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TorchTheWitch

(11,065 posts)
Sat Sep 7, 2013, 12:32 PM Sep 2013

The kooky things pets do

For the last several months Yoshi has been playing a new mischievous game that I call Chow Time Mommy Bomb. I keep his food bag in the basement since a) it doesn't fit in any cabinet and there are no closets downstairs (imagine building a house without a downstairs closet!), and b) he's a bit scared of the basement and won't go down there without me, so I know he won't be cleverly opening the door and going down there to eat up all his food (there is no door, cabinet, drawer, etc. that he can't foil though I did figure out how to keep him from inviting himself into the fridge). The food bag sits on top of my toolbox in case the floor gets wet somehow (though this basement has never leaked a drop, I like to be cautious) right at the bottom of the steps. Of course, this makes getting into the toolbox a bit of a pain which should explain why it's mostly empty and the tools live in several kitchen drawers. If this sounds really weird to you then you have never lived with an Akita... damned clever mischievous buggers they are.

This new game he's made up recently involves me going down to the basement with his food bowl (so he knows it's chow time) and him quickly grabbing the nearest toys and throwing them at me from the top of the steps as fast as he can to get as many toy bombs at me before I get back upstairs with the chow. This is also why I often end up bringing up a bowl of chow-and-toy for his supper though why he wants to throw his toys in his food bowl is beyond me. He only used to drop a toy into his food bowl after he was finished eating. No idea what that's all about or why he feels the need to surround the empty bowl with several other toys from the toy pile. I guess he thinks his toys guard the chow bowl and keep it in it's customary place waiting to be filled twice a day when he's not paying attention.

I confess I've modified the game somewhat in that since I know the second I start descending the steps toys are going to be lobbed at me, I started grabbing them up and bombing him back. I naively thought that this would make him decide that this game is not such fun after all, but now he likes it even better... probably because he's way faster than I am at dodging the toy bombs. I've yet to get him even once while he's usually able to get in about two accurate lobs at me. But he cheats. Of course, he cheats in all the games we play, but he REALLY cheats at this one since he usually gets me when I'm on the steps either going down or coming up with nowhere to hide while he dodges and runs from the doorway when I'm about to let fly with one of the toys that just bounced off my bum. Then, of course, having successfully dodged one of my missiles, he has to come sneaking back and peak around the door to see if I'm about to let fly with another one or if he can get another one pitched at me.

I'm becoming hard pressed to think of any mundane normal every day thing I do that he hasn't made some kind of game of. Can't make the bed without the Make the Bed game, can't do the dishes without him playing the Dirty Dishes game, can't take out the garbage without the Take out the Trash game, can't do the vacuuming without him playing with Mr. Scary Vacuumer, can't take a shower or a bath without all kinds of mischievous games (and I'm REALLY not fond of Steal the Towel game in the winter! Brrrr!), can't lay in bed with a book without him playing Dig Under the Covers and Tickle Mommy's Toes Till She Pees game... how boring chores would be without a kooky pet.

So... what kooky things do your pets do?


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The kooky things pets do (Original Post) TorchTheWitch Sep 2013 OP
Nothing narnian60 Sep 2013 #1
He's got you trained well. hobbit709 Sep 2013 #2
Hilarious. I love the Curmudgeoness Sep 2013 #3
Only one of my dog (Robbie) has a toy fetish and it is all about BALLS! Walk away Sep 2013 #4
just CitizenLeft Sep 2013 #5

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
3. Hilarious. I love the
Sat Sep 7, 2013, 09:35 PM
Sep 2013

Tickle Mommy's Toes Till She Pees game. Well, I love it because it is funny....and I don't have to sleep with you.

I have a cat, so the games are not as obvious as with a dog....but there are games none the less. There is the It's Time For Bed And Dinner NOW game, where he walks on my computer, rubs against me, and sticks his butt in my face until I get up (how can he tell time so well?) And there is the Gather All The Toys And Stack Them Beside The Bed game, which is just funny, except for the time that he caught a mouse....I have to toss the toys all over the house so he will play with them, stacking them beside the bed again. Then there is the Jump Onto The Screen Door So That It Opens And I Can Get Outside game. The back screen door doesn't have a latch, so he can get it open, although it does slam shut quickly so he has had to learn to be really fast....and since he is an indoor cat, he is not "supposed" to do this.

But I have a game or two of my own, like putting a hook on that screen door so that he gets a shock when the door doesn't pop open. Unfortunately, I have a guilt complex about that whenever I see him bounce off the door.

Yoshi sounds like he is fun to be around.

Walk away

(9,494 posts)
4. Only one of my dog (Robbie) has a toy fetish and it is all about BALLS!
Sun Sep 8, 2013, 01:37 PM
Sep 2013

He will not go out the back door unless I toss one of his hundreds of tennies out the door first. The only exception is Monday night and Tuesday morning. I pick up all of the balls on Monday afternoon and they all stay in their basket until the landscaper finishes mowing and blowing. All I have to do is say "Pete's coming...no ballies!" And he accepts being tennie free until noon on Tuesdays.

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