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This but with my cat standing on my chest screaming in my face for no reason
Lucky. Your cat faces you while standing on your chest screaming its head off. I wake up to the 'ol one eye winker.
On occasion though, that pic is accurate and so worth it.
Right before the unprovoked slash attack
Can’t argue with that; I’m nursing some scratches from this morning.
Lol, you got me… But my dog would die for me. It’s my honor to walk her in the snow. In fact, I’m hardly even worthy.
My cat would die for me too. He’s my little one-eyed one-brain-cell angel
Did you copy paste my cat? He is an orange pirate as well
Aww. Snuggle pirate
My dog doesn’t have a shit box in my house that I have to clean constantly. That makes up for the 3 months it’s a little cold out.
Are you saying you don’t clean up after your dog? Otherwise, you’re cleaning up shit daily. Litter boxes are not typically cleaned daily(constantly) and they make auto litter boxes that clean themselves.
Litter boxes are not typically cleaned daily
Your house smells like cat shit, you are simply nose blind to it. Please clean up after your cat shits.
None of that makes what I said untrue. I don’t even have cats, lol.
There are reports that those automatic litter boxes are not safe for cats. Don’t use them.
Small dog in a fenced yard, picking up after him is a non issue. His business breaks down in a matter of a couple of weeks and there’s never enough to become a problem. If he goes while on a walk, i pick it up.
It’s just your specific case. If you have an outdoor cat you also don’t have to maintain a cat toilet.
No, they just come and shit in my yard instead.
The neighbours cats have made it their goal to shit in our vegetable garden and burying the little turd there. I dislike them as much as people that dont pick up after their dogs.
What do you mean “no”? Your cat-owning neighbors don’t maintain a cat toilet, do they? Just as a said, so “yes”.
No, as in they dont have to maintain their outdoor cat.
I get to do that instead. Oh joy for me.
Oh, ok. Glad we are on the same page here. Enjoy.
I don’t think it’s good to have outdoor cats. They’re very destructive to small animals (songbirds included) in the area.
No, I’m representative of all dog owners. If a cat is left outside, it is technically a form of mountain lion, which does not count.
Dogs rool, cats drool.
Is scooping poo out of a box daily really any worse than bagging it up on a walk daily?
Especially with big dogs where you’re picking up fresh, steaming, human-sized turds with nothing but a few microns of plastic between it and your hand.
For big dogs, I wear boots and kick the dookie into a fine mist against my neighbors houses as a disposal method. I have warrants in 3 states.
I’d say the weather is a factor
they have the genuine automatic litterbox that arent death traps, i see people hating scooping up poo use those.
Bagging it up on a walk is decidedly worse than scooping it out of a litter box if the dog happens to have diarrhea. At least the litter clumps up, making cleanup much easier…
Good luck training a dog to use the box consistently though.
Fenced yard with a small dog, so I don’t have to pick it up on the daily, only if he poops on a walk.
Why don’t we just train dogs to use a litter box? 🤔
Or a toilet? One of my previous cats used the toilet all on her own. If she could figure it out without help, surely training a dog should be easy enough.
I trained my dog on a litter box. She only pees in it. I’m very glad I did.
However, I’m fortunate enough to have a basement I could put it in where it’s out of sight.
That’s a thing and people.do, especially apartment dwellers. Dogs learn it quick too.
It’s just no one would have an animal shit in a box in the house unless they absolutely had to.
Oh…
Clearly you don’t live as far north as I do. :P
Nah, it gets plenty cold here, I’m mostly just playing around with the classic dog people vs cat people war.
I’m fortunate to have a fenced yard and a dog that absolutely does not fuck with the cold. He’s out, does his duty, then back in within like 2 minutes.
Well, for reference, the city I currently live in has a -19C/-3F minimum average temperature.
I generally prefer cats over dogs for other reasons, though.
As someone with both, I actually really appreciate that my dog forces me out on regular walks.
Yep, without my dog there are days I would not get out of bed, and feel like shit because of it. Even if it’s winter, it’s good for my mental health.
Agreed, my dog has probably kept me significantly more physically and mentally healthy than I would be without him.
But your cat “gets” you
Nothing wakes a cat owner faster than the sound of hyuk hyuk HYUK HYUUURK on the only piece of carpet in the house.
I’ve owned most of the common furry pets (except guinea pigs and rats) and there’s unique challenges with taking care of each of them. What is burdensome is also different for each person.
I love cats but I don’t think I’d adopt another. I don’t want to catproof my shelves nor my plants. I don’t want to smell kitty litter either.
I love rabbits but same thing. I don’t want to rabbitproof my house. I don’t want to clean litter boxes. And most importantly, I don’t want the hassle of finding someone to take care of them when I’m gone.
I love dogs and will probably stick to dogs. I like going on walks and sitting in the yard. I don’t mind drying his paws off when it rains or walking the yard weekly to pick up his turds.
All pets are great. Animal companionship is the best.
Cats aren’t necessarily little bastards. Mine has never knocked anything over, doesn’t climb onto anything other than the couch and bed, and ignores all of my houseplants.
Also, kitty litter is awful. Pelletized horse bedding is a much better option. Cheaper, lighter, easier to clean up, compostable. It smells like pine trees instead of piss-soaked clay.
Yeah but you don’t know that until you get the cat. I have a ton of houseplants that would kill a curious cat, too.
Also, kitty litter is awful.
You’re not buying the right kitty litter.
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I don’t think I’ll get another pet that requires a cage after hamsters! (My rabbits were raised like cats, litter trained and no cage)
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Cats are great, but they’re nocturnal. Many will skitter around, scratch stuff, scream, or otherwise bother the heck out of you when you are trying to sleep. I get so little sleep as it is, I’m not willing to deal with that again.
Cats are crepuscular, meaning they’re more active at dawn and dusk, but they may be somewhat active at any hour if they have slept enough.
Huh, is it really that unusual for my cat to sleep through the night? She goes to bed around midnight and wakes up closer to dawn naturally, which tends to be a bit late this time of year. That’s around when she gets a first meal.
my cat isn’t noctural. not all cats are the same.
That’s possible, too. My cat wasn’t like that but I know my friend’s cat is banned from the bedroom
6am I am sitting with my half-adopted stray by the heater cause I don’t have a cat door and he panics if he wants to leave and I’m not there to open the door
It’s -1°C outside so I have to do this… until I get the right gear
So, have an invigorating walk with your buddy or wake up with red eyes and a runny nose, but at least you were warm and comfortable?
Does this happen to people who aren’t allergic?
It can but my body adapted after a few weeks. Others may not be so lucky.
Are you claiming dog people who are being forced to walk through blizzards don’t get sick or something?
Legit a tough choice
I wanna play pspspspstation so bad rn.
- that cat
I just want to hate having cats in peace but everyone in my life including landlords and family insists on having the maximum number of cats.
as a lesbian i sympathize
The dog can go run out back and shit, I’ll pick it up in the spring.
that’s a long time to leave a dog outside
You clearly have never tried to get a Bernese Mountain Dog out of fresh fallen snow.
it keeps well around 0C. It only spoils when it starts to warm up outside
You’re funny. The cat woke me up for food is the reason the dog got to pee outside before the sun came up.
I wish my cats would nap with me like that, but it’s my fault for not getting them used to it when they were kittens. They’ll stay put for a minute under my arm and then dart off the bed.
this cat clearly wants to escape in the picture
I was surprised my cats weren’t sitting on my lap, so when they were close to two years old I started holding them captive for very short periods while petting them how they like, and now I can’t keep them off me. It seemed like the only reason they weren’t sitting on humans before is that they didn’t think it was safe.
Aww, yeah, cats are like that. It speaks volumes of people who can earn their complete trust.
That’s not my case here, as we treat them with utmost respect. I actually have all of them on my bed right now, but they just don’t tolerate being cuddled that close. One of them does like kneading and sleeping on us, but It has to be on his terms or he doesn’t want it.
Yeah, that’s what I figured they were like and why I was content to let them be if they didn’t want to sit on me. We just kept having these moments where they clearly wanted to snuggle, but seemed to be afraid I would crumble beneath them and shatter their tiny paws to dust. We’re getting to a point now where I can even adjust my position underneath them, but only sometimes.
Mine sleeps with me but will randomly start clawing at my neck while purring in the middle of night.
I think she thinks that’s “petting.”
That’s kneading. Kittens will knead at their mother’s stomach while nursing, and adult cats usually continue the behavior to a lesser or greater degree. Some do it subtly and gently, and others are made of knives.
I wish, as soon as the sun comes up that little fucker is punching me in the face to fill up his food bowl.
He waits until the sun comes up?
Yeah, prime time seems to be about 40 minutes before sunrise, regardless of the time of year.
this is fake news. puppygirls for example do not like going out in blizzard.
I’d rather not have cat poop in my houses air.
Dogs poop in the house sometimes too. Anything living will poop in your house if you let it in for long enough. It’s nice they are considerate enough to go in a box and not in the floor
Cat flap in a door solves this, but you do need a vented room to keep their litter box that’s not a garage because those usually need a fire rated door.
Air purifier are useful tools for a lot of things.
One time someone was like “Like boxes of shit in your house? Get a cat” first I was miffed but then I was like “well…” 😂
But human poop is perfectly fine? You saw that one Mythbusters episode, right? Feces is everywhere.
It’s at least a lot more normal.
Cats poop outside.
They just don’t need a chaperone to do so.
