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Making cat not do something is really difficult
by qiine 3y ago
Making cat not do something is really difficult
- lcnPylGDnU4H9OF 3y agoCan't remember where I heard it but it rings true: We train dogs but we negotiate with cats.
- lb1lf 3y agoOr, as a cat-loving friend of mine succinctly sums up the difference between dogs and cats and their relationship to us: Dog: The humans feed me; they must be God. Cat: The humans feed me; I must be God.
- Cthulhu_ 3y agoCounterpoint: Cats yell at you when it rains, because they have observed you make the rain (in the shower) start, therefore, you are a God that can control the weather.
- EdwardDiego 3y agoI really liked a line in that Nope movie: "He got caught up trying to tame a predator. You can't do that. You got to enter an agreement with one."
- jprete 3y agoDogs are also predators. Quite a lot of large dog breeds should not be kept with cats, because they have enough prey drive that the cat will be in very grave danger. Dogs were historically bred for ratting and gophering. I'm thinking the reason dogs don't go for birds is that the birds are too small and fast; dogs are predators, but they aren't ambush predators like cats.
- bombcar 3y agoDogs are also pack animals (as wolves) and so they can be trained easier by abusing the pack instincts, even unintentionally. Cats are solitary and so even if you get them to not do something in front of you, once you're out of sight they'll quickly revert to doing whatever it is they want to do.
- munificent 3y agoDogs are pack predators. They know that to succeed they must be part of a cooperating team, so they instinctively work towards group harmony. Cats are solitary predators. Any other predator is just a competitor for the same resources.
- 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 3y agoWould be easier to make cat not Making cat owner do something is really difficult
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- cortesoft 3y agoIt is pretty easy to keep a cat indoors.
- vundercind 3y agoAdd kids to the mix. Any cat with a strong interest in getting outside will now do so several times a year.