So my cat's running around the house like a lunatic

[Aabidano]

Having her run around like she's lost her mind isn't too unusual. This time was a little odd, she'd tear across the house, pause, then take off again. Pretty funny normally, the middle of the cat raceway is tile and they have to make a turn to get into the living room, usually good for at least one crash and the occasional cat pileup followed by a brawl under the kitchen table. Couple minutes and they generally quit.

This time she kept doing it, pause, run, pause, run, pause, run. The I noticed she'd eaten a piece of thread or something and had a hefty turd trailing her by about a foot. Every time she'd stop the turd would swing up and smack her in the side, spooking her and prompting another dash across the house to escape the turd that was chasing her.

We were laughing so hard it was a couple minutes before I could grab her and very carefully extract it.

[Kryshade]

Hahaha, before I even got to the second paragraph I knew what the problem was. My cat has done the exact same thing. The first time I had no idea what was going on. I finally grabbed him and was confronted with about a 6 inch piece of poo covered string hanging out of his ass. I had to do the only thing I could do and pulled the rest out. He had about another 6 inches in there. Let me tell you, the smell was god awful too! Slimy, cat-shit covered string that has been partially digested does not have a nice aroma!

I've since learned the dash and pause signs and have a few more times had to chase him down to pull of a poo-kaboose!

Funny story, thanks for the early morning laugh.

[laneela]

rofl. Brilliant imagery. Luckily, I've never had to experience this. I don't know if I'd be capable of pulling poo out of my cat's butt.

[Ashur]

My dog gets the odd poo-long hair she somehow swallowed-debacle and she keeps squatting to rid herself of it and it never goes away, freaking her out and I have to go to the rescue with a paper towel.

[Tyek]

Since we are on the subject of pets and poo, anyone know any way to potty train a whippet? I have read they are notoriously difficult to potty train. He usually poops in 2 spots in the house. We have put him outside for hours, let him in then 5 minutes later the unmistakable odor of his crap wafts through the house. I have tried the rub his nose in it thing. If he poops in the house he lowers his head and hides, but the damn dog refuses to learn. Last night my crutches slipped out from under me when I hit a wet patch of his pee. Not good news for my knee let me tell you. Freaking thing swelled up badly and I am hurting like it is the second day of surgery.

The issue is whippets have 0% body fat and virtually no hair, so keeping him outside, even with his sweater, is pretty cruel in the winter, but I am tired of this issue.

[Lalanae]

One of my dogs manages to ingest enough of my hair (which is pretty long) to have trailing poo every couple months. I always know about it immediately because he acts like someone invisible is chasing him, just like you describe.

[Xyphir]

Funny... my dogs just stay in the intense shitting posture (arched back, butt close to the ground, and on the toes) for a while until I pull the offending hair-laden poo from their sphincter. Nasty, but effective.

[Xouqoa]

Since we are on the subject of pets and poo, anyone know any way to potty train a whippet? I have read they are notoriously difficult to potty train. He usually poops in 2 spots in the house. We have put him outside for hours, let him in then 5 minutes later the unmistakable odor of his crap wafts through the house. I have tried the rub his nose in it thing. If he poops in the house he lowers his head and hides, but the damn dog refuses to learn. Last night my crutches slipped out from under me when I hit a wet patch of his pee. Not good news for my knee let me tell you. Freaking thing swelled up badly and I am hurting like it is the second day of surgery.

The issue is whippets have 0% body fat and virtually no hair, so keeping him outside, even with his sweater, is pretty cruel in the winter, but I am tired of this issue.

We used to have a half whippet half fox terrier, and never had any problems training her.

A little "abuse" goes a long way with stubborn dogs though, figuratively speaking. Whippets are pretty smart though, so I don't know why you'd have too much trouble.