Psycho-Babble Social Thread 14019

Shown: posts 1 to 17 of 17. This is the beginning of the thread.

 

sTOOPID pET tRICKS

Posted by Phil on November 17, 2001, at 10:23:47

My friend has a Border Collie less than 2 years old. This dog will watch Animal Planet for 3 hours straight. She has her favorite shows and is intently interested and interactive. If a bird is photographed at close range, Little Girl will be trying to jump thru the screen. I have never seen a dog do this. Has anyone else?
My cats only trick is trying to trip me on the way down the stairs.

Anyone have some good stories?

Thanks,
Phil

 

Re: sTOOPID pET tRICKS

Posted by robinibor on November 17, 2001, at 14:20:41

In reply to sTOOPID pET tRICKS, posted by Phil on November 17, 2001, at 10:23:47

> My friend has a Border Collie less than 2 years old. This dog will watch Animal Planet for 3 hours straight. She has her favorite shows and is intently interested and interactive. If a bird is photographed at close range, Little Girl will be trying to jump thru the screen. I have never seen a dog do this. Has anyone else?
> My cats only trick is trying to trip me on the way down the stairs.
>
> Anyone have some good stories?
>
> Thanks,
> Phil

We have a chocolate standard poodle, totally unclipped and looking like a brown lamb. He takes every pillow and blanket-type item from the house out of the doggie-door and makes himself a bed in the road outside. Luckily we are on a dead-end street and everyone knows his routine, but it's really funny seeing him there with his head resting on a pillow. He is also just under two years old.
Whoever thought up dogs did a wonderful thing.
Robin

 

Re: sTOOPID pET tRICKS and bee havior

Posted by susan C on November 17, 2001, at 19:04:53

In reply to Re: sTOOPID pET tRICKS, posted by robinibor on November 17, 2001, at 14:20:41

We have adopted two outdoor cats. One summer husband was painting sealant on roof (we live in a singlewide with a metal roof) that needs 24 hours to dry, it is a latex paint like product...the cats can walk the fence and often we hear them racing across the roof...well, that night I hear a thump thump, bump.... .... .... then a plaintive meeeeerooow at the door...I look out and there is the gray one with white on his tail, AND, wait, one hip. He had slipped~and did not complain about being brought in and washed...i had to scrub the kitty prints off the deck too...

The second one is an inbred calico. We finally stored repair materials off the deck (1976 manufactured homes need repair)...and I took that opportunity to rearrange things...I moved the location of their food and water...that little cat kept going to the old place for over two weeks...meow, meow...looking real confused when i put the food six feet away...

mouse with two cats
susan C

 

Re: sTOOPID pET tRICKS and bee havior

Posted by paxvox on November 17, 2001, at 20:03:54

In reply to Re: sTOOPID pET tRICKS and bee havior, posted by susan C on November 17, 2001, at 19:04:53

"One summer husband"

So, Mouse, you have a husband for every season? How's that work out? Must be a West Coast thang.


PAXIST

 

Re: sTOOPID pET tRICKS

Posted by tina on November 17, 2001, at 21:57:19

In reply to sTOOPID pET tRICKS, posted by Phil on November 17, 2001, at 10:23:47

My dog stares at herself in the mirror. She will stand for hours just looking, not moving. It's creepy.
She also loves to build snow mountains on her nose in the winter. She'll see the snow, go crazy and push it with her nose until there is a huge pile on it and then stand up straight like she's proud of herself and will await praise. It's hilarious.


> My friend has a Border Collie less than 2 years old. This dog will watch Animal Planet for 3 hours straight. She has her favorite shows and is intently interested and interactive. If a bird is photographed at close range, Little Girl will be trying to jump thru the screen. I have never seen a dog do this. Has anyone else?
> My cats only trick is trying to trip me on the way down the stairs.
>
> Anyone have some good stories?
>
> Thanks,
> Phil

 

Dogs Rule!!! (nm)

Posted by Mair on November 17, 2001, at 22:40:39

In reply to Re: sTOOPID pET tRICKS, posted by tina on November 17, 2001, at 21:57:19

 

Re: sTOOPID pET tRICKS

Posted by Kristi on November 17, 2001, at 23:55:48

In reply to Re: sTOOPID pET tRICKS, posted by tina on November 17, 2001, at 21:57:19


I used to have a calico cat..... she was my best friend. Acted a lot like a dog. When I would come home from work she would be inside the door standing on her hind legs and meow.... then I would pick her up and sit with her for a sec on the couch. We did that routine everyday.
The cutest things she would do: No matter what part of the room or house she was in... if I said "corky.. watch t.v" she would run to the front of the T.V and look at it. Was so adorable.


> My dog stares at herself in the mirror. She will stand for hours just looking, not moving. It's creepy.
> She also loves to build snow mountains on her nose in the winter. She'll see the snow, go crazy and push it with her nose until there is a huge pile on it and then stand up straight like she's proud of herself and will await praise. It's hilarious.
>
>
> > My friend has a Border Collie less than 2 years old. This dog will watch Animal Planet for 3 hours straight. She has her favorite shows and is intently interested and interactive. If a bird is photographed at close range, Little Girl will be trying to jump thru the screen. I have never seen a dog do this. Has anyone else?
> > My cats only trick is trying to trip me on the way down the stairs.
> >
> > Anyone have some good stories?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Phil

 

Re: sTOOPID pET tRICKS

Posted by Phil on November 18, 2001, at 7:28:18

In reply to Re: sTOOPID pET tRICKS, posted by tina on November 17, 2001, at 21:57:19

> My dog stares at herself in the mirror. She will stand for hours just looking, not moving. It's creepy.
> She also loves to build snow mountains on her nose in the winter. She'll see the snow, go crazy and push it with her nose until there is a huge pile on it and then stand up straight like she's proud of herself and will await praise. It's hilarious.
> >
T
That mirror thing is kind if freaky.
In the DSM-IV fer pets I think on page 2337 it has a small paragraph about narcissitic snow-nose disorder. Too bad you can't post a pic of that. What kind of dog is it?
P
>

 

Re: sTOOPID pET tRICKS Robin

Posted by Phil on November 18, 2001, at 7:33:13

In reply to Re: sTOOPID pET tRICKS, posted by robinibor on November 17, 2001, at 14:20:41

> We have a chocolate standard poodle, totally unclipped and looking like a brown lamb. He takes every pillow and blanket-type item from the house out of the doggie-door and makes himself a bed in the road outside. Luckily we are on a dead-end street and everyone knows his routine, but it's really funny seeing him there with his head resting on a pillow. He is also just under two years old.
> Whoever thought up dogs did a wonderful thing.
> Robin

> >I agree. You think your dog was homeless at some point or just likes camping. God, that's funny!

 

Re: sTOOPID pET tRICKS

Posted by shelliR on November 18, 2001, at 9:43:57

In reply to Re: sTOOPID pET tRICKS Robin, posted by Phil on November 18, 2001, at 7:33:13

This thread has really left me laughing. You guys have great pets.

I have the cat litter in my upstairs bathroom and almost always when I sit down to pee, my cat joins me and pees in her litter box. It's an odd type of sharing, and probably inappropriate for the Letterman show.

Shelli

 

Re: sTOOPID pET tRICKS

Posted by susan C on November 18, 2001, at 11:45:20

In reply to Re: sTOOPID pET tRICKS, posted by shelliR on November 18, 2001, at 9:43:57

most of you know by now, that i used to sell cars. At one small dealership I worked at, somehow the owner was convinced he needed to get a resident cat...that is another story.

So, here is the cat. We have divided up the responsibilities, and I am in charge of the litter box. ahhhh, lets face it sometimes you just forget...but this was a big cat and he used it quite regularly...one afternoon, after, oh, three days of non attention to his box, I am in the middle of demonstrating a car...and he jumps up on the roof, walks in and out of the open door, meowing LOUDLY and completlely disrupts the process...I follow him, he takes me upstairs and pointedly looks at his box...Talk about training people.

mouse with a cat history
susan C

 

Re: sTOOPID pET tRICKS

Posted by Mair on November 18, 2001, at 20:03:49

In reply to Re: sTOOPID pET tRICKS, posted by susan C on November 18, 2001, at 11:45:20

> I have a dog, a golden retriever, who will periodically and very spontaneously start galloping in tight circles around the yard, usually taking out part of a flower bed in the process. It's amusing because most of the time he's very sedentary and this occurs without warning or cause and seemingly without purpose. It's as if he has pent up energy that he must instantly dissipate in a short burst.

Mair

 

SP Tricks -- Good question, Phil

Posted by Shar on November 18, 2001, at 20:18:45

In reply to Re: sTOOPID pET tRICKS, posted by susan C on November 18, 2001, at 11:45:20

My dogs, Shadow and Lamar, turned me on to their favorite web site. I love it.

http://kyliedog.com/psychic/index.htm (Kylie's Psychic Puppy Network).

My dogs are both used dogs, that is, I got them when they were adults. Both had been in horrible circumstances. Shadow is a black lab, and Lamar is a full-size, tri-color, rough coat collie. I am currently fostering their cousin, Goblet, also a used dog.

There are a LOT of eccentricities to get used to at my house!!! If it doesn't upset me, it will undoubtedly upset one of the dogs!!

But, puppy treats solve 3/4 of the upsets ... I am trying to learn to live that simply.

Shar

 

Re: sTOOPID pET tRICKS

Posted by Phil on November 19, 2001, at 6:27:39

In reply to Re: sTOOPID pET tRICKS, posted by Mair on November 18, 2001, at 20:03:49

> > I used to have a Border Collie/Blue Heeler mix and was watering the back yard(when I had a house:-)) My dog, JT, would bite the water as it was coming out of the hose. He would be 'biting' fast and furious..it was hilarious. I watered a lot.

Phil

 

Re: sTOOPID pET tRICKS

Posted by Adam on November 21, 2001, at 9:48:49

In reply to sTOOPID pET tRICKS, posted by Phil on November 17, 2001, at 10:23:47

My cat is a little neurotic. I don't know why, since I think I did a decent job raising him, but it's clear once you get to know him.

For one thing, he both hates and adores certain plastic bags. Especially those crinkly, stiff plastic bags you get at the supermarket. I'll come home with the groceries, and he's nowhere to be found. It's the noise, you see. The crinkly-crackly sound of the bags being rummaged through or crushed fills him with sheer terror. You've never seen a cat run so fast. I must confess, for fun, I sometimes wait until he's well in the room, and then I'll grab one of those bags and crush it violently in my hands. He's gone, he's vapor, he doesn't stop until he is as far away as possible from the source of the offensive noise. I know it's kind of mean, but it's just so funny, and he seems to recover quickly enough.

Well, there's a flip side to the bag thing, as I mentioned. I think he has some kind of unnatural love for those shopping bags, when they are silent and inert. Leave one sitting on the floor, and he will immediately stroll up and start licking it. And licking it. I'll be damned if I can figure out what it is that he gets out of licking these bags, sometimes for upwards of an hour. I guess there must be something about their smell, or a coating maybe, that he can't resist. He will even tolerate the tiny, crinkly noises he makes when he laps away at some Star Market bag with almost obscene determination. I grab the very same bag and crush it, and he's a supersonic bolt flying out of the room. Leave it be and it's a magnetic cat lick. I'm still mystified.

> My friend has a Border Collie less than 2 years old. This dog will watch Animal Planet for 3 hours straight. She has her favorite shows and is intently interested and interactive. If a bird is photographed at close range, Little Girl will be trying to jump thru the screen. I have never seen a dog do this. Has anyone else?
> My cats only trick is trying to trip me on the way down the stairs.
>
> Anyone have some good stories?
>
> Thanks,
> Phil

 

Re: sTOOPID pET tRICKS Adam

Posted by Phil on November 23, 2001, at 8:48:18

In reply to Re: sTOOPID pET tRICKS, posted by Adam on November 21, 2001, at 9:48:49

Man, animals can be weird. Wonder if it's the texture of the bag? One of those mysteries of the universe.

 

Re: sTOOPID pET tRICKS

Posted by Ted on November 26, 2001, at 12:21:48

In reply to sTOOPID pET tRICKS, posted by Phil on November 17, 2001, at 10:23:47

I have two cats, Dusty (grey medium-length hair female) and InkSpot (or just Spot, solid black shorthair male). Both are about 13 years old, but they *HATE* each other because they were adopted separately (Spot was trapped as a stray). We try to keep both cats indoors, but occasionally one will escape for a couple of hours.

Spot thinks he is a dog. He growls whenever someone walks up the driveway. He carefully looks around the sofa when we open the door. Then, when he decides it is safe, he runs out purring and makes a nuisance of himself being too affectionate. If friends come over, he knows them and doesn't growl, but he will leave the room, then come back regularly to check up on the guests and get a good butt scratching. Spot loves to go through the door, in or out, "just because he can". What is funny, though, is he will beg to go out and escape if the door opens for just an instant. But he never goes more than 5 meters from the door and he comes in to use the litter box -- he likes it better than the great outdoors. :-( We have lots of cat toys, but Spot prefers my 6-year-old son's toys best -- they share -- it's so cute.

Dusty is a real bitch of a cat -- foul tempered. But she has some *really strange* behavior. Dusty dislikes all wet cat food except tuna; she prefers dry crunchies. Dusty LOVES chopped cabbage, and will beg for it whenever she can. We always give her some for dinner if we are having it. Dusty never drinks from her water dish unless she really has too; she prefers the shower. She will get into the shower with the water running to get a drink, getting soaked in the process. Dusty is turned on by the smell of chlorine bleach. When we spray cleaner on the inside of the shower, and close the shower doors to keep the cats out, Dusty rolls around on the floor of the bathroom, purring wildly, for up to an hour. It's crazy.

I won't even describe what laser pointer make these cats do.... :-)

Ted


This is the end of the thread.


Show another thread

URL of post in thread:


Psycho-Babble Social | Extras | FAQ


[dr. bob] Dr. Bob is Robert Hsiung, MD, bob@dr-bob.org

Script revised: February 4, 2008
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/cgi-bin/pb/mget.pl
Copyright 2006-17 Robert Hsiung.
Owned and operated by Dr. Bob LLC and not the University of Chicago.