Posted August 12, 2014

Crewdroog
Land Shark
Registered: May 2014
From United States

LoboBlanco
Blue saber Jedi
Registered: Jun 2012
From Uruguay
Posted August 12, 2014

He also knows the food is kept in the kitchen. If he wants feed. He runs to the door looks at me and meows. I go out get the food and I have been leaving my room door open and he comes out and meows and makes sure to lead the way back to the room so I do not get lost.
Yep he is training me very well. Sigh its a good thing I am a sucker for him...and all animals to be honest.

bel_e_muir
The Shrike
Registered: Dec 2013
From Poland
Posted August 12, 2014
We can't have dogs or cats in our flat since II'm allergic. But my husband has a couple of cats at his workplace.
He made those photos just yesterday. Cute!
He made those photos just yesterday. Cute!

amund
Lorem ipsum
Registered: Oct 2010
From Sweden
Posted August 12, 2014
My cat swears a lot and other cats and dogs are afraid of her because she's a bit aggressive. As long as you do what she says (very talkactive cat) then she's the sweetest thing, if not, expect things to break.
Cats are great, you just need to know your place as cats think they rule the world. That said, I would always choose a cat over a dog, they are a lot easier to understand. Dogs seems a bit dumb in comparison but they have their charm too :)
Cats are great, you just need to know your place as cats think they rule the world. That said, I would always choose a cat over a dog, they are a lot easier to understand. Dogs seems a bit dumb in comparison but they have their charm too :)

QC
X-Mas Triforce!!
Registered: Jun 2010
From United States

fr33kSh0w2012
CyberFAGGOT 20 DOGSHITS!
Registered: Jul 2009
From Australia
Posted August 12, 2014
Oh I thought this thread said Rats...

ruusakraj
NeedTitle
Registered: Aug 2012
From United States
Posted August 12, 2014

My cat meows and meows waking me up, I walk him over to the cat food dish and even gave him some fresh chow... he turns nose up then walks away...
I walk him to the door, and he doesn't want outside.
He then walks to the middle of the carpet, stretches, then curls up and falls asleep just like that....
Now I can't fall asleep...
Should I be mean and wake my cat up, like he did for me? he literally looked at me just before falling asleep...
I would be too afraid to let my cat outside. This year alone, I've seen 5 cats become roadkill in the streets. I've even seen a dead cat in a shopping mall parking lot.

katya_stevens
The Keeper
Registered: Apr 2013
From United Kingdom
Posted August 12, 2014
My cat (a year to the day since we had to say goodbye) used to always wake my husband up early in the morning. Thing is, I can sleep through anything (people shrieking about spiders and a vacuum cleaner going? I woke up the next morning and was completely confused when someone asked about it) and my parents tended to ignore my cat.
My husband, not so much. Excessively light sleeper, so whenever my cat came into the room meowing for food my husband dutifully got up and fed her, then struggled to get back to sleep.
Of course, another time when she was a kitten she managed to get a pigeon that was bigger than she was at the time. Still think it dazed itself flying into the patio windows or somesuch and she took advantage of it. Personally, though, live animals are worse than dead ones in my opinion -- never forget her bringing in a frog that hopped around the house until someone caught it.
My husband, not so much. Excessively light sleeper, so whenever my cat came into the room meowing for food my husband dutifully got up and fed her, then struggled to get back to sleep.
Of course, another time when she was a kitten she managed to get a pigeon that was bigger than she was at the time. Still think it dazed itself flying into the patio windows or somesuch and she took advantage of it. Personally, though, live animals are worse than dead ones in my opinion -- never forget her bringing in a frog that hopped around the house until someone caught it.

Klumpen0815
+91
Registered: Dec 2012
From Germany
Posted August 12, 2014

Starmaker
go Clarice!
Registered: Sep 2010
From Russian Federation
Posted August 12, 2014

Dogs are large. A motorist wouldn't want to hit a dog for fear of damaging the car. Cats aren't. I see a lot of dead animals in every stage of decomposition. Some of them are torn and mangled in horrible ways, others just lie by the wayside and ony the unnatural pose shows that they're dead. Some wild animals, too. Mottled brown rectangular brushes: hedgehogs. A dead catlike creature in the woods is probably an otter. Many birds are hit by windshields. Feathers are slow to decompose, and if the bird is somewhat larger than a sparrow, the outline is pressed into the road by passing cars and stays long after the gore is washed away: the ghost of a bird.
But dead cats are the worst. Imagine poor people living in a shitty village which is split in half by a road that takes 10 minutes to cross. The cars go from somewhere you don't care about to somewhere you don't care about, and from time to time, they'd kill your cat, or your friend's cat, or your friend.
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I have a cat. She's awesome: fluffy and sleek at the same time, with an incredibly fluffy tail. She likes to ride the bike (in the pannier), play videogames, climb as high as possible, and steal fluffy things. (Which is to say, she takes after me character-wise. Awesome.)

Shadowstalker16
Jaded optimist
Registered: Apr 2014
From India
Posted August 12, 2014
We have a stray, which comes around once to twice a day. She's really irresponsible and I don't think very smart either. I think she was abandoned before she was taught how to hunt or smth. She does not know how to carry her kittens (by the ear? nasty to watch and hear), so most die. But she has a habit of waking ME up. My brother sleeps in another bed nearby, but she always meows at me in the morning. If I still try to ignore her, she'll hop on top of me and try to nap on my back, which hurts.

XYCat
The Fox says:
Registered: Dec 2009
From Christmas Island

Jekadu
Not a lake
Registered: Jun 2009
From Sweden
Posted August 12, 2014

Naturally it's far more effective if you catch them in the act. Seen one cat who sprayed a cardboard box to mark it. Spanked them, threw them out. Then threw the box out after them. The look of utter shock as they tried to comprehend you totally refuting their marking of ownership in the house as it goes out the window.
Other times when they obviously don't get it, I tell them over and over again. 'Long term repercussions!' and they know they will get thrown out if they get in. One who is like that finally started to hide behind the washer/drier to prevent me from throwing him out.
They know what's coming... even if I can't get them trained like a dog, they know what happens when they do something I don't appreciate.

Exoanthrope
Reet mazer
Registered: Mar 2014
From United States

VABlitz
Desert Ranger
Registered: Jul 2012
From United States
Posted August 12, 2014
Had a cat that would catch flies for us. If she heard or saw one, she would stop whatever she was doing and not stop hunting it until it was in her mouth. She would then spit it out, rip the wings off, and play with it for a few minutes before killing it. Then walk around proud as can be. I really miss that cat, my current one just watches them.
She got treats whenever she caught one, as you can tell by the photo she was really good.
She got treats whenever she caught one, as you can tell by the photo she was really good.
Post edited August 12, 2014 by VABlitz