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nanna8 Sat 18-Oct-25 10:26:54

This sounds a bit crude but last week there were 2 very small neat turds in our downstairs loo. I asked my husband if he was responsible for not flushing. We realised it was one of our cats, the same one that can open the back sliding door unless we lock it. Unfortunately it was just a one off, back to the litter tray now.

escaped Sat 18-Oct-25 10:17:18

Tizliz

escaped

My retriever opens closed doors. He bats the handle down with his paw, then pulls the door towards him and goes out. It's fine at the back of the house into the garden, but we had to change the swivel thumb turn lock on the front door because he mastered that one too.
He has also broken three cat flaps poking his head through.

If only they could learn to close the door after themselves.

😂

Babs03 Sat 18-Oct-25 10:04:44

We had a Scottish terrier who was daft as a brush, he was terrified of cats but would bark at them furiously from behind the fence but if one ventured into the garden he ran whimpering to the back door where he would scratch madly to be let in.
He would also get his snout stuck between the slats of the fence so that we had to go round the other side and gently release it.
When we weren’t there to do this neighbours would know to push his snout gently back in.
Silly dog 🤣

Tizliz Sat 18-Oct-25 10:03:50

escaped

My retriever opens closed doors. He bats the handle down with his paw, then pulls the door towards him and goes out. It's fine at the back of the house into the garden, but we had to change the swivel thumb turn lock on the front door because he mastered that one too.
He has also broken three cat flaps poking his head through.

If only they could learn to close the door after themselves.

escaped Sat 18-Oct-25 09:54:12

My retriever opens closed doors. He bats the handle down with his paw, then pulls the door towards him and goes out. It's fine at the back of the house into the garden, but we had to change the swivel thumb turn lock on the front door because he mastered that one too.
He has also broken three cat flaps poking his head through.

Sarnia Sat 18-Oct-25 09:27:44

One of my GD's taught her rabbit to pray. She would sit him on his haunches on her lap and told him "Say your prayers, Bob", whereupon this daft rabbit would slap his front paws together. Sadly, Bob can pray all day now as he is in that great warren in the sky. I often wondered what Simon Cowell would have made of Bob. He likes animal acts.

TheWeirdoAgain60 Sat 18-Oct-25 09:01:42

I'm laughing at various hilarious animal antics here!

Years ago, I used to have 2 pet corn snakes named Beady, because of her beautiful little eyes and Sparkle, because of her glorious scales.

Every night, Beady insisted on lying on my lap for a gentle all-over massage and wouldn't get off until I'd done her from to-to-toe!

She was so lovely and would lie around my neck and press her little face against mine!

Sparkle just liked a gentle head massage!

Flippinheck Sat 18-Oct-25 08:31:58

My cat is a little thief. Leave your doors or windows open at your peril. He has brought home socks, half eaten sandwiches, a steak slice, a warm sausage roll and a chicken leg, among other things. He never attempts to eat any of this but finds me and deposits them at my feet. He is so puffed up and proud of his offerings.

Elless Fri 17-Oct-25 10:28:42

Our cat literally says 'hello' when you let her in the door or if she wants something but I just can't manage to catch the recording on my phone. What makes it funnier is she is a 'scouse cat' and she definitely has the accent 😂

Magenta8 Fri 17-Oct-25 07:39:51

To lighten the gloom of impending winter and the depressing world news, I am inviting GNs to share stories and pictures of the animals who share and enrich their lives.

I was at a house party once and the host told me that their cat had learned to use the loo. I was intrigued so when the host called me upstairs to witness the cat using the loo I dashed up but I was too late as the cat had finished and I just saw her jumping down. There was, however, solid proof that the cat had indeed used to loo.

I expressed my surprise and admiration and the host shrugged it off and said "The cat never thinks to flush when she's finished."