Who's the Master in your home? You or your pets?

[joeybee12]

It isn't even close in my case--my cats own everything--they even own me, and they know it.

[chicagojoe]

1. In this order

Mrs. Chicagojoe
Brando {our Boxer)
Me

[auntAgonist]

My husband is

then the cats , then the dog, then me


but we like it thatta way :)

[yorkiemommie1]

2. the yorkies let us live here

lol!

[notadmblnd]

3. I have to remind mine occasionally

but I am the alpha.

[ET Awful]

4. Believe it or not, my cats and I have a codependency going on :)

No superiority here at all. They need my opposable digits, and I need their purring :)

[democrat in Tallahassee]

5. the bunny and the parrot are amused by us and let us remain here

I don't know what would happen if we ceased to amuse them!

[Joe Power]

6. Me

Letting your pets think they are in charge is a recipe for disaster...and makes for, in the case of dogs, at least, unhappy pets.

[joeybee12]

7. I think cats are very different in that respect, summed up by an Egyptian

saying (very ancient) and I can only paraphrase: "The cat owns whatever is within its eyesight."

[Joe Power]

9. My GF's cat believes that

I tend to disagree. We've been at a stalemate for 6 years now. ;)

[fleabert]

8. flea

[MidwestMomma]

I love Flea!

I can see why he's the boss!

[Blue Gardener]

10. The cats

It's their house, I just make the mortgage payments for them.

[benny05]

19. Felines Rule at My Domincile too n/t

[bearfan454]

11. Mrs bearfan let's me think I am.

I like it.

[Thor_MN]

12. Neither... It's the pet's owner..

I have a former co-worker as a room mate. She has two cats and a lab/rott mix dog. I own the house, but for some reason, it's possible to rationalize any situation to make it my fault.

As an example, I'm not supposed to be angry because she rearranged the connecting cables on my entertainment system because I hardly ever watch that TV and it was the only way she could get a DVD to play. Doesn't matter that all she had to do was push Video on the main remote and put a DVD in, randomly moving cables worked and it's my fault.

[Deja Q]

13. I am the Master, and you will obey me!

Actually, my pet is. But I don't let her realize it. :D

[madison2000]

14. There is still one spot on the big couch that I am allowed to sit on

if he's not there first!

[nuxvomica]

15. You be the judge

I have a bad cold and wanted to sleep in this morning but precisely at 8:00 am Amos started whining for his morning treat of baby food as he does every morning at precisely 8:00 am if he hasn't gotten it already. Well let me tell you, he didn't get his treat till at least 8:15! I am the master around here!

[koneko]

16. Frank & Beans rule the roost

my kitties control all

[shesemsmom]

17. The FIDS own us

2 feathered kids

[mtnsnake]

18. I'm glad you started this thread. Our precious cat has been

waking us up all during the night for attention. She does this when it's too cold for her to go out. There's a period of around 2 months where we live that the temperature is so frigid that she will not go outside for more than a minute or two, and to offset her having to stay inside so much, she craves the extra attention in the middle of the night. Once warm weather comes, she's okay because she exspends her energy outside hunting, but for right now, she's driving us nuts! Scritch scritch scritch!!!

[MrScorpio]

20. ME!

No pets

[kedrys]

21. The cat hordes (TM) run absolutely everything.

Dogs have owners, cats have staff. Of course, the s.o. and I are outnumbered 5 to 2.

There's the one that has to sleep on my feet, the one that has to have a bit of my breakfast, the one that begs for chicken (roasted, not the canned stuff), the one that wants to be next to you but not be petted or scratched, and the one who currently holds the talking stick and won't shut up.

And THEN there's the outdoor cats. :D

[Ellen Forradalom]

22. Ongoing struggle of wills

between dog and humans. A friendly struggle, mind you, but still a struggle. This struggle is most evident in hashing out bed arrangements for the night.