What do you think your pet does all day?

Today's bit comes about from an article on MSNBC.com about what cats do all day when you're not around. They apparently did a study with about 50 housecats and a collar with a video cam. The results for me anyway were somewhat expected, but I guess others thought otherwise.

I think most of us would like to think our loving little furballs either sleep the day away or watch from some window for us to come home to entertain them. Not quite..... They're busy little bodies, playing, watching kitty tv (watching life go by out the windows), tormenting or playing with the other pets in the household, getting into mischief, and only 6% of the time is actually spent sleeping. For cats anyways. Some are a tad destructive or fascinated with other household item to keep themselves entertained, like this kitty who found the water flushing in the toilet fascinating.

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For our bundles of bouncy drooling joy, the dogs,  some of them for the most part are pretty mellow and lounge around or watch the world go by out the window. But there is the occasional dog who will be pissed off that you leave him alone all day or has separation anxiety.



They can get into mischief. Some even sing or howl or bark all day when you are gone. If yours is a singer (howler) your neighbors will be sure to let you know this as it can be rather disruptive. Usually it's the single dogs who do this. And sometimes having a companion they can bond with like another dog or even a cat will provide them the company and a playmate.

I know when Lil'Shit was younger if he was mad at us for some reason he was quite the acrobat and would get up on the darndest places and wreak havoc, so that I came home to a visual and tangible mess to document his displeasure. Usually it was the coffee table being cleared off, or if he found tissues, or paper towels or the like they would be shredded everywhere. We learned to pen him and the others up whenever we left the house just for sanity's sake and to preserve things. Now he'll howl and get all the others singing too usually as we are falling asleep just to let us know he's not happy with us.

But unless we're ready to install video surveillance while we're out I guess we don't really know what they're up to unless they leave us an aftermath display for us to draw conclusions from.

So.... do you really know what your pets do when you're not home or even asleep for that matter?