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100% we have a smart food-motivated cat and she's lots of fun to train
Most cats are easy to bribe. They like (some) food, hunt, and scritches.
They are not pack animals and have zero pack animal behaviours. That makes them offensive for a particular mindset of people who want control. Beware of people who "don't like cats".
I grew up around dogs and when trying out the stuff I learned on cats, it worked about as well as we now might expect 😅. My theory was that I just didn't get them, so I would pass up on interactions because nails.
Now I live with 2 cats of my own, and it's super cozy. But there was quite the learning curve! It was fun to learn it all, though.
Anyway, wanting control is not just some weird kink/personality mishap when talking about it in context of dog ownership. Most of the time, either you are in control, or the dog is. Dogs in control are unsafe to be around, so you don't really have a choice.
1000% agree on the last sentence. I've used that as a metric for years.
Someone doesn't like the animal i like, must be nefarious lol
Weird take. Most people who don't like cats simply didn't grow up around them and don't know how to interact. It's not because they're obsessed with control. I mean, fine if you choose not to like non-cat people, but the control theory is just weird.
For me, I wasn't really exposed to many cats growing up and the small handful I did meet were mostly aloof and didn't want to interact with strangers. One cat literally just walked up to me and bit my hand out of nowhere. (I wasn't even trying to interact with him, he was just known for being mean.) I also didn't have dogs growing up, but interacting with them felt a lot more intuitive so I wasn't as intimidated. I have since met some really sweet cats and I even have 2 kitties of my own now, but there's definitely a learning curve.
My cat is dumb and good motivated and he’s fairly trainable.
He knows his name, the other cats name, our names, and responds to me when I call him over. He also recognizes “dinner” and bathroom time. He’ll do simple commands like up/down/off.
But if he’s not feeling it he will pretend he doesn’t hear while annoyedly flicking his tail.
Our other cat Is very smart but not food motivated. She does a lot of things if you tell her but only if she wants to. She doesn’t like being told what to do.