Category: Animal House
Hi all, just wanted to post a topic I thought might be interesting.
I wanted to know if anyone has any funny stories about things their guide dog or pets have done.
Yesterday, I was doing a rout with my guide dog. He stopped, and when I reached out, I found a shopping cart. I told him to hop up, and he gave this big sigh as if to say, "If I can't get through the gap, what makes you think you'll be able to?" I thought it was so funny. Would love to here some of your stories.
Kim and Tripp
hahahahah that is funny well once in class when in school and I use to tie my dog up with his leash to the desk leg so then he wouldn't be wandering around the classroom and I was in class and Jonah that was his name, was fast asleep and the room was silent and I heard snoring and I thought "who can be asleep at this time"? it was nearly lunch time and as I'd not heard a dog snore before and it sounded like a human snoring so I went to investigate and what do you know it was him, hahahahahaha, smiles.
That is funny. My guide dogs have been caught snoring many times. A few of my teachers asked who was snoring, and the class laughed, when they realized it was my dog.
Hahahahahaha that's great. I don't have a guide dog yet, but my cat is always a good source for entertainment. When he hairballs, he makes the funniest yodling sound, it really does sound like he's yodling it's so weird. I'll come back with more later. OH, when he's in the car, he hates the car, his meow changes. It's usually very high pitched, but when he's in the big scary car, it goes low and whiney and it's super cute and hillarious.
I remember attending a very important meeting with the president of the organization I work for. Halfway through his speech, in the absolute attentive silence, a loud, obnoxious snore came from my right. For a horrible moment I thought someone had had the audacity to fall asleep in the middle of the president's speech. But no, it was just my coworker's guide dog. lol
LOL. When my cat Joan Jett was just a baby she used to try and steal food. Once for instance my mom and I were having biscuits and gravy for dinner and the telephone rang while my mom was bottle feeding the kitten. It was my sister, so naturally my mom got preoccupied with talking to her rather than feeding Joan Jett, so the kitten decided she'd have better luck getting fed if she just helped herself to my plate. Then another time my sister had made pancakes (flapjacks actually if I remember right), for some visiting friends' breakfast. Well Joan Jett had been sitting on the back ofone of said friends' chairs for a while and then suddenly decided she wanted some of tat food,, so she jumped from the back of the chair and landed right on this guy's plate. Then there was another memorable incident whenmy sister was cooking dinner. She had Joan Jett sitting on her shoulder, though why she would do this wile cooking I'm not sure. But anyway she'd been making a big pot of gumbo on the stove and Joan Jett once again decided she wanted some of that. So she jumps off my sister's shoulder and straight for the pot boiling on the stove. LOL. She was just lucky my sister was there to catch her before she landed in it.
lol and some funny stories i'm hearing and the whole school was in assembly and because of a student misbehaving the whole school was punished so we had to stay behind and it was near to lunch time which was one of Jonah's favourite times though he didn't get fed, he was given water and was able to have a break from working, the bell rang, the hall was silent but all of a sudden you hear this howl, it got louder and louder and echoed so we were let out.
Another time I was in class and Jonah made the noise that was in a way, sounding like he was going to be sick so I had to ask to leave the room and we ran down the stairs and as we got outside, finds a patch of grass but instead of throwing up he goes toilet instead.
My golden guy also lets out huge sighs at the most interesting moments, like in the middle of math class, or if I'm standing at my door and fumbling to get my keys.
The first ultra funny moment that I've had with my guide dog was the day in class when we were learning to put the booties on the dogs and practicing walking them with the shoes on. The galloping and skipping sounds of the dogs walking, and the fact that my dog was acting like he couldn't feel his feet, just made me lose my mind. I just collapsed against a wall and cracked up for about ten minutes straight, laughing so hard that I was crying. My instructor tried to get me to pull it together, but I couldn't. And the second time I took him out in booties, he just barely made it out of the driveway before deciding to just collapse on the grass. Of course, I died all over again.
The funniest thing is that sometimes, when we are playing, I hide his toys under his bed. Most times, he figures out how to get to it and will push his way under the bed to get the toy. But a couple times, he has tried to furiously dig his way through the bed to get to the toy beneath.
Also, last year on Christmas eve in the early morning, I heard snoring that seemed distant but rumbling, so I thought it was my father in the living room. But when I got up to go to the bathroom, I walked by my golden guy's crate, and sure enough, it was him.
So many funny stories, love it!
I remember when I had my first cat. One day, my grandma was home with me, because I was sick. He was up on the counter, when all of the sudden, my grandma yells at him to get down. He jumps off the counter, and his tail knocks the frute bowl off. It shatters, and an apple literally is broken in half. I've never heard my grandma laugh so hard.
hahahahahaha that is funny, once while at my best friend's house and if you said the d word which meant dinner, Jonah would get real excited and as he had a very big tail, like to swish it from side to side, well Emma had a glass of coke on the coffee table and she asked me "what do you want for dinner"? as soon as she had said it, his tail swipes the glass and it goes flying and then landing on the floor.
My uncle's first guide would actually innunciate the word woof, like he was talking.
Yeah, I've heard dogs that sound like their talking to. It's pretty funny.
I remembered another event that happened during a not-so-funny part of my life. One of my significant others had gotten herself a plastic TV tray that she used for drawing or snacking while she watced TV. She must have had some candy or something resting on that tray and Max must have smelled it because he started licking a certain spot o the tray. Well Maria thought it was funny so got up to grab her camcorder. Well when Max realized he was being filmed he started showing off, rolling around on the couch, that sort of thing. Well Maria warned him not to fall off the couch, and the very next moment he fel off the couch. He reached out with one paw to try to catch himself but one of his claws got caught in one of the couch cushions. Maria started laughig and Max apparently looked up at her with this indignant little meow as he tried to get his paw free. He ended up having to jump back up onto the couch in order to get himself unstuck.
Then speaking of dogs when I was fourteen or so we adopted a Springer Spaniel named Tate, whom we ultimately ended up having to give up because she was extremely territorial and once pinned our Cocker Spaniel to the floor and actually had her jaws clamped on her neck. Fortunately Gretta wasn't hurt or we might not have bothered rehoming Tate. But anyway Tate, whom we often called Tater or Tater Bug, sometimes had a tendency to make strange noises at interesting times. They were probably just yawns but their timing was what made them funny. Sometimes you'd be talking to someone or even to Tate herself and all of a sudden you'd hear wah? sort of like a dimwitted cartoon character when they didn't understand something said to them. It always reminded me of one of the noises Animal from the Muppet Babies used to make.
hahahahaha haha sounds funny and once when my younger sister decided to ride Jonah as if he was a pony and he didn't mind it at all though I did tell her to get off him which she did.
Duke, a Great Dane our family used to own, had a funny thing he'd do in winter. Just writing about this makes me grin, but it also makes me sad because Duke died a few years ago and that dog is probably my favourite of all the dogs I've ever known thus far. Anyway, starting from when he was about seven months old, Duke had a prankish streak that never went away. If you let him out, then went back to call him in a few minutes later, he'd get up on the porch about five feet from the door, then just stand there and stare at you. if you moved even slightly toward him, he'd turn and high-tail it out into the yard, usually with his head down and his mouth wide open. He steam-shoveled a hell of a lot of snow that way, I can tell ya. Anyway, he'd do this off and on for awhile, and sometimes instead of just turning and bolting, he'd keep staring, crouch down and go "Wuff", way back in his throat. With my brother, who often wouldn't just stand still for it, Duke would sometimes growl and then charge the door. Gary and Duke led each other many a merry chase that way. That dog didn't have a mean bone in him, and even on the few occasions where he'd bowl one of us over or catch up with us, he'd flop down and start licking us rather than growling or pinning us down. Good thing too, since Great Danes are huge. Duke was probably forty-something inches tall, and about a hundred and fifty pounds at his fittest. When a beast that big barrels into you, you'd better hope he's got good intentions, that's all I can say.
awe that is cute, smiles.
Well as I got mine as a Christmas present and was still young, we went to the lake and itook Jonah with me and when on land, I tied his lead up to a tree branch, thinking it was a big one and for some reason he didn't like me being far away while in water.
I was swimming round and felt this thing but didn't know what it was until I turned round and saw this big husky face in front of me and it was Jonah, I turned him round and we headed back to shore, I was on his back which he allowed me to do as many other things he let me do like sleep on him, lol, smiles.
Wow, those stories are so cute. It's amazing how many funny stories animals can provide.
When I was younger, we had many hamsters, all of wich were escape artists. Well, one of those hamsters escaped, and we thought that was the last we'd ever see of him. One night, my parents were watching TV. All of the sudden, they started laughing, because out of the laundry room came this little hamster. All his fur was singed off, and so to were his eyebrows. Apparently, he had ended up in the dryer, and when my mom turned it on, he got singed. It was funny at the time, but the poor little thing was very mean after that, and bit us. He ended up dying shortly there after. I honestly don't know how he survived that.
I'd probably be mean too if I'd gotten locked inside that big noisy machine and it burned off all my fur LOL.
Wow. I don't know what's more disturbing, that, or the story about the guy with a gerbil stuck up his ass. Haha. Armageddon!!
hahahaha awe poor hamster and yes I agree our animals can do funny things like my mum's cat opened the curtains yesterday which made me laugh, smiles.
one time my dog thougth he was a guard dog as well as a guide dog so when people would come to the gate he would start up with a growl and then you'd hear barking and I'd have to tell him to be quiet.
Naughty naughty.
I went on camp and took Jonah with me and we went to this deer farm and as he liked other animals, there was this fence that was wired but had holes in it and as soon as he saw them what do you know his ears prick up and he growls and then barks so I had to bring him inside and told him to be quiet.
The other animals he like were ducks, cats, of course other dogs, grins.
Ever hear a dog sort of whisper a bark? Sound like a chicken clucking sometimes. hahaha
no I haven't and that would sound funny, smiles.
Yeah, I felt bad for my poor hamster. I can't imagine how scared he must of have been. Animals are so funny, and it's great when they make us laugh.
yeah they do make us laugh like this cat today could not stay still when i was brushing it and it has this different kind of purr that i love hearing and each time i hear it, it makes me smile.
I have a guide dog named sarabelle. we live right around the corner from the community food co-op. when we go there she and all other service dogs whose moms or dads are customers get treats. one day we were walking home, and I had a huge load of food. so my precious one decides that it would be a great idea to try and go around the store and come back in to get another treat.
awe that is cute, smiles.
today one of the cats was attacking its blanket before throwing its cushion kind of bed on to the floor and others make this meow sound as if to say "hey i'm here", smiles
My guide dog seems to think that the first time we go somewhere, THAT's the dseat we should be sitting in every single other time we go to that place. So I went to this coffee shop for the second time, and the first thing she did was lead me to the seat we sat at last week. Meanwhile, across the table from said seat, is some poor guy listening to his IPod. LOL
Kate
woops hahahahaha, smiles.
I've got so many funny stories.
My retired guid dog loved her bones... A lot. When I had her, I was training to be a physical therapist. The uni had a lot of skeletons, and Molly was allowed off lead to wander freely when we were in the labs for practicals. imagine my embarrassment when she sidled up to the lecturer at a quiet point, pretended she loved him lots, then leapt up, stole the *real* human femur out of the nearby box of bones he was using, then ran off round the room with it, tail high and wagging, jaws working furiously... I was mortified! They banned her from the human dissection labs. Can't imagine why!
Then there's the cats. I have one who was born and raised in this house, a very small house I might add, who still manages to get lost! She'll go into the kitchen and walk behind the door, then sit there and howl and cry because she's now lost... Doesn't matter how long you leave her there. She can't work out how to get back. The same cat will also climb on top of the kitchen bin, then howl for help as she can't work out how to get down again! Her brother also gets lost in his tiny home, and his owner regularly has to rescue him from the oblivion of... The Hall!
I've got another girl who waits until you're all settled in to watch TV, then sneaks very quietly up behind you. She'll sit quietly staring at you for about 10 minutes *because you're supposed to somehow know she's behind you and wants you even thoughshe hasn't made a noise...*, and then will raise a single paw and tap you very politely. If you don't turn around, the tapping will continue until she gets the cuddle she wants.
Aww! That's adorable.
My cat has some sense of when you are most comfortable and most occupied; when you reach this state, she will jump into your lap, and head butt you insistently until you make room for her. Doesn't matter what you're doing. She fell absolutely head over heels in love with Shepherdwolf when he stayed with me summer before last; I'm sure he really enjoyed being licked and head butted to death in the middle of the night when she wanted cuddle time.
awe that is cute and funny, my cat use to get himself shut in the bathroom and he wouldn't make a sound, only I would go looking for him and he'd pop out when the door was opened and there was a container that contained his food and I had it on the bench and left the cupboard door open and he managed to climb in and sit on the shelf and I had to get him out so I could put the container away, smiles.
ah, the list is long
my first cat oscar that i had when i was 10 figured out where we'd keep his opened cans of food, so he learned to open the fridge with his paw and sat down there waiting until we did something about it. when we'd just close the fridge and ignore him, he'd do it again
also for some reason his bowl of water wasn't good enough for him, we'd have to turn the tap just a little and he'd drink from there
up until 3 years ago i had my own busy bathroom sign. his name was happy and he'd sit there outside the door and that's how whoever walked by knew i was in there. then after the first minute he'd start scratching the door and calm down when he heard my voice. you know, just in case i decided to run away through the secret passage that obviously my bathroom had and never came out again...
he didn't want to be let in but me to come out, because when i opened the door he'd just wait a moment outside then nudge my leg with his head as if to say are you coming out or not?
that cat was amazing, i taught him when he was very little not to jump on the table or the kitchen counter. i could leave a nice juicy steak on the table with him around and leave the room, that steak would still be there and intact when i came back. but if he caught me with a glass of milk in my hands that was a different story. he'd start purring louder than ever and try using his paws, his head and any other means he could think of to snatch that glass from me. that was just hysterical.
when he was a baby, he'd get a bit of food from the dog's bowl, go up to her and put it on the ground waiting until she ate it, then go get her another one.
some times when i was in bed he'd come to my room just to jump on my bed, rub his face on mine for a few seconds and then leave.
whenever i was sleeping, no matter in what position and how big the bed was, he had to sleep on me. if i was curled up in a tiny ball on a king size bed, it was like the rest of the bed didn't even exist
another kind of funny thing is when he'd come sit in my lap purring, or if he was just next to me while i was in bed or doing anything else i'd instantly become sleepy, that warm fuzzy sleep that comes when you feel comforted. i don't know how he did it. i'd be reading a book, eating, anything, then he'd curl up in my lap with his hypnotic purring and his warmth and his comforting presence and next thing i know my head hits my chest and my eyes close. that cat, we were one, me and him.
to think that when i found him he was an inch away from dying and everyone except me was sure he wouldn't pass the night. i took care of him, he survived and we had such a beautiful, special bond i can't even explain for the next 10 years.
oh and once, when he was about 5 months old i kept hearing him meow from somewhere in the house but couldn't find him anywhere. then i finally found him, in the toilet, meowing desperately with his forepaws clutching the seat trying to get out
awe what a lovely cat and good stories and we have a cat here who has water in his bowl but he rather drink out of a cup or we have to turn the tap on, let if run for a bit, turn it off and then he'll drink was is left in the sink, smiles.
this evening while watching tv our cat is outside and you hear a bang on the window and then his paw goes down the window and you can hear this noise and it makes me laugh each time he does it and its his way of letting us know he wants to come in and then if he wants to go out he scratchs on things.
oh, little lion, that cat was a gem among gems!
You were lucky to have each other!
yeah very true, smiles.
Yes, you can very well say that.
My cat is a constant source of entertainment. he's still a kitten, so he gets into all kinds of trouble, but I would have to say that the funniest thing that happened with him was a few months ago when I was looking for something to snack on in the fridge. I didn't find anything I wanted, so I closed the door. About a minute later, I started hearing very loud, distressed meows. Since someone had just opened the door to go outside, I thought maybe he sneaked out with them. So I started running around listening at the windows to see if I could pinpoint the sound and try to grab him. But then it occurred to me that maybe he had somehow slipped into the fridge. So I opened the door, and sure enough, there he was. he was sitting in the shelf on the door right next to the jug of milk. But even then, he didn't jump out. He had to be scooped up and held, and he started licking me furiously and purring.
He will also play fetch with me sometimes, but never with actual cat toys, of which he has plenty. He'll only bring stuff back if it's something like receipts or other pieces of paper, or in some cases, candy. My dad had a container full of cough drops sitting on the coffee table in our living room. Well, one night I came home to find cough drops strewn all over the house. Baxter was batting them around and, every 20 minutes or so, he would trot back into the living room to grab another one out of the bowl.
He's also somehow figured out how to open our snack cupboard, not sure how he worked that out lol, but I've never had any other cat who does that. And don't ever get between him and a piece of beef jerky. He stole an entire container of it from my sister's room, rolled it into my room, and deposited it in front of my chair as if to say, "now can I have some?" But before that, my sister's boyfriend gave him a piece for some stupid reason, and Baxter picked it up and started growling ferociously. That's weird enough, because he's normally a pretty friendly cat. But he never growls when he eats his food, in fact he usually purrs as loud as he can while doing that.
Oh, and one time we put a bag of his dry food on the counter. it was a new bag, unopened, and he jumped up there and tore it open himself. I forget what brand it is, but it apparently says on the back of the bag: "so good that if he could, he would open it himself." Or at least, I'm paraphrasing. Well, looks like it lived up to that quote!
hahahahahahahahahah yes cats can be very entertaining and very clever too, smiles.
At the cattery that I go and visit this cat went to the water bowl they have and instead of lapping it up with his tongue he put his paw in and was moving it back and forth and it looked like he was swimming, lol, smiles.
A month or two after I rescued my dog from the pound, I had left my purse on the ground. Hey, that rhymed. Well, my dog apparently found my purse because the next thing I know she's jumping on my lap and she has my wallet.
hahahahahahahahahahahaha clever dog but funny, smiles.
Today a cat was given a worm tablet and it ate it just like it would eat a cat biscuit which made me laugh, smiles.
Wow, those are so funny. My cat isn't much of a cuddler, but whenever the electric blankit comes out, she'll curl up with me, and start purring and needing. It's almost like she's saying, "it's about time you took out my blankit." That's the only time she'll lay in my lap. The rest of the time she'll just lay on the couch next to me.
awe cute, smiles.