How do your pets deal with deliveries?
5So my horrible, horrible puppy has a BarkBox subscription, and I think it’s convinced her that ALL THINGS IN BOXES BELONG IN HER MOUTH.
This is problematic.
Solar lights in boxes? IN HER MOUTH
IRK odds and ends I haven’t decided what to do with? IN HER MOUTH
The box itself? IN HER MOUTH
Meh puppy chew toys? IN HER MOUTH (ok, that one makes sense)
TBF, many things that are not in boxes have also been destroyed by this voracious half-piranha/ half 3 weasels in a fur coat. Like a lot of my clothes (sometimes while I’m in them). Random electronics. The other dog’s collars (we’re on #4 in a year). And the recycling. Most recently, my air conditioner cord.
But when boxes get delivered, she gets extra excited, and her lil chainsaw mouth starts revving for destruction.
So how about your babies?
(edit: just ordered a Sidedeal stainless steel hose.
Because the little monster chewed all my other garden hoses, even the very nice, 50’ reinforced one, into teeny tiny pieces.
We’ll see how long this lasts.)
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I’m kinda tempted to order her a bunch of those doggie toys just so I can watch her go completely nuts.
Lol…that’s funny…we just had a delivery and my dog didn’t even realize it…and the door was open.
@sweetjoey My doggos hear them coming up the alley and get into peak barky defense mode, which is a lie completely betrayed by the helicopter tail.
Then the lil monster will attempt to physically drag me to the package.
My dragging arm is looking pretty rough these days. Gonna have to start a GoFundMe after this Mehrathon.
My dogs go apeshit when the doorbell rings, so most of the delivery people that know the house don’t even ring the doorbell any more.
When I go out to get the packages I have to tell the dogs (especially the middle one) to stay repeatedly. Close the door behind me, arrange packages for transport and then reopen the door and push through, usually using a box to kind of bulldoze her out of the way. Because if she gets out the front door it starts a new “fun game” called “Imma sprint around and not listen and if there’s a car coming Imma see if I can give you a heart attack too”. And she’s the one that graduated obedience school lol.
They will all stick their noses deep into boxes if they are at their level, and sample the strange new scents within. But they won’t chew things or take things on their own usually. When the delivery is for them, much excitement and proud carrying follows the distribution of new toys, with the occasional spats of “hers is better” fussing and jockeying for position. So it is great when I can order dog toys that come in sets of 3 so that everyone gets a new treasure at the same time. (As I did today).
@djslack I also ordered this set. The last one did not last long, but some fragments re-emerge every now and then. I sometimes stuff new squeakers into demolished toys, then stuff those into other toys. It’s not lost on me that I’m training a tiny furry shark to systematically gut anything making squeaky noises.
@brainmist @djslack My dog loves everyone when out on a walk and snarls at everyone who comes to the door. When we get door to door salesman I just open it up a crack and they generally don’t hang around too long.
I thought about those dog toys but last night she was pulling the leg off a snake made out of firehose material so I thought better of it.
@djslack @sammydog01 Yeah, I got some “tactical canvas” toys from Bullymake, and she scissored them into teeny tiny pieces in about 5 minutes, ate one piece, then threw it up later.
You have to be more specific-since Walter has his own credit card and orders things himself, he gets excited when his deliveries come-not so much when mine or my wife’s arrive.
If it was a cat it’d be like ‘all this box are belong to me’ and get that shit out of my box NOW.
One of my cats growls when she sees (or hears anything resembling) a delivery truck pull up. Then she slinks down low and runs to our most secure room in the basement. It usually takes like 5 minutes after a package has been dropped off before she’ll come back out.
The growling kills me everytime, such a weird sound/reaction from a cat!
@gorgeousplanet Both of our cats will growl. I snicker every time. After the warning, they run to a safe location if it seems like the intruder didn’t take the hint and leave.
Actually Charlie let’s me answer the door to deal with the delivery men
My dog ‘Daisy’ can hear them coming up the walk and jumps up barking until I’m up and in position at the door. Then when she knows we will be safe (because they aren’t coming in) she stops barking, lets me open the door to get the package, sometimes she goes outside the door to make sure the coast is clear, comes back in and then smells the box or bag. When it’s time to open she really doesn’t care unless I have told her it’s food/treats for her then she is right at my side waiting. She’s a good girl, always protecting us. The funny thing is she’s a small dog but with the bark of a big dog
I know when a delivery is here when I’m in the shed or the garden because they shoot off like bolts barking @felton10’s balls off!
Sorry @felton10 it was requisite.
@sillyheathen You do think like a 13 year old boy-have genitals on the mind. Given your interest in balls, maybe @koolhandjoe can fill your next IRK with balls like I got so you will leave mine alone.
I have 9 cats and I’m lucky if I can remove the contents before they claim any box, no matter the size. If I fits I sits has never been truer. Heck, half the time I have to remove cats from the top of the box to open it.
squirrel!
/image squirrel
/8ball squirrel?
Outlook not so good
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bueller?
yekoP LOVES the mailman and FedEx drivers, but absolutely hates the UPS drivers. We actually think it’s the monotone uniform. That, or he’s racist. He hasn’t been to any late night meetings and hasn’t shaved his head, so we’re still hopeful.
He loves shedding boxes and will beg for them, but knows he has to be given them. That’s been helpful given how many boxes we’ve had recently from moves, sorting stuff from the in-laws, etc.