Hi everyone,
Our friends over at Panasonic have put together some fun facts on what UK pets are up to when their humans aren’t watching them! Full list can be found below. đ
Has your cat ever done something naughty that you only realised later on? Tell us in the comments!
Oh and before we forget they are also running a competition – more on how to enter below. But amazing prizes such as a holiday and other goodies worth up to ÂŁ2000 can be won, so don’t forget to check it out! đ
Good luck everyone and do let us know what antics your furry friends have gotten up to.
And if you’ve messed our review of the Panasonic Smart Monitoring Home Hub don’t forget to check this out here!
Thanks,
Marc
Pets Uncovered
Stealing the neighbourâs Sunday dinner, flooding the kitchen and smashing an urn containing the ashes of a loved one- new research provides a revealing insight into the secret world of Britainâs pets.
They may well be one of the family but what do our pets get up to when no oneâs looking? A study of 2,000 UK pet owners revealed the most extreme, funny and unbelievable secret actions of cats and dogs around the country.
One dog attempted a âgreat escapeâ – managing to tunnel through the kitchen floorboards- spending two days under the house.
And one woman returned home to find her cats had somehow flicked the tap on and were sat marooned on top of the washing machine with the entire kitchen flooded.
While another greedy cat dragged a whole cooked chicken into the house through the cat flap â with the owners too embarrassed to find out which neighbourâs Sunday dinner had been stolen.
Remarkably, another couple returned home to greet their overweight tomcat, only to find he was in fact a âsheâ and had given birth to kittens whilst they were away.
There was also a university student whose dog really did eat her homework, while a pair of glasses, designer handbag and even a set of false teeth also made the menu for Britainâs canine companions.
The incredible insight into the shenanigans of Britainâs cats and dogs was commissioned by the Panasonic Smart Home monitoring system, which allows us to keep an eye on our beloved companions when we’re away from home.
Other strange surprises awaiting pet owners included many a pet being curiously the wrong side of a supposedly locked door, while several clever animals learned just how to open the fridge-and demolish the contents.
But despite the surprises and sometimes chaos of our dear furry friends, the value they bring is obvious â the average owner enjoys over 16 hours of quality time with their pet per week.
Yesterday a spokesman for Panasonic Smart Home said: âAny dog or cat owner will tell you that thereâs nothing better than the warm welcome they give you when coming in the front door but, just occasionally, there might also be a surprise of some kind.â
âOur pets bring so much to our daily lives and are a firm part of the family, but owners wonder – and often worry – about what it is their pets get up to when theyâre not around.
âThe results provide a revealing insight into some of the adventures (and antics!) theyâre having when not under their ownerâs watchful eyes.â
And we owe them a lot too – a quarter said they are at their happiest when spending time with their pet while a third even prefer being with their pet to being with friends.
Just under half of respondents said they were less stressed because of their pet, while boosts to avoiding loneliness and having more energy were common.
Many owners even rely on a pet psychologist- more than half ask their pets questions despite knowing they wonât get an answer, while one in four has spoken to their ârelationship councillorâ about their partner, or commented on them while they are still in the room.
In return, 77 per cent of Britainâs pets are well and truly pampered- receiving ÂŁ130+ worth of goods and treats a year on average.
While more than half celebrate their petâs birthday, results showed.
The Panasonic spokesman added: âWhether they give us unlimited affection, an attentive ear, help us de-stress or make us feel more secure in our homes, our pets play a very important part in our lives.
âSupporting such hardworking pets is just one of the benefits of the Panasonic Smart Home monitoring system. Designed with the needs of a regular person, family or our furry friends firmly in mind, the system enables you to check on your home while youâre out and about, giving you peace of mind however busy your lifestyle.
âTo reward the nationâs Very Important Pets, Panasonic Smart Home is giving owners the chance to win a host of well-deserved prizes for them and their VIP to enjoy. Just like Dave here⊠https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KWE6Lo9GIE
Competition
To enter your own Very Important Pet (VIP of course!) into the Panasonic competition click here. The Panasonic competition is running from now until the end of the 3rd of July. Terms and conditions can be found here.
So don’t forget to tweet to @PanasonicUK (https://twitter.com/PanasonicUK) with #MyVIP We shall reveal next week what our own entry is! đ
PET ANTICS
*A coupleâs excitable puppy smashed an urn, spilling ashes all over the floor
*Another couple returned to a flooded kitchen with their guilty-looking cats marooned on top of the washing machine
*A couple returned to greet their tubby tomcat- only to find he was a âsheâ who had given birth to kittens while they were away
*Two dogs sat quietly on the sofa⊠watching a burglar rob the house
*Another made a âgreat escapeâ tunnelling under the kitchen floor boards and getting stuck for two days
*One greedy cat pulled a whole cooked roast chicken through the cat flap â a neighbourâs Sunday roast
*A cat playfully shredded a wad of cash left out by the owners
*One puppy ate his way through important vehicle registration documents and, ironically, a book called âPerfect Puppyâ
*One dog mysteriously managed to get on the other side of a locked door
*One dog ate both arms of a pair of glasses
*Another ate a minty mouth guard and dentures
*One manâs delivery of several Marks and Spencer jumpers was left in his garden- only to be torn apart by his dogs
*Another hapless dog managed to lock himself inside a cupboard- luckily his whimpering got him released
Photocredits: Pinterest
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They sure are having fun, aren’t they?
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Well, the “worst” I came home to was a soiled bed – when my female cat was throwing up before jumping down đ Sometimes I come home to find my two lieing very close next to each other – I always feel like a peeping tom then. At other times, before I found today’s solution, my cats had managed to overturn their water bowls – not once, not twice – it got so bad that I had to find a new bowl, that was too heavy for them to handle.
hope things have all settled down now
When I remember to buy cat grass, all is well, but whenI forget to get new grass, my cat still vomits – but not often.
I wish you could buy pre grown cat grass in the UK. You can only get the seeds and they are 5 times the price of seeds in Germany…
Then go to a DIY-market, buy normal grass seeds there and some soil for flowers … and grow it entirely yourself. You may even buy a bigger kind of bowl there, Maurerwanne in German, and make your own small piece of lawn there!
Oh! I never thought about that haha. I usually stock up on the packs of seed on my trips to Germany LOL
The water bowl sounds very familiar lol. This is why I’ve got a water fountain haha xD
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Reblogged this on ravenhawks' magazine and commented:
Great Post, the deeds done by my furry crew are to numerous to name but my fav is returning home to find the window screen removed yet everyone was inside sleeping.
LOL. Makes you wonder what they are up to.
Mine are numerous too, but standouts are: the dog who got my contact lens container and demolished it (and them); the cat that stole a leg of lamb my flatmate had just roasted and left on the bench to cool – said cat was found lying on the floor beside the bone, unable to walk, but he recovered faster than my flatmate did. Another cat was very fond of taking books from the shelves and reading them. At least that’s what I assume he did; many pages were clawed and some torn out and shredded. Adds a whole new meaning to “devouring a book”. Not to mention random acts of vandalism in my bedroom of a morning by bored cats who want me to get out of bed.
And the dog who climbed out an upstairs window, slid down a tree, and frightened a delivery man who left a carton of groceries at the gate. The dog then appeared to have spent the day transporting most of the carton’s contents to the back porch, where they should have been left. Yes, the bag of sugar burst, a few eggs fell out of the carton, and she weakened and ate a packet of biscuits, but…
Wow what a bunch of stories. My sister would die if her cats devoured books like that haha
Reblogged this on rattiesforeverworldpresscom.
Oh, yes … German Shepherd guzzling a double-batch of freshly made fudge meant to last a few months – and not even getting sick. Cats learning to open all kinds of doors in the dead of night. Nightly gifts of large snakes in perfect working order from a Siamese. And another who snatched and removed a Christmas turkey larger than himself.
We’ve certainly haddem!
Wow! The snakes would have made me freak out…
I love the picture of the orange tabby putting his paw on the head of the gray cat who keeps on eating! The orange tabby doesn’t look like he is exerting pressure at all, more like he is saying I AM HERE.
On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 2:00 PM, Katzenworld wrote:
> Marc-AndrĂ© posted: “Hi everyone, Our friends over at Panasonic have put > together some fun facts on what UK pets are up to when their humans aren’t > watching them! Full list can be found below. đ Has your cat ever done > something naughty that you only realised later on? Tell” >
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