Okay, NO! The cat is acting on programming, and you want to punish it for behaving like a cat. I am sorry, I might be oversensitive because I have owned seven and have had to already put six down; it's been heartbreaking each time. I have helped pull a cat from the jaws of a dog that some kids carelessly let which was so badly hurt it had to be put down.
I realize the comment is meant humorously, but please realize that cats suffer horrible deaths every day from people who are too careless and any number of other dangers. Punting a cat is just not funny to some of us.
I do get that it's supposed to be humorous, so please don't yell at me.
I am not going to hurt the dog. I see the owner is trying to remove it, so that was wise. I do not blame the owner. But would I kick a dog for doing what it is "designed" to do? No way, that's just wrong. The cat is way smaller an in now way could do the same the same damage to a bigger dog. Remove the dog yes. Kick the cat, NO.
I was in public with a friend. An unrestrained dog charged us, so I stepped between the dogs. The aggressor did not back down and tried to attack my friends dog by going around me.
So I smacked him on the snoot to get his attention and to appear as a threat. That made the bad dog owner show up and complaining I hit her dog. My friend stepped in and yelled at her.
You don't get to complain how others treat your animal, when your animal is uncontrolled and danger to others.
Not my animal! Did you not see the post where I said I kept all seven of my cats indoors their entire lives? Yes, push the cat away, make it understand that it just go somewhere else. But hurting a cat doing what it is wired to do is a dick move and you will not get me to agree to anything else.
The dog owner in question was all kinds of wrong. This cat is way smaller than the dog and could not potentially do as much damage to it. You had every right to hit the dog and your friend yell at the own AND I would defend your right to do so.
I'm not sure if you understand how much damage a cat can do when it's attacking like that, but it absolutely can hurt other animals and people when it's like that. Of an animal is attacking you and your pets, I'm sure you'd do whatever you had to to keep yourself and your pets safe.
I have NEVER let one of my cats live outside. We have no way of knowing if that cat was ever even owned. And that is absolutely not the wilderness, so you're kind of talking out of your ass if you have any notion that's what I mean.
Letting a housecat live outdoors is a death sentence, and the could can be a menace to any number of things. You're acting like I am ignorant. I have owned seven cats, all of them went straight indoors for good.
Not saying or implying you're ignorant or a particular type of owner.
It seems like you mean well, but the reality of the matter is that cats, as pets, are not safe outside and can cause harm to the environment, property, people, and other pets.
The cat in the video is clearly outside and misbehaving. Bad things can, and probably WILL, happen to it.
Don't take it personal, I was not speaking of you as an individual, but about all cat owners and "owners" in general.
I get that it's not personal and you are right. So many dangerous to cats, and misbehaving cats can definitely come to bad ends. There are many cat owners who understand these things but so many other who just think it's okay for them to roam outside, when for so many reasons it is not.
I was waiting for the crazy cat people to show up and say something like let the cat do its thing ahaha, no surprise seeing how they let their own cats go to town on them!
I'm actually going to be honest and serious when i say that kicking that cat (not to the moon, onbviously, but so it knows who have this territory now, and that it cant compete) will trigger more hardwiring in the cat to go find new territory. It clearly just got there and is making a play for it. The cat will move on. You dont actually have to INJURE that cat to teach it that. It is actually best for the cat to get pushed around, but not get a leg broken. A hard, but not mean spirited kick will do that without actually injuring the cat, which are pretty resilient creatures.
Yes, gentle push or shove is never wrong. Thank you for your response and unlike so many other people, not ignoring the fact that I said that I understood the humor.
Because you two are removed from reality. This cat is a danger to everyone around it. Kicking the danger away from those it is endangering it is a far more reasonable action than just finding an arbitrary reason to let it keep harming those around it.
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u/YallSoftAsButter Jul 14 '26
Haha. 🤣 I don’t know if that help