Lmao... some cats just do it, "they can be trained" was separate from those others things. My friends cat used to use the toilet to poop in, was never trained at all. Just did it. My girlfriends cat has always just played fetch, didn't need to train her.I can't take any cat person who claims this seriously astro, it is extremely difficult and not recommended by virtually all professionals
You can technically train dogs to do many wild and amazing things too if you happen to be a professional animal trainer
Aren't they both just such wonderful creatures when treated well.
No, they are not. They can be trained, they can play fetch, open doors, use the toilet, all sorts of things. Maybe don't base your knowledge on your limited experience!
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whoops? Your source, not mine.
Oops.While it may seem like a loving tendency, it can actually be a bit more aggressive than you first thought. According to PetPlace.com, that habit is your cat's way of claiming you as his own.
Of course. All specimens can have different personalities, but we're talking about averages here. That wasn't even the only cat I had issue with that someone owned. My brother had a cat whose major personality trait was just to meow. That's it. Just meow all the time. Didn't matter how much attention you actually gave it. It was insatiable. I'd call him and be like "Yo, wanna go to the movies?" and in the background it's just "MROW!!!....... MROOOW!!!" Like, dude.Absolutely. But just like with people, cats and dogs both can have different personalities. My cat can be an annoying asshole in the morning and at night, hyper and knocking things over. But my Sister's cat sleeps peacefully on the bed with her every night and never disturbs her. Shrug.
All I know though is that after about 10 times of being violently woken up by having a cat pounce on you (I'm not really exaggerating much, it hurts especially if they hit you in the face), you stop thinking it's cute pretty quickly.
Yup. Our cat will show up with a crumbled-up receipt ball in her mouth and drop it to us to let us know she's in a playful / chasing mood to play fetch.My girlfriends cat has always just played fetch, didn't need to train her.
While it may seem like a loving tendency, it can actually be a bit more aggressive than you first thought. According to PetPlace.com, that habit is your cat's way of claiming you as his own.
Lmao... some cats just do it, "they can be trained" was separate from those others things. My friends cat used to use the toilet to poop in, was never trained at all. Just did it. My girlfriends cat has always just played fetch, didn't need to train her.
Cats are intelligent, dogs being able to be trained to do more doesn't mean cats are dumb. If you think otherwise, your experience is limited.
You need to earn the trust of a cat and learn to live with them as friends rather than pets. Dogs are much simpler life forms that require much more attention. Cats are the best.
Not what I meant. You can look this up online, do research outside of your limited personal experience. Plenty of evidence that proves what some are claiming wrong.Yes everyone posting in this thread is limited by their own experiences
I'm not denying that cats are intelligent. There is a cat stalking me right now, experimenting to find the maximally efficient method to get me to get off era and pay attention to him. It is a very annoying sort of intelligence
Yep! My girlfriend's cat Miso just plops her favourite toy in front of us, we throw it, she retrieves it. The first time she did it was her choice, we just went with it.Yup. Our cat will show up with a crumbled-up receipt ball in her mouth and drop it to us to let us know she's in a playful / chasing mood to play fetch.
Yeah, whoops. Ignore the part about staking claim. I understand your parasite won't let you think ill of your master.
Oops.
Don't be mad at me that the thing you love gave you a brain worm, claims you as territory, and makes you love it while you're emptying out a box full of its piss and shit.
When he leaves his scent on you, it can also be a sign of comfort. If you smell like him, it means you're part of his pack, and he can rest easy knowing that you identify with him.
Arguably it's the opposite. It's that cats ARE so simple that they require less attention generally. Dogs are more complicated creatures that need more stimulation. They need to play, they need to socialize, and they need to learn to be at their healthiest, and in that way they aren't that unlike humans.You need to earn the trust of a cat and learn to live with them as friends rather than pets. Dogs are much simpler life forms that require much more attention. Cats are the best.
Not what I meant. You can look this up online, do research outside of your limited personal experience. Plenty of evidence that proves what some are claiming wrong.
Complex as in more needs to manage vs a simpler time with a more independent animal is a different thing than dogs being dummies that need to be taught and cats being the smartest and choosing to do shit with you.Arguably it's the opposite. It's that cats ARE so simple that they require less attention generally. Dogs are more complicated creatures that need more stimulation. They need to play, they need to socialize, and they need to learn to be at their healthiest, and in that way they aren't that unlike humans.
But I'm not arguing for either one honestly. Some people prefer cats because they are so easy and that is completely understandable. Some dogs require a lot of work.
There is nothing silly about this, take that back!The point i am making is fallacious because cat versus dog threads are inherently extremely silly
(They are silly because everyone knows dog is best)
Ah yes, it's so much more enjoyable to pick up a fresh turd by hand, separated by a single layer of plastic.Don't be mad at me that the thing you love gave you a brain worm, claims you as territory, and makes you love it while you're emptying out a box full of its piss and shit.
This weird partonizing thing you're doing isn't helping your case. I don't know what kind of authority 'Petplace.com' is but at least your first link cited someone who might have been a doctor of some sort.
again from your new petplace.com source
Yep.
Cling to the comfort that it's marking you out of affection, and ignore that it's also marking you to claim you as well. 🤷🏻♂️
Do cat owners name their brain parasites?
I think I get what you are saying. Since Humans also require a lot of attention and have to learn, cats are even smarter than us.Complex as in more needs to manage vs a simpler time with a more independent animal is a different thing than dogs being dummies that need to be taught and cats being the smartest and choosing to do shit with you.
There is nothing silly about this, take that back!
It's simply that cats are better. The rest just falls into place!Yep.
Dogs are way too much work that these fragile, delicate flowers just can't be bothered to put up with, and simultaneously dogs require absolutely no work whatsoever in order to wring out the maximum amount of happiness from them. Cats require absolutely no work at all because they're self-sustaining and thus are the better pet, but also "you have to work to earn their affection" which makes their affection more "genuine" and "rewarding."
It's...almost like.... whichever claim will make cats look good and dogs look horrible is whichever view the Cat Owner Society will subscribe to in any given moment regardless of any cognitive dissonance invoked. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. 🤔 🤔 🤔
Ha, indeed!I think I get what you are saying. Since Humans also require a lot of attention and have to learn, cats are even smarter than us.
Ah yes, it's so much more enjoyable to pick up a fresh turd by hand, separated by a single layer of plastic.
There are no winners in the animal waste cleanup game.
I currently don't own a dog and have two cats yet I've had to clean up more dog shit by hand in or around my house than cat shit. Cats absolutely win on the animal waste cleanup game.Ah yes, it's so much more enjoyable to pick up a fresh turd by hand, separated by a single layer of plastic.
There are no winners in the animal waste cleanup game.
I think I get what you are saying. Since Humans also require a lot of attention and have to learn, cats are even smarter than us.
Nothing that uses the bathroom in a beach covered with their own shit and piss is better than a dog don't @ me k thx.It's simply that cats are better. The rest just falls into place!
Nothing that uses the bathroom in a beach covered with their own shit and piss is better than a dog don't @ me k thx.
Nothing that uses the bathroom in a beach covered with their own shit and piss is better than a dog don't @ me k thx.
If you forced a dog to live inside all the time it would have to do that too.
That one is on the humans.
The reason we force cats to live inside all the time is because they turn into murder machines that decimate the local wildlife and then die at 4 years old. Can't just be like a dog roaming with buddies and scrounging for garbage, minding their own business. They gotta take about 10,000 birds with them.If you forced a dog to live inside all the time it would have to do that too.
That one is on the humans.
Dogs finally pulling away in votes a bit.
Some order of sanity has been restored.
The reason we force cats to live inside all the time is because they turn into murder machines that decimate the local wildlife and then die at 4 years old. Can't just be like a dog roaming with buddies and scrounging for garbage, minding their own business. They gotta take about 10,000 birds with them.
Yes, they've retained their independence and do what they want. That's an argument in their favour.The reason we force cats to live inside all the time is because they turn into murder machines that decimate the local wildlife and then die at 4 years old. Can't just be like a dog roaming with buddies and scrounging for garbage, minding their own business. They gotta take about 10,000 birds with them.
You mean roaming the streets and often being a hazard to other dogs and humans resulting in them being put downThe reason we force cats to live inside all the time is because they turn into murder machines that decimate the local wildlife and then die at 4 years old. Can't just be like a dog roaming with buddies and scrounging for garbage, minding their own business. They gotta take about 10,000 birds with them.
Can't just be like a dog roaming with buddies and scrounging for garbage, minding their own business. They gotta take about 10,000 birds with them.
"Environmental destruction is good when cats do it. The bluebirds had it coming; being all blue and shit."Yes, they've retained their independence and do what they want. That's an argument in their favour.
Oh come on. I don't know how many emojis and big numbers and jokes I can put in my posts to make you understand I'm mostly being tongue-in-cheek about the whole thing.As previously mentioned, feral dogs can be fatal for humans and other animals. Including attacking our already endangered national animal.
Its truly bizarre to read in this thread like cats are the only ones that can be territorial, or the only ones that would be a problem outside.
Oh come on. I don't know how many emojis and big numbers and jokes I can put in my posts to make you understand I'm mostly being tongue-in-cheek about the whole thing.
"Environmental destruction is good when cats do it. The bluebirds had it coming; being all blue and shit."
Humans are to blame here. They are the cause of this. If cats were left the hell alone, they would have found balance. We took their independence from them to domesticate them, and any destruction here is rightly added to the endless ways humans have destroyed the environment."Environmental destruction is good when cats do it. The bluebirds had it coming; being all blue and shit."
I, Nepenthe, am not irresponsible enough to make a serious moral or psychiatric analysis of someone based upon which domestic pet they prefer.Its honestly difficult to tell when there's someone accusing me of having brain worms ITT just for pointing out they didn't read their own articles.
Actually we didn't do much work to domesticate cats; not as much as dogs. They mostly domesticated themselves. So, no, the horrific spread of cats and the resulting wrath they have, well, wrought, is partially their fault. C'mon, don't you guys describe cats as super geniuses? Give them credit for their deeds!Humans are to blame here. They are the cause of this. If cats were left the hell alone, they would have found balance. We took their independence from them to domesticate them, and any destruction here is rightly added to the endless ways humans have destroyed the environment.
Cats eating birds is natural.
The point is that with Dogs you are dealing with an animal, with cats you are dealing with a friend.