She went peacefully and without any pain and we were holding her when she went and that's the best we could do for her. I always put up a front that I didn't like her and that she was Heathers cat and not mine but I loved her a bunch.
awwwwwwwwwwww
I had a fat fat kitty named P-Fat years ago. She got cancerous lumps in her ample squooshy belly and one day I came home and she was hiding in the closet, glassy eyed and panting. I had some friends drive me to the vet, totally assuming this would just be another quick check up and maybe a pill prescription. Nope, the doctors took one look at her and asked if I wanted to be in the room when she went.
It was like I was crushed under a truck. I know I said yes and I held her and apologized over and over when she went and then I don't remember anything. I know my friends found me on a highway leading back home crying like a 5 year old.
Pets!
edit: ah fuck super depressing totp. sorry all. here's an adorable kitten
For Haechi - who admittedly is only vaguely trained, okay, yes - if he does something VERY bad I put him in "time out" which is just a room or place where he can't be with me. If I can't do that then I say "time out" and I ignore him for a few minutes, turning away from him etc. I find he's pretty good at determining body language.
My dog is like... Quite Not Smart, though.
I tried for months to get him to do the "don't eat the food yet" trick and I think his puppyhood of starving mountain dogness overrides any inclination to not EAT FOOD IMMEDIATELY.
Mum's partner managed to get their shelter dog who used to basically swallow her entire dinner in one go, to only eat when allowed to (with the bowl of food on the floor in front of her), and to pause when told to during eating. Took a while, but it can happen.
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For Haechi - who admittedly is only vaguely trained, okay, yes - if he does something VERY bad I put him in "time out" which is just a room or place where he can't be with me. If I can't do that then I say "time out" and I ignore him for a few minutes, turning away from him etc. I find he's pretty good at determining body language.
My dog is like... Quite Not Smart, though.
I tried for months to get him to do the "don't eat the food yet" trick and I think his puppyhood of starving mountain dogness overrides any inclination to not EAT FOOD IMMEDIATELY.
Mum's partner managed to get their shelter dog who used to basically swallow her entire dinner in one go, to only eat when allowed to (with the bowl of food on the floor in front of her), and to pause when told to during eating. Took a while, but it can happen.
I feed scout a little bit at a time because he used to eat so fast he'd throw up
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Yeaaahhhh
I'm just gonna
Roll with Haechi's current level of training.
He's well-behaved and friendly, so there's that.
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It's true that in mornings he DOES army crawl up your back and stick his nose in your face if you don't wake up appropriately early.
And he is a bit of a bed hog.
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PiptheFairFrequently not in boats.Registered Userregular
It's true that in mornings he DOES army crawl up your back and stick his nose in your face if you don't wake up appropriately early.
And he is a bit of a bed hog.
When I was growing up, our (very large) dog had an unerring ability to know where your butt was in the bed, and woke people up by sticking her nose under the covers and poking you repeatedly in the butt cheeks
bad enough if you were in pj's but my dad slept nude, and I gather that was most unpleasant.
It's true that in mornings he DOES army crawl up your back and stick his nose in your face if you don't wake up appropriately early.
And he is a bit of a bed hog.
When I was growing up, our (very large) dog had an unerring ability to know where your butt was in the bed, and woke people up by sticking her nose under the covers and poking you repeatedly in the butt cheeks
bad enough if you were in pj's but my dad slept nude, and I gather that was most unpleasant.
On the other hand, it's an incredibly effective alarm clock. Probably not programmable though.
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For Haechi - who admittedly is only vaguely trained, okay, yes - if he does something VERY bad I put him in "time out" which is just a room or place where he can't be with me. If I can't do that then I say "time out" and I ignore him for a few minutes, turning away from him etc. I find he's pretty good at determining body language.
My dog is like... Quite Not Smart, though.
I tried for months to get him to do the "don't eat the food yet" trick and I think his puppyhood of starving mountain dogness overrides any inclination to not EAT FOOD IMMEDIATELY.
Mum's partner managed to get their shelter dog who used to basically swallow her entire dinner in one go, to only eat when allowed to (with the bowl of food on the floor in front of her), and to pause when told to during eating. Took a while, but it can happen.
I feed scout a little bit at a time because he used to eat so fast he'd throw up
You can get special bowls for that! You can also try just dropping a tennis ball in there with his food so he has to push it around to get to the food. I've also read some people have success with using a muffin pan instead of a regular food bowl. Smaller cups makes it harder to gulp down and they tend to finish one cup completely before starting on the next.
My youngest dog gets so fucking excited when my alarm goes off and it's a night he's lucky enough to be sleeping in my bed.
He makes sure I'm awake and tries to start get me moving and then he goes to the other dog and makes sure he's awake and tries to get him out of bed, then he'll move back and forth between the two of us if we're not moving fast enough.
For Haechi - who admittedly is only vaguely trained, okay, yes - if he does something VERY bad I put him in "time out" which is just a room or place where he can't be with me. If I can't do that then I say "time out" and I ignore him for a few minutes, turning away from him etc. I find he's pretty good at determining body language.
My dog is like... Quite Not Smart, though.
I tried for months to get him to do the "don't eat the food yet" trick and I think his puppyhood of starving mountain dogness overrides any inclination to not EAT FOOD IMMEDIATELY.
Mum's partner managed to get their shelter dog who used to basically swallow her entire dinner in one go, to only eat when allowed to (with the bowl of food on the floor in front of her), and to pause when told to during eating. Took a while, but it can happen.
I feed scout a little bit at a time because he used to eat so fast he'd throw up
You can get special bowls for that! You can also try just dropping a tennis ball in there with his food so he has to push it around to get to the food. I've also read some people have success with using a muffin pan instead of a regular food bowl. Smaller cups makes it harder to gulp down and they tend to finish one cup completely before starting on the next.
you do not understand how goddamn stubborn this dog is
also it's just easier for me to do it this way, as he normall eats by my computer desk anyway
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My last roommates had to get one of those tricky bowls for their dogs, though that was mainly to slow down the big one enough that she wouldn't get a chance to eat the small one's food.
Here is me and Kali. She is one of the lady's parent's cats. They have 5, but she is the best. She is a manx, so she was born without a tail. Despite what you may initially wonder, she does like being held like that. Kitty baby style. She curls her legs right up and purrs, she will even fall asleep that way.
This thread reminded me I'm a terrible person and forgot to feed the cats their half can each of wet food this morning, so even though we free feed dry I'm convinced they've been starving to death. We have what we call a 'catio' which is a weird inset area where because we live in a basement apartment they wanted us to have full size kitchen windows so they dug out an area about 5 1/2 feet deep and put a bolted metal grating over it so we cleared it out and let the cats go out there and chill - that's why in one photo, Milton looks like he's in kitty prison
These aren't really furry companions per se, more like the true masters of the house and overlords to the humans who live there
Here they are implementing the dreaded D'awwww Maneuver, guaranteeing any nearby humans (i.e. me) come and pet them and play with them for hours on end.
My 5th grade class had rabbits. They started as bunnies and when they grew up, they were able to escape from their "hutch" (which was just a repurposed aquarium) every night. I was typically the first person to arrive in the morning, even before the homeroom teacher, so I was the one who got to wade through the carpet of rabbit poop to hunt them down every morning. I got over touching them pretty quickly.
My 5th grade class had rabbits. They started as bunnies and when they grew up, they were able to escape from their "hutch" (which was just a repurposed aquarium) every night. I was typically the first person to arrive in the morning, even before the homeroom teacher, so I was the one who got to wade through the carpet of rabbit poop to hunt them down every morning. I got over touching them pretty quickly.
if there was available bunny, amply provided, you would
you would have to
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I'm super allergic to bunnies/guinea pigs.
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Dammit I forgot to take new pics of Archie today.
On the topic of food though, he's surprisingly great about eating. Despite having loads of energy we actually free feed the little guy, and he'll eat whenever he feels like it without overdoing it. He didn't get to eating his available-in-his-bowl breakfast today until about noon.
My 5th grade class had rabbits. They started as bunnies and when they grew up, they were able to escape from their "hutch" (which was just a repurposed aquarium) every night. I was typically the first person to arrive in the morning, even before the homeroom teacher, so I was the one who got to wade through the carpet of rabbit poop to hunt them down every morning. I got over touching them pretty quickly.
my cats wake me up at 3AM for breakfast on the dot. they are very reliable and I love them!
however they don't actually eat until 5:30 and they ruin my sleep every fucking day AND I LOOOOOOOVE THEEEEEEEEEM ARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH
Odin has a routine. He gets half a can of wet food a day, at 5 am. He will wake you up for it by sitting on your head at 4:59 until you get up and give it to him.
Problem is, he takes one bite, looks at it, then walks off and leaves it for the other cats. Little jerk.
Izzy doesn't even get fed in the mornings except for the dry food I keep out. She gets her wet food at night. Doesn't stop her from batting me in the face in the mornings to wake me up.
Elsie, mum's vacuum dog, was sitting on the front verandah one evening back when she was an only dog. She had a squeaky chew toy and was giving it good gnawing on, then she started singing to it as it squeaked. It was pretty adorable.
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I'm so sorry.
Mum's partner managed to get their shelter dog who used to basically swallow her entire dinner in one go, to only eat when allowed to (with the bowl of food on the floor in front of her), and to pause when told to during eating. Took a while, but it can happen.
I feed scout a little bit at a time because he used to eat so fast he'd throw up
I'm just gonna
Roll with Haechi's current level of training.
He's well-behaved and friendly, so there's that.
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
And he is a bit of a bed hog.
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
When I was growing up, our (very large) dog had an unerring ability to know where your butt was in the bed, and woke people up by sticking her nose under the covers and poking you repeatedly in the butt cheeks
bad enough if you were in pj's but my dad slept nude, and I gather that was most unpleasant.
On the other hand, it's an incredibly effective alarm clock. Probably not programmable though.
You can get special bowls for that! You can also try just dropping a tennis ball in there with his food so he has to push it around to get to the food. I've also read some people have success with using a muffin pan instead of a regular food bowl. Smaller cups makes it harder to gulp down and they tend to finish one cup completely before starting on the next.
Need some stuff designed or printed? I can help with that.
He makes sure I'm awake and tries to start get me moving and then he goes to the other dog and makes sure he's awake and tries to get him out of bed, then he'll move back and forth between the two of us if we're not moving fast enough.
It has caused many a minor tradgedy
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If you aren't up at 7:30 he will LET YOU KNOW.
"Sandra has a good solid anti-murderer vibe. My skin felt very secure and sufficiently attached to my body when I met her. Also my organs." HAIL SATAN
however they don't actually eat until 5:30 and they ruin my sleep every fucking day AND I LOOOOOOOVE THEEEEEEEEEM ARRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH
you do not understand how goddamn stubborn this dog is
also it's just easier for me to do it this way, as he normall eats by my computer desk anyway
My ferrets have learned what time I feed them and take them out for playtime.
It's funny how disappointed they look if I'm late to either.
He's kind of a dingus. He also think's he's sneakier than he actually is.
A very poor choice of a head rest
Paint me like one of you etc etc
but they're listening to every word I say
Here they are implementing the dreaded D'awwww Maneuver, guaranteeing any nearby humans (i.e. me) come and pet them and play with them for hours on end.
The prick would stomp on me while I slept if she decided she wanted pets. It had so much personality...all of it bossy
My 5th grade class had rabbits. They started as bunnies and when they grew up, they were able to escape from their "hutch" (which was just a repurposed aquarium) every night. I was typically the first person to arrive in the morning, even before the homeroom teacher, so I was the one who got to wade through the carpet of rabbit poop to hunt them down every morning. I got over touching them pretty quickly.
sounds to me like you still touched them tho
HA HA
STILL IMPOSSIBLE
if there was available bunny, amply provided, you would
you would have to
On the topic of food though, he's surprisingly great about eating. Despite having loads of energy we actually free feed the little guy, and he'll eat whenever he feels like it without overdoing it. He didn't get to eating his available-in-his-bowl breakfast today until about noon.
...
DANG IT!
It's a little thing you suction to the bowl that turns and keeps the dog from scarfing down the food
He broke it within a day
Also he outsmarted this toy
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Odin has a routine. He gets half a can of wet food a day, at 5 am. He will wake you up for it by sitting on your head at 4:59 until you get up and give it to him.
Problem is, he takes one bite, looks at it, then walks off and leaves it for the other cats. Little jerk.
Lately whenever someone even stirs if it's past 5am he is up and atem and feed me now
And after that he just goes right back to bed!
What a jerk
My mom has this bowl for her golden lab. It works quite well.
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Then they sprawl on the bed next to me and present their tummies for rubs.