and said "Oh! Thank you!" and she got
up and toddled off to find her next treasure.
Leaving MIL and SIL simply gobsmacked.
Toots -- thanks for that memory, I haven't thought of that in 26
years!
Now back to your regularly scheduled thread.
#Post#: 45388--------------------------------------------------
Re: Pet hi-jinks
By: Dazi Date: January 12, 2020, 3:28 pm
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I have a nine-ish month old kitten and he is a little terror
(said with much affection and love). He's at that stage where he
just has to get into EVERYTHING.
Last night we heard this strange metal noise and found him
dragging a little decorative metal bucket that was part of a
Christmas gift, across the kitchen floor! He was very pleased
with himself. There were also two Christmas ornaments in the
middle of the kitchen floor. We have zero idea where he got them
from. 🤷🤷🤷😂😂😂
#Post#: 49448--------------------------------------------------
Re: Pet hi-jinks
By: Boeun Date: April 1, 2020, 12:33 am
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Well just the other day my laberdoodle ate a scrunchie. How do I
know? Because when I took him out to do his business he was
squatting and looking very uncomfortable. I kneeled down to see
it dangling from his butt!
#Post#: 49464--------------------------------------------------
Re: Pet hi-jinks
By: oogyda Date: April 1, 2020, 9:38 am
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YDD has been housetraining her puppy. They've hung bells at the
back door and let her out when she rattles the bells.
Yesterday, when she sat down with the kids for lunch, she heard
the bells ring and got up to let the puppy out. As she
approached the door, puppy ran around her, got up on her chair
at the table and was reaching for YDD's lunch (the kids stopped
her).
This process was repeated with GS trying to let the puppy out.
They did physically place her outside for the rest of lunchtime.
#Post#: 49465--------------------------------------------------
Re: Pet hi-jinks
By: Dazi Date: April 1, 2020, 9:51 am
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My kitten has decided that my glasses are the greatest to ever.
He keeps stealing them. I've started putting them in an out of
the way place where he can't reach them. His retaliation to this
was to open the medicine cabinet and knock everything off that
he could reach from stretching out on the back of the toilet.
🤦🤦🤦
He's really lucky he's cute.
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