Anyone else have a crazy pet?

[mrsjuleshs]

My mom's dog is afraid of EVERYTHING. The sound of paper or plastic rustling sends her running to her crate. It is hilarious when my mom is cutting out a pattern. As soon as the dog sees it she runs. Thunder, she is under the bed. My parents ended up getting one of those thundershirts for her to chill her out. Damn thing works too.

[exploding people]

Mine doesn't understand people on wheels - bicycles, rollerblades, etc. She kind of stares at them confusedly, and then tries to chase them.

She also hates the broom.


*edit: previously mis-posted in the other pet-related thread

[melmo1122]

My cat Mr Simon Meowell is afraid of the ceiling fan in my bedroom.

[Blue Moon]

My dog is terrified of himself. In the mirror.

[AllieHound]

My dog is scared of the popcorn popper. She's also afraid of H's electric razor.

I don't know that it's a fear- but if we let her have a bone in the house, she runs and hides it from us instead of chewing it. She'll chew it while we're gone, but as soon as we get home, she hides it again. If one of us should happen to find it (like the time she hid it under a towel in the bathroom)- she barks, grabs it, and stares you down until you leave the room so you can't see where she hides it. She doesn't seem to understand that we provide her with the damn bones. That said, if I want to annoy her, I'll find a bone and play with it- and she just gives me a sad, sad Basset Hound look, and goes and lays in another room until I'm done. Good times.

[Deleted]

I have two of them.
Our Great Dane doesn't understand that she is 100+ lbs and constantly tries to sit on our laps. She is the biggest suck ever.
Then there is our German shorthair pointer. Ugh. I love her to death, but lately she has become very sneaky. All she does is skulk around the house looking for shit to get into.

They are good dogs though.

[sugarplum]

Both of my cats are TERRIFIED of a Puss In Boots stuffed animal that we have. Like I will have the back of it facing them, I turn it around and with in seconds their ears are back, fur is spiked, and they start backing away. Puss is doing his "starting to cry" face and his eyes are really big, so it has something to do with that.

They also go crazy when they smell we are having french fries.

[margotmacomber]

My rotweiler is terrified of water unless it's in a water bowl.
He is afraid of flowers (like when they are delivered by the dozen)
He is afraid of brooms and vacuums.
He is afraid of bags.
He is afraid of boxes.
If you flap anything at him, like a blanket or something, he will cower and run for his life.
There are too many more things for me to even list. He's a weirdo. But his bark will scare the pants off of someone, so he earns his keep.

[megamous]

Lurker coming out. My dog Popeye is a Pit mix and has a deep bark that scares the neighbors. What they don't know is that he is the biggest scaredy dog and is likely hiding under the bed while barking.

[megamous]

Ignore the messy house in my picture. That was taken along time ago after a party!

[dcannie]

May 11, 2012 18:05:58 GMT -5 megamous said:

Lurker coming out. My dog Popeye is a Pit mix and has a deep bark that scares the neighbors. What they don't know is that he is the biggest scaredy dog and is likely hiding under the bed while barking.

this is our pit as well. she will bark and bark at new people and charge towards them. but she is trying to get in between their legs so that they can scratch her back/butt. unfortunately this comes off as trying to head butt their crotch.

[margotmacomber]

May 11, 2012 18:14:21 GMT -5 dcannie said:

May 11, 2012 18:05:58 GMT -5 megamous said:

Lurker coming out. My dog Popeye is a Pit mix and has a deep bark that scares the neighbors. What they don't know is that he is the biggest scaredy dog and is likely hiding under the bed while barking.

this is our pit as well. she will bark and bark at new people and charge towards them. but she is trying to get in between their legs so that they can scratch her back/butt. unfortunately this comes off as trying to head butt their crotch.

OMG my dog does the between the leg thing too. It freaks people out. They are terrified, and then perplexed, and then maybe toppling over.

[macmars45]

My cat is scared of vacuum cleaners. She hisses, her fur sticks straight up and then runs away.
She's a rescue and her previous owners abused her.

[megamous]

May 11, 2012 18:16:23 GMT -5 margotmacomber said:

May 11, 2012 18:14:21 GMT -5 dcannie said:

this is our pit as well. she will bark and bark at new people and charge towards them. but she is trying to get in between their legs so that they can scratch her back/butt. unfortunately this comes off as trying to head butt their crotch.

OMG my dog does the between the leg thing too. It freaks people out. They are terrified, and then perplexed, and then maybe toppling over.

I couldn't hold my dog back from the pizza guy yesterday. He got to him and started licking his shoes. I think the pizza guy was pretty nervous but when Popeye started the shoe licking, he got a lot more comfortable.

Popeye also likes to go for car rides. He doesn't care if he doesn't know the person well. He jumped into the plumber's van and was ready to go!

[dcannie]

May 11, 2012 18:16:23 GMT -5 margotmacomber said:

May 11, 2012 18:14:21 GMT -5 dcannie said:

this is our pit as well. she will bark and bark at new people and charge towards them. but she is trying to get in between their legs so that they can scratch her back/butt. unfortunately this comes off as trying to head butt their crotch.

OMG my dog does the between the leg thing too. It freaks people out. They are terrified, and then perplexed, and then maybe toppling over.

the more people resist the more persistent she is. and she's a pit, so her very large, block-like head can do some damage.

[margotmacomber]

May 11, 2012 18:18:36 GMT -5 dcannie said:

May 11, 2012 18:16:23 GMT -5 margotmacomber said:

OMG my dog does the between the leg thing too. It freaks people out. They are terrified, and then perplexed, and then maybe toppling over.

the more people resist the more persistent she is. and she's a pit, so her very large, block-like head can do some damage.

It's like the resistance increases the pleasure in direct proportion.

[adhdfashion]

My cat freaks out when the ice maker in the fridge dumps the new cubes into the holding bin. The sounds makes jump straight into the air every stinkin time. Its hilarious.

[pittsmcgee]

My pit mix charges and jumps, too. He's insane, but he just loves the shit out of new visitors.
He tries to tackle hug my 64 year old MIL all the time

[BlackCanary]

Mine is afraid of the vacuum cleaner. And she will bark at the slightest noise if she can't see where it is coming from. Though she will also bark at a noise if she sees us make it in front of her. Not the brightest of dogs...

She also will be surprised at her own farts.

[BlackCanary]

May 10, 2012 20:16:08 GMT -5 redheadbaker said:

::Lurker::

My dog is afraid of:
Open-backed stairs

Is it sad that I'm afraid of this? I'm afraid I'll trip and fall...I will literally freeze if I'm carrying something down open backed stairs and I can't move.

[mesjms]

Where do I start?
My JRT loves the pizza man. Whenever my husband gets his wallet out. she thinks the pizza man is coming and goes ballstic.
She has to have a different reward treat for each specific thing she does, pee, poop, being a good girl, after dinner treat.
Hates every thing that drives or walks in front of the house and has to raise hell.
Hates when I use the stove and hides behind the desk.
Loves her cat but hates every other living animal on the planet. Except for squirrels. Don't ask me why.
Knows what a Zerbert is.
Is there a thing called Doggie Xanax?

[squishy]

One of my dogs (a Valley Bulldog) is terrified of the vacuum cleaner. She will walk around it in a predator stance and then attack it like a cat does a mouse toy. She also watches television, whines when an animal comes on, and doubly so if it is a dog. She practically loses her mind when a Boxer is on television. She also loves riding in the front seat of the car, and will sit over there and nonchalantly watch people who drive by. Sometimes at home she will all of a sudden get a burst of energy and run all around the house at top speed (she is FAST, too). She'll do that for a few minutes, and then run back to wherever we are and lay back down as though nothing happened.

My other dog (a Labrador) is OCD about fetching, more so than any other Lab I've seen. If you call her over she will run get her bone or ball and come back with it. She'll set it on our laps and the couch if we are sitting there (I've had to teach her to put it back on floor with a command). When we take her to the dog park she will literally run herself sick if we let her (we don't).

I love my crazy dogs. So very much.

[squishy]

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