Pets are wonderful, loving, innocent creatures that add pure joy to our lives.
They also have an uncontrollable tendency to eat things they shouldn't, find terribly bad places to go to the bathroom, and are weapons of mass destruction when it comes to shoes, breakable accessories, and furniture. If you've ever had a pet, you're likely to have at least one story involving one, if not all three of these sins.
It's pretty hard to stay angry no matter how terrible the act is. After all, animal misbehavior is often just a natural response to stress or boredom. Plus, just one look at their adorable little faces will calm your anger. most of the time.
A Reddit user recently asked pet owners, “What's the worst thing your pet has ever done?” And some living things really know how to act. Whether they're fur babies, feathered friends, or scaly companions, pets can be truly terrifying, slashing, and hilarious. Of course we love them.
Below are 22 of the best answers from traumatized pet owners. And while their stories don't necessarily paint the best picture of their beastly best friends, they're certainly entertaining, if not extremely relatable, reads.
1.
“My dog dug up the cable lines in my neighborhood when Sunday's Super Bowl had a huge crowd.” -@Living_delivery_265
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2.
“My parrot has started swearing and won't stop. The strangest thing is that we don't even know how he learned to swear.Maybe he heard the neighbors or something.” -@pizzapen
3.
“As a kitten, she managed to grab hold of the dried flowers her mother had brought with her as a keepsake from her grandmother's funeral and tore them apart. Literally, irreplaceable.” -@Catstrddle
Four.
“When my dog was teething at the time, he chewed through the bean bag chair he was sleeping on and broke it. It is filled with Styrofoam pellets approximately 3mm in diameter. There are tens of thousands of them. There is no effective way to catch them, as they are attracted to static electricity and can be blown away by the slightest change in wind. The vacuum cleaner was more of a push around than a pick up. It took about 3 hours to clean. We've been finding pellets in random places for years.” -@DarthFloyd
Five.
“I had this ball python before. When I woke up one morning, he seemed restless so I took him out of his cage. I threw him on the bed and lay down again. He would often crawl on top of me and curl into his body seeking warmth. On this special occasion, he came to sniff around my face as soon as I was yawning. Then a small tear came out of my eye and he licked it. The next moment he grabbed me by the eyebrow like a little furry rodent. I sat up straight and held a 4 foot snake directly in my face. He let go of his hand after a few seconds and we didn't speak for the rest of the day. Two bloody holes remained between his eyebrows. Twitching.” -@Stevel-Knievel
6.
“Baxter once pooped in the refrigerator and ate an entire piece of cheese. He wasn't even angry, which was great.” -@ryclarky
7.
“My boxer knocked over a statue of the Virgin Mary. Her head was broken and my dog was running around holding her head.” – @Motherinlawdouche
8.
“The other day, as I lay down for a much-needed nap, I heard a crash in the living room. I went outside to check…my calico cat climbed onto my desk and knocked over a small shelf containing small silver thumbtacks. All over my living room. After about five steps, I realized I was surrounded by studs.” -@slumvillain
9.
“I filled the cup to the brim with fruit punch and left to put the bottle back in the fridge. I turned around and saw the blind cat standing at the dining room table, touching the cup with his paw…he curled up and knocked the cup off the table. There's fruit punch everywhere. ” -@colethefatcat
Ten.
“Back in 2014, my parents owned this vase. It had been passed down through four generations to the youngest child in the family. It sat on top of the cabinet, higher than the refrigerator. Our family went on a 4-day vacation to Disney World, and on the second day of our vacation, my dad had a vase of flowers shattered on the floor, and we had to feed our two cats. I received an email that the cats were next to where the vase used to be and I believe our cats were able to jump up there with some help. [by] I climbed on top of the air fryer on the counter. ” -@mittiens
11.
“We just bought our first home, and the first time we left our dog alone, he ate the trim around all the doors, the drywall behind them, and almost all the way to the outside. Needless to say, we were satisfied. I could not do it.” -@Fuzzy-Ad5756
12.
“I'm a caffeine addict and admit it. I start every day with an energy drink and drink Diet Mountain Dew all day. In college, I was so broke that at one point I poured myself a cup of 2 I had about 14 ounces left of a liter of Mountain Dew. My cat came over to see what I had and sniffed it, but the popping bubbles tickled his nose and he sneezed directly onto the surface. I think he did.”-@LatterTowel9403
13.
“I got a new dog and wanted them to be happy and get used to their new home. I let them chew on a pig's ear (which is already a pretty disgusting treat) and they happily accept it. After a while, where did the dog go? He was munching on a pig's ear on the bed, with a huge pile of drool and pieces of pig's ear, probably now on my sheets. Silver lining, the sheets still smell like bacon for a while after I washed them, which wasn't how I wanted to start a relationship with a new dog. did!” -@ItsGotHeart
14.
“My Beta killed three fish in one week.” -@Tox1cShark7
15.
“My dog was just a puppy and had never seen a baby bird before. One night I was taking her for a walk and there was a baby bird on the ground. It was chirping and getting her attention. Very attracted (probably because it sounded like her squeaky toy) I started to reach for the bird to put it back in the nest, but the dog jumped at it. I just heard a loud squeak and silence. When I realized what I had done, my dog's expression changed. She wasn't herself for the rest of the night, and I'm sure she felt very bad. I think so.” -@justanotherperson218
16.
“He (the dog) got so excited that he jumped up and broke my mother's nose with his big head.'' -@mortokes
17.
“A few nights ago, in the middle of the night, my monster cat brought a live pigeon through the cat door and released it into the living room. There are wings everywhere.” -@effieokay
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18.
“I have a Roomba. I set it to clean every morning at 7:30 a.m., because by then I'm usually out at work and I've just finished walking the dog. One morning, Apparently the 7 a.m. walk wasn't enough, and my dog's poop was all over the floor. Then, when I got home, my Roomba took off like a little robot. The poop rolled around and the Roomba was dead.
TL;DR–My dog collaborated with a robot to create an abstract piece of art made from feces. ” -@SleepsontheGround
19.
“One summer day, while walking with her friend Stripe through a park filled with happy picnickers and laughing children, she spotted a birthday party. I kept her away from the river because I underestimated her love of food. [leash]. I don't know how she saw her birthday cake wrapped in tinfoil, but before I could stop her, she jumped into the river. She rips through the aluminum foil like a savage and devours her cake, then quickly moves to the barbecue and cuts every sausage, burger, and chicken leg in sight as the birthday boy looks on in horror. I managed to eat it. I stood awkwardly on the other side of the water, yelling her name and apologizing over and over again, but she only listened when she decided she was done eating, and then calmly swam back across the water. The whole family was jumping up and down in the distance while staring at me. under. Sorry birthday boy, I hope I didn't ruin your day so badly. ” -@Tanyabee
20.
“One time I was running to the basement to get some ingredients I forgot to add to dinner. Like an idiot, I kept the burner and pot on, thinking I could just run to the fridge in the basement in less than a minute. Instead, I tripped over the dog before I could reach my first step and ended up tumbling into the basement, looking up and desperately running upstairs before my stupid dinner set the whole house on fire. As I was about to run away, I saw my dog looking down and smiling. – [deleted]
twenty one.
“Maybe not the worst for me, but definitely the worst for my mom. She made the cat angry…she kicked the cat out of her bedroom before going to bed because she doesn't like animals sleeping on the bed or next to her…apparently in the morning she was late for her work It seems like he was. She quickly tried to put on her shoes and found vomit in one of her shoes. The cat decided to take revenge and vomit out of all her own shoes, the ones she wears to her job almost every day, every hour of her day.” -@badguywindow
twenty two.
“My 55-pound dog ate an entire tray of pot brownies.” -@karmavorous
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This article was originally published on 8.9.22.
