What silly thong do your canines do that make you laugh?

One of mine runs to the top of the stairs ahead of me, then waits at the top of the stairs wagging her tail and snarling louder and louder as I get closer to te top. Once I am close enough and she can’t take the excitement any longer she chases her tail in a few circles, and, still snarling, starts doing rapid doughnuts around te living room furniture.

Another lays in her kennel with her muzzle poked throuh the bars… Doing this causes her lips to be raised up, showin all her teeth and her underbite while obscuring her eyes… So when you look at her all you see is teeth- and hair.

And then of course my bal obsessed boy who likes to hoard all his tennis balls in one location… Then push them around with his nose and paws until they fly across the room and he chases after them to wrangle them up again! Lol!

What do your dogs do?
Pardon my typos… I wrote this on my iPod…

Until recently she has had no reason to think that me being at the sink will get her any rewards (like food, or attention). But she has always rubbed against my legs, purred, reach for the top of the counter, and meowed as Im doing dishes. She never tries to jump up on the counter though.

Lately I decided I should just grab a stool and plop her up next to me so she can watch as I perform this drudgery. She loves it. She will just stay there on the stool, sitting flat on her butt with front paws resting on the counter and watches me wash and rinse. Then looks at my face as I reach past her to put the dishes on the rack to dry.

I think its adorable and makes washing dishes that much less dull. But Im just curious; Why does she find it so interesting and why did she start loving me up at the sink when she wasnt provoked to do so with rewards and treats?
She jumps from my arms when I pick her up in this situation… so I dont think she wants to be held.

Also, she started doing this before I came up with the idea of having her sit on a stool next to me.

I’ve lived in a house for the past 12 months with 6-7 cats. For about this time also, I’ve experienced period stomach pains, fluctuations between diarrhea and constipation and generally feeling unwell. Although in the past I have experienced the stool fluctuations (which were somewhat treated with a healthy diet and exercise, though I always experience these symptoms before menstruation) they seem to have all appeared and gotten worse together.
I have always lived with cats, I own one myself. But here, the litter is not cleaned often enough for 7 cats nor is there enough for all of them (one normal sized litter tray for my cat and one jumbo tub which is approximately 1mx30cmx20cm) and the cats are allowed on the kitchen benches where food is prepared and on all of the tables where we eat. I take my cat to the litter tray at night (she sleeps in my room on her bed) and clean her paws before she comes in my room, I don’t want litter in there. They also walk around where dishes are drying/draining. They basically have full roam of the house, apart from mine and my friend’s bedrooms. Even though we always wipe the surfaces before we makes anything, there could still be harmful bacteria on the surfaces. We also had a huge problem a few months ago with the cats spraying around the kitchen, on my laptop, in the toilet & bathroom and around the house in general.
Apart from my cat, none of these cats are vaccinated, flea treated, wormed … not even groomed. And they are all outside cats.

Apart from the owner being a really irresponsible one, do you think that this has directly affected my health?
I am moving out shortly, for other reasons, but I just wanted to ask the question.

Thanks ^w^

I’ve lived in a house for the past 12 months with 6-7 cats. For about this time also, I’ve experienced period stomach pains, fluctuations between diarrhea and constipation and generally feeling unwell. Although in the past I have experienced the stool fluctuations (which were somewhat treated with a healthy diet and exercise, though I always experience these symptoms before menstruation) they seem to have all appeared and gotten worse together.
I have always lived with cats, I own one myself. But here, the litter is not cleaned often enough for 7 cats nor is there enough for all of them (one normal sized litter tray for my cat and one jumbo tub which is approximately 1mx30cmx20cm) and the cats are allowed on the kitchen benches where food is prepared and on all of the tables where we eat. I take my cat to the litter tray at night (she sleeps in my room on her bed) and clean her paws before she comes in my room, I don’t want litter in there. They also walk around where dishes are drying/draining. They basically have full roam of the house, apart from mine and my friend’s bedrooms. Even though we always wipe the surfaces before we makes anything, there could still be harmful bacteria on the surfaces. We also had a huge problem a few months ago with the cats spraying around the kitchen, on my laptop, in the toilet & bathroom and around the house in general.
Apart from my cat, none of these cats are vaccinated, flea treated, wormed … not even groomed. And they are all outside cats.

Apart from the owner being a really irresponsible one, do you think that this has directly affected my health?
I am moving out shortly, for other reasons, but I just wanted to ask the question.

Thanks ^w^

Hello, I need some advice please!
I have a 10 month old male rat called Rufus, ive had him from 6weeks old. He was very shy and quite moody but also very very friendly. He’s never bitten anybody and he’s really a big softie. My boyfriend and I always showed him lots of care and attention but recently he’s been looking very down and depressed, I knew its because he needed a friend. So we bought him another little ratty friend, a male baby of about 8-10weeks called Maxwell. He’s very friendly and fun. We introduced Rufus to Maxwell in Maxwell’s house to see if they would get on, Maxwell took to Rufus straight away and Rufus didn’t seem to mind at all. We carried them home together in Rufus’ travel carrier and they seemed quite happy with each other, even beginning to groom one another a little. I put their cages next to each other so they could smell each other, then I put them in the bath together so they could play around and to see if Rufus would attack Maxwell, they seemed to get on very well and Rufus began to groom Maxwell and they even started to snuggle up to each other. However, when I put them both in to Rufus’ cage, Rufus began to chase after Maxwell ans nip and scratch Maxwell, Maxwell would just squeal and lay on his back. I took Maxwell out over night and just put their cages together, ,though Rufus looked quite sad and started to put his nose through the bars and get close to Maxwell. The next morning I put them back in the bath to play and they were fine, I disinfected Rufus’ cage and re-arranged the furniture to make it seem like a totally new house so he wouldn’t become territorial again. Once I put them back in together Rufus kept going up to Maxwell and nipping him again, hitting hm with his paws and just bullying him, then he’d leave him alone and come back and do it again. Maxwell just squeals and lays down. There is no blood but I really don’t want the baby to be hurt, I only did it so Rufus had some company.

What should I do? Is this normal? Is Rufus really hurting Maxwell or is this just normal dominance stuff? Please help me!! I don’t know whats normal and whats not!!

Thank You in advance….

Kat
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I consider myself to be a person that knows a fair bit on cats and there behaviour, i have done alot of reading and have had cats before.My new kitten is 8 weeks old and have had him for over a week now. Obviously being a kitten he is really adorable, he has the cutest whiskers and he curls himself up on my shoulder when i’m watching TV. My only rule is basically stay off the kitchen counter and don’t scratch my furniture. He has a scratching post and is SLOWLY learning to leave my furniture. The kitchen counter is a huge problem tho. Every time i see him on it i either spray him with water or pick him up and put him on the floor while firmly saying NO. He does not seem to get this. He justs run and jumps right back up and then hides behind the kettle as if i can’t see him. I never falter and always take him right back off or spray him again. I feel guilty about the spraying as he is sneezing now. Vet says he is fine. He is very strong willed. Does anyone have any other ideas?
Thanks for the advice. I tried the double sided tape and it seemed to work. He still jumps up tho but i think if he jumps often enough he will eventually start hating the idea of the tape on his paws and maybe stop. I completely understand that cats need to jump and like high places its just that i don’t like him on my kitchen counters as he has easy access to my stove and i’m afraid he will get burned. Also when i’m cooking i don’t like him grabbing the food from my hand so its best all round if he just stays off the kitchen counters at least until he’s a little older and has learned a few more manners.

I recently adopted a year-old kitty from a shelter. We already had a 7-year old cat, who is very friendly, docile and well-behaved. He has been with other cats before and is extremely tolerant.

The new kitty is boisterous and playful, which is accepted at his age. However, I am having trouble controlling him. He also hits the older cat in his playfulness. Some of these are severe scratches. The older guy only paws back in self-defense and mostly walks away from the little one’s assaults.

The little one also pays no heed to me or my husband – when we got him he was scared and insecure and we let him be for the first couple of weeks, so he could find his bearings before we imposed rules.

I really need to train the little one. We love his playfulness, but his bashing our older kitty is troubling us. We would also like to draw some limits (like he can’t sit on some of the furniture, or climb on kitchen counter tops and knock off food).

Any advice?

I have rubbed all his leg and his back and he shows no signs of any pain. But he still won’t put his paws down. Any suggestions?