Animals are great! They’re adorable, they’re fun, they’re cuddly, and they just bring a lot of positives to our lives. But sometimes, they can do things that drive us absolutely nuts.

For example, my cat likes to announce whenever she’s doing anything. Needs water? Meow loudly her whole way to the water dish, meow at the water dish, meow when she’s finished drinking, and meow the whole way back to her bed as loudly as she can.

So, what obnoxious thing does your companion do that you really wish they didn’t?

  • @bionicjoey@lemmy.ca
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    71 year ago

    My dog will throw his toys and play with them on his own, which is great and super cute. But he will toss a ball under the couch or coffee table where he can’t reach it, then start whining incessantly at me to go retrieve it, even if I am working and on a video call.

  • @hactar42@lemmy.world
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    41 year ago

    My daughter’s cat loves to eat hair ties. She also throws up said hair ties every time. She will go to any lengths to find a hair tie to eat, then throw up.

    Dog #1, will scratch at the door to come in. But what she really wants is dog 2 to go outside. So when I open the door, she twirls around and barks trying to get the other dog to come play. Dog 2 will then run over and they’ll start playing across the threshold preventing me from closing the door. If dog 2 doesn’t show up, then dog 1 will run back into the yard, then try again 2 minutes later. I spend an inordinate amount of time trying to get my dogs inside on a daily basis.

    Dog #2, does this annoying lip smacking thing in the middle of the night and early in the morning. It is not a pleasant sound to wake up to.

  • @cheese_greater@lemmy.world
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    81 year ago

    My one cat actually whines. When she has to get up from when she’s comfortable, when she has to move, when I need to pick her up and physically place her somewhere, etc.

    Like an actual child, when in cat terms, she’s a damn grown woman haha!

  • @PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    I have a cat like this. But she meows in a very long and drawn out time of whine whenever she wants whatever.

    She wants into a room but the door’s closed? Meowwwwww-oooowwwwww-owooowwwww-owwwwwwwwwww

    Up and down, up and down, like she’s really putting on a performance.

    During Covid when I WFH and I had to talk in a meeting, I reassured them that I was not torturing a small child. I was so embarrassed bc it was a fairly new job, lol

  • Lenny
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    71 year ago

    One sneezes in your face, one pisses in the bath, and we’re pretty sure the third one has cat autism or some auditory dysfunction as the slightest noise (doorbell, motorbike, house noises) sends him into a panic, which in turn becomes violence. And he’s almost 20lbs, which can do a lot of damage when it’s launching at you with claws out.

  • Boozilla
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    61 year ago

    60lb dog loves to stand on my bare foot with her iron claws. And our other dog screams like a banshee when she sees a squirrel or bird through the windows. Doesn’t bark. screams

  • Zerlyna
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    71 year ago

    Mine has been waking me up at 5AM for years and now he has decided to move to 3:30 AM.

    • @doctordevice@lemm.ee
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      31 year ago

      Mine isn’t quite that bad. 7am is a hard wake up call because that’s when she’s owed her first wet food of the day. Most days she wakes us up earlier just so she can cuddle until breakfast, which is nice, but I’d rather get a little more sleep.

      Her cuddle timer is often set off by the sun, so we get back to the 5am or so range in the summer.

  • @bighatchester@lemmy.world
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    91 year ago

    My cat loves to run into the linen closet every time it opens . It’s also where my dad’s ashes are , so I tell her " no you can’t hang out with my dead dad !"

  • @Ashelyn@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    61 year ago

    One of our cats has a problem with marking personal items left on the floor, even though she’s fixed. We think it’s partially because she has bad eyesight and so marks stuff so she always knows where it is. It’s usually, but not exclusively, something I or my SO wear or have worn recently:

    ✔️ My purse
    ✔️ My jacket. Probably three times
    ✔️ SO’s backpack
    ✔️ My backpack that was sitting in the closet unused for several months
    ✔️ Articles of clothing that didn’t make it into a laundry basket
    ✔️ The top of the cat tower when we moved it into the living room (trying to assert dominance I guess)
    ✔️ Rugs (I dunno under what circumstances, she hasn’t marked their replacements. She will re-mark previously marked and washed rugs though)
    ✔️ Towels that don’t get put up

    The solution has more or less been to stop keeping anything important on the floor.

    The other cat likes to occasionally pull towels onto the floor so he can use them as temporary bedding or snuggle up against them. You can probably guess what sometimes happens after he leaves them there.

    • snrkl
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      61 year ago

      Had a miniature poodle go blind at my parents hiise when I was 17/18 and he was peeing everywhere in the house suddenly.

      Spent a day watching and realised he was laying scent markers for navigation.

      Cleaned up all the wee and started tagging the left side of every doorway with a different herb/spice (basil, thyme, Rosemary, paprika etc). Just grabbed some dried herbs and rubbed them in the bottom left of all the doorways.

      Took the dog through the house on a lead, and let him smell each door and took him outside.

      Pretty much stopped the inside peejng, unless we forgot to replace the herb/spice rubs, or mixed up which herb went where when we reapplied…

      My friends started calling my place the KFC shack.

  • @rodbiren@midwest.social
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    101 year ago

    Well, one of my dogs chews at the butt so dang loud and hard that I swear they get a cardio workout as a result. This dog also has a cat like behavior of seemingly wanting both in and out from the patio. She will spend a grand total of 2 min outside and want back in only to want back out a few min later. She also has gotten sassier with age. Love her stupid stinking face. Totally not petter her right now or anything.

  • idunnololz
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    51 year ago

    My cat started copying my other cat in that they now both try to eat my human food. The worst part is I’m always worried they will get sick because human food is generally not healthy for cats. So I always need to be cautious when leaving my food unattended.

    Damn cats always trying to commit unintentional suicide.

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    Dog #1 loves to lay on the floor. Usually in spots where we regularly pass through, for example in front of the bathroom door or in front of the living room door. It wouldn’t be an issue if she is a small dog, but she is a big dog around 40 kilograms.

    Dog #2 is usually quiet, nearly mute. Except when Dog #1 is blocking her way by laying on the floor. Then she gets nervous and starts a mixture of barking and whimpering until she can pass through somehow. I’ve never heard a dog make such weird ass noises as she does.

    Dog #2 also likes to lick everything that gets in her reach, hands, arms, faces, shoes, other dogs.

    • @hactar42@lemmy.world
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      31 year ago

      I have a dog that’s a licker too. The worst part is she has a huge slobberly tongue. I’ll just be sitting there minding my own business and boom, my arm is soaking wet.

  • @Pringles@lemm.ee
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    51 year ago

    One of our cats has the tendency to start puking once every one or two months, and then pukes liquids 4 times a day for a week straight. Another one likes to cry at random closed doors, loudly and often. I’ve already jokingly asked our vet if he would be able to cut the vocal cords. But sometimes I really consider it.