I bet it hasn’t taken long for you guys to figure out that we’re a tad infatuated with our dog, Hamburger. Well, at least I know Danielle from FirstAidLive.com picked up on it. She kindly sent us one of their Pet First Aid Kits, a tidy little bag with all the first aid goodies we might need if Burger ever gets cut, stung, or otherwise ends up in harm’s way. Speaking of which, here he is risking a tongue-in-the-zipper injury.
And since we know we’re not the only ones playing protective parent to a furry family member, we asked Danielle to share the love. And we’re happy to announce that FirstAidLive.com has agreed to hook up one lucky reader with their very own Pet First Aid Kit. For your chance to win, just comment on this post with the name of your pet and, for fun, one of their weird habits. For example: “Hamburger: runs laps around our bed before bedtime.” Enter by Friday (11/21) at Midnight EST and we’ll choose one random winner to receive the kit by mail. And sorry, but you’ve gotta live in the US for this one.
The kit nicely organizes 58 pieces into one convenient place (goodbye messy medicine cabinet) AND, better yet, can even stand in for a human first aid kit in a pinch. That’s assuming Burger doesn’t mind sharing his gauze and antiseptic towlettes with his somewhat-accident-prone father (who, btw, nearly cracked his head open during our magazine shoot two weeks ago).
You can learn more about the Pet First Aid Kit and other First Aid supplies here. And we can’t wait to hear about all of your wacky dogs and cats.
My husband and I rescued our dog Newton from the SPCA last year and he has been such a joy! He has two, equally weird, habits. One is that he will steal your bananas, peel, and eat them. The other is that he licks anything and everything incessantly. He greets guests as the door by licking their knees and he can go from licking his paws to licking the couch up and down in the blink of an eye. He’s a special one alright and he would certainly appreciate a first aid kit.
Domino, my parson russell terrier, loves to sleep under the covers. She also attacks the tv when a dog or cat appears on the screen, jumps with her whole body so it looks like she’s levitating, and runs back and forth on the top of our couch. She’s a nut!
We have a very large French Mastiff puppy named Ruby (aka Miss Ruby Shoes). She has many strange habits, but my favorite is that she lays in bed like a person with her head on a pillow when given the chance.
We have a daschund, Cash, that will only play with the torn off part of a toy- for example, if we buy a new bunny, he will rip the ear off and only play with that! Our Chocolate Lab, Dakota, humps his bed when he gets excited- including when we have visitors. Sooooo embarressing!
Zeek (I was going for “Zeke” but the adoption folks misspelled it…oh well!) is my gray tabby cat. He is freaking obsessed with q-tips. EVEN THOUGH I quickly learned that they needed to be stored in a container and hidden, I still manage to find q-tips in every room of the house–he has even shoved them in the tiny space between floorboards before! He just loves pushing them around on the floor with his paw…weirdo! He also jumps on the bed at 10pm every night and meows until we get in with him, and every morning 5 minutes before the alarm goes off he attacks our faces with licks until the alarm goes off. Then he hops on the floor and meows until we get out of bed!
My puppy’s name is Ruby and my cat’s name is MooShoo. Ruby is very very hyper and MooShoo is laid back.
We’ve got a blonde, 75-lb., husky-shepherd mix named Harper who loves to have her fur vacuumed. She’s also kind enough to collect any stray coffee beans that miss the grinder in the morning—luckily they don’t make her too terribly hyper. :)
We think our cat Nero is actually a Bombay– a cross between a Burmese and a shorthair– even though the rescue group we got him from said he’s a Domestic Short hair. He’s all black, loves to “talk” (he even talks back when he’s scolded), and he plays fetch with a stuffed owl. He loves his owl. We bought a few additional ones once we realized how much he loves it. I used to keep them in my end table. He realized this, opened the end table, and took the extra owls out to play with. I moved them back to the end table, but he kept getting them. And he kept going into my end table even after we moved them to another location! What a smart cat!
The love of our lives is our feisty, nine year old boxer girl, Treasure, who will only drink water out of the bathtub faucet!
This is the second place I’ve seen mention of these kits this week!!
We have two cats, Greyson who only meows in exagerated, fully-open mouth, 30 second long meows that sound like he’s being tortured lol and does tricks, including, sit, stand tall, lay down, rollover, catch and fetch. As well, as Mischu who instead of meowing, makes a funny little sound that’s a combination between a purr and a bird chirp – if my bf leaves a top or jacket of any kind out anywhere in the house, he will bring it to his special spot, and wrap himself up in it, and sleep. Oh, and he respect my need for sleep and doesn’t run into our bedroom until he sees the light on.
We have a dog Lucy (who has many nicknames) and a cat Callie. Lucy loves to play with Callie, who pretends she doesn’t like it. Lucy loves popcorn whenever I am making in on the stove she stands right below me and then follows us to the sofa to beg.
We have two dogs, Abby and Bentley. Abby is the most perfect dog ever and doesn’t really have weird habits. Bentley…he’s a different story! He can not come inside with out having an acorn in his mouth. he loves to throw them around on our floors and chase them.
Our Shih tzu/Bichon, Quincy, will sneeze at me while I’m preparing food. It’s as if he’s trying to say, “um…excuse me, don’t you see me? I’m waiting very patiently for some food” And he won’t stop until I either give in or pick him up. Geesh what a princess!
Where to begin. We have two labs: a nearly-two yellow lab named Rosie Jane and a 5-month old black lab named Jackson.
– Both dogs frequently talk in their sleep. This involves all four paws twitching and little yelpy intermittent barks.
– Rosie slept belly up for the first 6 months of her life.
– Both dogs (when they were small enough to fit) would sleep with half their bodies underneath our sofa.
– Jackson’s favorite place (other than right under our feet) is the kitchen mat in front of the sink. It doesn’t matter if we’re trying to wash dishes or use the sink in any way. The mental picture here is a dog curled up on the rug with either my husband or i straddle-legged overtop him.
– Rosie has started this happen of “zoning out” – we’ll be in the kitchen cooking dinner and she’ll stand up and just stare at something without moving for minutes on end. very bizarre.
– And finally, Rosie “passes gas” louder than any dog I’ve ever seen in my life. I’m glad she can’t read, or she’d be terribly embarrassed right now.
Emma is our little Pomeranian/Yorkie who’s got lots of energy!! She also loves people and attention more than any dog I know. When anyone comes over, she gets so excited that she starts to hyperventilate and we have to rub her back to get her to stop choking and calm down.
We have Cole and Avery (both black labs) to keep us entertained. While Cole prefers everything on the right side (from his food bowl, to his dog bed, to his kennel), Avery enjoys digging holes in the shape of squares. Their quirks make us laugh!
I have a 1 year old boxer mix named Moose (seen here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/eccabay/2845204945/). He has dozens of weird habits, but you only asked for one so……you get two.
He will harrass my tiny 3-legged cat every night until she bathes his face for him. It seems that he can’t sleep unless he gets his bath, just like my human kids.
His second funniest habit is covering up his food bowl if he didn’t finish what was in it. Because there is nothing to “bury” it with on the kitchen floor, he will nose the air and push it around until I finally take pity on him and cover the bowl up with a napkin. That seems to make him happy.
My scottie dog, Piper, likes to keep herself occupied while I’m at work. I have stairs you can see when you enter the house and she puts a toy on each step…and she sits on the first step wagging her tail when I get home. She also takes the cushions off the couch and makes a little obstacle course for herself. =)
Cody was supposed to be a beagle (from a beagle rescue) and grew into more of a German shepherd than anything. Although he weighs 65 pounds, whenever he’s feeling fragile (he sometimes gets tendinitis), he does things like wedge himself into places far too small for him, or walks across the back of the couch like a cat, just to show that he’s soldiering on, even though he’s in pain.
We have three dogs – Sobe, Chloe and our recent addition, Moe. They have all taken to stealing our shoes when we are not home and hoarding them in their beds. They don’t chew them so it is actually cute that they want to sleep with our shoes!
Rocky MUST walk to the mailbox before “taking care of business” in the evening. I’m sure our neighbors wonder why we visit the mailbox on Sundays!
I have three black labs:
Daisy – who insists on mooing when she is hungry.
Dora – who can obediently kiss anything you command her to
Duchess – still a puppy at heart who will rifle through a laundry hamper to bring you something that she wants to wear.
We have three, a big lab/shepherd mix and two small mini-aussie mixes. Juniper Fitzsimmons Fluffypants (one of the mini-aussies, Juniper for short) loves to jump as high as she can (and that’s HIGH) but she usually ends up coming down on one of the other dogs, so a first-aid kit would probably come in handy :P
My husband and I have a 1 year old American Mastiff named Scarlet. Two of Scarlet’s many quirks include giving herself her own ‘professional’ mani/pedis and she also insists on sleeping between my husband and I (with her head on the pillow, mind you) at night…this wouldn’t be so bad if she wasn’t 150 lbs.! She thinks she is a big baby though, so she gets along splendidly with my parents’ two chihuahuas!
Our two French Bulldogs, Louis and Norman, play a seemingly neverending game of musical dog beds every evening. They always want the bed that the other dog is in, and it has sort of a Goldilocks and the three bears feel to it, too: this bed is too big, this bed is too small, this bed is just right. Except the “just right” bed is never the same bed for each of them. Then what happens when the beds get moved around, to different parts of the bedroom?! Bedtime with our two furry boys can often be a little chaotic ;o) But they are a constant source of amusement!
I have a new puppy. She’s just 8 weeks old and I just got her. Her name is Bindi and is a Goldendoodle/Brittany mix. The only weird habit I’ve noticed so far is that she like to climb up on my shoulder and just sit there. Not really for sure why she likes it up there, but I expect that’ll change when she gets a little older. Actually, it’ll have to as I can’t have a 50lb dog sitting on my shoulder! haha!
Our sweet hound dog Cecil, likes to dig a hole in the back yard, pee into it and then stick her face in it. We are trying to break her of the habit, but it’s also totally adorable.
Hamburger is an awesome name! haha
Well my Shih Tzu Bandit likes to dig on hard surfaces. We have linoleum in our kitchen and bathroom. At random times, we will start digging viciously at the linoleum and make the rugs on these surfaces fly. I should really catch him in the act and post it on You Tube. :D He even does it in the backyard on the concrete around my parents’ pool. But, ironically, he doesn’t “dig”. He’s never attacked the lawn or a flower bed. hehe
We have two rescue kitties, Fletch and Phil. Fletch has several quirks, but the strangest is his obsession with a toy squirrel I got him. He always leaves it in his food dish! Even if DH or I hide the squirrel or put it in his toy basket, he digs it out and puts it right into his food dish (weird) and once into his water dish (yuck). Phil is still in the kitten phase, so he is full of amusing antics. He loves attention…if he can get to your hand he will rub his face on it until you pet him.
Every morning, Mo has to go outside to check to see if there are bunnies before she will eat her breakfast. She runs out, checks the bunny status, then runs back in for breakfast. She will not eat until she does this.
Our 2 year old brindle boxer Riley has a weird drinking habit. (haha)
He likes his water to move… fill a big bowl with water, nope, doesnt want it. But pour it from a glass, from a hose, even swirl the water in the bowl and he will lap it right up!
Xochitl is our 8 yr. old Cocker Spaniel who lays on her stomach and stretches her hind likes like a lizard and drags herself over to us everytime we arrive home. She’s crazy I tell you! But we love her soo much. We equally lover our Lindis who is our 12 yr. old Chow/Labrador Mix who only barks at people when we’re outside in the yard with her!
Chandler, our Collie/Lab/G.Retriever mix, loves to howl ever-so-sweetly when our house phone rings and when the call goes into voicemail mode. We don’t use our house phone for anything important so it’s rare for someone to actually answer it, and he gets to sing.
Our red-nosed pitbull, Joey, loves growl-bark when he’s excited and dance, which is basically the only time he ever speaks and he loves being tucked into his dog bed being surrounded by a blanket.
My black cat, Maverick, loves to smell anything I’m eating or drinking out of curiosity and was literally born on my bed a bit over 10 years ago.
My calico kitty, Luna, is obsessed with trying to get into our attic. The only way up is when we pull down the stairs from the ceiling. I’ve heard her meowing at me THROUGH THE ROOF when I was in the attic because she wanted in and I closed doors to prevent it.
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My 9 month old puppy-Callie…oh, where do we start… We call her Callie Indiana, as in Indiana Jones because she’s always on a dangermous mission in hte backyard. She LOVES her some squeaky toys, and will find one (from her wicker toy basket-functional yet stylish!) and literally jam.it.into.your.legs until you grab it from her mouth and throw it farrrrr. Catch.Repeat. She also likes to run laps around our oddly shaped living room. Any time she sees a water bowl (like a typical dog has), she finds the need to “dive” in and “swim” like she’s straight up Michael Phelps. It’s rather embarassing at the dog park, but that’s just Callie Indiana!
Many pics of her up on my blog-she’s a cutie!
Cooper, our 8-year-old Basset Hound, “asks” permission to get on our bed by putting his paws up on the bed rails and popping his head up. However, instead of jumping up when we say yes, he will run to the other side of the bed and do the same thing. Over.And.Over.And.Over. until either my husband or I gets so annoyed we get up and put him in the bed. Keep in mind that he is perfectly able to jump up there himself. It’s a good thing he is so cute!!!
Our Jake Dog- an adorable mutt who is some mixture of beagle, boxer and lab – has many crazy, yet charming habits! Our favorite is that he loves to give hugs – whenever we get home he jumps up and puts his paws on our waist and snuggles his face up to us. He does this any chance he gets – when we are sitting, working on the computer, reading or watching tv – any time he sees just a glimmer of an opportunity – he takes it. And although its weird and oddly human-like – we don’t mind at all!
Our dog Riley, a sweet German-shepard mix we rescued 2 1/2 years ago at the age of seven. She loves hooves, thats the only thing she will play with. She chews them to the point her gums bleed and there is blood on the carpet (oh so fun to clean!) all the while wagging her tail likes it the best thing in the world. She can’t have just one, they are all over the house, I made the mistake of putting them in her toy basket and everytime I put them away, she is right behind me pulling them all out. Too cute!
I rescued 2 little abandoned kittens (about 2 weeks old)at the end of October. They are my first ever pets. Hobbit and Mucchi had to be bottle fed for awhile before their teeth were big enough for canned food, and will be switched to kibble soonish. After each meal, Mucchi likes to climb up on me and give me a kiss on the lips before going off to play with her brother. Hobbit will climb up on my shoulder and try to eat my hair. They’re both so adorable, I couldn’t even think about taking them to a shelter after rescuing them!
Our border collie mix, Rigby (named after the Beatles song) loves to play/fight with us. But every single time we play, her signature move has to make an appearance. We call it “Whip Tail,” and it looks just like it sounds. She spins around and tries to slap you in the face with her tail. Luckily, she has one of those soft, furry tails and not a hard one like a Lab! It just cracks us up, because she’ll do it over and over like she thinks she’s going to finish you off with it. Silly girl!
Our dog Yeager is a loving Weimeraner 9 month old puppy! When I’m fixing our dinner and he’s ready for his, he starts licking his empty food bowl and looking up with sad puppy eyes and then he starts to lick the wall above the food dish, as if he’s THAT hungry. He also will not eat his food unless someone is in the room with him. A social eater, if you will. When we leave the house and we leave his full food bowl in his crate with him, he won’t touch it!
Leila, our 8 month old golden retriever, is a perfect fit for our life style. We spent literally years researching and finding a breeder before we brought her home. We own kayaks and enjoy quiet water kayaking, so one of our first purchases was a doggy pfd… bright pink so she’s highly visible out on the lake. We waited till she was 6 months old for her first kayaking adventure, to be sure she knew and could hold a sit stay even if a duck flew by. The big day arrives and, guess what! The boat terrifies her! She shook like a leaf the whole time she was in it! We hopped out on an island for a quick hike, which she loved, hoping to calm her, but when it came time to get back in the boats she out right refused!
So, we’re making the best of the situation and doing a lot more hiking. That kit looks like a great size for her to carry in her “back pack.”
Rosie, our 14 year old Golden Retriever does her “Jane Fonda” every morning after breakfast. Meaning she lays on her back and wiggles her little legs in the air for 15 minutes.
Our boys, Bones and Rusty would get entirely too much use out of that kit! Bones (a pit bull mix) has such thin skin I swear he bleeds every time he leaves the house! I don’t know how he does it.
Rusty’s funny quirk is that if you have a treat he’ll run through all of the tricks/commands he knows hoping he’ll stumble across the one you’re about to say. You can totally see him thinking, “Wave? No? How about Play dead? Shake? Roll over? Geez! What do you want from me?!” It’s hilarious. He also asks permission to get on the couch (he has very expressive eyebrows) but if he thinks he can get away with it he’ll try and sneak past you.
And then there’s the opening the fridge and stashing the wrappers so you’d never know except that the sliced turkey/butter/cheese is gone…
*sigh* Things are never dull at our house!
Cooper is our Boston Terrier. He loves to watch TV and barks at any and every animal that comes on (even cartoons)!
We have a 3 year cat named Mona. She may be a cat but she can play fetch better than any dog I’ve ever seen.
We have two adorable little kitties, Sniffles and Ollie. Sniffles has a habit of squeaking like a rubber ducky when you pick her up, while Ollie tends to cackle like a dolphin when I sneeze. He doesn’t do that when my boyfriend sneezes…just me. Weird.
Also, after re-reading that, I think our cats have identity issues. A duck and a dolphin? Hmm…better get ’em to therapy! :o)
Our main man is our kitty Woody, so named by my then-college-boy husband, so he could ask all the girls if they wanted to come over and pet his Woody. Oh yes, he did. Hands off, ladies, he’s mine.
Woody is 11 and showing no signs of slowing down. His weirdest thing (because there are so many weird things he does!) is at night while we sleep (after he does his Kitty Olympics up and down the stairs) is to claw up the rolls of toilet paper in the bathrooms. I wake up in the morning and find little tp snowflakes all over the floor and holes in the roll. We have to keep the doors shut at night so he doesn’t ruin the toilet paper and make a mess, but he sometimes still meows at the door and paws at the floor outside.
Mine would be Chewbacca – the collie that limps (poor arthritic dog) and Epiphany – collie/golden retriever mix that is too big to hide under the bed when it thunders, but manages to get at least halfway under and gets stuck. every. single. time. (you would think she would’ve learned by now she’s not puppy-sized anymore.)
Our dog Koda is a 3yr old Shiba Inu who loves to hunt bugs. He will dig them up in the ground, jump in the air to catch flies, and sniff through every corner of the house looking for any creepy-crawlies that might be lurking there. Pretty gross but saves us some cleaning!
We could definitely use this. Tally is so accident prone. Her weird habit is that she licks everything, whether it be the floor, pillow, comforter, etc. It’s extremely weird.