Goofy pet quirks

[Shadowspider]

All of our pets have their cute, silly, crazy and sometimes annoying things they like to do... what does your pet do that makes you just have to stop, chuckle and shake your head?

My husband's meezer, Siam, is a "skirt chaser". He loves to follow me around the house whenever I'm wearing a dress and jump at my legs. He *only* does it when I'm wearing a dress. I'm not safe in my own kitchen because he'll sneak up behind me and pounce.
I've told Mike about his antics but he's never seen them... until tonight.

I was in the kitchen serving up dinner and sure enough, there is Siam, jumping at my legs, trying to get a hold of my dress. So as I'm going back and forth in the kitchen, I'm watching him, watching me. I start walking in circles, so does he... I start heading into the living room, he follows... I start walking faster, so does he.
I make it into the living room and start running in circles with him jumping wilding at my dress!
Mike and the kids just about died laughing...goofy cat!

[Jay_Bunny]

I have to walk down a set of stairs to get to my room (the basement) and any time I walk through the door, my youngest cat Tyran will meet me at the door, meow, rub the wall, then follow me down the stairs. She will then walk out in front of me, collapse to the floor, roll over and meow at me to come rub her tummy.

Both of my cats have also learned that when they hear the alarm clock go off, they know its time to jump up in bed and rub the heck out of my hands and feet to get me out of bed. They've got me trained!

[Freakie_frog]

My cat won't eat canned food unless you warm it in the microwave for a couple of seconds.

[SarahMB]

Cats are so darn funny. One of mine, Mona Lisa, likes to hide under our skirts (my daughter and I both like wearing ankle length skirts).

Lizzie Borden, my Turkish Van, LOVES sticking her head in running water. Cracks me up every time. If someone drops a wet towel on the floor, she loves to roll all over it. And she begs for ice cubes if I'm near the fridge.

Zane, who died in January, used to play tag with me. He was really good at it, too. I miss him!

[Ginevive]

lol! A skirt chaser..!
Inky, our black cat, loves nuzzling my ankles when I get out of the shower with a towel on. This way, his black hairs stick all over my ankles, making me look like I have not shaved in two years. The little brat!

[Kristy]

Zoey my Shar pei mix is nutty. She is the most vocal dog I have ever seen. She literally sounds like Chewbacca. She has different sounds when she is mad, happy, and all sorts of other doggy emotions. She is really weird, but its hilarious. I will have to video tape her antics one day, especially when she is really happy.


Zab my black lab will come up and lick your face raw. He loves to give kisses. It only drives me nuts when its at 5 am and he is trying to wake me up.

Other than that, both of their gas

[tigerlily]

My cat used to help with catching bugs. I could hold her above my head to get closer to the offending fly pest, and WHAP it was a snack. (I gave up asking the husband to get it... )

Sarah, I'd love a cat that play tag. How cute!

[Ironhead]

My daughters cat "Butters" likes to play fetch with the ring that comes off of a gallon milk jug. He will bring it up to you and lay it on your lap and wait for you to throw it so he can bring it back to you. Has done this since he was a kitten and is now 2 years old.

My friends cat scoops up her cat food with her paw and eats it out of her paw. Never takes it out with her mouth from the bowl the food is in.

[python.princess]

my dog, nevaeh has a bad case of insane jealousy. if she sees us pet the cat, she runs right over and starts nudging us with her nose until we pet her too. if we tell her to go lay down, she does but she keeps watching and as soon as gypsy comes near her she snarls and snaps!

gypsy is our wasp hunter. we live in an apartment with a closed in front and back porch. a lot of times we keep our front porch door open to let a breeze in. the porch just happens to have a nests of wasps in the walls. since gypsy's been old enough to pounce, we haven't had to worry about them. she's always liked the porch but i thought she just like watching the traffic go by. then i saw her stalk an injured wasp across the living room floor! good girl!

[Argentra]

Well, my current assortment of animals isn't too cooky...but I've had some really weird animals in the past.

Misty, my old long-haired Russian Blue, loved to sleep in shoes (and I mean IN), sniffed coffee, and adored Arby's Roast Beef.

Gizmo, my mom's black and white cat, would "talk" while she ate. She growled to keep the other cats and people away from her, and it sounded like talking...or something off a Halloween tape.

Ophelia, my Turkish Angora, was also a 'play fetch' cat. She claimed one of my fake pearl necklaces and would love bringing it to us and leaping after it to drag it back for more.

Tangerine, my ex-husbands' female orange tabby, was the cat-dog. She meowed every time someone called her by name, came instantly when called, and loved everyone and anyone. The only feline thing she did was to be a 'rug cat' - i.e. she would zip across the room at high speed and end up a pair of eyes and a nose under the rug (or jeans, or towel...anything laying around, really).

But the master of weird behavior was my first cat, Pippin. He was a grey tabby with the brain of a fish...he was so stupid it was hilarious. He regularly missed jumps of only a few feet, and would return to my father seconds after having been thrown into a snowdrift by him. The best thing, though, was when he was chasing a bird around the backyard. Tired of hopping around in the grass, it flew up onto a fence post, so Pippin followed it. When it had had enough, and saw the cat jumping up for it, the bird took off for the skies...and Pippin followed it with a graceful leap that landed him in the compost pile.