Strange things your pets do...

[Alien]

beowulf, that is a funny story.

 

[Jstpssng]

Sam, our Shepard mix pound dog - dearly loved but now gone had an endearing habit. We had a bunch of 3" dia ten foot long PVC drain pipes behind the barn. Sam once found that a squirrel was inside a section of the pipe and he chewed up both ends trying to get at it. All he managed to do was terrify the squirrel and make it squeak constantly. So finally he drug the pipe section up to the house (about 300 feet from where he found the pipe) and continued to swing that long pipe back and forth trying to get it out, stopping now and then to look pleadingly at me for help. I heard the squirrel and picked the pipe up vertically and pounded it on the ground until the squirrel popped out which he then caught. Well, after that, I assume he thought I was some sort of magician with the power to pop squirrels out of any pipe sections he brought to me. So he kept dragging pipe sections up into the yard for me to pop squirrels out of. I finally had to build a storage area for the pipe that he could not get to.

You win. There's no sense in posting any more stories, as I doubt that anything can top this one. :laughing:

 

[grsthegreat]

my wife once accidentally let the 2 golden retrievers watch her pick corn and she gave a few ears to the dogs that wernt very ripe. once they learnd that ears of corn were edible, they began ripping the ears off of the stalks. i had to put up a fence to keep them out of the garden. thanks hon...i needed one more jo9b around here.

 

[old and tired]

We had a golden retriever that learned to pick blackberries, with us... very carefully as to not get pricked!!!

 

[Dftodd]

Wow. My cat wants out also but hasn’t figured out that trick yet.

Cats are curious (but not so smart) pets. Once, I left the washer top open (top loading) to get some stuff. Came back and the cat is in the washer! He has also jumped behind the dryer.
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MoKelly

I accidently ran our siamese cat through a couple tumbles in the dryer. I was in a hurry while doing laundry.

Emptied the dryer into the basket, hauled it to the bedroom. Went back and switched the wash from the washer to the dryer. Spun the nob, hit start and heard Thump......... Thump.

Opened up the dryer and out stumbles a ticked off cat

 

[aczlan]

We had a golden retriever that learned to pick blackberries, with us... very carefully as to not get pricked!!!

Our golden retriever will pick and eat blackberries, red raspberries and strawberries if we let her.

Aaron Z

 

[MoKelly]

I accidently ran our siamese cat through a couple tumbles in the dryer. I was in a hurry while doing laundry.

Emptied the dryer into the basket, hauled it to the bedroom. Went back and switched the wash from the washer to the dryer. Spun the nob, hit start and heard Thump......... Thump.

Opened up the dryer and out stumbles a ticked off cat

OMG. I’m glad you realized something was wrong.

You would think that experience would teach the cat a lesson. But, I will bet the cat would go inside the dryer again if given the chance.

MoKelly

 

[beowulf]

You win. There's no sense in posting any more stories, as I doubt that anything can top this one. :laughing:

Thanks for your comment. It prompted me to think about Sam, and made me want to share what I posted on fb when Sam left us. It is not a 'strange' pet story, but does capture what our pets mean to us.

Sam
We remember the furry ball of energy
Bouncing around in a small cage at the shelter
Such an easy choice
He came home with us
And became our friend

It was a nice home
There were hills, and cows
A cat, and grass and adventures
With countless trees
And lots of squirrels, so many squirrels

He seemed happy in the role he fashioned
Knowing he was protecting his family
From pigs, coyotes, skunks, and more
And patrolling our air-space
Barking at passing crows and buzzards

Whether on foot or on the tractor
Howsoever long the journey
Sam would come along
Ever ready for any task
Knowing he was essential to the adventure

I often wondered what he was thinking
As he watched from some shady spot
As I spent hours on the tractor
Moving dirt or boulders or grading
He probably thought we were hunting squirrels

And I suppose he thought I did not really know much
About catching squirrels
Because he knew they lived in the pipes behind the barn
Which he would from time to time drag into the yard
So we could help him pop out a squirrel or two

Sam never judged
He never complained
He loved everyone unconditionally
He only wanted to be near us
And so he was - always near us

We had far the better bargain for it
But today
Sam is not resting in the shade
And is not watching the man on the tractor
Silently crying
As he prepares a final resting place for his friend
Near us

 

[MossRoad]

Our laundry is in the basement. We've had cats for years, and quickly learned they love the warm dryer and the freshly folded warm clothes. So we put a screen door on that half of the basement, and now the cats stand there and meow at us through the screen anytime we're doing laundry. :laughing:

 

[Dftodd]

OMG. I’m glad you realized something was wrong.

You would think that experience would teach the cat a lesson. But, I will bet the cat would go inside the dryer again if given the chance.

MoKelly

Thankfully it was just two rotations in the dryer and I had the door open. Sounded similar to a shoe being placed in the dryer and flopping around. I was starting another load in the washer so I was standing next to the dryer.

I knew the linens I put in there shouldn't be making that sound, so I was quick to inspect.