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Cats hate any change to the routine. Don't fuck with the system

[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 51 points 3 days ago (6 children)

My horse insists that I play music while we hang out. She knows it comes from my phone and if I take my phone out, she'll fiddle with it with her lips until I turn in music.

She loves when I sing and I'm so glad I'm usually there alone because I'd be embarrassed if anyone heard me serenading the horses lmao.

I recently got a lyre and I'm gonna learn how to play it for all the horses

[–] W3dd1e@lemmy.zip 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

“My horse” ❤️

Also if anyone heard the things I say to my dogs in private, I would be mortified.

I’ve started call one of them Mr. Stinky Wiggles and I sing a modified version of the Oscar Meyer song to him.

[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I love that! I call my beagle my Regal Beagle and my doodle my Rudle Doodle. (My doodle is a goblin and my beagle is handsome)

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[–] skuzz@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Horses, and most field, work, or food animals, are so dope. They're just a big version of a small thing one calls a pet. All intelligence, all joy. All way more real than any LLM that might exist. Had one horse that waited for his opportunity to break out and he'd run for a half a mile and always come home. It was his game. I was some very young age child and I'd be out there trying to "corral" him - he was a HORSE - he never put me in danger, he would just feint and run off, and then calm down and come back home, his mission accomplished for fun.

[–] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

I had a few escape artist horses as a kid that just wanted to be chased back home. It was a game

[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You are my favourite person on the internet today. I mean, you or your horse. But, you know.

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[–] musubibreakfast@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You're gonna be so popular with all the horses!

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[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 23 points 3 days ago

I was just telling a friend about my how cat was so annoyed today I wasn't sitting at my usual desk. He was yelling and standing on it until I sat down. Now he's snoozing in my lap, at the desk, as intended for this time of day.

[–] Pazintach@piefed.social 35 points 3 days ago

My cat also has a very healthy bedtime, but I'm a night owl. So I'll turn the lights off after 10pm, light up small LED candles, let my cat sleep on my lap, and try not moving too much. After sometime I'll have to wake her up, then we go cuddling together under the duvet. She'll get up early without waking me up. The best friend I ever have.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That’s pretty cheap for a cat tbh

[–] drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have never paid for a cat.

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 1 points 23 hours ago

I always go to shelters, but pay a small contribution for their medical costs. The only totally free cat I ever had just kind of decided to move in.

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 96 points 4 days ago

1030pm does seem like a healthy bedtime. I could use that kind of encouragement.

[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My dog has worked one over on my parents. She won't eat until she gets a treat from my Dad (the appertif, I like to call it), and then she'll eat her food and go over to my Mom and she won't leave her alone until she gives her more treats for dessert.

If this routine is disrupted, she makes a big fuss.

[–] Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

You may want to re-term the treat as an hors d'œuvre or amuse-bouche... Unless your dad is really passing alcohol to your little buddy. Either way, she's being properly spoiled and the courses should expand as her palette develops.

[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Fair enough, lol. I would call it an amuse-bouche but I hate the way it sounds when I say it 😖

[–] cia0312@lemmy.world 18 points 3 days ago

My rabbit would thump angrily if someone was up after 23.

[–] DeathsEmbrace@lemmy.world 75 points 4 days ago (4 children)

My cat literally expects us to be awake at a certain time and will keep meowing us until we awake. I noticed if I don’t wake up my cat will make sure I do.

[–] itsmistermoon@piefed.social 39 points 4 days ago (2 children)

My cat used to gently bite my cheek to wake me up because I'm a heavy sleeper

[–] Hazy@aussie.zone 25 points 3 days ago

He's just testing to see if he has to eat you or not

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[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

My cat has learned the days of the week. He allows us tu sleep in Saturdays and Sundays, but he does not want my wife to be late for work

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[–] plateee@piefed.social 60 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I know I'm on the Cat community, but my dog is running cat software on dog hardware.

She will not accept going to bed without me brushing her teeth.

[–] varyingExpertise@feddit.org 15 points 3 days ago

Here I thought I was the only one. At about 10:30 he'll get up and and look for a human to accompany him upstairs for teeth brushing and blanket service. When the humans he finds are a bit slow, he'll stand in the most annoying way 35 kilos of street dog can stand. I can't explain, but he manages to convey the message by just standing around in the general vicinity of his chosen service person that night until you move, then he walks ahead of you a few steps upstairs, bathroom, teeth brush, bedroom, his corner, blanket over dog please, deep sigh, paw stretching.

[–] Sybilvane@lemmy.ca 41 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Our cat kneads my husband's arm when it's bedtime. Right arm, never the left one. It must remain outside the covers and easily accessible, but not moving, until said cat has decided he's done kneading it. This usually takes about ten minutes. No one is allowed to pet the cat while this is happening, or interrupt the kneading in any way.

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[–] RebekahWSD@lemmy.world 44 points 3 days ago

The kitten has very specific needs and places for affection times. She is not a lap cat. Heaven forbid. But she'll walk into the living room right in front of me and then flop onto her side. This is where I am to get onto my hands and knees above her, roll her onto her back, and rub her head and kiss her belly. She purrs like a train. I love her very silly ass.

[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 23 points 3 days ago

I had a cat who would yell at me if I was up too late with the lights on.

(turns off lights)

He curls up and goes to sleep.

(turn ONE light on)

"YOW!"

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 27 points 3 days ago (2 children)

"I have to go home, it's my cat's bedtime" is an excuse I gotta keep in my back pocket. Also, it's probably true, I have one of those cats

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 17 points 3 days ago

We used to have a cat who hid all night in the bedroom when company was over, which she didn't like at all. Around 11 PM, she'd come out and sit opposite the guests and just glare at them. The first time it happened, a good friend looked at her and said "Oh, look! She came out! Oh...and she's definitely telling us to get the fuck out!"

I was convinced that she believed she was communicating telepathically, just because we could read her expressions and know what she wanted. As far as she was concerned, she was controlling us with her superior advanced brain.

And I guess she was.

[–] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Replace the word with "family".

Cat is family.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

no, i'll just say cat. if they know my cat (it's the one we have to open the door and guard when he/we poop/s don't get me started) they've probably experienced it at game night or something

[–] PrincessTardigrade@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Your cat wants you to stand guard while he poops? I thought my cat was the only one lol but he only wants that when others are at our house. He's not well socialized since we got him during the 2020 Panini

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[–] Saapas@piefed.zip 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I mean some people also train their pets instead of letting their pets train them lol

[–] PixelPinecone@lemmy.today 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

You are taking this conversation way too seriously.

[–] Saapas@piefed.zip 2 points 2 days ago

But I wasn't taking it very seriously at all

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 19 points 3 days ago

We had a cat that used to like to go for a walk around the corner and back, just so she could show us off to the housebound cats. She knew where they all lived, and she'd get their attention by ringing her bell until they came to window.

One night we were intensely writing and editing some work stuff, and she started crying for her walk, and we told her we didn't have time tonight.

So she went outside and brought back in a dead mouse for us. I scooped it up, and took us all out for a walk, dropping the dead mouse in the trash can on the way.

[–] smh@slrpnk.net 29 points 4 days ago

My pup gets upset if I'm not home before dark. My partner works from home and gives me updates on how angry the pup is, as soon as the sun starts to set. This dog sits and stares at the front door, tiny ears quivering as he grumbles.

Anyways, I obey my curfew. (He's fine if I get home then leave.)

[–] ViperActual@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My cat sleeps whenever he's tired or when I go to sleep. He's a proximity cat, so he'll be snoozing nearby depending on where in the house I am. If I go to bed, he's going to go to bed too.

He also doesn't wake me up. The auto feeder gets him food, so I can stay asleep without having to worry about him getting fed. Usually when I wake up he'll be in the mini cat tree or under the bed.

[–] douglasg14b@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

We've got 6 furry companions!

They are all proximity cats and we love it. They each have their thing when we go to bed. Usually 2-3 sleep with us, it's a treat when we get 4 or 5. And they each have their own specific "spots" they gravitate towards.

Thankfully I'm a any of a cat behavior nerd and have gotten them to all leave us alone in the morning regarding food, there is one that will annoy me in the morning, but it's because she's wants cuddles, aggressively (She'll straight up chomp me, actually bite me, if I ignore her sometimes)

[–] I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 27 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Mine demands breakfast between 3 and 6am. Then about an hour later she requires that I get up and sit with her, on the floor, next to her cat door. There is a couch near by. But No. We sit on the floor and look out the 5x5 inch cat door window and I pet her until she gets "scratchy bitey" and I go clean my wounds and go back to bed. I'm not that into this routine, but I love her so...

[–] hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 days ago

This.... Would not fly in my house lol.

Granted my cat is plenty annoying an hour before it's time to get up, but I certainly don't encourage this behavior.

The most I do to appease him is call him to the bed, where even though he can, he won't jump up, I've gotta reach over and put him on the bed.

Ok maybe I'm trained too..

[–] dkppunk@piefed.social 23 points 4 days ago

Not cat, but rabbits

My bunnies know they get fresh hay before I go upstairs to bed. My boy bun will run back and forth between looking at me and looking down the hall to the garage where his hay is. My girl bun will hop on the couch and glare at me with her adorable look of disappointment. They tell me to go to bed so they get food lol

[–] j4k3@piefed.world 20 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Who would buy a cat because it does this?

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 72 points 4 days ago (1 children)

One does not buy a cat. They appear and you feed them.

[–] miked@piefed.social 21 points 4 days ago

This is known as the CDS. Cat Distribution System.

[–] Golfnbrew@lemmy.world 18 points 4 days ago

Our cat does this too, closer to 9:00 pm, and when we're finally in the bed, she (cat) climbs on top of me and settles in.

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 days ago

my dog won't herd us to bed, she just disappears and curls up in the dark alone on the bed

it's funny when we're staying at somebody else's place and instead of doing the usual dog thing and wanting to be around everyone (which she did lots of earlier), she just quietly disappears to pass out

[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 8 points 3 days ago

Cat knows what's up. Getting enough sleep is very important.

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