For months after I first got my (rescue) cat, every time I took a shower, she would sit right next to the bathtub and cry the whole time. I always wondered if she thought I must have done something really bad.
No, she was just upset that you were wasting all that time grooming yourself instead of spending it more appropriately on things like petting her.
Rightly so.
Cats are the true rulers of a home. We are just their servants.
My cat is 12 and still does this.
Comes in looks in the tub, starts yeolwing like I'm doing it wrong "you're not supposed to be in the water, water bad!"
Such empathy ๐
PSA: Don't spray your cats. It not only strains your relationship, it's useless.
Honestly the best thing that has worked for my cat is stern words and a finger in his face. He makes a "how dare you" face but stops doing the thing.
I hiss at mine, works 90% of the time. He just wanders off doesn't seem to upset him and gets the point across
This is what I do too. I speak their language and they understand it perfectly.
๊งเผบ ๐๐ฎ๐ช๐ป๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฝ ๐๐ช๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐ท๐ฎ, ๐ถ๐ ๐ซ๐ธ๐ผ๐ธ๐ถ ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ผ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ป๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ต๐ธ๐ญ๐ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐๐ธ๐พ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ป๐ช๐ฟ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ป๐ช๐ท๐ผ๐ฐ๐ป๐ฎ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฒ๐ธ๐ท๐ผ. ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐๐ป๐ป ๐ท๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ธ๐ป๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฝ๐ผ ๐ธ๐ฏ ๐ฏ๐ช๐ท๐ฌ๐ ๐ช๐ท๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ธ๐ท๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ท๐พ๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ธ ๐ผ๐พ๐น ๐ธ๐ท ๐ฝ๐พ๐ท๐ช ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ๐๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฝ ๐๐ธ๐พ ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ช๐ต๐ต. เผป๊ง
Oh yeah that too. The issue is he thinks I'm mad at him every time a can of cola is opened lol
Ooh, yeah mine gets confused every time I'm dusting out my computer with compressed air lol
When mine end up beating eachother up because it's raining or idk maybe it's Tuesday, I pick up the one who likes being carried and plonk him down in another room. Otherwise there aren't really any things that they do (in my presence) that warrant stopping.
Staring straight at you whilst shoving something breakable off a ledge is the only sort of thing that typically warrants a spritz, imo. Itโs not a good method to change behaviour (hissing is best for that, since thatโs how they reprimand one another), but for blatant disrespect, a spritz will work โ so long as itโs an in-kind reaction to shock, and so long as good behaviour is a bit over-rewarded afterwards (as if to say letโs do this good thing instead). It can be effective to get their attention, though.
The overwhelming majority of cats arenโt actually dicks, they usually have a reason for acting out, even if it isnโt obvious to us. Itโs best not to be adversarial with them unless necessary, because they have a large emotional repertoire, including vindictiveness.
That's all lies. I've sprayed my cat like 5 times in his life, and lo and behold, he doesn't do the dumbasses things that got him sprayed anymore.
I, too, like to ignore evidence in order to keep my preconceived bias.
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I remove the output from ChatGPT due to people not being happy with that.
Iโve spend some time reading all the results from Google on this topic and the overwhelming consensus is that it is not good to spray your cat with water.
This is true even if you use an unbiased search term.
Sprays chatgpt
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That made me chuckle. Naughty LLM.
On a level though I donโt really get the disdain for them as search is a nightmare now and itโs a lot easier to just get the LLM to do it for you.
Except when it hallucinates, draws from biased sources, or straight-up responds with false information.
I'd rather look through the available links myself and research the direct source things came from. AI isn't trained to look specifically for factual information. Unfortunately, a lot of people aren't trained for that, either. But relying on a bot is putting one more space between the information you receive and the source that created it.
I'd rather get my information from as close to the original source as possible. Only then can I determine if the source is even worth trusting in the first place.
Thanks for replying. I prefer when people actually articulate their disapproval to something than just downvote it, as it allows the other person to understand more.
Your comment is very reasonable and it makes me think that I perhaps give them too much credit when itโs a subject Iโm not an expert in. We have embraced LLMs at work as software engineers for small company and it allows us to save so much time on the stuff we do over and over again. But that because we know the subject matter and itโs quite easier to see when theyโre hallucinating. I should be more cautious when using them for stuff Iโm not familiar with.
At work I work for a good company and we save so much time making enterprise software using LLMs as tools that we recently got a pay rise and reduction of hours in the same day.
When I use LLMs for search, I always ask for sources and then follow up.
Why is search a nightmare now?
No thanks, the spraying worked.
They call that anecdotal evidence, but if you actually look at the research then on the whole it is not ideal to do.
That said you do you it ainโt my cat.
Highly cat dependent. Our cat knows โnoโ so when she keeps doing something, we spray her. She still cuddles us in bed and meets us at the door.
The main thing was jumping on the coffee table. I think it also helps that our table lifts up, and we let her jump on the in between part, so she sees it as a treat.
Nopopppooooo yoouulll squish the poor kitty!!! You monster!!
/s obviously. It's crazy how worked up people get online, how convinced they are that their way is the only right way.
It is not "highly cat dependent", there may be exceptions but the overwhelming majority conforms to the rule. Don't try to make it seem as both perspectives are equally valid when every single expert agrees that you should not spray your cat.
Almost read this as โspayโ ๐ซฃ
I thought you should spray and nuke them.
I thought it was pay and loot for them.
Accidents are okay, intentionally knocking them over is not. It's very very obvious when a cat does it intentionally.
I love this. Youโre a fair owner!
I'm okay with every human being above some laws
People tweeting stuff. We allow tweets from anyone.
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