Posted on 04/05/2018 10:53:55 AM PDT by Twotone
In this eye opening and informative video we see how felines have taken over not only the Internet, but our homes, and of course, our lives. It points out that it is us that are obsessed with cats and not the other way round. This is a must see for any cat lover as it explains a lot about our relationship with cats and how that relationship has evolved.
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We had a dog, Scooby, we loved, who died almost two years ago.
We also had a latecomer "wild" younger cat I found abandoned and eating birds and lizards; I brought him home to find him a home.
The cat, Ace did NOT want to make friends, but eventually there was a spirit of toleration. Until the dog got to that age when he was close to the end of his life. When he stopped chasing balls I knew the end was on the horizon.
It took almost a year, but the last few months the now domesticated Ace finally did something I'll never forget.
Every day he took to snuggling with Scooby in Scooby's bed, something he had not ever done or been tolerated by Scooby, the previous 8 years.
Scooby died with a new best Bud at the end.
Ace joined his canine friend a few months ago.
I have a Cocker and 2 Australian shepherds.
I have a 3 legged cat. She was a stray that showed up in my barn, pregnant of course. She was friendly enough but never really paid her no attention. After her litter she wandered off and I thought that was that. She showed up one morning a few weeks later with a compound fractured rear leg. I scooped her up and took her to the vet and he amputated her leg. That was 10 years ago and she greets me at the front door and the minute I sit down she’s on my lap for the rest of the night.
She hasn’t been out of the house since her mishap. She is very spoiled and knows that I will pick her up and carry her to the cat dish or lift her over the pet gates in the house. She is just the sweetest...
“I’m obsessed with German Shepherds.
I merely tolerate “cats”.”
Ditto
While a dog's devotion is obvious, cats are no slouches either. Our cat is actually somewhat more affectionate than our dog. Our dog likes his attention, walks & play, but our cat positively pines for attention. He's primarily an outdoor cat who is an accomplished killer (rodents & birds being his primary prey) and could easily live on his own. Yet, he howls to be let in after dinner so that he can hang out and sleep (on my lap) until he goes back out later for the night.
Cats are fascinating - you have a real live mini tiger cruising around the property. If they were anywhere near the size of say a German shepherd, they would be way too dangerous to be allowed to live in society.
I grew up with us having cats and dogs. I preferred cats and still do. We currently have two indoor cats a Maine coon male and a calico female and a garage/out door cat. We also have two dogs an Irish Setter and a Jack Russell. They cats make the dogs look like fools at times, especially the garage cat she routinely slaps the living crap out of the dogs and gets away with it. The two indoor cats especially the tom have taken up with me. I can whistle and call for the tom and he comes running like a dog would, he follows me everywhere, to the bathroom, sleeps at foot of the bed, takes the point each morning as I am heading out of the bedroom out to work all the way to the garage door.
The Irish setter is a good natured dog and good around kids and protective and I really love her. If the Jack Russell died tomorrow I would piss on his grave. I never hated an animal in my life until him. He would rather run into my garage and piss and take a dump, knowing I am going to kick him out or wallop him with a broom. He is a companion to the setter, when she passes mr. Russell’s days are numbered. He will go to the pound or a better place. He was a stray we took in, after a month I figured out why his owner got rid of the annoying turd.
You forgot, “and eats cat turds like carmels...” Maddog!
“I merely tolerate “cats”.”
Cats seem to barely tolerate humans.
But do you like cats?
LOL. I was about to post the same thing.
I love that cat!
And then eat his own crap if it suits him...............
I've had cats for at least a decade, and have just now learned this.
This year they're out there snarfin' the deer droppings like opioids!
That’s something, brother.
My cats are that way too. When they decide to love, they really make it show.
Cat hater? No— we value them as mouser/ratters. Comment had just as much to do with dogs-— as BOTH of these are animals, not people, and inasmuch as the poster’s article talked about how owners of cats are obsessed with them and put their own “analysis” into their obsession/needs for anthropomorphism about what is essentially animal behaviour. Farm has horses, cattle, sheep-— and wild coyote, eagles, barred and great horned owls— all of whom predate on our little dogs and cats on occasion, particularly cats at night who learn to stay in the bard. Coyotes focus on trying to supplement their usual rodent diet by killing the calves after smelling and tracking the afterbirth during calving time, from the breeder cows. The coyote we shoot regularly, on sight, and kitties try to keep close inside at night. Large veterinary bill for all the above.
Guess we differ as zoological knowledge vs. urbanized projected affection needs. Like we see at the “model” farms kids are taken to see. They are— all of them- animals. And we differ on the “socialization” level of any animal that is not bred for domestication. Stop feeding them and watch them regress to normal natural behaviour. Will say that certain cats will rat/mouse even when fully fed- so that is not “socialized” at all. Pure instinct. Light, smell and movement, and.. stalking.
Not being nasty, just uncomfortably (apparently) factual.
I have two indoor-outdoor models, and six more that mostly live in the wild.
Yes, you end up as close to them as to a dog.
I adore my 2 cats, a Maine Coon and a rescue. They provide quiet companionship, incomparable amusement, and, with a whisper-soft touch, remind me that they love me, too.
BTW- we take in cats urban types dump, despite their “liking” cats in the abstract apparently. Cruelty itself to do so, but those who make it here do just fine. Would say the “dumpers” truely do hate cats, and the dogs they dump as well.
That brat had it coming! He could have really hurt the cat. The cat gave back a very minimal punishment for having gotten slammed across the face and head for no reason.
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