If Kevin is sitting on my lap & I sneeze, he yells at me. Though, to be fair, I'm one of those rapid-fire multiple sneezers. But he also yells at me if I sigh or yawn or hiccup, so he's just very strict in general.
Today I learned that he DOES NOT LIKE IT when I swish liquid in my mouth. Strict.
Oh, wow. I've been using the word "judgemental" to describe my dog's opinion about sneezing, lip goo, foot cream, peeing, eating! any sign of weakness or self-care, really. But it's "strict". She's really particular about what she believes I am allowed to do. And when. This really is helpful!
Oh, and I missed the Siamese part. I grew up with a Himalayan and she sort of loved some of us sometimes...
She'd stare witheringly if you made any attempt to touch her before 9pm, but she brought us dead snakes, mice, bunnies, birds (it was last century!) every day.
Kevin is very snuggly. He spends a lot of the day on my lap, which is why I get scolded so often for disturbing him by, you know, existing.
He doesn't get UP from the lap, mind you. He just yells at me a little.
I am very sorry for your loss. My wife had a corgi/lab mix that would get up and leave the room every time you sneezed, but not before you understood, yes, you, were the reason. Jake is gone now, but we were very lucky to have him in our pack and better for having known the little grump.
Back when our dog could hear, this was him, adding not giving a shit about gunfire, We’d use our dog as our excuse for going away on July 4th, but it’s us who can’t stand it. He didn’t care and never understood why the dogs were barking. But don’t you dare move your fucking trash bin or fart.
Ahaha, our Onyx is the same. Talking a walk with him last night, he was completely unphased by the sound of fireworks.
But the sound of people and animals in the other apartment? Fast-crawl with his head constantly over his shoulder.
Just got my 2 calm during fireworks (the male does freak every time I sneeze). However just started fostering/socializing a feral today, so I'm cursing the fireworks again.
The first time I ever sneezed, it was like a cartoon watching these two jump up and run.
I felt so guilty, but it was also hilarious.
Three years later, they still bolt for cover while I begin to inhale.
Mine is just like that, too! Sometimes she runs out of the room, sometimes she just eyes me with disdain. Sometimes she starts leaving while the sneeze is still winding up.
i, uh, say sorry before i sneeze as not to startle the cats (both!) too badly (they know by now)
also i get the 'how very dare you' stare when i scratch my ear from my resident ear scratcher
My youngest dog will come chill on my lap if there’s fireworks, but he’s mostly fine.
If you laugh really hard around him? He loses his goddamn mind. My partner and I call him the fun police.
Well, I just misgendered our cat. Sorry, Gracie... Your predecessor was a
male with issues, prob because his prev owner named him Winkie. 👀 Pronouns are important so I'll try to do better.
Yes, she's adorable, pampered, follows us around like a puppy. She's also a runner, gets the "zippies" 2X a day, streaking thru our 2-story house at max speed, jumping over chairs like an Olympic runner over hurdles. 😄 Her tiny feet somehow sound like a galloping horse on wood floors!
We had a dog who I one time went camping with - just the two of us. And the fiercest thunderstorm I have ever experienced in the mountains went on for over an hour. She was completely unbothered. And her presence made me calmer.
