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?

Our worst was my partner's cocktail, he was evil towards me and our other pets. He chased the dogs around the house nipping their ankles.
He'd hang upside down, completely still, from the kitchen doorframe and on more than one occasion I thought he'd chewed through an electric extension cable and electrocuted himself to death but as soon as I food anywhere near him he'd lunge at me trying to bite me.
We had several much bigger, more powerful birds who were so much more gentle than the little demon.

Sorry tagged the wrong person I meant @user1523010848 not @user1485851222

Yes my cat. I tried so hard with him. He cried non stop from the minute we got him for 3 days pretty much straight. It should have been a warning sign. He was just the whingiest neediest pain in the arse ever. Obsessed with my dh. We had to rehome him because he drove me insane! But it’s a bold move putting this question on here! You will have so many perfect pats saying ‘oh your poor cat, animals are to be cherished’. Well perfect pat, you’ve never had a dickhead for a pet!

Our old cat lived to be 17 and was a real pain for the last few years, smelly, dribbley, being sick everywhere because he ate everything he could find. I'm not sorry he's gone, though he was lovely for the first 7 or 8 years.

@mowly77 if someone’s opinion on a pet hating thread offends you, just scroll past. Or call the OP a troll for starting the thread.

Kittens are vicious little buggers as many contributors on this thread have alluded to, not just me.

I’m happy that your pet is an angel for you, but you’re on the wrong thread, this is for people who hate their pet.

A bird that my ex bought - a budgie. Was 5 budgies now 1, and he’s working oversea’s. Absolutely adore my dog though, and I do have a soft spot for the bird but I feel bad for him as he’s stuck in that cage, and he hates flying around the room now

I had the loveliest cat - Simba - but he got run over and lost his tail. I had to manually wee him. Loved him to bits - he was gorgeous and such a character - but weeing him for a year was a nightmare.

The last gerbil that my youngest had. The nasty tempered bitey, vicious nobber.
I was glad when it died, probably of a rage induced heart attack!

I've got 2 cats, one I've had since a kitten and she scratches everything. All my carpets are fucked.
2nd I got age 4 and she's a lovely cat when she wants to be. But when she wants feeding she scratches me and bites me.

One of our previous cats. She always had issues (nothing medically wrong, vet checked her out multiple times!) around using the litter tray and would much prefer to go on a rug or the bathmat. Occasionally she'd find a new spot, most memorably on DS1's bed. His slightly traumatised sounding "don't worry Mum, but can you buy me a new duvet on the way home from work?" voicemail will forever be in my mind! She was the least affectionate cat I've ever known, DH was allowed to touch her, the rest of us got the cold shoulder. She spent 90% of her time in a room on her own, if we went in she'd huff and leave. She passed last year and we were sad, but when cleaning up shit was 90% of the interaction we had with her, I can't say I miss it!

@KittenSpawnOfSatan nope I’m not offended I just think you sound like a really awful, horrible person & your posts are WAY out of kilter with the tone of this thread. The vast majority of posts are truthful, lighthearted, sardonic and understanding of the ups and downs of owning a pet for life.

My pets are not “angels”. One of my cats is an absolute PITA if you actually read my posts. You saying you’re “antagonising” your poor kitten and you want to kick it out of the house hoping it never comes back … nope. Why the hell did you get a kitten if you hate them so much? Yeah I know “for the kids ennit”. Just for the love of god give the kitten to someone who will love and appreciate it. Your children will be fine.

Lol. DH is absolutely a cat person so the adventure starts now!

We have 4 cats. One pisses everywhere, no matter how much I clean and disinfect he always goes in the same places. Another one always takes a shit in the corner of the kitchen... right beside the litter tray, never in it. Love them all to bits and my arms are in bits because another one with lash out once she's had enough of you stroking her - but until then she will sit on you, sleep on you, generally be on top of you until SHE decides it's enough! Oh, and they ALL bring presents... sometimes alive, sometimes dead, sometimes half eaten and then they yak up the rest...
DH used to have a ginger Tom. He was an outdoors cat and only came in for food. He was old - probably late teen/20 and mangy looking, a right skinny, scrawny mess... he had to go to the vet because he wasn't well in the end, it was a one way journey and I didn't miss him one bit!

My boyfriend certainly hated one of my cats. He was a feral cat that eventually came round to being very affectionate yet was choosy whom he was friends with - mostly me. He became blind and lost his footing occasionally which bf thought was very amusing. He had difficulty eating towards the end of his life. I took him to the vets, bf came too. I was very distraught and the vets said nothing more could be done for him. As I was trying to process this info whilst balling my eyes out the bf told the vets to euthanise him. The guilt is still with me - the boyfriend is not!

I don't dislike my dog, he's a perfectly fine dog though annoying on occasion like us all. I generally have warm enough feelings towards him but would be a stretch to call it love. But I really dislike being a pet owner - the responsibility, hassle, cost, dirt, curb to freedom, etc. Getting him was a mistake but is a decision I will live with and not shirk. I am a very dutiful dog owner but will be relieved somewhat when he is no longer in the equation.

@Mumwithbaggage how do you manually wee a cat? Asking for a friend.

Sometimes I just hate the bloody lot of them!!! We have a DDog, a DHorse and 2 DRabbits. They are all girls.

DDog is so far past her sell by date it's untrue. She is also deaf as a post and has recently (at age 15!) discovered how to scratch the back door to go out. She does this 10 minutes after she last went out, when you've just got into bed, but because she's deaf we can't just shout at her to go back to bed (she sleeps in the kitchen). So you get up and let her out. She stands in the garden for 10 seconds and gazes at the stars, turns round and comes back in. Infuriating! Also whines relentlessly for food around meal times and is fond of having a fanny scratch on the lounge carpet when you're trying to watch TV.

DRabbits, who belong to my daughter, have absolutely destroyed my back garden and eaten Every. Single. Plant. And one of them likes to growl at you and bite your shoes. But hey they're cute and living their best lives. Watching them hump each others heads nearly sends me over the edge though.

DHorse is generally amazing, but the last few weeks has had a face like a smacked backside and is trying to kill her friends, which I can only put down to pre spring hormones.

Reading that back I don't know why I actually bother but I do love them!

My father in law had a dog that he loved more than life itself, he would bring it into our house, without asking, every week, didn’t care that I had fur balls in the house or if I was happy for him to bring it in. The dog went everywhere with him. Out of the blue, my fil had a massive heart attack. On his death bed he asked my husband what would happen to the dog; my husband said don’t worry he would take it. I didn’t think for a second we would, thought he just said it to appease his dying father. Dad died, the dog was then mine, I never wanted a dog. It was awful. My husband never took it for walks, expected me to take on this dog I had never bonded with or wanted, didn’t discuss the situation with me just expected me to look after him. He point blank refused to have it rescued. I felt consumed with guilt, this poor dog had gone from being spoilt rotten to the opposite. I was resentful & I hate myself for it. My husband took it to his brothers to look after for the day & as he took it out the car the dog got spooked by another dog , ran in the road and died. Part of me felt sad for the poor thing the other part glad I no longer had him in my day to day life. It really bothered me hugely having it thrust upon me. I was annoyed with my husband not the innocent dog. I know I’m a terrible person.

Why are people putting a D in front of the word cat/dog? Abbreviations are meant to make words....shorter. Not sure why it's necessary to add an extra letter to the full word

The tortoise needs a mate...two females, ideally, so I am told by an expert.

Dcat went through a wire chewing period. Speaker wires, charging cords, etc. It's a miracle that she never bit into a live electrical cord. It drove DH crazy. He eventually found special wire covers to protect the wires. She seems to have stopped, but if you leave a mask around she will bite through the elastic that goes over your ears.

My moms cat was like this. Been in the family for 21 years and constantly woke her up on the night for food or incontinence issues. Wanted to be let out at night for five mins then would cry to come back in and used the third bedroom as a litter tray. She was always cranky and complained but cried for weeks when the vet told us it was the cats time to go

@Wineisrequired rehome!!! Life is too short

Louise Brooks. On the one hand, I love her. On the other, she's an utter cunt of a cat, a bully, a bitch, a needy little fucker and deeply annoying.

I have another cat, (Saint) Francis of Assisi. He's a sweetheart, much bigger than her and lets her bat him about although recently he has started batting back and so she hisses and acts as though she is being murdered when he looks at her a bit funny. She hates just about anyone who isn't me apart from a couple of people and I'm so grateful when her Auntie B comes to stay because then Louise is happy.

Anyway, lately, she's taken to shitting in the house. After ruining nearly thirty quid's worth of wool she's decided on one particular spot to shit in. She's still going out and definitely peeing outside so I'm going to get a litter tray and put it where she's shitting to see if this stops the dirty process or at least means that she's shitting in a cat toilet.

So, I love her but seriously I wish she wasn't such an absolute fucking dick.

@mowly77 I don’t have the same accent as you so “for the kids ennit” doesn’t sound like me at all

Sardonicism is probably subjective, but you’re entitled to your opinion, I don’t mind.

I’m positive I mentioned somewhere a kitten can be 1% cute. Isn’t that enough? I’m not inclined to flower up the little spawns of Satan anymore than that!