The pets thread aka my house smells of cat/dog/other piss

My Golden retriever got one once(and only one) and a part of it got stuck in his back.
Couldn't use his back legs then had to be shaved to get the bit out. Took about 2 days to fully recover but he was more annoyed at having a shirt put on him so he couldn't try and lick it or scratch anything.

My lab now insists on waking me up every morning at around 5am by licking my hand. If she can't reach she jumps on the bed and sits on me.

Happy she's lost weight this year!

Now listen you little shits while grandpa Wilma tells you how it was back then during the war.

Leave her to it. Strongest one will come out on top.

Apparently they go through a few phases with reflections.

Early on: "who the fuck is that!? Oi!"

Later: "that other dog is boring and doesn't smell of anything, I'll keep an eye on it just in case"

Eventually: "that dog don't exist, I refuse to even acknowledge it"

And then the final phase is when they use the mirror to keep an eye on you.

The funny thing is they can occasionally go back to square one with a new mirror sometimes, or if they find a new type of reflective surface around the house that they didn't know about before.

I really want a dog FFS. Fuck life sometimes.

He's a cavapoo as well isn't he? Regular grooming is definitely the way to go. That they don't shed they can easily start stinking and develop hot spots too which is fucking awful.

That sounds like a very selfless act. Purely for the good of the dog.

Maybe its the hot weather or something but our house cat has been staging a week long dirty protest where she shits on the floor beside her litter tray this week. Changing litter and completely cleaning the whole tray doesn’t seem to have made any difference.

Wife insists its because she wants to do it outside.

Son has been particularly in her face and rough with her all week too since its half term so I think maybe stress is a factor.

I’m sick of scrubbing the floor.

Sorry, missed this. Seems that is the answer - he's not a fan though as my mum couldn't do it, so he was never groomed as a pup. We'll keep trying...

We had that with her food for a bit awhile ago. She would ignore her water in the kitchen but drink from the toilet and any drips left in the shower so we moved a water dish up there and the food followed not long after.

My girl Lola that I've mentioned in here in the past that went blind last year has started to pee on the carpet and not in the tray. She's had two eye bleeding attacks in the last 7 months and usually after having one she is a bit of a mess and forgets layout of the house for a while (think they're like us having a bad migraine). That's when the usually doesn't use tray and just goes wherever. But other week after her last incident she's recovered ok but hasn't been using tray.

I've tried all sorts from moving the tray to where her favourite spot on carpet is but she keeps going somewhere else. I've now resorted to having to put down puppy pads which is doing the trick and she's gone on only them so far. 3 down at a time in the places she's been.

Looks bloody unsightly though even if it is saving cleaning the carpet repeatedly.

We regularly seem to get a mouse or bird every morning now it's warmed up a bit, I hear the cat-flap go about 4-5am and I know what that means .....

Already getting too hot for the little one. They both want to go in the garden but as the refuse to sit in the shade I'm having to keep them in. Which pisses them off as I'm outside.

Don't even make use of the cooling mat I got them.

Our cats have always been pretty clean but then I choose not to look generally, even when they shove it in your face, so to speak, as the frequently do. Always assumed dogs were pretty similar.