My parents have 2 cats that let my niece do stuff like this to them a lot. One of them hates every second of it, and one actually likes it. From this cat's body language, he's one of those weirdos who actually likes it
Patience and consistency and make a game. They aren’t tiny treat motivated as much as dogs are, my cats like tube treats but you can’t do those over and over in a day! Attention and positive reinforcement through loves work for mine.
I trained my bengal to sit on a bar stool to watch me whenever I cook as I was nervous he would jump up by the stove and get hurt. Plus no one wants cats on surfaces you cook food 🤷♀️
None of my cats go on the counter or table. No treats needed or negative discipline like water sprays or yelling, they are trained different! You just have to make it seem like it’s their idea lol
I also trained all my cats to go to the basement when there is a thunderstorm. The minute that pressure drops and there is a big crack of thunder they go running. I was too stressed during tornado warnings (we get about one a month in late spring and summer) worrying about getting my cats with me to the basement! I know chances are near zero a tornado takes my house but it doesn’t stop me from worrying.
I put a cat door to the basement and even if I’m not home, down they go when the winds and thunder kick in lol. Trained them for that and it makes me feel better!
I got four cats myself. Not really trained them in a serious way, but they all know their names, come to me when I call for them and walk with me when I'm outside. They used to walk with me and my dog, both when me and my SO walked him, but he's unfortunately not with us anymore.
But the cats are and they're very social and stuff, so I feel I succeeded in raising them
Seriously- anyone thinking that cat is miserable doesn’t know cats.
If a cat doesn’t want to be somewhere, you’ll find out about it by catching two dozen miniature knife wounds. There isn’t a force on earth that will keep a cat in a situation it doesn’t want to be in, short of literal animal cruelty
I often wonder what kind of relationship those people have with their cats lol of course every cat is going to be different, but my boy would totally be okay with this if it was me doing it. He probably would be less tolerant if other people were doing it to him, but I could do whatever I wanted to this creature and he'd be happy because he's getting attention from me 🤣
It's both a blessing and a curse lol As I was typing that comment, he was sitting on my chest with his forehead pressed against my chin with all his little kitty might, purring like a chainsaw and I wasn't even touching him.
It's cute until it's three in the morning and you have a Velcro kitty licking your eyelids open because he wants love from mom NOW.
That's my two girls to a tee. They won't leave even if I am being annoying lol.
My boy on the other hand..he has issues with people breathing the same air he does, or walking near him, or moving in bed, or moving your blanket.. everything really. He will express his disapproval and leave.
On the off chance my boy does get annoyed with me, it results in little "slap fights" where we're gently boxing each other until he runs off for five minutes, forgets or decides he forgives me, and comes back for more attention.
Haha, both of my girls have their quirks like that. My youngest one will pull her claws out and act tough but runs away as soon as I react. My eldest (16) is far too lazy to run away so she will pretend to bite me if her patience has run out.
I've built up a rapport with my cats, so I can basically do anything that I want to them - wiggle their bellies, pick them up whenever, hold them like babies, give them hugs, whatever and they'll purr the whole time. They would 100% let me do this. The part I'm most impressed about is that the cat isn't terrified of being outside and around strangers.
It makes quick little physical checks so easy. Need to check his teeth? Cool, let me just grab your cute little face quick and open your mouth. Claw length check? Cool, give me your little mitten, boy-o.
Mine is a long haired, and I used to pay to get him shaved every summer to help him stay cool. One day I decided to test how much this cat actually trusts me, and he handled being shaved at home by me like a champ. Shaving, dematting, med giving, all that stuff that could totally seem like life or death for a less tolerant cat is a breeze with my boy.
When I moved, my house came with a cat. He literally walked in moving day, helped himself to my cat’s food and water and a nap by the fan. Learned from the neighbors that he’d belonged to the resident before the last, an older man who’d died. His family didn’t want him but the neighbors fed him out of pity.
He was the sweetest most patient cat. Neighbor girls loved to play “baby” with him, he’d drift off to sleep while they swaddled and rocked him or rubbed their faces in his chubby belly. The vet techs would argue over who got to have him because he would not even flinch through exams and injections. He had oral stomatitis and needed regular steroid and antibiotic injections on top of getting some extractions.
The only thing he disliked was being hot. The house came with a window unit that had a very deep shelf beneath. He would sit on it and place a paw on the AC to let me know he needed it on. I put a larger table there and a cooling gel pet bed and it was his favorite spot in the house. He did the paw thing for anything he wanted. A paw on your hand for pets, a paw on your shoulder to be carried, on the door to be let out, in his bowl for a refill. He also did not like barking dogs, and the closest thing to an act aggression he ever made was a paw on the top of my chihuahua’s head when he barked. Which surprisingly worked.
I often wondered if it was just his nature or if the man who had him was a cat whisperer, or a bit of both.
Had him for 4 years until cancer. RIP Cat MacSnacks, you were a true gentleman.
Experience with their own cats, most likely. Mine will literally refuse to move in protest until I remove the collar I dared try to put on them. Literally just fall over like they died on the spot and not move for more than an hour before I gave in and removed the collar.
Most of my cats would freak out and would tear that stuff off, except for the short long haired black one. She loves to strut around like she is on a runway.
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u/Consistent_Zebra7737 3h ago
That's one patient cat