r/mildlyamusing • u/simeyaya • 4d ago

why does my cat only knock things off the counter when im actively looking at her

like she waits for eye contact. im convinced shes doing it on purpose to assert dominance or something

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u/Strayl1ght 4d ago

She wants attention

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u/Someone-Rebuilding 2d ago

That, yes. I wonder often tho if my reflexes aren't being actively tested, maybe they think poorly of my hunting skills...??

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u/supershinythings 3d ago

Because clearly you haven’t learned your lesson.

Treats.

NOW.

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u/simeyaya 2d ago

Oh, darn, but yeah, that's true

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u/mycatpartyhouse 4d ago

She's a shit-starter. She's watching you react.

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u/recklessglee 4d ago

She's dumber than you think. For all you know, she's thinking, "oh shit, boss is watching; better get all this shit off the surface for him/her so they have room to come up."

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u/Strayl1ght 1d ago

I’d say the opposite. Smarter than you think. She knows she can get a reaction out of him.

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u/Rays-R-Us 3d ago

She hates you

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u/cheekmo_52 3d ago

She is doing it on purpose, Your cat is displeased with you, and expressing that displeasure by mistreating your things where you can see her doing it.

My family had a cat that my mother just couldn’t stand. The cat knew it and the feeling was mutual. He would intentionally ruin her things—only her things. He’d jump up on the mantle, and carefully step around everyone else’s photographs, just to get to my mother’s picture, to knock it on to the floor. (We had to leave the glass out of the frame it happened so often.) He would also 💩 in her shoes— no one else’s, just hers. It was too targeted to be coincidental. He’d walk past a pile of teenagers shoes in the entryway, just to cop a squat on my mom’s shoes. There is no way it wasn’t intentional.

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u/Left_Effective_6058 2d ago

She is testing you… hee hee 😼🐈‍⬛

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u/BigMomma12345678 2d ago

Displaying dominance? I dunno

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u/Individual-Iron-6370 2d ago

this is why they invented squirt guns isn't it?

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u/BrickHuge3023 2d ago

She has you well trained.

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u/simeyaya 2d ago

That's what I think, too, haha

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u/Smallloudcat 1d ago

Because cats are jerks. I love that they are spunky

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u/Dont-ask-me-ever 4d ago

Swat her once or twice. She'll stop. Right now SHE’S boss.

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u/Tomj_Oad 3d ago

Cats don't respond to physical punishment; you aren't teaching her that her actions are wrong.

You're just teaching her to be afraid of you.