The Official Veggie Views Dictionary of Pet Terms

[Amy SF]

In the chat thread, Blobbenstein contributed this: Barkolepsy: the ability for a dog to fall asleep when it's bored.

And I contributed these:

Purritude: The ability of a cat to go from a sound sleep to wide awake in 15 seconds.

Snorgletude: When your cat rubs against you for the sole purpose of marking its property.

Fancyfeastitis: The refusal of your cat to eat the $2 can of high protein, low fat veterinarian-prescribed wet cat food unless you cover it with some of the low protein, high fat garbage-filled supermarket wet cat food the cat actually prefers.

Catnipomiasis: The state of being under the influence of catnip, in cats.

And now this: Giftotripsy: When your cat knocks over and shatters the ugly not-quite decorative knick-knack your aunt gave you for Christmas and which you put out for display because she's coming for a visit. Followed by: CatWorshipitis: When you feed kitty a whole bunch of her favorite treats for a good five minutes to thank her for giving you a good excuse not to have that ugly knick-knack sitting out.

Meeyawn: When a cat suddenly yawns in the middle of a meow.

Barfalounger: When your cat vomits on your new or favorite piece of furniture.

Peeomyitis: Having to run to the bathroom just five minutes after your cat climbs into your lap, gets comfy, and falls into a sound sleep.

Janus Syndrome: When a cat demands to go outside, then just two minutes later demands to come back inside, but then once it's inside demands to go outside again and then just two minutes later demands to come back inside again.

Treestuckitis: When a cat climbs up a tree, thinks she's stuck there, and starts hollering because she's afraid to come down.

 

[Nightshade]

Psycatic: When a cat gets a burst of energy at an ungodly hour and dive bombs you from the top of a bookcase.

Dogmah: This is when one dog helps themselves to anything another dog has on the premise that 'It's mah bone and mah treats'.

Barkolounger: The sofa you don't get to sit on because your dogs beat you to it.

 

[Clueless Git]

Apo-cat-lyptic; The appearance of a visit by the four horsemen that one cat can bring to the soft furnishings in your house.

Doglicious: The mysterious quality of other animals poo, rotting road kill, and various other disgustarata that dogs like to roll in and/or eat.