No wonder I'm a cat man!

[esoxlucius]

I'm not a dog person, I'm a cat man. I think our dog knows this and so goes out of its way to wind me up sometimes. Take this morning for example.

If we're watching tele indoors and the dog wants to go out the back to do it's business it'll sit right in front of the tele with it's tail wagging until we open the back door for it.

As well as the back door we also have rear patio doors which also lead out to the back garden. So get this. I'm sitting outside this morning with the patio doors open. The dog comes outside, sits right in front of me wagging its tail profusely. The daft dog wanted to go out the back to do it's business but didn't have the brains to realise it was already out the back!!!

It sat there for a couple of minutes wagging its tail and I just looked at it dumbfounded cursing it under my breath. I eventually got up, went inside through the open patio doors, and went to the back door and opened it. The dog followed me and went out the back door into the garden where it happily had a great big crap on the lawn, which I had to pick up! Then it went back inside and curled up in its bed!

The blasted dog made a mug out of me and then had me picking it's **** up!!!!

Is it any wonder I'm a cat man?

 

[RD.]

A classic example of the dog training the owner. Our dog has my wife equally trained. I’m almost certain I saw him wink at me the other day, whilst training the misses. lol

 

[tlindsey]

Have my daughter's cat and when I get home from work he greets me at the door. Head butts my leg until I rub his head then after that the ornery bastard swipes my leg. I'm a dog man.

 

[jjohnwm]

Another dog man here. I had a cat for several years when I was existing...I won't call it living...in an apartment in Toronto a loooong time ago. He was a wonderful cat...but he was still a cat. No way a cat can replace a dog.

Your dog wants you to be happy. He lives to please you. He may sometimes not be able to figure out the best way to do that, but he tries. Do you think he enjoys clenching his backside shut, waiting for you to take him out to do his business. No! He does it because he thinks it is what you want...and then you ridicule him for it.

A cat could not care less what you think. He is in it for #1. He will tolerate you...he will allow you to feed him, water him, provide him with warmth and shelter...he might even let you stroke and cuddle him...but deep down, he knows that he and you are master and servant, respectively.

Oh, and Esox? I've likely mentioned this before, but it seems to bear repeating. A wise man once told me that in order to train a dog...you must be just a little bit smarter than the dog...

...just sayin'..

 

[Midwater]

Is a poll in the offing?

 

[jjohnwm]

And think of this:

Your cat, when it needs to perform its daily ablutions, comes to you and politely asks you to take him outside so that he can do his business out there.

Your cat takes his craps inside your house...in a little tray that you need to keep filled with litter that he decides he can accept...and which you need to keep clean and as odour-free as possible. If you don't attend to the box as diligently as he wants...he will likely find somewhere else inside your house to pinch off a loaf.

Honestly...

"Is it any wonder that I'm a cat man?" Is that a serious question?

I think it's a wonder that anybody is a cat man...

 

[esoxlucius]

Your dog wants you to be happy. He lives to please you.

There may be some truth in the above, but in my case it's more along the lines of......"your dog wants you to be miserable. He lives to annoy you."

Your cat takes his craps inside your house.

House cats yes, but ours isn't a house cat. He shats in my garden....but has the decency to bury his little smelly package.....that is until I inadvertently dig it up again whilst gardening, occasionally getting it all over my fingers.....damn cat!

Did I say I was a cat man!!

Damn cat, damn dog. At least my perch don't give me any grief, lol.

 

[jjohnwm]

There may be some truth in the above, but in my case it's more along the lines of......"your dog wants you to be miserable. He lives to annoy you."

Well, in your case, of course he does. He knows you're a cat-person, not deserving of the respect and admiration and worship he bestows upon us dog-folk.

Dogs are very perceptive.

 

[Midwater]

Thread 'Are You A Cat Person Or A Dog Person?'

Saturday at 8:20 PM

As a tangent from esoxlucius ' thread No wonder I'm a cat man!, here is the pertinent poll.

I know everyone here is a fish person, but apart from this are you cat person or a dog person? No other options.

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• Forum: Dogs, Cats and Birds

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[Redshark1]

Bringing a more sorry tone here, so apologies for that, but everybody has their story.

I had a single dog and a single cat when I was a child, but was too young to take control and look after them myself. My parents were worse than useless unfortunately.

My parents put my dog to sleep without discussing it with me because he was too much trouble for them.

My cat voted with his feet and went to live elsewhere. I remember I saw him once and he was looking fine and I thought well done boy one day I'll be like you.