Not much help...

LOL I think that cats feel as if they are so important that just their presence is enough help. Oliver actually added to that by giving away his kisses. You were all blessed with his help. I have lots of problems with allergies so no indoor kitties for me.

Oh yes, Banjo and Oliver have lots in common. His way of helping is to keep me company by lying between me and the laptop, the distance between which does not accommodate him...let's say, he overlaps somewhat. Another way he "helps" is to remind me, like the loyal friend he is, that his dish most likely is empty and if you get up and look I will follow you Mum and be out of your way, smooch, smooch, aren't I the best of good kitties? smooch, slime, smooch. Invariably, the dish IS empty so I dish out some canned food and top up the crunchies and that gives me some peace. Of course, with a full belly, he forgets to be my helper.

Personally I think this is all animals, and pets a like. Back when we had a Cat she was always turning off the TV, and WEBTV. She always had to make herself known, as does our Pomeranian that we have now. A lot of times if you are trying to move in boxes, groceries, or put something together he is right there in the middle of it usually underneath your feet, etc. and it makes it quite hard to get anything done.

yup.usually blackie boo and his mini-me sidekick itty-bitty. they have to investigate anything new and particularily on the floor being assembled.

Ah, yes. My Bean used to "help" me all the time, no matter what I was trying to do. He especially loved "helping" me in the garden. He always chose the exact spot I was trying to work in to lie down in. Maybe he thought he was keeping that spot from running away. I sure do miss him. Still, I've wondered if I'd have my beautiful peacock buddy now if Bean was still around. He was an excellent hunter and never tired of bringing his newest kill to me so I think he would've tried his hardest to bring me at least a small part of the peacock. But, if I had my druthers, I'd want Bean back instead of the peacock. Furbabies are so much more cuddly than our feathered friends. (Besides, the peacock tried to steal a hamburger I was eating a couple of days ago. lol)

Oh, my cats help out with all sorts of projects, but they are at their most "helpful" when one of us is trying to wrap a present--the minute the wrapping paper comes out, one or more of them will pounce on it, sit on it, taking a flying leap onto it, eat it. . .you get the idea! Now we use gift bags most of the time--except when the present is really big. . .then they really have fun with all of that paper!

I know it's annoying, but it's so cute!

My brother's cats "help" when he is doing yard work. Hey, I love Big Lots and have bought so many put together things there. What a great place to shop for book cases and other functional stuff.

Ahhh, you're describing Khuay! Today I was doing paperwork for the up coming elections. I am the head of the precinct that I work in, and there is always a ton of paperwork to be done. One of the things is preparing the roster of voters in the precinct. As I am working on it, up jumps Khuay. He calmly lays down in the middle of what I'm doing and decides to take a nap. I moved him to the pillow on the couch, but that wasn't as uncomfortable as the binder that I was working on, so up he comes again. Flop and that satisfied look on his kitty face. I gently moved him again, and again he showed his preference to the binder. I gave up and let him nap on it...I decided to do laundry instead. So of course since I wasn't paying attention to the paperwork, he decide to lay in the laundry instead. You never get to do anything without cat supervision! It doesn't matter if you're going to the bathroom or doing paperwork. You just aren't smart enough to do it without them! I haven't made any sewing project without a ton of cat hair in it. I will say that none of the cats are very good at zippers or button holes though. I am not allowed to use the computer alone either! Khuay is always on my lap making sure that I have "adult" supervision when I am checking out various web sites. Whether you have one, two, four, or even sixteen cats you always seem to have supervision. If you're not a cat person it takes getting used to, if you are a cat person you live with it. You will find long black cat hairs in the bookcase soon. You just haven't seen them because you were putting the bookcase together late at night.

We call it supervising actually. The dogs are just as good at it as the cats, but they split the workload between them. The cats prefer fine work such as monitoring computer keyboards and books, whereas the dogs prefer to check out things you're digging. It's a wonder they don't get whacked with spades more often. Actually, I have chickens who like to help too. They're particularly fond of getting under the pointy fork I use for cleaning out in the animal sheds. Presumably there's small bugs lurking in the stuff I'm hauling out, but I'm sure it's not worth it when they risk getting speared.

my pets are the opposite. the cats act like they are doing me the favor just letting me pet them. my dogs, you start doing chores, they go hide (much like the kids). even the rabbit just looks at you like "when you going to let me out of this cage?" when it times to go to bed, the chuhuaha will get up in my face (literally) and look me in the eye and say "lets go". she has this habit of poking her nose into my face till i tell her "lets go to bed". then she'll jump down and head towards the room. if i don't follow, she'll turn around and look at me "come on!!"

Well, my male cat is currently using some paperwork for a pillow and is beating my machine with his tail. Oh, wait... Time to move--sit and groom on the paperwork. Hope that the assisted living and residential care facilities don't mind a little cat fur and drool, because my furry son has decided that's what needs to be on his "grandma's" applications.

There is a Welsh Pembroke Corgi,named Chewy,at the stable who likes to follow me around when I feed along with another Corgi and a Austrialian Shepard. Chewy thinks he is herd dog. Yes I know this breed of dog is known to be herd dogs. Well Chewy never has been trained but he still thinks he is a herd dog! So when I have to feed the outside horses Chewy starts barking and trying to do "herding"! All it does is makes the horses look at him funny and Chewy has been kicked a few times! You'd think a dog would get the message to stay away from the horses back feet after being kicked? Not Chewy! He doesn't get it! He is no "help" at all!

Mine were always getting in the way if I was trying to do something! I don't know if they were trying to help or just jealous that something was getting attention other than them. Whatever it was, they made everything 10 times harder. It got to the point that I would go in a room with a door, and shut them out!

oh yes, I called my cat the inspector because he had to come and make sure every job was done to his approval lol

Yes Odie (dog) does it all the time when ever I'm sweeping the floor he actually lie down when ever i was going. The last day my daughter came home from vacation and she have to cleaned and fix and trow some old stuff from school he was supervising my daughter and let him lay down on where all the stuff are messing around. Well he ended up having all the dust on his long white hair.