Do any of you have a pet that you actually just can't fucking stand?

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My cat. Approx 11 years old and counting! I've had him for a decade. A part of me does love him, but he's a knob and lessens my quality of life rather than add anything to it. He's so whiney and food obsessed and I am seldom able to sleep the whole night through because of him.
When he departs I shall be sad, but I won't miss him, and there will be relief in a way.
He has a wonderful life here with us, and I won't give him away, because he's old and is our responsibility.
Have you ever had a love/hate relationship with a family pet?

Yes I had a dog . He was untrainable he never ever listened ,he would eat any thing including plastic bags and shitty nappies its not un having to pull them out of his backside . He would eat the whole house , bark constantly andni couldnt leave the house because he would just continually bark and destroy everything ! I coildnt walk him as he would do backflips to try and get to people and other dogs ,he would harass visitors and continually nip my hand for attention if I was talking . In the end I surrendered him to a rescue I just couldnt connect with him and he just would not listen. I did have a little cry when he left but I was more relieved he just wasnt a good fit for us unfortunately

You dont deserve him! He is probably not food obsessed but suffering with kidney problems or worms. If he disturbs you at night that is YOUR problem. You can shut him in the kitchen at night so you can sleep in peace. He only wants your attention. I am frankly shocked at your message on here. Also I am saddened by what you are saying. Your poor cat. I bet he is loyal and sits waiting for you every day. I hope you understand how lucky you are that you have him before it is too late.

My cat is 11 years old too and at the moment he’s annoying me with his constant meowing for food, turning his nose up at what I give him, then he asks to go out, he goes out the front door, I sit down and he’s at the back door meowing, then he’s back to his food bowl meowing and repeat the rest over and over. A part of me thinks he’s starting to lose his marbles, has he forgotten he’s been fed? Has he forgotten he’s already asked to go out 20 times and has come straight back in?

Anyway, I don’t hate him, he’s just bloody annoying sometimes.

I wormed him yesterday in hope he will stop asking for food, he does get worms as his does hunt (mainly mice).

Yep my son rescued a cat about 3 years ago. He’s very unfriendly and thinks nothing of biting or swiping you as you walk up the stairs. My son has nothing to do with him now and I’m forced to look after him . I dislike him intensely and feel like my son is cracking on with his life and I’m now left looking after physco cat . I have days where I feel like rehoming him does that make me a horrid person ?

PS: And you can be trusted around a child that might just wake up in the night. God help the kid if it pees in the bed. Anger management??

I can't imagine liking any animal enough to keep one as a pet.

Ah well most of this thread is nice with some real affection, and I would never, ever rehome or give my annoying old licking cat to a shelter. I took on the responsibility, and he had a really hard life (abandoned when knobbish owners moved house) and he fucking loves me, the twat.

I hope you’re a troll @KittenSpawnOfSatan if not you’re an ignorant vile bitch & you actually do need to rehome your pet. Your kids will get over it. You should not have pets, you simply haven’t got the brain cells or the empathy (look it up in a dictionary) required for the task.

My dog can be highly irritating but also lovely at times. It's mainly to do with her total obsession with food and wanting tea dregs poured into her bowl. I know it's our own fault for starting to give her the tea dregs but it is now at a point where even when you first sit down with a cup of tea she is nudging and pestering. Likewise for food at the table and we frequently find her asleep on the dining table as she has somehow jumped up there to get some tiny morsel of left over food and then is stranded and can't jump down- she is ten years old I have no idea how she gets up there !
If we are out for a walk she lunges at any morsel of food, sandwiches that kids have dropped etc. If we come across people feeding ducks or swans she hoovers up the breadcrumbs whilst the swans hiss and flap at her, she is totally oblivious. All this whilst refusing to eat her own food sprinkled with the finest chicken morsels !

@user1523010848

You sound like the whiney cow that I would never want to live with. You obviously don't deserve this cat. So, I suggest that you go to the local vet/animal shelter saying EXACTLY what you have just posted and get this cat rehomed. Hopefully it will find a home where it's loved. Now piss off and get a life you selfish cow.

Crikey, was this aimed at me?

I have a Jack Russell X Border. Absolutely beautiful girl, laid back, placid, kids could swing her round by her tail and she'd not bat an eyelid.

Take her out for a walk and her terrier comes out. Pulls like nothing else, shouts at squirrels/cats/crisp packets. Shits up walls and lampposts using the aforementioned 'wheelbarrow technique'.

We took her in two years ago when her previous family decided they didn't have time for her. They'd often go away overnight and leave her on her own. She has terrible anxiety if we leave her and still doesn't tell me when she needs to go out for a poo or a wee - I guess because previously she didn't have anyone to tell. I also fell over her today, broke my clothes horse and smashed my head against the windowsill....!

Life was easier without her but she's my baby and I'd never let her down like her previous owners did.

No, I’ve 2 dogs, had both since puppies, over 10 years. They’ve been with me through thick and thin, single days, relationships, kids, house moves, new jobs, everything, and I love the bones of them. They get me out the house and keep me fit. I’ve met many friends through taking them out. They’re loving and loyal and I’m so bloody lucky to have them. I’ll be devastated when they’re gone.

Yeah, one of my cats is a dick, she just decided to be aloof, cold and annoying. We had her from kittenhood. We previously had a different cat and we were devastated when she passed, she was fabulous. We now have two cats and our other cat is the most loving little thing, she's adorable. We also had her from kittenhood and both cats were brought up in the same environment, so it's just their personalities are very different. I have no bond with DCat 1 because she doesn't give a shit about anyone, unless she begs for food. She makes the most annoying fucking noises chasing her toys everywhere, all the bloody time. I need to shut off DS's nursery as she climbs over and sleeps on his changing mat/mattress whilst having numerous beds of her own, our beds, spare bedroom with a bed, 4 sofas and cat towers to choose from. She moans to be let out every 5 mins and then moans immediately to be let back in. She's nasty to our other cat and eats her food. Honestly. Hard fucking work, I tell you! No idea why she randomly turned out this way, none of our other cats were ever like this.

And then my dog is a right PITA too, he got reactive, obsessive over me and confused, but he's getting old now, so whilst he annoys me every single day, I forgive him because I love him and I'll miss him when he's gone. He's not had any easy life before we adopted him and he's always been such a character. He's very gentle and loves us to bits. I wish we had him from puppy, his life would've been so much easier and he'd be in better overall health too for longer. xx

Yep, I have a little terrier cross dog. She’s lovely, but also very annoying. I’ve just had a baby and she now follows me around everywhere when I’m carrying the baby and sits by me starting at me with big eyes and sometimes barking when I’m feeding the baby. I just need my personal space! I have another bigger dog who isn’t bothered and just sits in the other room. Love her but also just , GO AWAY 🙈

I love my dogs dearly. But you youngest is just plain devious. He has eaten phones, remotes, dictionaries, countless shoes and wellies, he was crated but learnt how to fucking unlock it with his bloody teeth and paws - I wouldn’t have believed it but I saw it and videoed it to prove it, cereals were kept on top of the fridge and monkey would nudge a chair across the room in full view of everyone - climb up and stand on hind legs and take the cereal boxes down. First we changed the door handles upside down when he started opening doors, then we went to round knobs and magnetic locks for kitchen cupboards. He could lie flat and inch under the field gate at the front when we I put an electric fence over the top to stop him escaping. He would hide his bones in your bed under your pillow and move your keys (!) especially car keys to stop you going to work (!) he’s 4 now and I nearly lost him two years ago when he broke into the locked pantry and drank alcohol and ended up with alcohol poisoning cost me £2k and I was so pleased to have him back. He can nose the digital radio on and off if he fancies some music and very err intelligent ie didn’t need to be told more than once - Guinea pigs and chicken came in and out of the house and he never touched them but caught blackbirds in the garden (wait and jump and catch them) bring them to the back door totally unharmed and drop them (a little wet and shocked but totally unharmed). I bred him and he is an ace working intelligent dog much like his parents but he just spends all day ‘figuring out stuff’ he’d be an engineer in real life. Hate him - I adore him but he’s a total pain!

I adopted a large dog belonging to my late mother. I never liked him when she had him. He was pushy, aggressive, incontinent and unpredictable. I just didn't know how to manage him around my existing lovely pets. Then I found out he was ill, the vet treated him, I put him on a wheat free diet, I took him on walks (or rather he walked me), I gave him toys and toilet trained him. He was diagnosed with an untreatable bacterial skin disorder meaning he would not have been accepted at a rehoming centre. The only option would have been death. He is now a different dog altogether months later and super friendly. Some pets just need love and patience to change their ways.

Yes but only because he behaved violently towards my other cat, he went back to the RSPCA after a year (so I tried). I have a ten year old
LADY🤣 now who drives me mad but I love her so much, she claws the furniture, wakes me up, brings live mice in and many many other things too numerous to mention. Wouldn't and couldn't live without her. Loves her to bits. She is asleep on her hot water bottle at the moment xx😻

I had a psychopathic cat. He was a huge ginger thing, never stopped talking. Would drag small animals into the house via the cat flap at night, and literally savage them. The final straw was when I came home from work to find my walls spattered in blood & a half-dead pigeon flapping around on the piano. It was awful. I can’t Mahoney what that poor thing went through & it took fucking ages to get it out of the house, just spraying blood EVERYWHERE.

I hated hat fucking cat. He was mentally unwell. My husband chose him from a rescue centre. Was secretly relieved when he died a few years ago

I have a cockapoo who is so anxious and wants to be on your knee all day long - if you bend down to pick something up she tries to get on your lap !!! She's got the most horrible bark and has zero self control she's cries in the car and barks at men. She can't come off the lead as her prey drive is soo high that she chases and gets swans and ducks at the park despite lots of training and £ . She is tedious and tying and 5

This thread has made me laugh so much - I'm going to save it somewhere so I can read it when I need cheering up. It's the tone of utter exasperation and yet also undying love. Thanks so much. (We once had a hamster - cute little thing, but so noisy and smelly unless cleaned out constantly. Also a total PIA trying to get someone to look after him when we went away. Sobbed when he died though - I was the one who found his little motionless body. He's buried under a tree root in Père Lachaise cemetery.)

My neighbour has one. Does that count?

I don't hate either but we have two difficult rescues that make our lives hard.

DDog 1 is still scared of absolutely everyone apart from DP and I, and won't go in the car.

DDog 2 is a grouchy little shit who snaps at DDog 1 if she is disturbed in any shape or form.

Love them both but god they're hard work.

@LillianGish

This thread has made me laugh so much - I'm going to save it somewhere so I can read it when I need cheering up. It's the tone of utter exasperation and yet also undying love. Thanks so much. (We once had a hamster - cute little thing, but so noisy and smelly unless cleaned out constantly. Also a total PIA trying to get someone to look after him when we went away. Sobbed when he died though - I was the one who found his little motionless body. He's buried under a tree root in Père Lachaise cemetery.)

We have a hamster and he's the loveliest wee thing. So much easier to look after than guinea pigs!

@user1485851222 aside from you sounding pretty unhinged gave you ever actually tried to rehome a cat? Shelters won’t take the bloody things! I’m giggling at the thought of OP following your suggestion.

I love this thread. Our dog does my head in. I take no real pleasure in his care. I love him but I’m not one of those doggy people who absolutely adores them and assumes everyone else does too. One of the worst things about owning a dog is having to pretend to be interested in other peoples dogs when you’re out on walks and they stop to chat 😆

@Angie1403 they can’t kill the fish by getting at them, but they can give them heart attacks pawing at the tank.

Just don’t bother with the kittens. They’re only 1% cute, rest of the time they’re under your feet, forever running through every door you open, licking the toilet seat where the crud runs off behind it, licking their bum then sticking their head in your tea cup. Everything you pick up ro put down or move out of their way they’ll go for, every charger lead they’ll eat through, fur will waft through the air into your dinner, the fridge, kitchen worktops.

Yet ‘cat people’ seem to love all these skanky side attractions, they actually allow it. Cat food on the kitchen floor, litter tray all over the floor, kitten poop on your blinds, curtains, bedsheets,.... disgusting.

I recommend try before you buy.

But then if you’re one of these weird skanky ‘cat people’, you’ll forgive all this vicious behaviour, sadism and house trashing, because, like, for 5 minutes a day, it will let you stroke it while it purrs.

You must try giving it a bath with your bare hands too the first time (of many) it gets poo stuck to its rear end, if you think kitten bites are scratchy and sharp, nope, it’s like dog bites.

Enjoy the fantasy meanwhile!