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This might sound cruel but when I get a puppy I walk by dragging my feet. When they get in my way, I don't even slow down and they get "kicked" (shoved really). Two or three hits later, they learn to steer clear and it is never an issue again for the rest of their life, or until they are very old at which point I carry them from place to place. I hate that we outlive them by so much.
Meanwhile, my cat: "oh damn he didn't see me, nearly kicked me to death, lemme get right back in-between'is leggies"
Cat: "Damnations, he survived! Until next time, hooman."
Seriously, this is why I will NEVER agree with anyone who says cats are smarter than dogs.
Cats are pure instinct. I've kicked (on accident) two cats around the house several feet on multiple occasions because they'll straight up run and try to rub on my legs while I'm in full stride. It's seldom a soft contact, so I doubt they want to get tossed.
My sister also constantly complains how the males predate on the females. You know, cats. Literally predators, as in that is their instinct!
They're just stupid predators, and all the cat people that defend them are in denial or just as instinctually dumb (emotionally reactive, in human terms).
People don't "get" cats the way they "get" dogs, and cats don't "get" people the way dogs "get" people.
But cats definitely do think, they can do some pretty complex problem solving, and can even be trained with the right methods and motivation. But you basically have to teach yourself how an alien race might process the world to be able to understand their behaviour. I've no clue if that makes them smarter than dogs. Dogs certainly understand humans better, and vice versa.
I don't pretend to know what goes on in my cat's head, but I've gotten pretty damn good at predicting behaviour, and even modifying it where needed.
And you're right about one thing, getting a cat to unlearn something instinctual is basically impossible. Digging their claws into you when they are relaxed is a good example, no matter what you do, your cat is will always mercilessly knead whatever it's sitting on when it's happy.
For some reason walking into your legs as you move is one of those things they just keep doing, but I've gotten my cat to stop doing a variety of other things I didn't want it doing.
My biggest success is kitchen counters. He no lingers jumps onto them. Ever. I've even taken him to relatives and friends, and he somehow knows the same rules apply in homes he's never been in.
Mine still doesn’t get the message.
Sometimes he really gets ploughed out of the way when I’m moving between rooms, still doesn’t stop him from pushing in front of me all the time though…
Our big dog will sometimes run between your legs when going outside. He's the sweetest giant oaf, but he's too big (and kinda dumb) to understand any consequences of what he's doing. We try to mutually watch out for each other, but he gets excited sometimes and isn't afraid (or aware?) to throw his weight around.
But on the other hand, it really seems like he understands something we don't. The dog stares at clouds while his ears blow in the wind and lays down with 5 week foster kittens (never steps on them, but apparently WE'RE fair game). He's our buddah dog
When my dog was a puppy, he used to always be under my feet (because he's needy and the best). And he still kinda does it, but he understands the risks now
But when he was still learning: I was walking out the kitchen one day and he came from the side hall... and I was just walking, not trying to train. My poor dude got fully kicked by my stride, kinda literally body slammed into the wall. Like, foot to whole body... lifted and kicked against the wall :(
And he learned something that day... watch the fuck out, for self-preservation's sake. We never had an issue like that again. I never tripped over him anymore; he instead learned how to maneuver. He'll still get under the feet sometimes, but he never gets "kicked". My dude learned that day, how to be aware and dodge.
He's currently sniffing under the bathroom door while I poop and type this. He's old now, and I'm heading to bed, so I'ma scoop him up into my bed and give him some snugs.
So yeah, never any ankle-breaking tripping after that little lesson, but still my needy boy. Did I mention he's the best?
All day every day. My dog has to walk at most 20cm in front of me at any given time, which causes quite the panic if she doesn't guess the right door and has to catch up. Carrying soup has become an extreme sport
Our dachshund is 14, epileptic and has degenerative disc disease. The old man doesn't give one single fuck. He's all black and burrows under blankets (or whatever he can find to root in, like a black t-shirt).
I have almost broken my life and limb on so many occasions, because I go to take a step... and holy hell, it's a weiner dog under there! But I don't want to step on him and hurt him, so instead I have to kinda go limp to avoid him.
He's our dog that will trip tf outta you, and he firmly expects for you to evade... because he ain't moving. He has little handicap ramps and everything, for him to go outside, because we love him... but hot damn, that dog EXPECTS you to know to watch out for HIM.
He has us well trained, ngl
