I think I hate cats

[bostonboy20]

I KNOW I hate cats...lol

 

[looseliam]

THe only thing cats are good for is stir-fry.

 

[borg69unimatrix]

It's not that he hasn't caught on... he KNOWS, and just doesn't care. As far as he's concerned, you're in HIS space, and HIS property... you don't own cats, cats own YOU. Your biggest mistake is expecting them to act and behave like dogs. They do NOT. Dogs are pack animals and follow the leader. Cats are independent, and rule their own territory. You can't punish bad behavior with a cat...they can and will retaliate. Your best bet is to reward GOOD behavior and hope that's incentive enough to forget the bad behavior. Cat psychology is very tricky.

Your only advantage on the cat is opposable thumbs.

I can relate to the claw thing... the cat that owns my apartment is horribly clumsy with his claws, and injures us both, snags on the carpet and falls on his face... so once a week or so I trim his claws, and we've gotten along GREAT since I started doing that.

 

[fetaby]

snags on the carpet and falls on his face

I lol'd.

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And you most certainly can punish bad behavior. It may not train the cat but it will make you feel better. When he scratches your arm, thump him in the nose.

 

[altlover85]

And you most certainly can punish bad behavior. It may not train the cat but it will make you feel better. When he scratches your arm, thump him in the nose.

I agree. My boyfriend swatted his cat a few times for eating part of a plant and the behavior stopped for a few days and then he did it again. After my bf gave his cat a mean look the cat knew not to eat the plant again and hasn't done anything but nibbled a bit since.

Incidentally, I love my bf's cat. He's so cute and adorable. I'm sorry you're having troubles with your bf's one, loki81.

 

[EJMichaels]

Be glad he isn't marking his territory (or making commentary) in a liquid manner. You, however, might use a related method. I've heard that water in a squirt gun or spray bottle makes a firm statement to a cat.

 

[borg69unimatrix]

people like you are why my boyfriend's cat is the way it is

Cats are what they are. Judging from your avatar, you're a dog person... nothing wrong with that, you just don't understand cat mentality.

cats can totally be trained, but this particular cat bears the mark of an owner who's allowed it to run his home.

Your BF had no choice... once the cat moves in, it becomes THEIR space. Your just lucky the cat allows you to share HIS space with him (and you).

Believe me, if the cat didn't like you, you WOULD know. Be lucky it doesn't pee on your side of the bed, your clothes, ... It happens.

If you don't like the cat kneading your arm, just adjust the cat to lay next to you instead of ON you. You cannot train the cat to NOT knead. It's just what they do.

Dogs wag tails when happy, cats knead. It won't change... YOU need to adjust. "A tiger can't change it's spots."

if we ever move in together someday, I'm definitely going to need at least one cat-free room in the house. lol.

Yeah... Good luck with that.

 

[borg69unimatrix]

Ew, Cat-lovers. Scary.

Cats are self absorbed, pretentious, self centered, take love and usually give little back, independent, elusive, hunters, moody, and flighty.

From what posts of yours I've read, I'd swear YOU were a cat.

 

[Swellegant]

Cats are contrary, willful, and vindictive creatures... a little too much like people.

I used to live with two women who had cats, and I learned that while you can reinforce behavior with punishments and rewards, you don't always get the results you're after. For example, those women kept a squirt bottle in the living room and would spritz the cats if they spent too long looking at the birds in the birdcage (why anyone would have cats and birds in the same house, I don't know); the cats learned to not stalk the birds, but only while someone was in the room... the minute the people left, the cats were on top of the birdcage, terrorizing them. And even then, every time you squirted one of the cats, that cat would pee on something of yours... usually something that had to be dry-cleaned.

Which is exactly how I would behave if someone squirted me with a bottle. I've noticed that people who like cats aren't like cats; people who are like cats don't like them. I'm too catlike to deal with another cat in my space; they're lovely to look at but I wouldn't have one in the house.

 

[borg69unimatrix]

so, I was in the bathroom taking a shit and the cat jumped on my back.

/facepalm

He was supervising... wanted to make sure you buried it properly like you're supposed to.

 

[todwod]

How can you hate one of these?

Cats are the best!

 

[altlover85]

I like cats and dogs. I'm not sure which one I'd rather have though.

 

[borg69unimatrix]

It's funny you beat me to commenting, because this is what I took issue with, with your pro-cat rant:

I'm not "pro-cat"... I like all animals. I was merely explaining that you can't treat a cat like a dog, and expect it to behave like a dog. They think and behave differently. I don't seriously believe that the cat owns my apartment... but I do believe HE thinks he does. You're reading WAY too much in what I said.

*Not so much people who merely love cats, but people who love them and hate dogs.

*see above... I don't hate dogs. I like dogs too. Why would you assume I hate dogs?

Ew, Cat-lovers. Scary.

This is what I took offense to. You seem pretty down on anyone that doesn't think like you do, and seem quick to pre-judge them.

 

[altlover85]

Why can't we be friends?

 

[borg69unimatrix]

I do have trouble saying "NO" to this face...

 

[neditesjamais]

Lived many happy years with two dogs and one cat. I can definitely vouch for the old adage, "Dogs have owners; cats have staff."

In all honesty, the cat was the most honest and self-aware soul in the house.

YOU need to adjust. "A tiger can't change it's spots."

If you've got a spotted tiger, then the folks at the National Zoo want to talk to you right away!

Just sayin'.

 

[neditesjamais]

^^ Winnie is so quotable. And so right.

 

[altlover85]

^^ Winnie is so quotable. And so right.

Winnie reminds me of the TV show, The Wonder Years.

 

[chrisrobin]

To quote the late, great Jack E. Leonard (paraphrased), "I don't hate cats, I just don't think about them very much."

Q. What's the difference between a dog and a cat?
A. A dog thinks of you as a friend. A cat considers you one of the help.

Please observe:

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL9hooe-yKQ[/ame]

Also, I'm allergic. If I would ever get a cat it would be a Siamese. I would name him "Ah-Chu."

 

[altlover85]

I don't think there's a kid alive who hasn't quoted Winnie at least once in a term paper...And for the record, I think cats are beautiful ( especially Abyssinians! ) but I have no desire whatsoever to own one.

I never did.