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Brushing my cat's teeth. How did my life come to this?

NancyBeck said:
This is a fun thread. Just last night, we were reading stuff on how to express a dog's anal glands and trying to decide if it was something we could tackle ourselves or leave to the vet. They're like our kids right, you do what you have to do!
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Nancy... we had a shepard mix. He had to have surgery, poor pup, because of his anal glands. They were getting infected, and he was trying to clean them himself! Ugh... special diet, surgery, recovery, and so much more!

Animals are so like kids... they sure can tug at your heart strings!

I haven't used my spit for cleaning my kids per se...since I hated when my Mom did that to em - but I came up with a solution, lol! I tell my boys to (haha) lick my finger (or a cloth if I have) and then I use their own spit. They are less grossed out that way.
 
jk703 said:
Nancy... we had a shepard mix. He had to have surgery, poor pup, because of his anal glands. They were getting infected, and he was trying to clean them himself! Ugh... special diet, surgery, recovery, and so much more!

Animals are so like kids... they sure can tug at your heart strings!

I haven't used my spit for cleaning my kids per se...since I hated when my Mom did that to em - but I came up with a solution, lol! I tell my boys to (haha) lick my finger (or a cloth if I have) and then I use their own spit. They are less grossed out that way.
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That's brilliant! Wish I'd thought of it!
 
Well, lets see....My dogs groomer is found of calling my baby her AA and NA client. My dog is always getting into something...
It started when I went to Italy about 5 years ago and I brought back this spectacular wine that I loved from a specific place in Rome. I placed my wine in a rack on my counter and went to take a shower. (The wine had not been opened it was a brand new bottle I was saving) When I came out of the shower and walked into my kitchen I immediately noticed the dog acting strangely. Somehow...I have no idea how..But some how she had caused my wine bottle to pop its cork and literally pour the entire bottle out onto the floor. She drank the entire bottle of wine. Yes the entire bottle. I called the vet whom found the situation extremely humorous. He could not stop laughing as I was sick with worry about what it could do to my dog. He was more upset that the wine had been wasted then he was worried about the dog. I spent the rest of the day and night taking care of a hung over drunk cocker spaniel. Who proceeded to lay in the middle of the floor with her stuffed dog and whine all night. Served her right. LOL
Then same dog decided to eat my husbands asthma medication which he for some reason thought would be safe left sitting on the floor in a bag (MEN!!). So she ate a few ampules of steroids for the nebulizer which sent her bouncing off the walls and acting insane! I again spoke to the same vet on the phone who was extremely concerned this time but said all i could do was watch her and hope the steroids didn't cause her heart to stop. So i spent that night following around a hyped up dog on drugs who could not stop moving. Dog was like a tweaker shaking, whining paranoid, barking at everything and anything. I liked the drunk dog better!
That is just 2 of the absurd stories of things my Cocker Spaniel has gotten into and caused me stress over. This is the same dog who is now my one eyed pirate because she developed Glaucoma in her right eye and had to have it removed. The things our pets do I swear.
 
@DixieDoesPSP Oh my gosh, this had me cracking up! Hungover drunk Cocker Spaniel! My cousin's Rat Terrier, Chip, has gotten into chocolate more times than you can count. So many vet visits for that little brat.

This reminded of the year my dog & cat teamed up for Thanksgiving. It was just my mom & I when I was growing up. We had a German Shepherd named Jennifer & a Domestic shorthair cat named Oreos. Oreos jumped up on the counter & swatted the turkey down. Jennifer caught it & ran outside. The two enjoyed the Thanksgiving turkey together out on the patio. I honestly don't remember if we'd already eaten or not. I think we had. We were just so impressed that the 2 had done that. We couldn't get mad. My mom still tears up laughing about that one.
 
ohhh I went from laughing hysterically at the anal gland thing to try thinking ...I don't think the last cat we had (or any of those I had in my entire life,) would let me brush their teeth?
I also cannot think of anything as a parent more stressing, hard working and brave than have the patience to be mothering a teenager....
is almost 4 am so I need some sleep, but I need to come finish reading the next page!!!!
 
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