Imagine if people applied the “outdoor cat” logic to dogs too. We’d have a bunch of dogs running outside freely, collecting parasites and diseases, getting hit by cars, harassing/killing any smaller animals and breeding like crazy. And when you told someone that they probably shouldn’t let their dog outside without a leash because it’s not exactly safe, they’d just be like “oh well you know he’s happier that way and all that stuff is just a normal part of a dog’s life lol what can ya do ¯\_(ツ)_/¯”.
Honest to God, this is what living in the rural South is like.
Our neighbors have a dog that literally roams the neighborhood. She has been hit by cars twice. She’s been infested with mange. She shits in every yard but her own. The difference is that… like, most people would agree these people are shitty, irresponsible pet owners for allowing their dog to do this. We have leash laws, etc., for dogs, and if it was anywhere but Kentucky where animal welfare laws are shit, law enforcement would probably come make them keep their dog confined to their own property. If she bites someone, they’d sure as fuck be liable. But everyone jumps up in defense if it’s a cat living the exact same life because “oh he’s got freedom, he’s happy, he’s not as ‘domesticated’ as a dog!”
Can I then apply dog logic to cats? Because something I’ve noticed is that cats don’t get socialized… like at all. The whole “Asshole cat” stigma? It’s because said cat was never socialized and desensitized to things!
When I got Holly, I socialized her the same way I would have socialized a puppy. She got to meet a bunch of new people, she got taught how harnesses and leashes work, and she got exposed to a TON of ‘uncomfortable’ situations. Car rides? Exposure. Going with me to Petshmo? Exposure. Being around a large group of people? EXPOSURE!
Wanna know the result? I now have a cat that’s perfectly comfortable going on walks, going on car rides, and actually prefers her leash to being in a carrier! She loves people, and she’s friendly and not shy or defensive even if the person approaching her is a total stranger. She likes going places, even the vets office, because those aren’t terrifying experiences to her anymore because she got used to a lot of the stimuli as a 5 month old kitten (which is how old she was when I adopted her from the shelter). Every person who meets her remarks about how friendly and confident she is. That’s directly a result of how I socialized her as a kitten.
My other two cats weren’t socialized this way and they’re skittish around other people, don’t really like going anywhere other than “home,” and would rather die than be on a leash. They fight going into their carriers (Holly sleeps in hers like it’s a bed), and going to the vet is a terrifying experience for them (I only take them places that I absolutely HAVE to).
Socialize your cats! It’s not as common as socializing dogs, but it’s really important to do, your cats will be way more confident and adaptable.
talking to your pet is like
- stinky (affectionate)
- idiot (affectionate)
- pet’s actual name (derogatory)
Air Himbo
Water Himbo
Earth Himbo
Fire Himbo
@crvggio I’ve been laughing at this for 47 years
And the Avatar
Reblogging again because that last addition is IMPORTANT
But when the world needed him most, he pulled the wrong lever...
Oh my fuck I’ve fallen in love with this post
This is humanity put to good use. Screw all the stuff that’s happening these days, this is basically the only reason I like us stupid ape people. Little things like this, designed to keep us all happy and busy
i love this!!!
Now this is good design. Pay attention, tech companies - it’s not about looking shiny, it’s about understanding the end user’s needs and working with them.
So many wonderful ideas ❤️⭐️
Always a reblog for me. I don’t care how many times I see it.
what a vicious attack
Cats are actually really good at understanding kittens’ limits.
my naym is cat
and here I rest
with swishing tail
and little guest
I raise my paw
I do not hit
I pat its head
I boop the kit
idk how you guys can send anon hate, like i can’t even send a nice anon without being scared that i didn’t hit anon and now they know
“Geralt?”
“Hmm?”
“You how know I love you immensely, with all-consuming intensity?”
“Hmm.”
“Good, well— how much do you love me?”
“Not enough to get up and close the curtains.”
“Not enough to— Geralt! This stupid inn and its stupid curtains are too thin and the light’s simply pouring in and destroying my eyelids, when I’m just too exhausted to even lift a finger to prevent my limp body from decaying from moonlight exposure. But, yes, well, I assume it’s fine that you don’t love me. I shall leave in the morning, me and my belongings— you shan’t even know I’m gone.”
“Jaskier.”
“My tears will leave a trail that I will most profusely ask you to ignore, given otherwise you’ll find yourself missing my company too much to continue on your Path. Yes, I shall make myself disappear, as not to disturb your peace and quiet, such as I am right now, asking you to merely move one of your frankly spectacularly muscular arms—”
“Jaskier.”
“—and close the curtains, thus blocking the light for me, so that I may finally sleep. I’d never thought you to be so heartless, Geralt of Rivia, seeing your husband on his deathbed—”
“We’re not married.”
“—your husband, ignoring his agony and inability to move from under the pile of blankets he’s sung so hard to acquire.”
“You stole those from the innkeeper’s bed when she wasn’t looking, Jaskier.”
“All the more valiant, then! I risked my life for you and I to be comfortable and warm, and you won’t even lift a—“
“There.”
“—a finger to— oh.”
“Yes. Happy now?”
“Very. Thank you, dear heart. You do love me, after all.”
“Hmm.”
“Indeed.”
wei wuxian becoming a tony hawk-like person after everything settles would be so funny to me. he runs into some disciples while they’re on a night hunt and they yell for him to help them so he quickly does some complex array or talisman stuff to destroy the thing and they’re like woah that was pretty complicated only people on the yiling patriarch’s level could do that and wwx goes haha yeah and leaves without saying anything. it’s only when they see him later with lan wangji that they realise who it was. someone tells him he looks a lot like the yiling patriarch and he’s like that’s me and does fucking jazz hands or something. they ask him to prove it and poof he just surrounds by resentful energy or whatever. he walks down the street and unless he’s carrying chenqing he’s just another dude. the innkeeper asks him what he thinks the yiling patriarch is doing now and wwx just looks down at his food and is like probably eating dinner.
