Let’s face it, dogs and cats are disgusting

[chestnutmarebeware]

They’re all disgusting. For so many reasons.

And yet cats and dogs alike are lounging around my house right now, doing disgusting things while I’m at work earning money to feed and clean up after them.

Two gross reasons that immediately come to mind are the dog breath after they’ve made a raid on the litter box (I can’t block them off because I have a neuro cat that can’t jump over a baby gate and small dogs that can fit through a cat door/gate opening); and a cat or dog that’s just had an attack of diarrhea somewhere and comes and jumps on my lap with a less-than-clean butt.

[Alex_and_Bodie_s_Mom]

My cat Maximus is obsessed with plastic bags. He chews on them constantly, and will find them even if they are (I think) out of reach.

He also LOVES to eat the plastic wrappers that certain hygiene products come in. He knows how to open the trash can (with the locking lid) to eat the wrappers. So embarrassing to have to take him to the vet and have those removed (usually whole) from his butt.

[evenstar]

Me quite often on our evening walks: Don’t eat that! That’s not food!

My dog every time: Pretty sure it was, mom.

[moonlitoaksranch]

Wow! Perhaps they would make good barn cats?

[moonlitoaksranch]

Great tip! Thanks.

[moonlitoaksranch]

Oh my! He’s lucky it hasn’t hurt him. Doesn’t he read the warnings on the plastic bags? Duh.

[BatCoach]

oh wow - that takes the cake. Have you no shame Maximus?

[moonlitoaksranch]

lol. That reminds me of the dog shaming sites. Those pictures are hilarious.

We made one of our spaniel, Maddie. She chewed up our son’s school book when he was in 1st grade. Our son was afraid his teacher wouldn’t believe him so I sent her a picture. We replaced the book.

[BatCoach]

its good that Maddie is learning to take accountability!

[endlessclimb]

What a cute, and guilty, face she’s got.

[CindyB59]

When we moved into our current house, we had all the carpet replaced. One of our cats found a string of the fiber and ate it. Roughly 2-3 ft. I heard him hacking and had to fight off our shepherd for the “prize”. I won.

Thank goodness the cat barfed it up.

[moonlitoaksranch]

Wow! That’s impressive.

[ASBJumper]

LOLOLOL…

My hubby is pretty immune to hairballs, puke and even diarrhea doesn’t really faze him anymore.

Wanna know why?

Because one of our cats has a… ermm… shall we say… a “squirting” problem.

If you’ve ever had a cat or dog with anal gland issues - you will know what i’m talking about. That delightfully potent juice that can sometimes make an unwanted appearance, either through scooting (which i was familiar with already), or… in Mr Nibbles’ case… when he gets over-stimulated/startled/excited.

Playing hide and seek with him in the cat tree and a feather wand? Better steer clear of his back door, he might squirt.
Pick him up on his back like a baby and let him play with the strings on your hoodie? Careful - he’s been known to projectile squirt, onto the underside of his tail, on your sleeve and sometimes even onto the floor/wall if his sphincter exerts enough force.

The smell is unholy. And has remarkable staying power. No other bodily fluid/function can compare.

You’re welcome - Happy Friday!!! lol

[foggybok]

great story and great story telling!’’

I remember when mt friend came to visit with her Golden. I went into the bathroom and noticed there was kitty litter in toilet. I wondered for a minute why that would be. Then it hit me. Beamer (the Golden) had decided to go get a snack (cat poop) and wash it down with a drink. Ah yes, they are disgusting creatures!

[Annie10]

Omg I just read the opening post and I’m freaking dying

[Annie10]

Has anyone else ever experienced their cat eating tinsel? Just me? Ok then.

[endlessclimb]

Zipper, my dog, has/had a squirting problem.

The most notable event:

We were at my mom’s lake house. Mom had a long baby gate over the opening from the kitchen to the TV room, because she had new carpet and didn’t want her senile old cocker spaniel peeing on it. Zipper was allowed on the new carpet because she is house broke.

We’re in the TV room, when guests arrive. Zipper gets up to bark at them (she’s aloof of strangers at first), gets up to the baby gate and tries to go through the bars/rungs and gets stuck.

PANIC.

She spewed anal gland EEEVVEERRYYwhere. The new carpet. The walls. The floors. The kitchen table. The windows. A couch. The heating vent.

Nothing says “welcome to the lake house” like the delightful smell of anal gland. It took me hours to clean it all up.

[ReSomething]

ROFLMAO! Oh lord I am glad I wasn’t there, lol.

Makes a great story, though I’m sure you didn’t think so at the time!

[endlessclimb]

It was instantaneous retching from all. A good bonding experience.

[ThreeWishes]

My American bulldog Josephine has a knack for finding wild animal feces … perhaps oppossum or raccoon… who knows? Bonus points because she is nearly white and does it 5 minutes before you have to leave for something important. Dressed well. Cue the bath. Cue me pissed off. Cue her soooo satisfied she stinks.