People literally train their cats to shit in the toilet.
People that argue that point need to be forced to bare witness.
“You can’t train a cat!”
“No Chad, YOU can’t train a cat. Now come watch MY cat poop.”
“…we’re just going to wait for your cat to need to poop in the litterbox?”
“No. I told you. I’VE trained MY cat to shit on command…AND THEN FLUSH!”
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 😅
Edit: Also weird that cats are thought to be worse because they’re (sometimes) less subservient? Like, is that the only quality of a pet?
Also weird that cats are thought to be worse because they’re (sometimes) less subservient? Like, is that the only quality of a pet?
That’s an owner problem, not a cat problem. Cats are what they are. I think most people that dislike cats do so because they can’t treat them poorly and command them yet still get that subservience from them like dogs as you mentioned. They don’t want or like animals that tell them to fuck off.
One way I heard it said: Cats form their own opinions, cats require consent, cats come with boundaries. Beware of people who don’t “get” cats.
I don’t necessarily think every person who likes being in charge is automatically a bad person. Dogs are fine too. But it’s generally a warning sign if someone can’t cope with not being in charge.
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.
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.
100% we have a smart food-motivated cat and she’s lots of fun to train
Most cats are easy 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”.
I trained my kitten to play fetch, but now that she’s a cat, she won’t do it lol
My cat used to love fetch as a kitten!
Then he grew up and started lazily staring at me instead of returning the toy.
They grow up so fast. 😢
lets pretend cats are not the reason the number of birds and birdspecies decline everywhere.
lets pretend all the dog owners that correctly point out cats train humans and not vice versa have poorly trained dogs.
dogs are still soooo much better as they have a much much bigger variety. cats? pffff…orange,void, snowball and trashmix. thats it. dogs on the other hand: all colors, sizes, skillsets…you can find a dog for everything.
I see we have imported the weird hatred of outside cats from Reddit
I mean, it is a very valid point. Outdoor cats are horrible for the environment, but also live far shorter, more violent and miserable lives. This is coming from someone who really likes cats. They should be indoors.
On the other hand… dogs stink, are relentlessly needy, and have to have violence trained out of them.
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.
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…
(who the kittens are replacing)
…maybe don’t phrase it like that…
It will be inconvenient, but there will be no regret.
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?
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”.
You were probably just a terrible cat owner. All my cats have been super loving and playful
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 went home for Christmas and saw dog shit on both the pavement outside my parents’ house and my brother’s house. Dog owners suck.
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…
…yeah, you probably shouldn’t have pets.
I talked to those cats, and they said the same thing about you.
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
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.
