17 Stories That Prove Life With Pets Is Never Ever Boring (2025)

• Mydog has ablanket that hebrings everywhere. Hewill try tojump onmybed while carrying his blanket. Trips over the blanket and falls onthe ground. Every single night.©ShouldBeDoingScience/ Reddit
• One ofmycats will rush atthe opportunity tolock one ofthe other two into the hall bathroom (because the door opens outward). Hewaits and watches; the minute one ofthe others iscompletely inthe bathroom, rushes the door, slams itclosed, and then plops infront ofitlike I’m not going tonotice that hejust trapped one ofhis brothers. Idon’t know how helearned this orwhy hedoesit, but it’s hilarious, nonetheless.©weasel13/ Reddit
• Our cat has avery strict rule: nophones inbed. Ifshe sees the phone glowing after turning the light off for the night, she will wedge herself between the screen and your face and refuse tomove until you switch itoff and put itaway.©goodhonestirony/ Reddit
• Ihave aparrot named Brooke. Welove towatch movies together. Basically, heenjoys watching anything onscreen. One time, whenI was onadate, Idecided toinvite mydate tomyhouse. Myjaw dropped when Brooke welcomedus while saying, “Cheater, cheater, he’s trying toboost his numbers!” The guy with mesuddenly turned tome, saying, “What’s wrong with your bird?!” Iwas confused when hesuddenly walked out. Later that day, Irealized that mydate probably thought mypet was calling him out (itwas aMonsters, Inc. reference) Guess Idodged aproblem.

• Myhamster waits until mydogs are asleep and then runs onher wheel, which wakes themup, and then she stops until they fall asleep again.©am097/ Reddit
• Ilost mycat one day. Icould hear her meowing whenI called her name, but she sounded muffled and far away. Finally, after checking behind orunderneath everything, Idecided tocheck the chimney because you never know. There she was, neatly loafed onthe narrow ledge partway upthe chimney. Weregularly had fires, itwas covered insoot, and sowas she. Igave her abath. She hadn’t talked tomefor almost aweek! ©Lunar_Raccoon/ Reddit
• Myfather was walking mysister’s dog many years ago. Itwas winter inthe north ofSweden, and they were walking along astream which ran fast enough not tobecompletely frozen over, but partially. According tomydad, the dog spotted astick floating past and jumped inthe water. The stream got the better ofhim and pulled him under the ice. Luckily, heemerged further down the stream and crawled uponthe bank— happy ascouldbe, with the stick inhis mouth.©MacStaggy/ Reddit
• Mydog isobsessed with myunderwear and always pulls them out ofthe laundry basket. Last winter, wehad abunch ofsnow that didn’t melt for acouple ofweeks, and when itfinally melted, what did Ifind? 3pairs ofmyunderwear were chilling inthe backyard for everyone tosee.©starsinursa/ Reddit

“Isaid feedme, NOW!” ©Pawndora8698/ Reddit

• Anytime Ibring abag home, myDachshund has toinspect any and every bagI bring inthe house. Icannot unpack them inpeace, hewill stomp, hewill paw atme, hewill whimper untilI show him what’s inthe bag.©lazy_bonzi/ Reddit
• Myroommate has 2large male dogs, andI have asmall female dog. Myroommates are male dogs who like torough house and play around sometimes. Whenever they get too loud, mylittle dog will raise her head and growl ever soslightly. Just enough for them tohear her. Assoon asshe does, they stop for aminute and start playing quietly.©CDC_/ Reddit
• Wewere taking care ofanother dog for afew days, and hewas staying atour house. They got along well enough, but the visitor dog kept trying toplay, and resident dog never wantedto. One evening, resident dog walks into the living room tofind visitor dog inher favorite spot onthe couch. She immediately barks, drops into aplay bow, and starts jumping around toplay with him. Visitor dog gets super excited that she finally wants toplay and abandons the couch. Resident dog drops the playacting and reclaims her rightful throne.©synchroswim/ Reddit
• MyHusky/Newfoundland mix isthe smartest dog I’ve ever met. When chewing something heknows he’s not supposed tohave, he’ll place aproper toy overit, sowhenI catch him chewing onthe wrong thing, he’ll casually switch tothe toy like hewas chewing itall along. Healso decided helikes walking along the back ofthe couch like acat and even sleeping there, despite being about 70pounds.©Unknown author/ Reddit

• Ihave acat, apuppy, and adog. The cat likes tolure the puppy under the bed, and hecan get under but gets stuck inthe middle where it’s the lowest. Ihave torescue him (usually around 2am, and hewakes meupbyscratching the floor, trying toget out). Cat also likes toknock things off the counter that heknows Puppy should not bechewingon. Puppy and Cat like towrestle with each other. But Dog doesn’t like the ruckus and barks atthem tostop. Cat doesn’t like the barking, sohechases Dog. Puppy follows Cat, and there’s atrain of3Tom-and-Jerry style through the house. Atthe end ofthe day, tho, they are always inabig cuddle pile, soI think they’ll beokay.©Banzewrld/ Reddit
• When Imoved into mylast apartment, mycats met myroommate’s cat, Jenny. Jenny isanincredible creature, talkative and cuddly and weird but also passive-aggressive. She would get alil jealous ifmycats got more attention, but mostly, she just got mad when she didn’t get togooutside. When she got angsty, she took itout onthe other cats. Inmyfirst week, she pushed myoldest off the balcony. Marzipan hit the iron fencing below and lost atooth. Somehow, Marz still loved Jenny.©cocodrie_/ Reddit
• Weadopted apuppy last year (German pointer/mutt female). Our 6-year-old pup (corgi/border collie male) was fine atfirst, but hegradually decided hewas not having any ofher shenanigans and will growl/bark ather when hedoesn’t want toplay. Now, she’s turned itinto agame, and whenever she wants attention, she lays infront ofhim onher back, belly exposed, wags her tail, and wiggles her body— she never touches him during this. HeALWAYS responds with alow tone growling and arandom bark. It’s the dog version of“I’m not touching you” ©HouseHelp9119/ Reddit
• Iwas cat-sitting inEngland, staying atthe owner’s house. They told menot tolet the cat out onthe balcony—he would run. Apparently, he’s acat with royal lineage, like actual relatives inBuckingham Palace. Hesomehow escaped through atiny crack inthe window. Two days passed. Iwas stressed. Finally told the owner about itand was floored when she said, “Hestill managed torun away? Noworries, hedoes that all the time. He’ll beback.” And sure enough, hewaltzed back like nothing happened.
• Mybetta fish wants tofight the cat and keeps flaring ather, but the cat just wants todrink out ofthe tank filter (cuz it’s running water, even though she has apet fountain all toherself). She gets very freaked out when heappears tosuddenly double insize, leading her topanic and fall off the table the tank ison.©jabberwockytamer/ Reddit