So, the staff is pretty lucky that Pugsley and I are indoor cats and we don’t get into a lot of “stuff” outside. I know some cats that cruise the neighborhood and often traipse their dirty little paws back into the house. Don’t even get me started on the dog dirty paw issue.
Of course, house cats can also get into messes. A few months ago, the staff was getting some work done on the floor in the basement. Pugsley and I were told “don’t go down there!” and a baby gate was put up. Well, you know what I think about baby gates!
So, I didn’t think the staff would know I was down there but my paws betrayed me.
The staff immediately jumped on me and into the sink I went for a thorough fur cleaning and paw scraping. Guess what she used to clean my paws? That’s right! Our good friends, Q-tips®! They make great toys AND great paw cleaners for cats AND dogs!
Here’s a video the staff made just for you to demonstrate how to clean a pet’s paws with Q-tips®. Poor Pug had to be the model because apparently I’m “too squirmy for film.” Whatevs.
Staff was all serious for that. But Q-tips has some funny videos of their own! Visit their You Tube channel.
Have YOUR pets ever made a mess? Tell me about the biggest mess they’ve made (doesn’t have to be walking through anything, just any mess!) for a chance to win a $50 Petco gift card, courtesy of Q-tips®! Leave a comment below and we’ll do a random drawing at Noon EST on Wednesday, May 30, 2012.
And, by the way, friends: This is a sponsored post. We received Q-tips® product from Unilever, the makers of Q-tips® and other compensation but we are big fans of Q-tips here so it’s all our own opinion! Romeo cannot be bought, you know.
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As for messes………Ariel (my Pug) and Burrito (my Chi) had dragged a long stick into my house and upon my bed. My son had let them in from being outside and wasn’t looking. Well, both dogs went under my covers – they love doing that….that night I went to bed with my lights off and had gotten under the cover and felt chewed up pieces spread through out my bed…eww
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I use Q-tips on my Pug!! I have to clean her wrinkles on her face and the best thing to use is Q-Tips!! Works like a charm….and carefully I also used to clean her ears to off dirt or ear wax.
I am such a princess, I never make messes. But one time I was sick and I couldn’t stop vomiting, and you know……the other thing from the other end too. I was sooooo embarrassed. But that really was my messiest moment.
We were planting grass seed in our yard. The dogs were outside running about and my son was watching them. He was trying to keep them away from the mud as we were watering the yard. That was a bad choice from the start to have them outside with us. Well anyways they spotted a squirrel running around the yard and started to chase it, going threw our freshly planted grass and getting full of mud. We were yelling at them and my son decided it was a good idea to let them in the house. They came taring into our house splattering mud all over the house and carpet. It took days to clean!! Never will do that again!
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The cat stepped in the dog’s poo and decorated the brand new couch and floor rug, tracietrump@yahoo.com
unfortunately the biggest mess is vomit
my dog pee on my bed!!
One day we left our dog Ally on the backyard since it was awesome outside. We went to go run some errands and all of a sudden it started raining like crazy. She has a dog house outside but she decided to have to fun and got covered of mud and what not. When I brought her in to clean her and dry her she left a huge mess all over=]
The biggest mess we have had would be when our dog Brutus decided to destroy a couch cushion while we were at work. There was stuffing everywhere!
There were a lot of messes at my house when my dog was potty training but the biggest mess was chewing up some carpet when I wasn’t at home.
Leonardo brought a bird inside (sadly deceased) and though he had a vague idea that I might be chagrined by this; he simultaneously had a vague idea that he should bring home this prize since he had noticed that I am not much of a bagger of birds. So, he decided to hide it in the hall closet. Only the smell revealed its whereabouts and that was clearly after some … shall we say … maturation. I ended up having to remove the carpet in there.
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My cat Gretchen likes to knock over plants, so dirt gets everywhere.
The biggest mess we’ve ever had is when the cats were accidentally locked out of the litter box area by a pet sitter so they decided to use a potted plant instead (very thoughtful of them) except the pot was tiny…and on top a chest of drawers… they managed to use the soil, but then knocked it over, splattering wet soil all over the walls and on the floor (where they used it again). Lovely. Lucky they’re beyond cute!
My cat Stella L-O-V-E-S to attack plants. She likes to hurl herself at anything that even resembles a plant, no matter how difficult is may be for her to get to them. I no longer keep plants in my house because of her. A few summers ago I took a class and made a wreath out of lavender. I was advised to let it dry out for a few month before hanging it. As soon as I brought it home she became fixated on the wreath. I ended up placing it on a plastic serving tray and sticking it up on the top shelf of a bookcase (out of kitty reach). About 30 seconds later I see Stella throw herself at the bookcase from the back of chair. She managed to clip the end of the tray which basically made the wreath sling shot across the room and hit a wall and land on my couch. Little bits of lavender spread in every nook and cranny of the couch, all over the floor and some stuck to Stella’s fur. I had to laugh, the scene looked like it had come straight out of the movie. Stella’s moxie is part of why I lover her.
The worst mess my cat Twinkle ever made was when I stupidly once bought her a can of wet food that she wasn’t used to eating because it was on sale. She ate about half of what I put in her bowl & then decided to show her displeasure at being given this food by running into my bedroom so that she could start throwing up in there. She then ran into my walk-in closet & threw up in there. After that she ran into the carpeted part of my bathroom, then the hallway, then the dining room, followed by the living room throwing up in all of the above places. Of course all of the places had carpet. She wouldn’t throw up in the part of my bathroom that didn’t have carpet or in the kitchen. She had to throw up every single time on the carpet. I had to run all over the apartment cleaning up after her & I got to work later than I wanted. My morning sure got off to an interesting start!
my mom said Stay.. well i did,,after i moved to the carpet with my wet, dirty feet
Well, I have a nasty situation that requires a true q-tip cleaning every week. and, that’s my SUGAR GLIDER’S cage. Pewww. They are some messy little critters. Everynight they must have parties because every morning there is left over food and food particles all over the bottom floor of the cage! Every week I take the q-tips and clean in between cracks and crevices that my wipes can’t get to. They work great!
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Its not the mess, but the tugging that my cats on a daily basis. i have dreadlocks down to the small of my back. The just think i am a walking toy, or sleeping toy. They like to swat at them while i attempt to sleep
As a energetic, daring and curious kitty, I make ‘messes’ all the time (on complete accident though)! One of my favorite activities is exploring the depths of my litter box. Whether its treasure or China I am sure one day I’ll find something underneath all of that litter!! Until that day comes, however, my digging does leave a lot of ‘messes’ for my momma to clean up. :3 meow!
TheKindle, before they got their upgrade (through the wall door to the outside enclosed patio) decided to run around like crazy kittens overturning every box and container in the bathroom as well as the bedroom. The pooh cat litter went flying through the air. Although it is a bathroom, it was not fun to clean. Smart Kitties got themselves an upgrade a few months after that!
My mom says I make messes all the time, but really, she just doesn’t agree with where I put things. However, as a kitten I had a pretty upset tummy, and mom called me “Senor Poopy Paws.” Hearing her yell before the sun was up because there were poopy paw prints on her comforter was not fun. It also meant a bath. And the washing machine sounds that I don’t like. Really not fun.
Thankfully mom and my nice vet figured out the problem, and I am no longer called Poopy Paws.
I left my precious silk wrap and beloved bag on the couch without noticing our dog Max is around. A few hours later, I no longer have both items.
Well one of the biggest messes we have made and there are many, is when four of us were kittens, we got a hold of the toilet paper and totally shredded it. That was such run. The other thing we have done is we are using the walls in our hall as scratching posts and that is becasue Maggie likes to be sure everything in the litter box is covered up so I scratch the paper and the wall off to use as a covering.
Well, we’re a little embarrassed to tell about our biggest mess, but you asked for it. When we first came to live with Mom Paula as kittens, we were eating a cheaper brand of canned food and it didn’t agree with our tummies (do you know where we are going with this?). We are very floofy kittens with long white fur on our tails and panteloons! Mom Paula came home one night and smelled the worst odor when she picked one of us up (we’re not telling who). Needless to say, we had an upset tummy and our backsides were brown instead of white/silver. That was our first bath at Mom Paula’s house. Luckily, we’ve switched to a higher quality of food now.
By the way, Mom Paula uses Q-tips to wipe our eyes all the time, especially Brulee’s!
Truffle and Brulee
I loved this video and Pugsley was such a good sport!
OMG I have a story about a mess that you would NEVER BELIEVE. About 2 yrs ago my husband went to our niece and nephew’s wedding in Florida and I couldn’t go due to kidney stone issues.
To this day I have NO CLUE how this happened. I got up in the morning and there was DOG POOP EVERYWHERE! I mean EVERYWHERE! (We used to crate Dakota in those days and he was IN the crate, perfectly clean). I am not talking about turds, this was smeared in, smashed in POOP. We had carpeting then, it was in the living room and dining room. Our cat, Cody was also clean.
I came out and literally was crying as I cleaned it all up on my hands and knees in my kidney-stone induced pain.
To this day I have NO CLUE how that happened and how both pets were clean? Could it have been the Poop Fairy??? lol.
This is totally true…I couldn’t make this up!
Not a mess making story but a Q-tip use story!
I take care of a feral kitty colony & every once in a while a new kitty will show up & sometimes there is a ruckus & sometimes my poor male kitty Pumpkin, gets a battle wound trying to defend his territory. (silly boy – there is enough food for everyone!) So we often use Q-tips to clean his wounds. He is a loveable Tom but too used to being outdoors to try & bring him in. His momma & sister are also part of the colony but much more wild than he is. All are fixed & well cared for.
Thankfully the kitty – now named Fuzzy – who was causing all the ruckus was caught & neutered & is a much nicer guy now so we haven’t had any fighting since last fall.
I put my poodle in our fenced backyard for a while without checking in on him, and when I went to get him, I found he had broken the door to the screened porch and knocked over the plants on the porch, spilling dirt everywhere.
This past Christmas, our newest kitty, Sammy (her 1st Christmas with us), decided to go into my craft room in the basement, OPEN a new bag of Christmas gift bows, and bring each bow upstairs to our living room, one by one and left them EVERYWHERE! She loves to carry stuff around in her mouth!
My cat loves to eat plants and always knocks them down, spilling soil onto the floor.
not much of a story, but it was a huge mess…making some soup with sting beans and asparagus and i put the blender on without the lid. it was everywhere, walls, ceiling floor, me
Years ago, my staff was trying their best to break me of my “bad habits”. They decided to purchase one very large (and expensive) dog crate to keep me in until I figured out how to use the litter box properly. The female staff didn’t have the heart to keep me cooped up all night downstairs so she graciously allowed me to stay in the bedroom. Well, I didn’t care much for that crate idea and kinda went nuts – tipping my water dish over and spreading the most atrocious sticky paste litter goo all over EVERYTHING – me, the cage, the carpet. Yeah, I still have my moments but they deal with it. Good thing they still have that crate though, they needed to use it when they took in a stray last fall (now fixed, vetted and part of the fam) – suckers.
Doodles, the adorable and incorrigible Persian rescue cat