Are there any rules that your pet instituted for you and your family to follow? From something simple to quite tricky, here are a list of their hilarious requests that the owners have no choice but to follow it!
1. Answer the bird.
If my parrot asks ‘what are you doing?’, anyone in the immediate vicinity has to respond with what they are doing. He will throw a tantrum if he doesn’t get an answer.”
2. Eye contact. Always.
“When my 14-year-old grandma kitty is constipated, she needs me to watch her poop. We keep eye contact the entire time. If I don’t she stops trying to poop and does these deep meows.”
3. Anything for the puppy dog eyes.
“If he gives you the sparkly eyes, you must chase him, call his name, and clap loudly so he can run around like a speed demon. The clapping is mandatory.”
4. Smack the booty.
“If my dog stands in front of you, looks back, and puts her butt near you, you must smack the booty.”
5. The wake up call kitty.
“One of my cats likes to be the one to wake my stepdaughter up for school every morning. She runs to her bed and lays down on top of her, nuzzles around her face, and nibbles on her eyebrows to wake her up. We have to do this every morning.”
6. Pay the toll.
“We call it ‘paying the toll’. Our doxie will instantly steal your spot if you get up to go to the bathroom or something, and she won’t move until you’ve sufficiently rubbed the belly. So to get your seat back you have to pay the toll!”
7. Bedtime rituals.
“My lorikeet needs a scritch before bed time, my caique needs a kiss and a whistling duet , and my Cockatiels decode when bedtime is for everyone and will not stop chirping until the lights are out. In the morning they scream their heads off until we get out of bed and go into the room they are in.”
8. Only the best drinking fountain.
“When brushing my teeth, I must leave the faucet on while I brush so my cat can drink from the bathroom sink. If I don’t I get screamed at in the form of very loud meows.”
9. Asking permission first.
“If Gizmo places his paw gently upon human’s foot, human must pick him up. If human does not pick him up, Gizmo is allowed to bite big toe.”
10. On dining with cats.
“Our idiot cat, Potato, is a spoiled princess who won’t eat her food unless someone picks her up and gently sets her in front of her bowl. My boyfriend encourages and enables this behavior, to the point where now if you put food in her dish, she won’t even look at it until she is carried over.”
11. Going outside twice. Always.
“My girlfriend’s dog has to be let out in the morning to go, and then 45 minutes later to poop. She is incapable of doing them at the same time.”
12. Don’t scare the snakes
“No shoes on hardwood or tile floors. It scares the baby snakes.”
13. The stare down.
“If my Maine coon stares at you silently, he must be picked up and held or you WILL be tripped the moment you try to walk.”
14. Ice tax.
“Whenever someone gets ice cubes from the fridge, they have to give one to my kitten to play with. He bolts towards the fridge any time he hears the ice dispenser because he’s so stoked about getting another ice cube.”
15. Scary sneezes
“If I sneeze, my cat will meow softly and walk over to me and pat my sneeze until I pick him up and tell him don’t worry, it was only a sneeze.”
16. Who needs an alarm when you have a tortoise?
“My Russian tortoise needs to be fed every morning by 9:30. If I don’t wake up by then, he’ll scratch his wooden house very loudly and obnoxiously until he sees or hears me getting up from bed.”
17. Play dates over people.
“There is no truer love than that of a grumpy man and the dog he said he didn’t want. So every day at exactly 4 pm, my dog lets my dad know that it’s time for walkies. Off they trundle to the local dog park, where my dog has her little doggie play dates. I have to wait to be picked up after my dog has her walk and play date with her other dog friends.”
18. All doors are open.
“No closed doors. She screams at any door which blocks her path inside the house.”
19. Secrets don’t make friends.
“My pyr/berner mix will make a growling ‘wooooo’ sound from the other room if you whisper to someone else or to yourself. If you continue to whisper… he will come out to admonish you in person. No secrets in my house.”
20. Quite hours start at 9.
“My boyfriend and I pretty much have to shut up by after 9pm or my dog (who is trying to sleep) will groan really loud.”
21. Obey the petting space.
“My cat has a petting space that is strangely close to her food. Often times, if you try to pet her, she will lead you to the petting space where she will roll around and act all cute, ask to be combed, until she decides she’s done. She’ll also go over to the petting space on her own accord and meow quite loudly. That’s her demanding to be pet so she can eat.”
22. Only play with the “right” toy.
“There is a ‘right’ toy to play with that changes every day. You must try all 20 toys until you get the right one.”
23. Snuggle space.
“I have to sleep with my back to my boyfriend so the cat snuggle into my hair while smelling my boyfriends breath.”
24. Take turns.
“My cat kicks me out of my bed by 9am whenever I try to sleep in. On weekdays he prompts me to leave my bed by 7am so he can sleep in the bed.”
25. Anxious for food.
“When my dog hears me getting his food ready, he points with his long nose at the place where his bowl goes repeatedly until I put it down.”
26. The ways of the belly rub.
“If you look at her and she falls over, that means you have to rub her tummy.”
27. Spelling for the dogs.
“The words ‘food’ and ‘bug’ must be spelled, for Gizmo gets too excited as he is smart and knows these mean sustenance.”
28. Let the driveway guard do his job.
“My poodle requires the blinds of our living room window to be opened to be opened by around 4pm or else he’ll start pacing and whining anxiously.He sits at the window and watches the driveway waiting for my dad to get home from work. Those two are inseparable.”
29. Bedtime rituals.
“My dog refuses to go to sleep until my mum tucks him in with his blanket and toys and has told him goodnight. He will throw a tantrum and bark for hours if he isn’t tucked in by 8:30 so now the official family bedtime is at sunset just to keep the dog happy.”
30. Reasons to let the cat out.
“Our cat scratches the furniture to be let out. Now this is the clever part, she only learned that from me throwing her out… for scratching the furniture.”
31. Pillow hoarder.
“She owns all the throw pillows… she doesn’t chew them, just wants to carry them around the house. We’re at the point where I look at pillows in the store and think “Oh… Bailey would love that one.”
32. Yogurt inspector.
“All yogurt containers must be inspected and cleaned before entering the disposal system. I will get the worst looks of abandonment and guilt if I don’t hand them over.”
33. Dog territory.
“My dog sleeps on the left side of the bed like a human and gets the chaise lounge section of the couch. There is no arguing with him.”
34. Special spot.
“My pit will whine until we spread a blanket on the sofa for her. She refuses to lounge directly on the leather. And I do it every time.”
35. Respect your elders.
“If you’re sitting on the couch and my elderly dog stares at you and softly whines, you stand up and let the good boy take your seat.”