People shared stories of times their pets behaved like jerks – 18 of the best (or worst)

Pets are very special to us, whether they’re a fluffy little kitten or a 2-foot lizard, but they don’t always act how we’d like them to. In many ways, they’re exactly like family. When writer Talia Lavin asked for people’s stories of their pets’ misdemeanours, she got just what she asked for – a lot of tales of pets being complete arseholes.

This is the question that kicked it all off.

i can’t sleep or seem to disconnect so tell me about a time your pet was a dumb jerk

— Talia Lavin (@chick_in_kiev) September 27, 2018

These were our 18 favourite replies.

1.

This is Mr. Pugsley. One day he knocked over the trash can and ate the 2-day old remains of a smoked paprika roast chicken. We lived in terror of the cooked bones killing him until he turned the bathroom floor into a diarrheic Slough of Despond. He’s a good boy. pic.twitter.com/oLgWyTQj8O

— Tom Maxwell (@universalshow) September 27, 2018

2.

I had my cat Pasha on my chest while I talked on the phone. I laughed out loud real hard and she stuck her whole head in my open mouth. https://t.co/lfJtG7Shfd

— Nichole ✨✨✨ (@tnwhiskeywoman) September 27, 2018

3.

Meet Jolene. She ate every one of her dog beds as a puppy. pic.twitter.com/yreAR5RdjM

— Bill Reyno (@BillReyno) September 27, 2018

4.

I have 2 Labs, both boys.
I’m home, on a videoconference call. Dogs come in, sit down in background. Colleagues are charmed, “Oh how cute.” Soon after, they look a bit confused. Then they start dying of laughter.
I look round, and dog 1 is vigorously tossing dog 2’s salad.

— Zoe Samuel (@zoe_samuel) September 27, 2018

5.

My late cat Jonathan Taylor Thomas (we didn’t name him) ran a crime syndicate in the neighborhood and got arrested breaking into my neighbor’s house and ended up at the humane society where we had to pay $100 to readopt him.

— Brandi Knows Grouches are Monsters. (@ItsTheBrandi) September 27, 2018

6.

My Dog is a pit-greyhound mix. Thin body but his head is as hard as a rock. About a week after we adopted him, we were horsing around on the couch. The booger hit me in the face with the top if his head and broke my nose. pic.twitter.com/RyKkInmC5s

— Kilgore Trout (@CohibaSmkr) September 27, 2018

7.

Bertie climbed up and took my fillet of beef I had on Christmas Day from the back of the job where I’d left it. The cats helped. Bertie has IBD & can’t eat unhydrolyzed meat. River of poop for days 😷😑

— Emma Chittenden (@emchi) September 27, 2018