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AIBU?

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If pets were on 'Am I being unreasonable?'

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AmbiguousAlex · 15/09/2019 20:30

I'm unable to understand why more of my dog treats haven't been bought and also why I haven't been the only one who has had them. I mean they're made for dogs so that means they're only for dogs, right? No other animals like Syrian hamsters for example can have them? I've had none since the beginning of this week, I've tried multiple times to let my owner know that I'd like some only to be shown an empty plastic Chinese takeaway carton more times than I can count and I'm beginning to get so fed up to the point where I'm just randomly going into the bedroom a few times per day to argue and throw my weight around.

Things blew up this evening though! I immediately sat down near the two Syrian hamster cages after I had barged in and before I knew I was in the midst of a breakdown. All I can remember was staring at my owner right in the eyes whilst shaking and letting out a continuous growl that got louder and louder to the point where I thought there was a bloomin' earthquake happening. All I wanted was to desperately get the attention of my horrible owner so that they could open the cage door and get the small bit of treat that was left so I could get my meaty fix.

So, was I being unreasonable to have a massive tantrum over my dog treats tonight? Please let me know. 🐶

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Racmactac · 15/09/2019 20:33

My dog would say my owner spent hours shovelling top soil into borders and planting bulbs but is getting cross with me because I keep digging them up.

Aaarrrrgggghhhh

TwattingDog · 15/09/2019 20:34

OMG hun, I know what you mean! My DM has eaten her dinner - which included bacon - and didn't even give me a taste! I mean WTF?!

I'm going to whine at the door for the next hour so she has to keep taking me in and out as she's worried about the squits I have today, and she doesn't want me pooping on the rug.

I might have a grumble at the cat too - that seems to wind her up.

FenellaVelour · 15/09/2019 20:39

I know exactly how you feel. AIBU for making constant creaky meowing noises because I haven’t had my supper yet and dinner was a whole 35 minutes ago now. I swear they want me to waste away to nothing.

YoTheGinPussyOfStMawesOnThigh · 15/09/2019 20:40

Our human is bloody cruel to us. We know she has got a big pot of Dreamies in the kitchen but she won’t leave the lid off. Rations us to five a day or six on Sundays. She also WILL NOT feed us on demand, at 4.30am and hides under the bedclothes from us. WTAF, we love her and purr lots, why does she not reciprocate.

FairyDogMother11 · 15/09/2019 20:46

My DF made me have a wash as one of my friends pissed on my head when we went out for our walkies. I am very disgruntled at him, and at DM for allowing him bath me when I actually like smelling of piss. AIBU?

flouncyfanny · 15/09/2019 20:50

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Buddytheelf85 · 15/09/2019 20:52

My human got cross with me and put me on the lead during our walk today. All I did was snaffle a tasty fox poo. She bellowed some nonsense about me being ‘disgusting’ and referred to an ancient incident that happened last week where I ate poo then got diahrroea on the living room carpet. She doesn’t know how to move on. Anyway if she fed me on demand I wouldn’t eat poo. Aibu?

Savingforarainyday · 15/09/2019 20:54

I love her so much... I'm always happy to see her- I give her tons of affection.
The thing is, when I try and kiss ( with tongues Blush) she recoils. She still pets me, and tells me I'm a good boy, but I have needs!
We've been sleeping in separate beds for awhile now. I'm not as young as I used to be, and I physically can't get on the bed. She won't help me up either ( some ridiculous excuse about me hurting myself when I jump down). She's not perfect either- she showers too often and I learned years ago not to try and sniff down south ( if you catch my drift)

All that hurts, but really, her not returning my kisses is ripping me up inside. It especially drives me wild after she's had her tea. I just love her so much.
Aibu in expecting her to let me have my way now and again?
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GreenyEye · 15/09/2019 20:55

My owner keeps telling me to stop picking on my brother.. but he's not my brother (he's adopted)

He's old, fat and boring, refuses to play with me and keeps growling.. but its Fiiiiiine when he steals my biscuits in the morning.. they just tell me its my own fault for playing with my food instead of eating it.

I was telling the others in the park behind our house all about how mean they are earlier, when they shouted at me to be quiet and come inside.. they're so mean, i'm not even allowed to talk people!

They moan about EVERYTHING I do.. I can't bite their trousers, tip my water on the floor (I wouldn't have to if it was full and not just 3/4 full), chew rocks, eat poo, or steal their socks and slippers.

They even shout at me for yelling at the people who have the audacity to walk past the house.. never mind the telling off I get when I shout at people knocking at the door!!

DrizzleKicks · 15/09/2019 20:56

The human I live with dictates what time I eat, what I eat, when I go out, how long for, who I can meet and where I can sleep.

AIBU to think she's a complete control freak?

Jollitwiglet · 15/09/2019 20:57

AIBU for never wanting a wee at the same time as a poo? I have to have them within 5 minutes of each other, but never at the same time. I like to come inside in between and give my human just enough time to plonk their arse on the couch.

Also when going out for walkies, I don't like to just have one poo. I like to have lots of little poos. Don't know why she grumbles about not being able to bend down properly due to being pregnant, or the waste of poo bags. Hmm

MoltoAgitato · 15/09/2019 20:58

I’m a simple parrot. I see stuff on a table, I push it off. She shouldn’t leave stuff there if she doesn’t want me to shove it on the floor.

IndianaMoleWoman · 15/09/2019 20:59

My humans are sooooo ungrateful. I left several chunks of delicious mouse entrails on the doorstep for them to savour this afternoon, but all they did was scrape them up and chuck them in the bin before disinfecting the doorstep. Don’t they understand that entrails are best bit?!

Then they had the audacity to shout at me for chasing a frog. But they’re so much fun to play with! One tiny pat with my paw and they leap up into the air, the little weirdos. If those humans think I’m going to stop tapping frogs, they are very much mistaken. AIBU to catch one and release it in the house so they can see for themselves?

WombleOwl · 15/09/2019 21:04

I am a Tiny Dog an all I want to do is go into the garden and look for the Spiky Thing I found one night last week. I keep going to the door and scratching it and my humum just keeps saying NO! If she lets me out after dark, she insists on coming out with me with a small light and keeps telling me to pee for fox sake. Or something that sound like that. AIBU, I just want to make friends with the Spiky Thing, or eat it maybe, I haven't decided? IT'S NOT FAIR!

Raffles1981 · 15/09/2019 21:05

My dog would be complaining about the lack of treats. The vet suggested stopping due to a 2.5kg weight gain. I am pretty sure his AIBU would be long!

Ginmel · 15/09/2019 21:09

Cat1: I am well aware my human paid for a cat flap for me to get in and out but why should I use it? AIBU to expect her to be my personal butler? And how rude is she for pretending to ignore me when I sit at the window with my face pressed to it staring at her to let me back in? I know she'll give in eventually so why not make it easy for both of us?

Cat 2: What do you mean the fresh prawns and Atlantic salmon weren't for me? My human is a fool for leaving them on the bench when she went to answer the door. It shouldn't have mattered she hadn't seen me all morning?
(human admits guilt....)

MrsIronfoundersson · 15/09/2019 21:10

My dearly beloved is SO unreasonable! Just because I snort at the door from 6.30am onwards (what is this 'weekend's thing they talk about?), eat cat sick (mmm delicious cat food), roll in fox poo and go in and out the back door 15 times a minute, they say IABU! I give them the best licks and farts, what's their problem??!!!

EleanorAbernathy · 15/09/2019 21:12

My humans have suddenly stop feeding us if we have any food at all left - even when you can clearly see part of the bottom of the bowl! Even when we put on our best poor starving kitten faces and are clearly wasting away and weak from hunger. AIBU to call the RSPCA?

Ginmel · 15/09/2019 21:13

Cat 1&2: Why can't we terrorise the neighbours dog? It's so much fun and it's not our fault he starts barking really loudly at 0600 in the morning? We don't know why it only happens on weekends either? And the rumour we have been seen sleeping next to him when our humans are out is completely false.

ThatssomebadhatHarry · 15/09/2019 21:15

This morning I brought my owner a lovely present of dead rat. I did eat some but left her the best part (head, guts and tail). There was literally zero thanks. I do this every morning for them and nothing. It’s almost like they don’t want the various small woodland creatures. Not to drip feed but she did catch me humping her dressing gown with my lipstick out once. We made eye contact and never discussed it again. I guess this is why I’m so keen to please. Is she just not that into me. Should I LTB?

Stravapalava · 15/09/2019 21:16

WHY (pronounce the H) is my fucking MOTHER incapable of feeding me? I only get my Gourmet pouches THREE TIMES A DAY and once in the middle of the night (if I meow and scratch the doors enough.) She keeps telling me to eat my dry food but quite frankly, fuck that shit. I'm 14 years old dontcha know, I could toddle off this mortal coil any second and what would they do then? Hmm? Hmm? HMM??

vampirethriller · 15/09/2019 21:19

AIBU ok I don't think I am but here goes, I want a whole sausage not just a piece, I'm small but I can handle it?? Is this discrimination?
And while I'm here I can take that cat on any day, I'd be doing everyone a favour, he smells like tuna and he's a bastard but nooo, not allowed to eat "treasured family pet," am I.Hmm

BeepBeeep · 15/09/2019 21:20

My owner is a complete cow.
She sits on a really comfy sofa AND puts her feet up on it!
I try to sit on the other sofa which absolutely no one is sitting on and she bloody shouts at me to get off it!
Sometimes she even smacks my nose and shouts no. Doesn't she know how much a smacked snout hurts??
She does the same with her bed, I mean it looks amazing, mahoosive and comfy and she won't even allow me to go upstairs, let alone try it out for myself!
I would hand myself into the local dogs home to be adopted by a kind woman who lets me lay on the sofa and bed, but I'm in love with the boy dog next door and I would miss him, so it looks like I'm stuck with her.
AIBU to show my displeasure by howling at passing sirens on emergency vehicles and digging holes in her flower beds?

scorcio5 · 15/09/2019 21:25

AIBU to think my human should be ringing 101? For years now a man in orange comes through our garden gate 5 days week, walks up the garden path, drops paper through a hole in the door and goes away, last week he even had the ordasitity to knock on the door and speak to my human, ( some piss poor excuse of signing for a box) however I am convinced he has an alterior motive & that is to steal my squeaky ball and he is in fact, casing the joint? Watching and waiting for his perfect moment to commit the ultimate crime, when I try to warn my human of this she just does not listen, where am I going wrong? How can I get her to see sense? Surely this is aggravated burglary and we should contacting the police?

Thesuzle · 15/09/2019 21:33

I can see my mum sat up at the breakfast bar reading from the shiny think, ooh look she’s tapping away at it now, why, why, cant she hear me banging my poor little head against the back door, asking to be let in again, no cat flap for me as daddy “wont have a bloody hole cut into his nice doors for a sodding cat”.
And i left her a WHOLE mouse on the hall floor just yesterday, not my fault she didnt see it in time and stepped on it, sooooo ungrateful.

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