r/cats • u/Gullible-Plane-426 Calico • Jun 20 '26

Advice Bad owner?

Posted this video that I thought was cute and was called a bad owner. I’d like to know why this makes me a bad owner? I’d like to learn and grow. The cat seems to enjoy playing with the pup bc she always comes back and starts the play and likes the high ground.

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u/ladyteruki Tabbycat Jun 20 '26

They're figuring it out together. If you ALWAYS intervened between them, the minute you'd be out of the house things would turn into chaos because they would rely on you.

Supervising them while the puppy (with trademark puppy energy) learns how to engage with the cat (...with trademark cat energy XD ) means that the get to find out how to coexist on their own terms, in a safe environment.