Unusual pet habits

My cockatiel used to imitate the phone ringing. Was awesome when it did it, cause my mum would come all the way downstairs to answer the phone in the kitchen thinking the one upstairs was disconnected. Im sure the bird smiled when she did that.

We had a Basset Hound called Arnold, and he was petrified of hoovers. When we got the hoover out he would jump up and bark really loud. He would leap onto the windowsill and balance there while the hoover was around. Was so funny.

We had a greyhound/saluki cross breed called Alfie too who we took to dog training cause it was a little unruly, and while we were there we obviously couldnt leave Arnold at home alone, so Arnold would try to get involved too. The best part was when they did this thing where all 20 dogs were lined up, and they placed 20 treats opposite them at the other end of the room. The dogs had to sit and wait to be told to go eat them, but someone pointed out that there was a Basset Hound munching em all. He walked along and chomped all 20.

Arnold also used to love it when I came home from school. He liked me the most out of everyone in the house. I would open the front door and he would come sliding down the hallway (it was a wooden floor so occasionally he would run on the spot for a few seconds which is always funny ) and knock me over and start licking me.

He also loved the Simpsons. We used to watch it every night at six, and if we werent watching it, but say, making dinner or something, he would sit in the living room and paw at the TV at exactly 18:00 and make whining noises. Also every time we laughed at a joke in it he would too! He would make a bark that sounded like a big fat man laughing. We filmed that once cause it was so unusual, if I find the video I will upload it.

Oh and also we were bobbing for apples once too in the kitchen in a massive bowl on the floor, when arnold came running in, dunked his head into the bucket, got an apple on his first try and then ran off and hid under the stairs. Was absolutely hilarious, but we couldnt play anymore cause the bowl was then full of slobber.

Oh and more recently we had a Jack Russel called Ellie and if you held a small piece of chicken in your hand she would leap up to head height until you gave to to her. Always funny to see small dogs leap really high!

Jam it back in, in the dark.