Me, being a bit of an animal hater never had a pet and didn't intend to, but my sister allowed my niece a bun, then never looked after him, didn't bother to get him a hutch, feed him properly, pay him any attention etc. so I felt so sorry for him I brought him home to live in my garage.

Since he started out life in a chav's back garden then broke his back leg falling out of the hutch, he is now the most appreciative bun in the whole world, and has the life of Riley.

He owns our garage, which is attached to the house, along with the utility room and has access to the garden via a pink carpet rolled out especially for him, because he dosn't like the shiny floor.

He has a hutch like a regular rabbit, but his is purely to use as a toilet, he will not drink out of a bottle so we give him a saucer, which has to be cleaned out daily and overflowing, so he don't get his chin wet.

He loves anything pink, so he has a pink towel laid out to sit on whereever is his chosen spot for the day, and carpet for extra comfort.

He dosn't eat grass unless I pick it for him and wash it, and carrots have to be washed and peeled into stips.

Once banana has been on the floor he won't eat it, and hops over the paving stones because he dosn't like to get his paws dirty. Oh and if, on the rare occassion he gets wet, he likes to be towel-dried, and he won't go in the garden without being supervised.

A lot of effort, but in return he is the happiest Bun alive, and kisses me endlessly.

From what he started out life used to, his is definatly a Cinderella story!

Anyone else give their pet a life of luxury?!

No but thats so funny but so cute at the same time.

I was never a pet person. I used to be terrified of dogs. I recently got a puppy and I adore him. He's a (toy) poodle and they were originally bred for hunting. So, I imagined my dog chasing cats and squirrels. No such chance! In the morning, he refuses to toilet outside until someone chases the birds away! He hates going on the grass when it's wet. Not only is he allowed on the sofa, he OWNS one of them - it has his blanket and toys on. Speaking of toys, he so many. Everytime I pass the pet shot,p, I feel the urge to go inside and buy him another toy or chew. He's not allowed upstairs yet as he's not 100% toilet trained.

I love this thread!
I thought my kitty was spoiled, but compared to Charlotte's bun and Xassy's poodle ...

If she goes to bed before I do (she sleeps on my bed!), she tends to settle right in the middle of the bed, so I have to sleep on the edge, so that I don't disturb her!

She has a special bit of garden that she uses as a loo (which I keep well dug, so that it is easy to use), and, when she has been and comes in with very mucky paws, I clean them for her with a tissue. She loves cheese on toast, so, when I have it, I always cut a corner off especially for her.

I do loads of little things to keep her happy, but, whenever I am upset or tearful, she sits on my knee, chirrups at me and "kitty-kisses" me until I feel better.

I'm not so keen on this thread any more, but I'm not taking back my pampered kitty post.

I don't understand?

Sorry! I visited the "I don't like cats" thread, and both of the original posters had posted in there, saying how much they dislike cats. (After my first post above, I noticed one of the posters was the last poster in the don't like cats thread, which is what prompted me to visit!)

Holly, if you choose to have a cat so be it, personally I don't like them because they come into our garden uninvited and are a threat to my precious Bun, but I'm not in the slightest bit fussed about other people having them, I appreciate you probably love your cat as much as I love Bun.
Don't feel the need to go back on your original post, a spoilt pet is a spoilt pet no matter what it is!

Sorry Charlotte - my post was an overreation! I'm embroiled in a bit of an argument on another thread, and I guess I was expecting to get slated.

Of course you are allowed to not like cats, and you certainly do not have to justify that to me! One of my closest friends is terrified of them.

Thanks for being so sweet.

Hehe I know what you mean!

People do get defensive over their 'babies' but at the end of the day, no matter what animal it is we all have one thing in common; we all love 'em to bits and spoil them rotten!

Bun has aqquired a new trait today- he loves pink socks!

As a gift I got some bobbly pink socks from the tickled pink breast cancer campaign at Asda, and my bun loves them, he's snuggled under them, chinned them to say they're his, put his head on them while he had a tickle, shoved his bum up against them for a snuggle, lay inbetween them etc!

*sets off for 24 hour Asda to buy an additional pair for buns *

what!?!! how did you find all this out? did he tell you!?

You're kidding right?

No!

I know he loves pink because a rabbit chins things to claim them and put their scent on things, and Bun seems to constantly go for pink things! He seeked out his pink towel himself and re-arranged it for his comfort lol.
And I know he likes carrot like that because he won't eat just a carrot, unprepared, but goes mad over a specialy prepared bowl of wet shavings!

I know what you mean though its only a generalisation of things I've seen him do a lot

And yes, I do really do all of those things for him, he's my baby, and its a small effort on my part in return for the times he makes me laugh, or keeps me entertained, or even just keeps my feet warm in winter!
I do anything I can to keep him happy.

omg, that is just brilliant!!!



really then i dont blame you, id be doing allsorts to see what he does next

some animals really do have proper personalities - we have a jack russel terrier who makes me laugh every day she is such a happy dog, her tail never stops wagging

Aww, cute!

People don't think rabbits have personalities but they really do, I was once really upset after recieving bad news, and I sat in the garage and cried, and Bun (usually wanders off when he gets bored) sat by my feet and never moved, then I looked at him and he did a little head wiggle, and when I laughed, he did it again. People probs won't believe that I wouldn't of, but I genuinly think he could sense I was upset, and cheered me up, little cutie!

I had a conversation similar to this thread with my husband last night. We were watching Dog Borstal, and the guy said that we should not treat dogs as humans ... they are dogs.

I turned to my husband and said that we treat our dogs as humans, and he said we didnt. I asked him why the dogs always got the best chair in the lounge to watch the telly then, whilst we sat in the uncomfy chairs.

He had to smile. I mean, one of our dogs was in the best telly armchair, on his back, willy in the air, snoring loudly. The other was in a pile of cushions fast asleep on the sofa, snug as a bug in a rug. Meanwhile hubby and I were both uncomfortable sat with cats purring loudly on our chests !!!

Madness.

We almost cancelled a family gathering this saturday because the dogs couldnt come with us. We dont like leaving them alone on a weekend as its our 'family time'.

The dogs really do get the life of Riley. As do the cats. I always sat that, if reincarnation exists, i want to come back as a pampered pet.

I definitely want to come back as cat. My cat, Wills, has got her own cashmere blanket, manages to stretch out across all 3 cushions on the sofa. She also manages to take up all the space in my superkingsize bed. Oh and she had scotch beef for dinner last night, and she's having roast chicken tonight.

Tis a good life!!!!!

I have a jack russell terrier, who I think is spoilt. She usually has something of what we are eating. She loves going out in the car, so if we are going somewhere she will come too. Everything she has a dog sweet to go to bed with. She has been diagnosed with allergies to grass, trees, plants, dust mites, just about everything, so I now try & take her to the beach once a week, which is nearly an hour away so she can have a run off her lead out of the garden. She has a large collection of leads & harness & I'm always finding new toys for her. I've not started on clothes for her.

I'm so surprised more people havn't posted on this thread, the amount of crazy animal lovers out there!

Hmmm I think I'll resurrect the 'I Love Cats' thread

I never liked dogs when I was young. I always had cats. But ever since we had our dog, Daisy (who is a cross between a King Charles and a Shit-Tsu), I can understand how people spoil their pets like mad. I cannot eat Malteasers while looking at my lap-top because she is there begging, and I cannot refuse her. I love her to bits and she is very much part of our family. When my daughter comes home from school, Daisy waits at the window for her partner in crime to walk in and the mischief begins.
I only got Daisy because my daughter was constantly asking me when she was going to have a brother/sister, so I got her Daisy. Ever since, the comments about babies have stopped YAY!! At the moment, she is lying on my side of the bed waiting for me to take her for a walk to collect my daughter from school (as she's a science club).
My partner has a roast chicken in the oven, so Daisy will have that when we get home.
Daisy may be small, but she is a fantastic guard dog and has the heart of a lion

When I had my first hamster he didn't just have 1 cage, he had several that I'd alternate. I bought loads of tubes and things off ebay and would make new rooms out of ice cream tubs, biscuit tubs etc.

I'd even leave him out at night to run around my bed room floor, I had no other animals and there was no place to escape to and was never any difficulty in catching. I even grew sun flowers from the seeds in his food to feed to him.

Way too much time on my hands back then.

yeah i spoil my lab puppy, poor thing suffers from epilepsy, he's fine on the medication but even so there's been a few blips where he's been very ill indeed, so we got him a few things to unwrap for his first birthday lol, he's constantly spoiled though.

omg, is that a jack thing? Ren loves the car! she jumps in and wont come out! In fact on more than one occasion ive asked her to get out the car and shes just sat upright looking at me wagging her tail, so ive shut the door and left her for ten minutes. Come back, and she still doesnt want to leave! I think she is a gypsy and just loves road trips.


and just keeping in line with the thread, i am curled up on the sofa with my laptop with a blanket wrapped round my feet. Ren is curled up round my legs wrapped up, snug as a bug with more blanket wrapped round her! sheesh!