I have spent four months now with my new cat. He was a five months stray when my friend found him.
I have a hard time understanding all the hype around them. People treat them as if they were human, a companion, even a "child."
They are conceited, boorish, and manipulative creatures. I don't find them friendly, except when it has to do with being served their food.
They will drive you crazy, and attempt to manipulate you by various means, and when that fails, by other means. Yet we must not "hurt their feelings" when they act in a contemptible manner. If they meow incessantly, we must "give them attention."
Example: my cat meowed INCESSANTLY because I chose to close the windows and turn my AC on. He was out to get it his way and get me to open the windows again so that he could smell the outdoors. I used the spray against him several times, but after a short pause, he simply comes back and starts whining, and whining again. For hours... When I searched ways to stop such behavior, all I read is that we must "play with the cat," we must give the cat "more attention."
We never would do this with a child! We would never reward such behavior!
Who controls who here? How can we be so subservient to such a creature?
I am not anti-cat, but when a cat attempts to drive you crazy to get what he wants, I have a hard time understanding how such behavior can be considered a normal cat way of life, and we humans must simply smile (oh he is just being a cat) and give the cat "more attention." Cats may be cats, but we cannot tolerate for them to think they are in charge. And up to now, after four months with him, he still thinks he is the one in control.
I just want to know: how can any one in their sane mind TOLERATE such behavior?
I have a hard time understanding all the hype around them. People treat them as if they were human, a companion, even a "child."
They are conceited, boorish, and manipulative creatures. I don't find them friendly, except when it has to do with being served their food.
They will drive you crazy, and attempt to manipulate you by various means, and when that fails, by other means. Yet we must not "hurt their feelings" when they act in a contemptible manner. If they meow incessantly, we must "give them attention."
Example: my cat meowed INCESSANTLY because I chose to close the windows and turn my AC on. He was out to get it his way and get me to open the windows again so that he could smell the outdoors. I used the spray against him several times, but after a short pause, he simply comes back and starts whining, and whining again. For hours... When I searched ways to stop such behavior, all I read is that we must "play with the cat," we must give the cat "more attention."
We never would do this with a child! We would never reward such behavior!
Who controls who here? How can we be so subservient to such a creature?
I am not anti-cat, but when a cat attempts to drive you crazy to get what he wants, I have a hard time understanding how such behavior can be considered a normal cat way of life, and we humans must simply smile (oh he is just being a cat) and give the cat "more attention." Cats may be cats, but we cannot tolerate for them to think they are in charge. And up to now, after four months with him, he still thinks he is the one in control.
I just want to know: how can any one in their sane mind TOLERATE such behavior?