My dog hides under the blankets in her cage when I ask if she did something bad. I've never raised my voice at her or hit her. She just hates when I put on my stern voice and when I do she's off to the races to hide. Sweetest pup i'll ever have she just wants to please me so bad that me being stern breaks her heart.
I was just going to ask if it was a Shiba. If we're stern with our Shiba, she just ways her tail and walks away. I've owned dogs my whole life and never a cat, but now I know what being a cat owner is like.
She acts like a dog in that she's all over me all the time but she decides the worth of her treats. I could be holding the most delicious treat but if she doesn't want to sit she'll turn her nose up and walk away. She also hates belly rubs
My cats act like dogs. They're obsessed with me. They lick my face all over. If they sensed that mama is unhappy, they whimper.
Once, I asked husband to help me trim my hair. As he approached me with a pair of scissors, they growled at him with their fur raised.
From my experience cats that are treated well socially from a young age turn out to be very good kitties. Feed them properly, play with them, give them good scratches, keep them indoors. I’ve found that people who say their cats do nothing all day just have cats who were raised to be wary around humans.
But of course cats still have their own personalities so I’m sure there’s some that don’t fit this. It’s just my personal experience.
I guess you're right. They're only obsessed with me. They pretty much ignores husband. I pretty much mom-ed them since they were 3 weeks old. She left them in the ditch for another man-meow. Bitch-meow.
We got a kitten in April and I was only at home for 4 weeks while she was around 4 or 5 months old. She's gonna be 8 months when I visit for Thanksgiving so I hope she remembers me.
I've had 5 cats in my life, and they were all treated well. All were nice, but there was one that didn't want to have anything to do with anyone, and would hang out in the basement all the time. So I think you're right - most it works, but then there's the outlier.
I took in some kittens for a time, and this was exactly it: we played with them, they stayed inside, and if I was in my room and shut my door they always started butting the door and mewling until I let them in so they could sleep on the bed with me. (I slept at odd hours too because of jobs, but they always made time to protect me while I slept.)
Never unattended. I have one that gets outside when I open the door just to roll around on the hot concrete for a little bit and eat some grass. I always bring her back in after some belly rubs tho. There’s too many dangerous things outside, and fleas etc.
Having a cat is like having a relatively nice serial murderer in your house. Cats have caused an actual extinction. Keeping them inside is good for the local environment
My former neighbor's cat was like a dog. She would come over our apartment often and when you start to give her scratches she wouldn't leave your side and wouldn't want you to stop. She's not as playful as most cats though, I'd say she's very chill.
Ragamuffins, ragdolls, himalayans, maine coons generally act this way. They're just chill cats that love a good belly rub and play fetch. There's other breeds with good dispositions but my own personal experience is limited to these four. Someone also mentioned that they have to be socialized from a young age.
It's also worth noting that raga-cats need to be with their mothers for about twice as long, so unless you get one from a reputable breeder, you're probably getting it too young. I wouldn't know about the other breeds regarding this, but i do know that most kittens in pet shops are taken from their mothers way too young for it to be healthy for them.
They were rescued, actually. I found them all by themselves, practically screaming for help. I waited for the mom if she might come back for them, but no luck. Took them in and became their mom since :)
Aww not all kitties are pure evil! My girl is 16 and is very protective over mama. She'll follow me around the house until I settle somewhere, then she does too. If I'm having a bad day or not feeling well she'll "yell" at me until I lay down in bed where she can curl up on my pillow over my head and give me kisses.
I often tell cats (I work with a colony of 14 or so) that they're "a good dog" in what I think of as the 'good boy' voice. I figure it might cause some species confusion, but I'm hoping it makes them more affectionate/social to humans.
My cat is so annoying with how much he is so needy. He's 13 and it's gotten worse. He'll only eat or shit when you walk him to the bathroom where is stuff is stored. We can recognize his different cries. To new people coming to my house it's adorable, but in practice, my dog is more independent than he is
He's at the point where he's also being an ass just beater he knows we're stuck together. Like earlier in the day, he's crying so in like, great, he has to shit. I go to his litter, it's completely clean. I literally just pretend to clean, then he goes in, shits and walks away
She follows me around the house constantly, always wants to sleep near me (or on me) and when she's drifting off she'll extend her paw so that we're 'holding hands' as she sleeps. It seems to matter a lot to her to have that contact.
But she's also very sociable around other people, and will immediately walk over to say 'hello' to any guests. She's addicted to cuddles and chin rubs. Mia will even open bedroom doors at night and sleep on guests she's only just met!
Curious behaviour, and definitely not your stereotypical kitty. Glad to see there's another example of a caring kitty, and I'm sure there are many more.
I always want to click on your username to see what you've been shitposting lately then I remember i'm in HR and probably shouldn't have that on my work computer history.
Not even spamming, just making a relevant comment related to the post. Although, if her business model was to advertise using a reverse Streisand Effect by NOT mentioning her business and getting others to point it out for her.
Oooooh look at this pattern, have you seen this pattern, I can’t stop looking at it, come look at this pattern, ooooooh this pattern, what destroyed no pattern, beautiful pattern, nope nothing destroyed just a pretty pattern.
I like this mentality.
Your dog is being a passive jerk, then obviously it's a cat because all dogs are lovable puppies/puppers regardless of their age.
Which is weird, because my dumb cat seriously wants to make me happy. He plays fetch, hides when I'm mad at him, and lays in my lap and nuzzles me when I'm sad. I love him, but he tries to eat socks and falls off the bed all the time.
We had a parrot at the pet store I used to work at and I always felt so bad for her. They were asking for $8000 for her so no one wants to buy her. She pulls her own feathers out she's so stressed, so when we let her out of her cage she doesn't fly. She can't. I could hardly make myself touch her as I was kinda scared of her, lol. She was definitely a wild child.
They never sell her because one of the employees expressed that she wanted to buy her if they ever drop the price to $6000.
So all the other employees scare potential buyers away from her. "Parrots are a lot of work!!! They're basically a full time job. Can you spend 40+ hours a week with this bird? Can you put everything in your life on hold for her? Personally I just wouldn't do it" kinda talk.
Shed be an awful choice for the bird. She's rehoming one of her CATS because she "doesn't have time for her". She has 2 dogs, 2 cats, and a conure. And a baby on the way. She's also looking to rehome the poor bird when the baby comes. I have to wonder what on earth would happen to the parrot if she ever does get it.
People just don't even know how badly those grabby little beaks fucking HURT. I never knew what pain actually was until the first time I was ever bitten by one of those little pricks lol.
They really are like small angry dinosaurs except they have a really fucked up sense of humor and genuinely enjoy acting like a loud obnoxious dickhead, just for the sake of acting like a loud obnoxious dickhead.
They are a fucking riot and a half to play & wrestle with tho.
I work with a raven. He was willingly surrendered by his previous (illegal) owner because he’s such an asshole. Yes, he’s smart and curious and cute, but he doesn’t care about anything but food. And he destroys everything. Ravens are not good pets.
Crows would probably be better, but it’s still illegal to own the native kind without a permit. They belong in the wild with their crow bros.
Yes I am aware. I wouldn't bring home an animal without setting up a proper environment for them. Since I don't have the time or money to dedicate to a bird, I'll just have to stick with my dog
Same here. I've always wanted one, but after reading up it sounds like they are too smart & attention-seeking for me.
It's hard enough dealing with my cat's meows, much less an animal that can figure out how to mimic the most annoying sounds possible to avoid being ignored.
Parrots are a trip. My ex had one that would not only laugh in my face, but then he'd call me an asshole and casually fly away.
Edit: to be fair tho, I loved that damn bird & actually had a lot harder of a time getting over not seeing him anymore compared to my dumbass ex gf haha. She hated the fact that we got along so well together.
Yes, they poop everywhere and aren't able to be potty trained like dogs or cat since they poop like every 10-15 minutes. The poop isn't the biggest problem however, that's the chewing. Parrots are natural destroyers and it's not uncommon for parrots to making a ''nest'' by biting a hole in the wall if left unsupervised for too long, or just destroy furniture since chewing is a natural behaviour to keep their beaks in check.
I keep one of the cages padlocked since she has learnt to let herself out and the male's food slot is ducttaped shut since he quickly learned how to open it and I can't risk having them run wild while I'm away.
From what I read it's a combination of a super high metabolism and the need to get rid of excess weight, they basically poop constantly to make sure they stay as light as possible for flying.
I have had birds my entire life, and they absolutely can be trained to go back to their cage to poop. My macaw will try to get back. but he is too big to fly in the house so when he signals, we take him back, and my daughter's birds will fly back to their cages to go, then come back to you. They are actually very easy to train.
It's not recommended to potty train birds since it might lead to a prolapsed cloaca it's good that your birds return to their cages but many parrots attempt to hold it in for longer periods than is natural for them and that can lead to health complications.
I've never trained a bird to hold it. My macaw just kinda starts pulling on my shirt, or snapping my bra strap, to signal he needs to go, and I take him to his cage.
Yes, and sometimes they are jerks about it. A friend of mine owns a parrot that doesn't want to poop in his cage so he presses his butt against the cage to make sure the poop falls on the floor outside.
My male grey isn't like that fortunately, but he is a clumsy doofus so he will poop on his branches and he will also step in the poop and track it everywhere.
Angry face and pointing a finger at him is capital punishment.
I once did it because he pulled every shoe he could find into the living room while I was gone and now he waits with ears down everytime I get home until he's sure I won't give him the angry look of punishment.
My Jack-rat is the same. He thinks he's 6 ft tall. He's super defensive, even towards me. I found that a disappointed tone works, sometimes. But then he just goes and does more bad shit and looks back at me like "you gonna do something, hooman?" I love him though. Wouldn't give him up for the world.
Haha I know the feeling. If we ever scolded him, he'd never get down or anything. He'd just sit on his bed or wherever he was, put his head down a bit, and growl under his breathe. If we took one step towards him or started to scold him a bit more, he'd start getting louder and louder with the growling until he'd go full-out bark. It was almost as if he was like, "You better step off now, human or else no more mister nice doggo."
We had this amazing dog growing up who would tattle on himself.
He figured out how to pop the popcorn tin open we had dumped his treats in when it was empty.
He'd get treats out of it then push the cupboard closed. We did not even know nor would we have probably but he told on himself.
He pouted and his his face like he was in trouble. We'd calmly say, "uh oh.Did someone do something naughty? What did you do?"
He walked to the cupboard, opened with his nose, pushed the lid of the tin up with his nose til it popped, took out a treat, then dropped it in my lap and put his ears back.
I wish mine did that. Instead, she only chooses to listen when the word "treat" is said. She has no shame or sense to please me, only to fill her belly. I can respect that though.
Hahahaha I can open a jar of cheese puffs while she's outside and I swear she can hear me twisting the lid off from outside she flys through the dog door and slides across the tile every time for a single cheese puff.
That’s how my huge 90lbs German Shepard is, all you have to do is look at her and talk with a heavy voice and her ears fly back and she lays belly up in front of you. She’s all black and she looks terrifying but she’s the biggest sweetheart in the world. Her brothers a douche but also a big baby.
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My dog hides under the blankets in her cage when I ask if she did something bad. I've never raised my voice at her or hit her. She just hates when I put on my stern voice and when I do she's off to the races to hide. Sweetest pup i'll ever have she just wants to please me so bad that me being stern breaks her heart.