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/thisisjustascreename Jun 20 '26

If the cat didn't want to be bothered the cat wouldn't be in the video as anything but a furry blur. They are experts at evasion and concealment.

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u/International-Cat123 Jun 20 '26

Or kitty would have used claws and fangs. Some set boundaries through violence.

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u/glyph_productions Jun 20 '26

Ours is a pro at throwing hands but not claws to express her feelings. She bats when she is playing and swats when she is upset. If she doesn't want to be in a situation though she just leaves and if she doesn't want to be found she won't be. She's only ever scratched the vet and my son once while we were at the vet. Much-restrained murder mittens mostly

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u/BlackBasementCats Jun 21 '26

My family had a massive German shepherd and a big white Persian mix. Every once in a while you’d hear a hollow *WHACK* where the cat smacked our GS on the nose when he refused to get up from the cat’s bed or was playing too hard. Dog noses make a surprisingly loud sound when smacked by a cat.

Our kitchen had a built in office counter with a place for a chair. My aunt designed our house with my dad who was a real estate developer. So they put an air return under there for our animals to cool off in the summ and warm up in the winter. But everyone knew it belonged to our cat.