I do not like being a pet owner
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Dont get me wrong. I care for my animals and all that. But.. damn its annoying. I have a 10yr old dog and 3 cats. 2 of my cats are ok the other one is a neutered male that keeps peeing in two corners of my dining room--- I clean it with natures miracle (per vet recommendation) and Yes I have 4 litter boxes, yet he pees in there again. I love eating near a place that smells like piss!!! Took him to the vet nothing medical is wrong. This cat does use his box but when he does he tends to stick his ass out over the edge and pretty much miss the box and hit my floor nice huh. Its soo frustrating. I finally put his box inside a huge bin so if he does pee outside the box its not going all over my floor. Its like as soon as I clean the corner of my dining room he pees there again. I will come back and find wet spots we have seen him do it so we know its this cat. My other two cats dont make half the mess he does combined. BUT I DO LOVE HIM. But it still pisses me off.
My dog is 10 and has been house broken for long time. Well the other morning I get up after my husband took her out before he went to work and she pooped n peed in the same corner where my cat has been going. Freshly showered and I get to come downstairs to the lovely smell of dog crap. Im just soooo over this.
Sometimes I just think ok your 10 now how much freaking longer will you live... then I realize thats terrible to think that and feel guilty. But Im done. I do not want anymore animals ever. I have no idea how to stop my stupid cat from being an asshole. HE used to be my SIL cat but she jsut told me reason why she threw him out was because he peed on the carpet. Yea thats how we got him she chucked him outside one day and we felt bad for him....:(
The dog we got when his dad got her as a pup then when she was 4 mos he said he was taking her to the humane society. We were young and stupid and said no we will take her. We do love her but we were young and didnt realize what it took to have an animal. Also right after my kids were born my dog got into this habit of pooping in their room whenver we left the house so now if we do not kennel her while we are gone then she will poop in my kids room. This really bothers me that we have to do this. She loves my kids and is great with them and all that I just dont understand what to do about the pooping in their bedroom. Im not one to be dumping my animals off they are my responsiblity. But I still have these feelings and I just KNOW that I will not have any more animals. No more sob stories I cant do it. One of my other cats was dumped in the park as a kitten so we took her in. UGH geez Im such a sap. If me and DH werent such suckers we would not have as many animals as we do. Oiy!!
I thought pets were supposed to relieve stress, most of the time all mine do is cause me stress.
Well Merry Christmas!! LOL
Quoting Anonymous:
I am right there with you.... We have one dog. I dislike his actions. He is in his kennel 100% of the time we are gone, or he will do serious damage.
He is in his golden years and I an counting down the time until he passes.... And we will never own another pet. Ugh
The dog is 10 years? She might actually be going "Senile"no joke,it happened to my "Old Girl" the year before we put her down at age 15.As for the cat,you said he was neutered ? Okay,if you have a door on your dining room keep it closed,and maybe put him in a room with his own box for a couple of days.
Sadly,dogs and cats being preditors are TERRITORIAL,and these are ways they scent mark,and their sense of smell is WAYYYYY better than ours,so even if we think it smells okay and clean, the animal still smells themselves (okay the urine and feces)on the floor or carpet LOOONG after we do,I actually had much success with taking an Orange,Lemon or Lime and squeezing the juice(REAL FRUIT,not the bottled stuff) into areas where accidents occured,most dogs and cats HATE citrus,and will avoid any area that smells like it,plus it is guaranteed non toxic for BOTH four legged and two legged family members,an added bonus especially if you have children,it also keeps cats from scratching up furniture,I just put it where the cats are prone to scratch.
Its like having children though,children can pee and poop anywhere,in having children we have to COMMIT the time and effort into them,with senior animals,they can behave like some senior humans with dementia.A friend of mine just put down her 22 year old cat this year the poor thing went "Dirty",it was sad really.
IF you are unwilling to be in it for the long haul,or do the "Dirty Work",then you are right to say you don't want anymore pets,and stick to it,maybe even look into re-homing the ones you have,as far as the cat goes it could actually be stress.
Use the pet repellent granules you can buy at any pet supply (they are non toxic) BUT also did you know that cats hate aluminum foil?
Take large pieces of aluminum foil and slightly crumple it then place in the area the cat is using the bathroom along with the repellent. For some reason they hate it. Hopefully then the dog will stop using the same area. The dog is simply marking his territory. I know it sounds stupid but it worked for me when my cat was using all of my house plants as a litter box and it's easy to just grab up if guests come over.
Hope it helps!
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