PET QUIRKS

(July, 2023) Reddit asked “What is your pet’s pet peeve?” Some of the responses:
– “My old dog will not eat his food without ‘sprinkles’ You have to say ‘Oooh! Sprinkles!’ enthusiastically and he has to witness the sprinkling. ‘Sprinkles’ can be Parmesan cheese, treat crumbs, even torn up lettuce. He will sit next to a full bowl and glare at me if there are no sprinkles.”
– “Our dog doesn’t have the same dog food twice in a row. You need to give him food A, then later on food B, and if he’s still hungry it needs to be a blend of A and B.”
– “My dog hates Steve Harvey and she loses her mind if she hears Family Feud. At first, I thought it was kinda hilarious. But very quickly it became clear Steve Harvey’s mere presence causes her serious turmoil.” (* This one is totally understandable.)
– “My horse LOVES getting baths, but she absolutely HATES the feeling of water dripping off of her stomach. I have to scrape the water off quickly and then set her up with two industrial fans just to keep her happy.” (* The hard part is getting the horse to sit down in the bathtub.)
– “My dog will stop walking if I walk past him and will refuse to walk til I let him pass and go ahead of me again.”
– “My cat will hiss and growl if you dance and sing near him. He hates seeing people happy I guess.”
– “My cat likes his bed to be angled towards the tv, and if it’s moved he won’t get in it again until he’s pulled it how he likes it.”
– “My cat screams for beet juice.”
– “If you don’t give my dog a long enough belly rub she throws a tantrum. If you laugh at her tantrum she runs off, drags your pillow to you and humps it as an act of revenge.”
– “My boxer refuses to sleep on the left hand side of the couch, or on the left hand armchair, or on the left hand side of my bed.”
– “The patio got painted brown and it was brown before but this is a very slightly darker brown and now she barks at it when she sees it because the color’s wrong.”
* These can all be fixed with food. You realize that, right?
* PHONE TOPIC: Does your pet have a weird quirk?