To feel 'touched out' by my pets?

[undermyskon]

I have two cats and two dogs and I just feel so irritated and 'touched out' by them recently. I love them all to bits, I really do but when I'm home I honesty do not get a moment to myself.

I have a 9 year old and although she isn't physically demanding, she is emotionally then when I sit down at night when she goes to bed I have animals crawling all over me. Right now I have one dog on my leg, one dog leaning on my back and a cat on my chest clawing at me as soon as I stop clapping him.

My dogs follow me everyyyywhere, to the toilet and if I don't let them in they whine outside. Whenever I sit down, even just for a ten minute coffee the dogs are up licking me, clawing at me to pet them and constantly wanting a cuddle.

I really do love these animals but the constant physical touching is really starting to irritate me. I wouldn't mind at the end of the night on my terms but I feel suffocated and like I just don't get a break.

I remember feeling this way when I was breast feeding but I dont know, do others feel like this with their pets?

I only have one cat, but I feel the same with him. Sometimes I just feel so claustrophobic and tell him I need some space! Then feel guilty when he goes to sit by himself.

I feel like this with my dog but it's after a day breastfeeding 24/7. I'm hoping it'll go away when I'm no longer feeding but maybe it won't

I feel like this with my dog but it's after a day breastfeeding 24/7

😂😂😂

Never!

I adore my dog & miss her the times I go to work & leave her with my mother (I’m a tutor & she does come to some lessons!). I am obsessed with her & cuddle & snuggle with her as much as she allows!

I think this would irritate at times I hate to admit, as I love dogs and let mine sleep on my bed.

However we have dogs that very much like their own space, they will greet you and get really excited but 3 minutes later they are asleep! They love attention and will come over for affection but are very lazy in the house and definitely don't follow anywhere.

I adore my pets too, however, I'm home a lot with them and they are literally attached to me. It's too much.

They’re not Boston Terriers, by any chance, are they?

I’ve got three, and personal space isn’t really on their radar…

Yes, completely. I have an 8 year old who still loves to sit on my knee, and the moment he goes to bed, one or other of the cats swarms on. Or my husband wants a cuddle. One of the cats even sleeps on my chest and the other on my ankles every night.

Just fuck off, all of you!

I have 4 cats and I hear you!
Although cats are generally less demanding than dogs. If I need space from the cats I put the heating on - they go and snooze in their radiator hammocks instead..
Dogs can be so needy! Will they go and lie down with a chew instead?

One of my cats is like Velcro. She's tiny but somehow weighs a ton, my legs go dead after an hour and the circulation cuts off. She's cute though so I forgive her...

I adore my cats, they are probably the best cats in the world but there are times when I'd just like to sit or sleep without one of them on me. Both are lying on my chest as I type and earlier today one of them jumped on my lap and lay down as I was having a wee.

Well you have brought it on yourself really by having 4 animals who are competing for your attention, I don’t see what you can do about it, they love you and want to be close, it’s just what they do.

They’re a small part of your life altogether but to them, your their world. We’ve had the devastating news this week our 8 year old girl doesn’t have more than a couple of weeks left, I keep thinking back to all the times I’ve told her to go away or get down from the sofa and feel awful. Give your fur babies the cuddles they want as they’ll be gone before you know it, they only have short lives!

I dog sit several dogs, some very clingy. I have a blanket that I put next to me on the sofa when they can come up and on the floor when they can't. One clever girl has learnt in just a few days here what the blanket means. She is a whiner too, she's not allowed upstairs and whines from the bottom every time I go toilet. I tried ignoring it and only going down when she wasn't whining to no avail. Now when she whines I go 'ahh' and stay out of sight upstairs. Again it only seemed to take her a few days to get the message that whining wasn't acceptable or going to get me down. She is a gorgeous and very bright collie cross though so does learn very quickly.

I have 2 cats. One is quite independent. The other is so demanding! I wouldn't mind if she just came and sat on me. That would be fine. But no she has to wriggle around, change position 50 times and throw her ass all over the place! Sometimes I admit I get a bit frustrated and shout "ass" at her 😁i do love her but the other day I was having a particularly painful period and she was stomping all over my stomach and I did get quite cross. But yes, getting 4 pets was your mistake!

I'm just venting. I love them all to bits but tonight Im just like 'argh give me some fucking space please'

No. I have a greyhound. She is beyond disinterested unless there is food.

Must be Dobes.

Greyhounds?

@allabitmadtbf I can't believe you guessed that! Most people don't believe me when I say they go from 0 - 60 and back again in seconds! One is a saluki cross greyhound and she is the same basically.

I've got four. Recognised your description immediately

If you think greyhounds are disinterested, try pure Salukis!

I have six, and I don’t have any of them on my bed, or licking me, and they only cuddle up for a few mins on the sofa. Most importantly if I ask them to go and sit somewhere else they do without that mortally wounded look a Labrador will give you…..

Some pets are like that, ours are fiercely independent, ddog prefers his own bed underneath the desk, dcat prefers under a bed.

Me too #predictable

@allabitmadtbf Ahh lovely. Im sure you must have about 72 dog beds, we have ended up with 2 dog sofas as well🧐