My cat just taught himself how to fetch because he realized that I wasn’t gonna get up and get the scrunchie every two seconds after I pinged it across the room.
So now I ping it across the room and he runs, picks it up, brings it back to me, and eagerly waits for me to ping it again lmao.
I was shocked the first time he did it! I never even taught him- he just figured it out himself. Unfortunately his favorite time to play this game is 2am when I’m in bed. He drops a cold, slobbery scrunchie on me at 2am and then pokes at my face until I ping it.
My dog is also like this. In his case it's because he doesn't have any notion of Keep Away and Fetch as separate games. In his mind fetch is always supposed to involve the person getting up to go after him along with a protracted tug of war segment before the toy gets thrown again
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I have one of those cat wheels and my kitten loves it but my other cat is embarrassed to be seen using it and will scatter if you catch him zooming on it lol.
I thought it was a StrangeAeons alt account post for a second because she called the cat Bingus and she would definitely do this, but her having a human-sized hamster wheel for her girlfriend would also still make perfect sense. I think we cracked the code, honestly.
The youngest of the seniors likes the wheel, or at least sees that I like seeing her on the wheel. So, whenever I’m in the room, she’ll walk over and sit on the wheel, waiting for me. I have to physically turn the wheel for her to walk on it. If I go too slow or too fast, she gets off. But, I could spin that thing for an hour and she’d walk on it. None of the other cats will even sit on the wheel.
The crazy thing is, once every couple of nights I hear that wheel just go crazy, but I’ve never SEEN it. It’s like she gets zoomies and takes a 5 sec sprint on it every couple days. But, again, I’ve never seen her run on it.
We got one of those for our fat cats and gave them treats as a reward for using them, which we then transitioned to giving them attention and praise as a reward. They don't use the wheel to exercise, but when they want attention they get on the wheel and howl. To them, it's an attention wheel.
You just know cats watched Pavlov and his dogs and just laughed their assess off at this intelligent being finding out what their ancestors mastered thousands of years ago
I read something similar to this several years ago, but the difference was, they discovered that their cat knew how to use the hamster wheel by itself and used it often when human was at work, but when human was at home, the kitty wanted "help" with it.
I wrote the tumblr post like, two months ago? That Reddit post is a year old. I didn’t steal it, but if you’re gonna be suspicious of anyone it should be me lol.
Taught mine how to use such a wheel by holding a treat up towards the interior of the wheel. When he walked on it, I slowly brought the treat towards him.
Their mistake was in thinking the cat would be entertained by the wheel, rather then being entertained by making a human work.
My cat loves when we throw her toys for her and then get up to retrieve it ourselves. She takes great pleasure in bossing her jesters around.
She also enjoys laying underneath blankets and will yell at you until you drape one over her or create a little blanket fort for her to relax in.
I love her so much.
My cat just taught himself how to fetch because he realized that I wasn’t gonna get up and get the scrunchie every two seconds after I pinged it across the room.
So now I ping it across the room and he runs, picks it up, brings it back to me, and eagerly waits for me to ping it again lmao.
I was shocked the first time he did it! I never even taught him- he just figured it out himself. Unfortunately his favorite time to play this game is 2am when I’m in bed. He drops a cold, slobbery scrunchie on me at 2am and then pokes at my face until I ping it.
my cat does this as well! But doesn’t understand why we don’t grab it when she drops it half way to us on her way back
“The least you could do is meet me halfway, you lazy hooman 😾”
My dog is also like this. In his case it's because he doesn't have any notion of Keep Away and Fetch as separate games. In his mind fetch is always supposed to involve the person getting up to go after him along with a protracted tug of war segment before the toy gets thrown again
My cat likes to cuddle and snuggle at 3:00am. He lets me know by putting his feet in my mouth.
This is great. My old cat used to love forts and it was hilarious.
Making an acceptable cat nest is the kind of job satisfaction I'd like to get in my actual paying job!
EXACTLY
Who’s really getting the exercise here, cat or human?
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I have one of those cat wheels and my kitten loves it but my other cat is embarrassed to be seen using it and will scatter if you catch him zooming on it lol.
It's so funny when cats get embarrassed. Like I see my cat get spooked by something and then try to act cool lol.
i somehow read "girlfriend" instead if "cat" and never questioned them getting a human-sized hamster wheel for their girlfriend
I mean people get those human size hamster balls
If my boyfriend got me a gift like that, I'd propose on the spot
what if he bought you, like, a regular treadmill
Not as good, I want wheel to spin
Dump him /j
I thought it was a StrangeAeons alt account post for a second because she called the cat Bingus and she would definitely do this, but her having a human-sized hamster wheel for her girlfriend would also still make perfect sense. I think we cracked the code, honestly.
I'M human sized!
CHARLIE! WHY WON’T YOU INTERVIEW ME?!
This is my cat!
I have 4, 3 are seniors and one baby.
The youngest of the seniors likes the wheel, or at least sees that I like seeing her on the wheel. So, whenever I’m in the room, she’ll walk over and sit on the wheel, waiting for me. I have to physically turn the wheel for her to walk on it. If I go too slow or too fast, she gets off. But, I could spin that thing for an hour and she’d walk on it. None of the other cats will even sit on the wheel.
The crazy thing is, once every couple of nights I hear that wheel just go crazy, but I’ve never SEEN it. It’s like she gets zoomies and takes a 5 sec sprint on it every couple days. But, again, I’ve never seen her run on it.
Correction. You have 4 babies. 3 big babies and 1 small baby.
We got one of those for our fat cats and gave them treats as a reward for using them, which we then transitioned to giving them attention and praise as a reward. They don't use the wheel to exercise, but when they want attention they get on the wheel and howl. To them, it's an attention wheel.
WE all read cat buttering in the title.
That’s also hard work cause the little jerks won’t stay still.
But if you butter the top side they can never land
I think you may have unlocked the secret to perpetual motion.
Our cat would love it. She'd just lick the butter. She's obsessed with it. Can't leave anything with butter unattended or there's a cat licking it.
STOP BUTTERING JORTS!
There was an HR memo and everything!
Become unbutterable!
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Incredible, thank you.
Bingus!? Where’s Stahli!?
Pink hairless kind of bingus I think, no gay rabbits here
Oh. 😔 Seems homophobic tbh /j
You just know cats watched Pavlov and his dogs and just laughed their assess off at this intelligent being finding out what their ancestors mastered thousands of years ago
I read something similar to this several years ago, but the difference was, they discovered that their cat knew how to use the hamster wheel by itself and used it often when human was at work, but when human was at home, the kitty wanted "help" with it.
Need to get some turnspit dogs to run in a wheel connected to the cat's wheel, simple solution
i feel like this reddit post is copypasta because i'm sure i saw it on tumblr first, but this is exactly what i thought of.
I wrote the tumblr post like, two months ago? That Reddit post is a year old. I didn’t steal it, but if you’re gonna be suspicious of anyone it should be me lol.
it’s so hard to tell now! i was also wondering if it was the same person posting on both sites, because sometimes that happens too, haha.
Use a laser pointer
In before 1k, this post is going places
misread title as Cat Butchering
Average Dwarf Fortress player
Man, I really wish I could fix my eyes so I can play Dwarf Fortress again.
Taught mine how to use such a wheel by holding a treat up towards the interior of the wheel. When he walked on it, I slowly brought the treat towards him.
It's hard to find good help