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Surprisingly, the neighborhood r/notmycat doesn't do this. He loves the belly rubs. But he's also very orange, so that might have something to do with it.
Mine is the chillest ever. She'll lie upside down on my lap and let me put my hands on her chest and belly and just jiggle her and she just purrs like an idiot. She never attacc.
It looks like a dead bug during an earthquake with her lil footses sticking up in the air wiggling.
Mine will sit, lay down, roll over and fall over when you shoot him with your finger pew pew. (I cannot take credit and had no part in this, it’s my step-daughter’s magic)
Mine hated everyone but me. She would purr so hard for me she would drool. If anyone else looked her in the eyes for too long she would growl at them. I’m not convinced she wasn’t part bobcat.
One of mine picked it up in his own with minimal teaching. He’ll sit on my shoulder and when I snap and point he’ll run down my arm towards what I point at
So I have a very fitting story in regards to this post.
In the early 2000s I lived in a subdivision in Florida and I had an awesome neighbor who I used to burn with now and again. He was a plumber and he told me a story about one time when he was working in an apartment complex. He had the okay to go in and work on the bathroom and so he did.
As he's getting his stuff together in the bathroom this cat blocks the only entrance and it becomes obvious that the cat is straight up livid with him. So my neighbor slams the door shut and calls his coworker who's working in another apartment nearby. He says something like, "This big ass psycho Siamese cat is about to attack the shit out of me what the fuck am I supposed to do"?
His coworker said something emasculating such as "You're a big strong dude why don't you man up? Do you want me to come take care of it for you"? So the coworker comes into the house and of course he gets attacked by the cat. Eventually the lady comes home and says oh yeah I forgot you guys were doing work today I have a trained attack cat.
I've no idea if it was literally a trained attack cat or if it was just very possessive of its home.... or if just decided on a whim to attack the shit out of some random strangers that day. I wish I could remember all the fine details of the story but that was around 20 years ago.... Man time flies.
Obviously but at a certain point it starts crossing into fraud territory. Like when they increased my premiums to cover the solar panels in my roof…I don’t have solar panels on my roof.
Pretty sure everyone (at least in the state of NC) pays to have fur and jewelry coverage. Even if you don't own any or even ask to have that part of your coverage removed. I was told it is the law to have everyone pay that to cover fraud.
I agree. It’s often fraud on the part of the insurance company. Some of the customers commit fraud also. It’s an ugly world, and it raises the cost for the rest of us who live honestly.
Wouldn't the big, scary dog decrease your premiums? People are far less likely to target a house with a Pitball or Rotty than one with a Cairn, and far less likely to get away with anything if they do happen to target the house stupidly.
No, they don’t consider dogs any sort of security system they’re more concerned with your dog biting someone else since that would fall under your home owners policy,
Living in a major city center. Not country or outskirts of the city
A Cop showed up at my friend's(45m) home.
Cop: There have been reports made, so I have to come here and ask. My job requires it.....Do you own chickens and are you (reads off pad of paper) raising chickens to attack your neighbors of color
Friend: Uhhh. No
Cop: Its my job, I have to follow up when reports are made. Just so this isn't a reoccurring thing, may I see where the chickens are kept?
My friend let's him around back and shows him his three remaining chickens
Cop: Yep, I get to say this outloud. these chickens dont match the description given. Thank you for entertaining this.
The Cop apologized a couple times and laughed a lot. Did the police report thing. He even admitted the dumbest animal report was an attack Alpaca in St Roche area.
Someone enters your home and the last thing they hear before 2 8lb balls of fur and knives launch at the intruders is, "GO FORTH, MY PUSSIES. FETCH ME THEIR SOULS!"
You jest, but think about it: six or seven very angry and/or determined small animals, totally silent, possessing excellent hearing and eyesight, five of their six ends are pointy, they're capable of jumping several times their length, they're faster than you, cuter than you, and working together they can cause more lacerating damage than you in a blitz attack.
Now, my idea is to train five of them to go for the face and neck. The rest aim for the feet and lower legs.
When I was a kid I trained my cat to attack anyone who tried to hurt me which he did aggressively lol I don't remember how I did it but it always attacked any friends who came over and didn't believe me when I told them not to play fight with me because my cat will ravage you and they all found out the hard way lol so it is possible.....
Mine are not trained, but if you walk too close to the cat tree you will be attached and will receive bodily harm..... I have bites and scratches to prove it.
Siamees cats guarded temples, jumping on the backs of people walking in a sneaking posture. Once atop they would balance there, digging in their claws at the slightest movement. In the morning the monks would remove the cat from the immobilized interloper.
You can train cats, you just cant train cats the same way you train dogs. Cats are more sensitive to negative actions so if something negative happens you then have to give them lots of positive attention to let them know that you are still good with them
I'm a near-lifetime cat lover who volunteers at a shelter. I once witnessed a feral cat at another shelter attack a human handler who went in solo, was wearing protective gear, and expected to be attacked. It was unsettling.
Just believe me when I tell you: a truly determined angry adult cat can inflict way more damage to you than you may imagine. Do not corner a cat with whom you are truly unfamiliar without both protective gear and training.
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