I own a $200 piece of plastic, thanks cat
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Polioliolio
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My family's dog will destroy anything she can get in her mouth. Thanks to her, they can no longer keep blankets and pillows out on the sofa. Don't you dare leave a jacket on a chair either.
She also eats the cat's shit straight out of the litter box, so if the dog is in the house, all doors have to be closed at all times to prevent her from destroying everything.
It's also annoying how if she's ever out of the basement (which is her indoor safe hang out area) the first thing she does is immediately head for the cat's food and water and devour it in seconds.. If there's nothing there or the bowl is set up away from her, she'll try to get into the litter box.
I feel like getting angry at her, but the fact is, she's a wild beast that shouldn't be indoors. Clearly the indoor life is not good for her.. But if she's outdoors, she barks incessantly at anything and everything to the point the police are called.
And the thing I hate most is that she's a foot chewer. You'll be walking through the room minding your own business and the big wild dog chews on your feet! It's painful and annoying.
Meanwhile, the cat is an affectionate angel.
I love animals, but I'm not a big pet person. Most of the time, I'm certain they don't really mesh with a modern human environment.
She also eats the cat's shit straight out of the litter box, so if the dog is in the house, all doors have to be closed at all times to prevent her from destroying everything.
It's also annoying how if she's ever out of the basement (which is her indoor safe hang out area) the first thing she does is immediately head for the cat's food and water and devour it in seconds.. If there's nothing there or the bowl is set up away from her, she'll try to get into the litter box.
I feel like getting angry at her, but the fact is, she's a wild beast that shouldn't be indoors. Clearly the indoor life is not good for her.. But if she's outdoors, she barks incessantly at anything and everything to the point the police are called.
And the thing I hate most is that she's a foot chewer. You'll be walking through the room minding your own business and the big wild dog chews on your feet! It's painful and annoying.
Meanwhile, the cat is an affectionate angel.
I love animals, but I'm not a big pet person. Most of the time, I'm certain they don't really mesh with a modern human environment.
Admiral Woofington
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The few times I decide to trust my dog to test not leaving him in his kennel when I'm not home I come back to something of mine destroyed. I realize now I gotta get a doggie gate because this fucker has destroyed hdmis and recently my 360 controller I used for pc gamingm
Ray Wonder
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That dog needs trained
EnlightenedMint
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My dog never chewed up anything and then one day I get on my bed ready to go to sleep get the remote and see that the power button has been chewed off, I was so mad at this mild inconvience.
CraigerGamer
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My cat has chewed through maybe 10 apple charging cords. Maybe 3 Apple MacBook charging cords. I now buy iPhone charging cords in bulk from Amazon because I never know if the one I'm using will work or not.
I have started buying nylon cords now. It's seems to work better but they are a lot more expensive.
I have started buying nylon cords now. It's seems to work better but they are a lot more expensive.
Vincent Grayson
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My puppy has recently destroyed the cable for my 360 controller, plugs for several lamps, and chewed up a cable line (for internet) to the point that it was apparently fucking up the connections of people all around me, so they sent someone to just straight up shut off our internet until it got fixed.
styl3s
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I blame lack of discipline and training.
A lot of dogs also model their behavior from their owners i don't know what that tells some people.
I can't speak for cat behavior but you can absolutely train your dog not to be a piece of shit as long as you are doing it early and not waiting till he/she is 5 and has already chewed half of your house.
We had 5 dogs growing up and i have had 4 on my own over the last 10 years and not a single dog has chewed anything because i made sure to stop that shit the second they tried. Sure, pissing and shitting as puppies is something that you just have to deal with but that's what potty pads and crates are for. There is no real reason to let your puppy run the house when you aren't home.
That cat looks huge
Doug Heffernan
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Indeed.
OMG, yes! I whole-heartedly agree with this increasingly uncommon and refreshing perspective.
A Taiko drum stick got chewed up by a stray we took in for the day. Also my little dog Oso a miniature Schnauzer chewed up my copy of Alpha Sapphire which I had a ton of progress on and even caught a Shiny. Also some SD cards. Little shit climbed on the table and chewed them up. Safe to say he stopped that shit after a while thankfully. I was pissed though lol.
That's all I can think of.
That's all I can think of.
I've had cats and dogs all my life. I've lived every shitty situation. Cats throwing expensive fragile things off counters, biting wires, stealing food. Dogs chewing shoes etc. Ripping through a sofa, chasing skunks.
The three cats I have now are just perfectly behaved. No idea how I pulled it off. Maybe it's just them, maybe it's because I'm older and quieter with a more stable living environment. Maybe it's how I "raised" them. No wire biting. No interest in knocking shit over. Very small interest in checking out a plate of food that's easily corrected by saying "no" and slightly moving them.
Bliss. These stories remind me of how it used to be and how lucky I am with these three. They're super affectionate and active otherwise, too. Just not into human things. Yay!
The three cats I have now are just perfectly behaved. No idea how I pulled it off. Maybe it's just them, maybe it's because I'm older and quieter with a more stable living environment. Maybe it's how I "raised" them. No wire biting. No interest in knocking shit over. Very small interest in checking out a plate of food that's easily corrected by saying "no" and slightly moving them.
Bliss. These stories remind me of how it used to be and how lucky I am with these three. They're super affectionate and active otherwise, too. Just not into human things. Yay!
Why do cats like doing that? lol
Panthalassic
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Left my GBC where a dog could get it and found it chewed up the next morning. It still worked though so
If it makes you feel better, I don't like beagles either. They're adorable dogs for sure, but my god, they literally hunt for food all the time and I work with cats/dogs long enough to know this breed very well to eat without any kind of restraint.
Yep, boxers as a breed are extremely hyperactive for their size, it takes a certain quality of a person to deal with them on a daily basis.
This so damn much. I can see behaviors being problematic to control when you have SEVERAL personalities in the house that interchanges the "master". Thankfully my beloved scottish terrier back then was very chill despite of being between my old enabling grandma, myself the trainer and shrill nutty aunt of mine.
I've seen some dogs change behaviors whenever someone came home (obviously the leader of the pack) or being destructive around submissive owners despite of the training.
Cats vary in behaviors too, but they're much more reliant on their instincts and their social hierarchy. IE you'd never ever put a nervous insecure cat as a matriarch or alone, it'd just hide or scared of everything. A confident cat can handle that and alone. An insecure cat needs a companion cat to be sure and not be afraid of its surroundings. Whether if its fixed or not, it can change on the behavior too. Most of the time, if they're not fixed, they need to "mark" everything (especially new!) stuff as theirs. Their peeing on things is called marking.
I highly recommend spaying and neutering all of your cats and dogs. I also highly recommend adopting older pets that are already trained to not be so destructive. Keep in mind, kitten and puppy stages are when they are TEETHING. They absolutely need stuff to chew on to ensure a comfortable growth of teeth. Kittens need to scratch to stretch their tendons. I've seen too many damn owners declawing their kittens... fucking EARLY. Not even giving a good old scratch pad a try. :\
On topic, the only destructive thing my cats have done were scratching at our second hand couch (its ragged already from being second hand) and scratch the carpet on occasion when our scratching pad had been tore up enough to be replaced asap. My dog back in my childhood peed on the carpet a few times because no one took her outside in time. Once she peed on my bed, but I count that as a side effect of her kidneys failing, which isn't her fault at all since it was clear and she was literally sitting on it unaware.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
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My cat pissed on my NES when I was a child. It worked, but it smelled awful.
George Oscar Bluth II
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This is why my only pets are goldfish.
Still love dogs, though. Far better than cats.
Still love dogs, though. Far better than cats.
MisterNoisy
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My wife is diabetic and the cat chewed through the tubing for her pump when she was asleep.
Kind of related I guess: I had my Christmas tree up. The cat used to climb in the tree so I had a water bottle that I used to squirt him with to get him out. The cat was in the tree and my son, who about 3 squirted the cat. Problem is he also squirted the TV which was a DLP projection TV so water got stuck in the screen. I used a hairdryer to dry the the water up. It worked but is it fogged up the lens where the picture came from so that had to be replaced.
When the lens was replaced the part they replaced it with was defective so it buzzed so they had to come back and replace that as well.
Kind of related I guess: I had my Christmas tree up. The cat used to climb in the tree so I had a water bottle that I used to squirt him with to get him out. The cat was in the tree and my son, who about 3 squirted the cat. Problem is he also squirted the TV which was a DLP projection TV so water got stuck in the screen. I used a hairdryer to dry the the water up. It worked but is it fogged up the lens where the picture came from so that had to be replaced.
When the lens was replaced the part they replaced it with was defective so it buzzed so they had to come back and replace that as well.
radios shipping overview
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GRAGHAHGHGHRH. My cat is always doing this. I don't know why. "Hey, what's this? Looks fun to push off the table!"
I have a 4 rescue cats (one we pulled out of a rat trap minus a leg, one was abandoned when she was tiny and found in a parking lot, and 2 I pulled out of a storm drain). They're actually great -- no major property damage, other than slow scratching damage on furniture.
However, when we first got the girl, I'd just gotten a pair of Playstation silver headphones ... the best headphones I'd ever bought. A week after I got them, I was playing a game ... she walks up, jumps on my lap, and chomp -- right through the cord. Only had them a week ;( she was a kitten, so I didn't get angry, just sad. Never happened again, though.
However, when we first got the girl, I'd just gotten a pair of Playstation silver headphones ... the best headphones I'd ever bought. A week after I got them, I was playing a game ... she walks up, jumps on my lap, and chomp -- right through the cord. Only had them a week ;( she was a kitten, so I didn't get angry, just sad. Never happened again, though.
andthebeatgoeson
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Mega Caprison
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A cat wouldn't have done that.
catpurrcat
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Built my own coffee table. $150 of wood for a table that would've cost 10x that in a store. I was so proud.
A few weeks later cat runs full speed into it and dents the leg...and her own tooth!
$700 surgery later...
A few weeks later cat runs full speed into it and dents the leg...and her own tooth!
$700 surgery later...
RubberJohnny
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Friends dog got so scared by fireworks it bit through a water pipe in their bathroom, flooding the house. They shut it in the cupboard because it was still going crazy and it bit through a gas pipe in there.
Pops Maellard
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It's entirely contingent upon how well you've trained your dog. My dog chewed apart a lightning cable when she was ten week old. She hasn't damaged any of my things since, because she knows not to. If your dog does something "wrong", it's because you haven't bothered teaching them.
Haha, yep.
Only good story I have from friends and family is that my cousin's dog chewed his way through a full wall from the den he was kenneled in to a bathroom when he was spooked one night. Still impressed a dog could take on a sheer wall like that.
She tore the shit out of one of my books that I was in the middle of reading.
Only other thing is that she sometimes barfs on things I then need to wash, but they aren't ruined.
One time she fell out of the window onto my computer monitor but I caught it. Now I move it over a few inches when I'm not around.
The main annoying thing she does is accidentally knock things off of other things in a way that is a pain in the ass to retrieve. Or the fact that she loves the way my mousepad feels and uses it as a place to clean herself, she sometimes falls off the desk and in a panic scratches it, but it's so big that the places she scratches are never a problem for mouse tracking.
She never chews or ruins anything expensive and she's extremely well behaved and loving. Nearly all of the time she is sleeping in my lap keeping me warm.
Only other thing is that she sometimes barfs on things I then need to wash, but they aren't ruined.
One time she fell out of the window onto my computer monitor but I caught it. Now I move it over a few inches when I'm not around.
The main annoying thing she does is accidentally knock things off of other things in a way that is a pain in the ass to retrieve. Or the fact that she loves the way my mousepad feels and uses it as a place to clean herself, she sometimes falls off the desk and in a panic scratches it, but it's so big that the places she scratches are never a problem for mouse tracking.
She never chews or ruins anything expensive and she's extremely well behaved and loving. Nearly all of the time she is sleeping in my lap keeping me warm.
Whenever I see people posting online about their cats doing dumb shit I can't help but think people poorly train their cats. Many people think you can just leave cats to do whatever the fuck they want and they'll be fine, but you can actually teach them to behave and not treat them like a doormat and they'll learn and not do dumb shit.
My boyfriend's cat is really high maintenance, I gave up on giving him affection. It's too late to teach him how to not be an asshole, and its honestly made me consider not having my own.
For real. If I decide to get a kitten there's gonna be some hard core discipline.
For real. If I decide to get a kitten there's gonna be some hard core discipline.
True Savior
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My dog ate me . Believe it or not.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I have to air-blast fur out of my PS4 probably every week because my cat sleeps on top of it.
vainglorious
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My mother in law adopted a feral cat thinking feral meant a type of breed.
Fucking yup.
That fucking cat refused to use a litter box and then proceeded to chew threw all the wires behind our entertainment center. All of them.
She was guilt stricken over the cat but we got sick of that cat and sick of my mother in laws freak outs over constantly having to clean up cat urine but not doing anything to remedy the situation.
Which forced us to take the cat back. Really shitty situation all around. My mother in law is not allowed to adopt any more animals.
Fucking yup.
That fucking cat refused to use a litter box and then proceeded to chew threw all the wires behind our entertainment center. All of them.
She was guilt stricken over the cat but we got sick of that cat and sick of my mother in laws freak outs over constantly having to clean up cat urine but not doing anything to remedy the situation.
Which forced us to take the cat back. Really shitty situation all around. My mother in law is not allowed to adopt any more animals.
The Artisan
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LOL
My adorable little fucker likes to do the cat thing and randomly push shit off the coffee table like a jerk. He's also pretty big and doesn't realize that when he walks around he bumps into things with his big body. Dude bum-checked a fucking full glass of red wine off the coffee table last month. Didn't skip a beat.
Irobot82
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Uhh my kid chewed the charging cord for the WiiU tablet, it still works but I had to put a ton of black tape on it.
A Link to the Past
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Sucks, but it's now a $200 life lesson to secure your TV! :>
DrDomVonDoom
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There are some smells cats really don't like, one of these being Pine, Eucalyptus, Wintergreen. .
Things you can do is take some Pine Oil on a rag, and go through your cables and wipe them down with it. The oil will dry but it will still be on the wires, one bite or sniff and that taste will make sure your cat doesn't chew on those again.
Things you can do is take some Pine Oil on a rag, and go through your cables and wipe them down with it. The oil will dry but it will still be on the wires, one bite or sniff and that taste will make sure your cat doesn't chew on those again.
Eye for an Eye
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We live next to the school campus and there are plenty of feral cats that come out at night. If we're up late enough, he'll see them outside the window. Now that it was starting to warm up, we leave the door cracked open for fresh air. There's a metal security screen door, so he can't claw his way out of here.
So door to the left, entertainment cabinet in the middle, and cat tree on the right. He can look out the window laying on his cat tree. He has enough room to stand on the end of the cabinet and look out the middle of the window. He never bothers with the left side where the tv is. In the bathroom he stands on the sink. In the bedroom, he stands on the dresser. I replaced all mini blinds with curtains, so he knows how to move it to look out.
The only truly destructiveness was he'd claw at a small patch of carpet in the bedroom just outside the bathroom door. Last summer we put in laminate flooring. Now he enjoys the fact that he can slide across it and will purposefully do it when he plays catch with milk rings. He loves laying on top of the laser printer and randomly prints test pages every few days. He still likes to knock things off the footboard if anything is left there. And his favorite hangout is in the fridge.
At least he's not maliciously evil. He just does stupid things occasionally.
So door to the left, entertainment cabinet in the middle, and cat tree on the right. He can look out the window laying on his cat tree. He has enough room to stand on the end of the cabinet and look out the middle of the window. He never bothers with the left side where the tv is. In the bathroom he stands on the sink. In the bedroom, he stands on the dresser. I replaced all mini blinds with curtains, so he knows how to move it to look out.
The only truly destructiveness was he'd claw at a small patch of carpet in the bedroom just outside the bathroom door. Last summer we put in laminate flooring. Now he enjoys the fact that he can slide across it and will purposefully do it when he plays catch with milk rings. He loves laying on top of the laser printer and randomly prints test pages every few days. He still likes to knock things off the footboard if anything is left there. And his favorite hangout is in the fridge.
At least he's not maliciously evil. He just does stupid things occasionally.
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