Big Cats 🐱
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Dogs are just great social animals. We can sit outside having a drink with 10 dogs ranging from a Dachshund to a Great Dane, a couple of horses, a goat and a chamois and they all get along fine. Then the cat walks into the middle of everything and just starts swiping at noses and winds them all up.
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We have a dog and 2 cats, they are all great, but dogs do require more work, ie Mrs TR sends our one to daycare, while the cats get to roam the neighbour killing
native birdsrats and mice as these are all they bring into the house. -
@taniwharugby said in Big Cats 🐱:
We have a dog and 2 cats, they are all great, but dogs do require more work, ie Mrs TR sends our one to daycare, while the cats get to roam the neighbour killing
native birdsrats and mice as these are all they bring into the house.By that theory your kids would rank even lower as they require even more work to manage.
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I used to be a huge fan of cats but recent encounters with a succession of shitty ones has shattered my faith in them. That includes the mentally retarded ginga cat my GF brought with her when she moved in. That thing makes goldfish look smart.
Still better than dogs though. Smelly, needy, barking halfwits who shit everywhere and chase after cars. Nothing I hate more than going to someone’s house and they have a dog running round inside. Especially when they hang around while you’re eating.
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@taniwharugby My partner and her 8 month old puppy have been staying with me for 6 weeks as she (partner) broke her ankle so I am looking after her.
I have a rescue cat and watching the two animals interact has been quite amusing and informative.
Remember the cat is the one that has had to modify his actions in all this so he is the more aggrieved party e.g. cats like to graze, dogs pig out. Can't now leave cats food out as turn your back and the puppy has wolfed it down - cat's been locked in the other half of the house so he can't get into bedroom and jump on injured ankle etc.
Initially cat was really pissed off and a bit wary. Lots of hissing and spitting. Dog's just stupid and wants to play, get in the cats face etc. He has 3 cats in his own home and loves to chase them. Well rules were established very quickly.
cat tolerates dog but still makes plain his disdain for the whole situation. After a couple of swats the dog now gives cat a very wide berth. If one of us isn't present he will detour around the house to get between adjoining rooms to avoid cat.
cat's a clever little bastard. He's worked this out so he will sit at the house's choke points and basically pen the dog in. Or if dog is outside and it starts to rain will sit in doorway so dog can't get inside.
Dog simply doesn't learn though. A couple of times a day he will get carried away with his own flunkalunk-ness and make the mistake of trying to rough house play with the cat - with predictable results. Every. Single. Day. After six weeks you'd think he'd have learned - but no. Total fuckwit.
Dogs OK but much more demanding. Craves attention. Has to be walked. Local bar encourages dogs, takes their photo and puts them on a wall but I've never been able to take this moron as he definitely has small man's disease and is stroppy as fuck with other dogs. the think I really don't like is having to clear up his shit otherwise we get flies inside. Cats are much fucking cleaner.
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@dogmeat yeah our dog had our 2 old cats, both passed away and we got 2 kittens (siblings again)
Dog thinks he is playing with them when cat sits there watchin him run around in circles, barking, eventually cat wanders off, dog sits there for a moment, chases after them, cat jumps on the fence and looks at him for a moment and disappears into the trees.
But all in all they get on well thier food is kept up away form him, they are fussy and dont care about his food, which he downloads faster than fibre!
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@crucial said in Big Cats 🐱:
Of course they will still do stupid things that annoy you when you aren’t watching.
Like get inside?
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@antipodean said in Big Cats 🐱:
@crucial said in Big Cats 🐱:
Of course they will still do stupid things that annoy you when you aren’t watching.
Like get inside?
No. Like allow themselves to be dressed in an opposition jersey and handed pish.
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@crazy-horse said in Big Cats 🐱:
Other examples, people pretend to speed up and run over cats,
I've got a mate who speeds up and swerves at cats on the road, swears it's the best way to avoid hitting them.
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I always thought cats were a bit dull compared to dogs. Fun to pat and play with but not much connection with humans. That changed when Mrs M moved in with her cat and realised they were just as fascinating and intelligent as a dog.
Our two cats will join us when we are gardening or sitting outside and make of point of being in the same room with us - one even goes on walks with us.
I like their independence and the fact the relationship is a bit more equal than with dogs. A cat will greet you when you call it's name, but won't just sit there waiting for orders like a dog.
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@godder said in Big Cats 🐱:
We've got cats and dogs, and they're all great, but cockatiels are also a lot of fun if trained well.
We've got a cat and dog as well, along with the chickens, ducks and geese, but the wife wants a parrot (of some description) to add to the menagerie.
I suggested a Kakapo but will probably have trouble getting one (great "pets" apparently for want of a better word). Very cool critters.
My flatmate and I did have a Cardinal Lory in PNG for a while (flatmate rescued it, Lory had clipped wings so was fucked on its own). Smart as, and funny as well as being a misogynist. In spite of being a female, she just hated women. Really funny jealousy thing. When we left PNG she got sent to the Bronx zoo, so I went to see her there on a work trip, but they had sent her away due to being a psycho and attacking everybody and everything in sight.
Loved that bird.
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@snowy bugger you didn't get to see the bird at the zoo. Would have been interesting to see if she remembered you.
