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I had a rabbit that ate the covers of 8 manga that I had shipped home from my time in Japan as an English teacher. He also completely chewed the spine off my 4e Dragonomicon book and half the spine from my Dresden Files Your Story game book.
We finally had to give up the bunny and replaced him with a kitty, who has thankfully not eaten any of my books.
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My dog bit a player. Yesterday.
Our household has four dogs: a grumpy old dog, a shy stealthy dog, an overeager dog, and a one-eyed clueless dog. The clueless dog lost the eye two years ago by chasing a car and catching it. All except the shy dog like to bark at strangers.
I like to recruit new players. The dogs bark at them the first day and then settle down. The newest player in my Ironfang Legion campaign likes dogs, so three of them like her already. The clueless dog, unfortunately, is extra nervous because my wife is out of town.
The overeager dog jumped in the new player's lap and she noticed a tick on him. That dog runs into the underbrush and comes back with ticks. She removed three ticks from him, drowning them in soapy water we keep available for ticks. When petting the clueless dog, she noticed a tick on him, too. He reacted badly to her plucking the tick out of his thick fur (the dogs have a medicine that prevents the ticks from attaching to skin) and bit her. Thankfully, he did not draw blood.
The clueless dog will be locked up in the bedroom for the next two game sessions until my wife returns in early November with a fifth dog. We will be caring for our daughter's dog Goblin again, a little goblin-eared dog from Redmond, WA.
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Years ago, I got into a verbal argument with my partner who we were living together at the time. I cannot remember what the argument was about, but I remember it was heated.
To demonstrate displeasure, my partner grabbed my 1st edition core rulebook, and cracked it's spine. I remember being equal parts upset and amused, because I half was upset that my core rulebook was now ruined, and half impressed by the "tactic" employed to draw my ire. So I left the room. We never discussed it afterwards.
Not exactly matching your title, but I thought I'd share anyhow?
My S.O. knows that no matter how mad she is at me she should not damage my books because she is not totally convinced it would not result in a psychotic break.
I had my cat scratch my brand new SecretLab Game of Thrones Limited Edition gaming chair.
I immediately bought a baby gate.
Anyone who knows about those chairs and what they cost knows my hurt.
My dogs shredded my first copy of the 1e Core Rulebook. I left my house for about 40 minutes and when I came home it looked like it had snowed on my living room floor.
A rescue-before-rescues-were-cool back at the release of the first Unearthed Arcana somehow managed to get into my room. They then got my new copy of that AD&D hardcover, ate the printed cover off of it, shred the first third of the book, and then... released the consumed paperwork through bodily means.
Given I was still rather young, I nearly did some horrible things to said dog before I managed to catch my breath, count to a hundred, and then step outside into sub-freezing temps without a jacket to cool off for about twenty minutes.
When the folks wondered why I was acting so strangely I simply made a finger motion of summoning, and took them to my room.
Their response was a more adult version of what I did, but we were all on the same page of WTF.
One of my players works for Troll Lord Games part-time in their printing department and he put together a booklet for our house rules. My dogs got hold of my copy yesterday and shredded it.
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(Suddenly wonders if some pets believe that the mere act of writing words steals them from one's head . . . .)
About 10 years ago, someone accidentally shut one of our cats into the room where I had left my gaming bag on the floor.
Guess what she used as an impromptu litter box.
I ended up having to buy new copies of the 3.5 Dungeon Master's Guide and Monster Manual. My copy of The Sunless Citadel was likewise destroyed, but as it was out-of-print, and I never replaced it.
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A year after my daughter was born we moved back to the Midwest from Seattle and about that time I discovered 3.5 edition and had the winters off for snow removal. So in order to keep from going insane I decided to spend my winters painstakingly drawing and crafting a giant map for my homebrew campaign.
Fast forward two years, the map is nearly finished and I leave it on the table and go to the bathroom and I come back and my daughter is drawing all over it with her markers, she looks up, smiles as cheerfully as can be and says "I'm helping you finish it, daddy!" I repressed my tears and said "you sure are, it looks beautiful!".
We spent the rest of the day "working" on it and then put it away and that was that. It thankfully didn't survive the flea infestation our dog visited upon us a few years after that.
I had a rabbit that ate the covers of 8 manga that I had shipped home from my time in Japan as an English teacher. L
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
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We had a lovely little cat named Bonnie. Only had her for a few years because of Feline Lukimia but we loved her
She would steal my miniatures.
Not just steal, she would carry them to the window ledge and place them on display as if to say "I took this, and you can't stop me"
I even saw her do it once. Little by little opening the drawer, dipping a paw in and fishing one out with her claws. And then pleased as punch she carried it up stairs to the dinning room window.
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I haven't had any issues with pets interfering in my own home, as my brother's ball python is incredibly chill (and doesn't leave his tank except when we actively take him out of it).
On the other hand, the DM I play 2e D&D with once a month with has FOUR cats. The two oldest ones, Viola and Pumpkin, avoid guests so the only times I might spot them are after the game's done and I'm waiting for a ride. The younger two, Saber and Goose, are more curious, but only Saber really likes to jump on the table, at which point we joke that AN ENORMOUS BLACK DRAGON HAS JOINED THE BATTLE! He isn't very disruptive, though, mostly because we're not as dependent on grids and precise tactical positioning for battles. Goose was initially very curious and hyperactive, being a kitten and all, but lately he seems to prefer napping on his kitty tree while we play. :3
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My two cats have not yet done my gaming any harm, beyond making me late by barfing just as I was about to leave.
We play at the home of friends who have several cats. Their oldest and crankiest cat peed on my gaming bag one day. Managed to get my dice bag too - thank Sarenrae I keep my character sheets in page protectors!
Now I put my bag on a side table so the cat can’t reach it. Luckily he’s not a jumper.