Where did you get your stats?
Idk about that, but I have trained my cat to shake, high five, nose kiss, sit, stand on hind legs, and scratch her post on command. I’m currently working on roll over and spin.
I trained my kitten to play fetch, but now that she’s a cat, she won’t do it lol
100% we have a smart food-motivated cat and she’s lots of fun to train
Most cats are ready to bribe. They like (some) food, hunt, and scritches.
They are not pack animals and have zero pack animal behaviours. That makes them offensive for a particular mindset of people who want control. Beware of people who “don’t like cats”.
That makes them offensive for a particular mindset of people who want control.
Weird take. Most people who don’t like cats simply didn’t grow up around them and don’t know how to interact. It’s not because they’re obsessed with control. I mean, fine if you choose not to like non-cat people, but the control theory is just weird.
For me, I wasn’t really exposed to many cats growing up and the small handful I did meet were mostly aloof and didn’t want to interact with strangers. One cat literally just walked up to me and bit my hand out of nowhere. (I wasn’t even trying to interact with him, he was just known for being mean.) I also didn’t have dogs growing up, but interacting with them felt a lot more intuitive so I wasn’t as intimidated. I have since met some really sweet cats and I even have 2 kitties of my own now, but there’s definitely a learning curve.
Is your cat a catgirl, perhaps?
Cats can be trained, just maybe not in the same ways. We’ve got a pair of new kittens that like jumping on the table. Kittens are not allowed on the table, so I push them off. To begin with, they really fought against being pushed off the table (understandable) and tried to stay on as long as possible. After a couple of weeks though, they just let themselves get pushed off. Our old cat (who the kittens are replacing) used to jump off as soon as I walked towards him or even verbally asked him to get down.
I’m also training the kittens to be parrot cats sitting on my shoulder. We’ll see how much I regret that when they’re fully grown…
I’m also training the kittens to be parrot cats sitting on my shoulder. We’ll see how much I regret that when they’re fully grown…
I’ve got a ~20lb Turkish Van that I trained to ride/sit on shoulders when he was a kitten. He wrecks my shirts now (and the skin underneath).
It will be inconvenient, but there will be no regret.
I’ve had multiple cats, all trained in one degree or other. Getting a cat to do what you want is kind of hard. Getting them to do something they like to do on command is pretty easy. I had a cat that would play catch, usually with uninflated balloons. I’d try to make her do backflips for the catch. All my cats were trained to stay off the counters and tables (when we were around). But I also recognize that cats don’t see us as masters and authorities, so you bet they would go on the counters when we weren’t around, for instance.
Do people say that often? My dog did whatever he felt like doing, he never listened to anyone, and he was still better than any cat.
Cats are too one-dimensional. They range from “needy” to “asshole”.
I talked to those cats, and they said the same thing about you.
cats are needy?
Cats: goes out, eats a mouse, takes a shit under a bush, and comes home to take a nap on the sofa.
Dogs: grabs leash and whines pitifully at you. “Please can you take me out, master? So I can piss on the neighbours mailbox, bark psychotically at random shit and take a massive stinking shit on the pavement which you have to pick up and put in a fucking to-go bag?”
I didn’t say that cats are needier than dogs, but the thing is that even especially needy dogs (mine was) also have a lot of other interesting character traits while needy cats are just needy. But I’m starting to think that maybe I just don’t like cats…
I went home for Christmas and saw dog shit on both the pavement outside my parents’ house and my brother’s house. Dog owners suck.
You were probably just a terrible cat owner. All my cats have been super loving and playful
Dogs and cats are both fine. People who want to “train” a cat are misunderstanding the nature of the relationship, though. Do you train your friends to do what you want them to?
If my friend had a habit of jumping on the kitchen counter and chasing after my ankles, then yes, I would train them to stop that.
You don’t Pavlov condition all your friends?
People literally train their cats to shit in the toilet.
People that argue that point need to be forced to bare witness.
Tbh cats are way easier to train than dogs. Dogs are capable of outsmarting you. Cats have a brain the size of a walnut and just want the food. Your biggest problem with a cat is them not comprehending the command.
I don’t think one is better than the other, they’re just different and it depends on what you want out of an animal. I have a dog and two cats and they’re very well behaved, but I like my dog better. I like to go jogging and having her with me when I go is more fun. But dogs are also much less independent and require a lot of care, and cats in general are more into being cuddled than dogs are in my experience. Less active more introverted people seem to prefer cats, and that makes total sense to me.
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Dog owners would own slaves if it were legal.
I’m giving this the
unhinged but possibly some sentiment of truthcomment award.The fuck is wrong with you?
Nothing. I’m a cat person. I don’t have a pathological need to control an animal and force it to do my bidding.
You line of thought is disgusting. A properly trained dog isn’t forced to do one’s bidding, they do it because they find it fun or because it makes the human member of their social structure happy. Further untrained dogs can be dangerous your cat won’t kill anyone because hes too small, unless you are one of those “exotic” cat people, any dog that normally reaches over 50lbs can kill a human dog’s are a responsibility thats frankly not taken seriously enough, assholes like you don’t help.
Rabbits can also be trained fyi. I think the biggest limitation on what a rabbit can do is definitely it’s body, not it’s brain
Same with Guinea pigs. They have a reputation for being dumb because they do often have a vacant expression, however I’ve taught mine several tricks like spinning, standing up and offering a paw.
They can also learn from each other. I adopted one into a herd that liked to lie down with her legs in a different position to my others, and within hours they had all watched her do it and started to try it out themselves.
The biggest barrier is that they don’t understand human speech at all (they can kind of learn to understand your tone of voice but that’s about it) however they are very good at picking up body language and gestures with your hands.
I argue dogs are better than cats cos cats are just assholes who will eat u the second u die. Dogs wait till they are literally starving before they will eat u.
Also cats have aids
Cats can be trained! I took it serious this time around and she’s learned how to stand up, shake, and high five. The trick is finding something they really, really like to eat since they won’t do it just to make your happy 😅
i taught mine to high-five without food. He just loves being pet that much
I don’t think doing tricks is what people have in mind when they say they want to train their pet
Having trained many types of animal to follow at least a few basic commands, my order from easiest to hardest:
Horse, dog, wolfdog, wolf, chicken, cat, duck, goat, pig
Most of the “difficult” ones aren’t stupid, quite the opposite. They’re smart enough to be stubborn and wonder why they should do what you say
