Make it 5, and only one or two are screaming. The rest are nipping at my fingers or nose, throwing paws in my mouth or on my eyes, or circling around my legs. All because we want breakfast, and breakfast time is "whenever moms alarm goes off, or we wake her up".
Are you saying you don't clean up after your dog? Otherwise, you're cleaning up shit daily. Litter boxes are not typically cleaned daily(constantly) and they make auto litter boxes that clean themselves.
Small dog in a fenced yard, picking up after him is a non issue. His business breaks down in a matter of a couple of weeks and there's never enough to become a problem. If he goes while on a walk, i pick it up.
The neighbours cats have made it their goal to shit in our vegetable garden and burying the little turd there. I dislike them as much as people that dont pick up after their dogs.
Have we met? You have absolutely no basis to make that claim. My yard and shoes smell fine, my sense of smell is fantastic. Why don't you worry about your own yard rather than making assumptions about mine?
Especially with big dogs where you're picking up fresh, steaming, human-sized turds with nothing but a few microns of plastic between it and your hand.
Bagging it up on a walk is decidedly worse than scooping it out of a litter box if the dog happens to have diarrhea. At least the litter clumps up, making cleanup much easier..
Good luck training a dog to use the box consistently though.
Why don't we just train dogs to use a litter box? 🤔
Or a toilet? One of my previous cats used the toilet all on her own. If she could figure it out without help, surely training a dog should be easy enough.
I don't train my dog to use a litter box because I don't want to clean out a shit box.
You probably could train one to use the toilet, but you'd probably need to make some modifications to make it possible. I don't see most breeds of dogs being able to balance themselves quite well enough for things to work 😅
Its a good idea, but from my understanding, you still have to take dogs on daily walks. Maybe not first thing in the morning, but at least once a day or so
Nah, it gets plenty cold here, I'm mostly just playing around with the classic dog people vs cat people war.
I'm fortunate to have a fenced yard and a dog that absolutely does not fuck with the cold. He's out, does his duty, then back in within like 2 minutes.
I've owned most of the common furry pets (except guinea pigs and rats) and there's unique challenges with taking care of each of them. What is burdensome is also different for each person.
I love cats but I don't think I'd adopt another. I don't want to catproof my shelves nor my plants. I don't want to smell kitty litter either.
I love rabbits but same thing. I don't want to rabbitproof my house. I don't want to clean litter boxes. And most importantly, I don't want the hassle of finding someone to take care of them when I'm gone.
I love dogs and will probably stick to dogs. I like going on walks and sitting in the yard. I don't mind drying his paws off when it rains or walking the yard weekly to pick up his turds.
All pets are great. Animal companionship is the best.
We use tidy cats stone pellets with the pee pads liner.
Not environmentally friendly, but it's the first time I've actually not minded dealing with the box.
We never used normal litter, it's terrible. We used to use the tidy cats brand scoop able stuff. And that worked... Fine. Solids came out easy enough. But urine was either too gummy if you tried scooping it too soon. Or it broke up into stinky little bits too small for the scoop, if you waited too long. And God forbid the cat dig to the bottom before peeing, so the clay glues itself to the bottom of the bin, amplifying the goo/break problem.
And eventually, no matter how well you scoop, the little bits of urine build up and start to stink like ammonia, until you have to throw all the litter away and wash the box. Which is extra unpleasant if it's winter.
But the stone pellets and pad? The solids are easily scooped. And the urine is trapped in the pad, locked in, never smell it.
And no matter what you do, cats will track litter around the house. But the stones are so big and heavy that they almost all fall off the paw before they make it 5 feet from the box, so the area to clean is much smaller. And the stones are surprisingly less annoying to step on.
My friend has the cedar pellets, and it's better than litter, yes, in some ways. But I still smell the ammonia.
I will say we've never tried the crystal cat litter, and some of our other friends swear by it.
Perhaps "cage" was the wrong word - I meant pets I have to corral to a specific location....but I would prevent my cat from going outside so maybe that's not it either lol
So I guess it's just back to my original point: I find the space and care accomodations required for birds to be much too inconvenient
Cats are great, but they're nocturnal. Many will skitter around, scratch stuff, scream, or otherwise bother the heck out of you when you are trying to sleep. I get so little sleep as it is, I'm not willing to deal with that again.
6am I am sitting with my half-adopted stray by the heater cause I don't have a cat door and he panics if he wants to leave and I'm not there to open the door
It's -1°C outside so I have to do this... until I get the right gear
Huh, is it really that unusual for my cat to sleep through the night? She goes to bed around midnight and wakes up closer to dawn naturally, which tends to be a bit late this time of year. That's around when she gets a first meal.
I wish my cats would nap with me like that, but it's my fault for not getting them used to it when they were kittens. They'll stay put for a minute under my arm and then dart off the bed.
I was surprised my cats weren't sitting on my lap, so when they were close to two years old I started holding them captive for very short periods while petting them how they like, and now I can't keep them off me. It seemed like the only reason they weren't sitting on humans before is that they didn't think it was safe.
Aww, yeah, cats are like that. It speaks volumes of people who can earn their complete trust.
That's not my case here, as we treat them with utmost respect. I actually have all of them on my bed right now, but they just don't tolerate being cuddled that close. One of them does like kneading and sleeping on us, but It has to be on his terms or he doesn't want it.
Yeah, that's what I figured they were like and why I was content to let them be if they didn't want to sit on me. We just kept having these moments where they clearly wanted to snuggle, but seemed to be afraid I would crumble beneath them and shatter their tiny paws to dust. We're getting to a point now where I can even adjust my position underneath them, but only sometimes.
That's kneading. Kittens will knead at their mother's stomach while nursing, and adult cats usually continue the behavior to a lesser or greater degree. Some do it subtly and gently, and others are made of knives.
They actually won't go out in the rain, so they get to go in the carport 🤷
It's got a roof, gravel flooring, and we clean it out once in a while (although always pick up after nr 2) so its not so bad
Dogs poop in the house sometimes too. Anything living will poop in your house if you let it in for long enough. It's nice they are considerate enough to go in a box and not in the floor
Cat flap in a door solves this, but you do need a vented room to keep their litter box that's not a garage because those usually need a fire rated door.
I will never understand letting your pets dictate wakeup hours, except in the special circumstance that it's a puppy because they can't hold their bladder. My cats have never woken me up for food. In fact my cats and dogs have always known that if they annoy me, I will stay in bed longer out of spite. I will wake up and lay in bed until I am ready to get up, and no pet is going to annoy me into feeding them. The closest I've ever had to a pet waking me up is my current golden who doesn't wake me up for food, he wakes me up to cuddle, but is fine if I go back to sleep.
It's not about what you feed them or when, it's about setting boundaries. We feed canned food morning and night. Our pets sleep on the bed, and know they will get their food when I'm ready to be awake.
Once she gets hungry she doesn't give a fuck about that and starts messing with everything next to the bed. I never give in to that and just put her outside the bedroom, but next time she will try doing it again anyway. She's determined to get her food, even if her ways have never worked. She might just be doing it out of spite tbh.
In my experience it depends. Most cats smell better, but I had one cat that wasn't great at cleaning herself and definitely had a bit of a stink
Conversely, my dog is a northern breed and doesn't have much natural smell, plus he likes to roll in my fresh sheets, so he usually smells like fabric softener
Nah you can't do laundry fast enough to not sleep in fur constantly. My dog has his own bed and he's short haired and still I have have several air purifiers and clean at least once per day to maintain everything. So people who sleep with cats are straight up hoarder territory of nasty imo lol - tho I don't judge as connecting with an animal like this might be well worth the mess for some people.
Yeah I'm a cat person and when I go outside in the snow I want to go alone. No brown or yellow snow, no wimpering because their paws are too cold. Just me and some crisp solitude.
Dog shoes my friend. They make fleece, rain boots, waterproof winter, lots of choices. I found a local grandma that makes them but they’re also sold at pet stores.
You do you boo. One of my best memories is seeing my puppy frolick in the show for the first time. Just getting up the mountain is a bitch with him in the car.
For dogs that are bred for snow, no question. My last dog was a rescue who was cold on cold summer days. He hated snow, he'd shit inside rather than go out.
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omgboom@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 137 pts · 246d
This but with my cat standing on my chest screaming in my face for no reason
Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com · 59 pts · 246d
Lucky. Your cat faces you while standing on your chest screaming its head off. I wake up to the 'ol one eye winker.
On occasion though, that pic is accurate and so worth it.
fascicle@leminal.space · 13 pts · 246d
Right before the unprovoked slash attack
Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com · 5 pts · 246d
Can't argue with that; I'm nursing some scratches from this morning.
Rose_Thorne@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 246d
Make it 5, and only one or two are screaming. The rest are nipping at my fingers or nose, throwing paws in my mouth or on my eyes, or circling around my legs. All because we want breakfast, and breakfast time is "whenever moms alarm goes off, or we wake her up".
Avicenna@programming.dev · 6 pts · 246d
the cat: "wake up and feed me instead of strangling me"
Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 245d
This is why I don't feed the cats in the morning but instead before bed.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 246d
or thier butt on your face after using the litterbox.
Shadow@lemmy.ca · 82 pts · 246d
As someone with both, I actually really appreciate that my dog forces me out on regular walks.
Metostopholes@midwest.social · 36 pts · 246d
Yep, without my dog there are days I would not get out of bed, and feel like shit because of it. Even if it's winter, it's good for my mental health.
InputZero@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 246d
Agreed, my dog has probably kept me significantly more physically and mentally healthy than I would be without him.
tetris11@feddit.uk · 11 pts · 246d
But your cat "gets" you
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works · 48 pts · 246d
Lol, you got me... But my dog would die for me. It's my honor to walk her in the snow. In fact, I'm hardly even worthy.
hydroxycotton@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 42 pts · 246d
My cat would die for me too. He's my little one-eyed one-brain-cell angel
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nexguy@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 245d
My cat would kill for me. Innocent people. Minding their own business.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com · 12 pts · 245d
My cat went up against a dog that was twice his size because it was fucking with our other cat. He didn't even like our other cat.
justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 246d
Did you copy paste my cat? He is an orange pirate as well
random_character_a@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 245d
Aww. Snuggle pirate
Buffy@libretechni.ca · 3 pts · 245d
Adorable! My cat looks just like him. He is a rare neurologic FIP survivor, my miracle baby.
drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 245d
You would be surprised by a cats loyalty.
Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 45 pts · 246d
My dog doesn't have a shit box in my house that I have to clean constantly. That makes up for the 3 months it's a little cold out.
kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 37 pts · 246d
Are you saying you don't clean up after your dog? Otherwise, you're cleaning up shit daily. Litter boxes are not typically cleaned daily(constantly) and they make auto litter boxes that clean themselves.
Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz · 16 pts · 246d
Your house smells like cat shit, you are simply nose blind to it. Please clean up after your cat shits.
kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 245d
None of that makes what I said untrue. I don't even have cats, lol.
denaggels@feddit.org · 8 pts · 245d
Then let me tell you as a cat owner, that you should clean litter boxes (at least) once per day 😅
Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 246d
Small dog in a fenced yard, picking up after him is a non issue. His business breaks down in a matter of a couple of weeks and there's never enough to become a problem. If he goes while on a walk, i pick it up.
abfarid@startrek.website · 13 pts · 246d
It's just your specific case. If you have an outdoor cat you also don't have to maintain a cat toilet.
Mk23simp@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 7 pts · 246d
I don't think it's good to have outdoor cats. They're very destructive to small animals (songbirds included) in the area.
Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 246d
No, I'm representative of all dog owners. If a cat is left outside, it is technically a form of mountain lion, which does not count.
Dogs rool, cats drool.
teslasaur@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 245d
No, they just come and shit in my yard instead.
The neighbours cats have made it their goal to shit in our vegetable garden and burying the little turd there. I dislike them as much as people that dont pick up after their dogs.
abfarid@startrek.website · 1 pts · 245d
What do you mean "no"? Your cat-owning neighbors don't maintain a cat toilet, do they? Just as I said, so "yes".
teslasaur@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 245d
No, as in they dont have to maintain their outdoor cat.
I get to do that instead. Oh joy for me.
abfarid@startrek.website · 1 pts · 245d
Oh, ok. Glad we are on the same page here. Enjoy.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 0 pts · 245d
Squirrels, chipmunks and rabbits must also piss you off. Also bears.
teslasaur@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 245d
Nice non-equivalent there buddy.
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 245d
Your yard and shoes smell like dog shit, you're simply nose blind to it. Please clean up after your dog shits.
Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -1 pts · 245d
Have we met? You have absolutely no basis to make that claim. My yard and shoes smell fine, my sense of smell is fantastic. Why don't you worry about your own yard rather than making assumptions about mine?
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 245d
I don't have a yard. Now who's making assumptions, hmmm?
TheBat@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 245d
moobythegoldensock@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 245d
What are you smoking? You need to clean litter boxes daily.
kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 244d
And your claim is that most everyone does?
ceenote@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 246d
Is scooping poo out of a box daily really any worse than bagging it up on a walk daily?
CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works · 16 pts · 246d
Especially with big dogs where you're picking up fresh, steaming, human-sized turds with nothing but a few microns of plastic between it and your hand.
Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 11 pts · 246d
For big dogs, I wear boots and kick the dookie into a fine mist against my neighbors houses as a disposal method. I have warrants in 3 states.
ronigami@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 245d
Having it in the house constantly coating everything (usually clean laundry) with a dusting of poo is definitely worse.
EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com · 2 pts · 246d
I'd say the weather is a factor
Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 246d
Fenced yard with a small dog, so I don't have to pick it up on the daily, only if he poops on a walk.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 246d
they have the genuine automatic litterbox that arent death traps, i see people hating scooping up poo use those.
over_clox@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 246d
Bagging it up on a walk is decidedly worse than scooping it out of a litter box if the dog happens to have diarrhea. At least the litter clumps up, making cleanup much easier..
Good luck training a dog to use the box consistently though.
Rooster326@programming.dev · 1 pts · 245d
If your dog has diarrhea. You just leave it? Or pour water over it?
Why would you try to pick it up
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 8 pts · 246d
Why don't we just train dogs to use a litter box? 🤔
Or a toilet? One of my previous cats used the toilet all on her own. If she could figure it out without help, surely training a dog should be easy enough.
ceenote@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 246d
I trained my dog on a litter box. She only pees in it. I'm very glad I did.
However, I'm fortunate enough to have a basement I could put it in where it's out of sight.
saltesc@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 246d
That's a thing and people.do, especially apartment dwellers. Dogs learn it quick too.
It's just no one would have an animal shit in a box in the house unless they absolutely had to.
Oh...
Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 246d
riquisimo@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 246d
Its a good idea, but from my understanding, you still have to take dogs on daily walks. Maybe not first thing in the morning, but at least once a day or so
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 246d
Cats leap and perch with more ease than dogs so you'd need a contraption that might get in your way.
Mk23simp@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 246d
Clearly you don't live as far north as I do. :P
Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 246d
Nah, it gets plenty cold here, I'm mostly just playing around with the classic dog people vs cat people war.
I'm fortunate to have a fenced yard and a dog that absolutely does not fuck with the cold. He's out, does his duty, then back in within like 2 minutes.
Mk23simp@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 246d
Well, for reference, the city I currently live in has a -19C/-3F minimum average temperature.
I generally prefer cats over dogs for other reasons, though.
Blackmist@feddit.uk · 30 pts · 245d
Nothing wakes a cat owner faster than the sound of hyuk hyuk HYUK HYUUURK on the only piece of carpet in the house.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 245d
my cat likes to fake hyuk ON THE BED and then turn and look at us like "so you're up! and my food bowl is mysteriously empty!"
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 244d
I hope my cat doesn't learn that trick.
nexguy@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 245d
True, but also no slop water drinking or wet dog smell. Give and take
OldChicoAle@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 245d
Or a dog owner
starman2112@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 244d
Idunno, my flatmate has a dog and he's never woken me up like that. The dog has though
OldChicoAle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 243d
So you agree
prettybunnys@piefed.social · 26 pts · 246d
I wanna play pspspspstation so bad rn.
glimse@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 246d
I've owned most of the common furry pets (except guinea pigs and rats) and there's unique challenges with taking care of each of them. What is burdensome is also different for each person.
I love cats but I don't think I'd adopt another. I don't want to catproof my shelves nor my plants. I don't want to smell kitty litter either.
I love rabbits but same thing. I don't want to rabbitproof my house. I don't want to clean litter boxes. And most importantly, I don't want the hassle of finding someone to take care of them when I'm gone.
I love dogs and will probably stick to dogs. I like going on walks and sitting in the yard. I don't mind drying his paws off when it rains or walking the yard weekly to pick up his turds.
All pets are great. Animal companionship is the best.
Horsecook@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 246d
AtariDump@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 246d
You’re not buying the right kitty litter.
hereiamagain@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 246d
Recommendation?
We use tidy cats stone pellets with the pee pads liner.
Not environmentally friendly, but it's the first time I've actually not minded dealing with the box.
We never used normal litter, it's terrible. We used to use the tidy cats brand scoop able stuff. And that worked... Fine. Solids came out easy enough. But urine was either too gummy if you tried scooping it too soon. Or it broke up into stinky little bits too small for the scoop, if you waited too long. And God forbid the cat dig to the bottom before peeing, so the clay glues itself to the bottom of the bin, amplifying the goo/break problem.
And eventually, no matter how well you scoop, the little bits of urine build up and start to stink like ammonia, until you have to throw all the litter away and wash the box. Which is extra unpleasant if it's winter.
But the stone pellets and pad? The solids are easily scooped. And the urine is trapped in the pad, locked in, never smell it.
And no matter what you do, cats will track litter around the house. But the stones are so big and heavy that they almost all fall off the paw before they make it 5 feet from the box, so the area to clean is much smaller. And the stones are surprisingly less annoying to step on.
My friend has the cedar pellets, and it's better than litter, yes, in some ways. But I still smell the ammonia.
I will say we've never tried the crystal cat litter, and some of our other friends swear by it.
AtariDump@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 230d
Fresh Step cat litter.
Horsecook@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 246d
Lemminary@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 246d
Yeah, we buy an amazing blend of sand. Leaves no odors, no dust, and has great clumping.
glimse@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 245d
Yeah but you don't know that until you get the cat. I have a ton of houseplants that would kill a curious cat, too.
Tonava@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 245d
glimse@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 245d
I don't think I'll get another pet that requires a cage after hamsters! (My rabbits were raised like cats, litter trained and no cage)
Tonava@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 245d
glimse@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 245d
Perhaps "cage" was the wrong word - I meant pets I have to corral to a specific location....but I would prevent my cat from going outside so maybe that's not it either lol
So I guess it's just back to my original point: I find the space and care accomodations required for birds to be much too inconvenient
Tonava@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 245d
glimse@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 245d
That's my friend's parents. They get little budgies and keep them in the worst cages which means they only get the worst parts of pet ownership
Tonava@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 245d
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 0 pts · 246d
Cats are great, but they're nocturnal. Many will skitter around, scratch stuff, scream, or otherwise bother the heck out of you when you are trying to sleep. I get so little sleep as it is, I'm not willing to deal with that again.
Lemminary@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 246d
Cats are crepuscular, meaning they're more active at dawn and dusk, but they may be somewhat active at any hour if they have slept enough.
SethTaylor@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 246d
6am I am sitting with my half-adopted stray by the heater cause I don't have a cat door and he panics if he wants to leave and I'm not there to open the door
It's -1°C outside so I have to do this... until I get the right gear
glimse@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 245d
That's possible, too. My cat wasn't like that but I know my friend's cat is banned from the bedroom
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 246d
my cat isn't noctural. not all cats are the same.
Echolynx@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 245d
Huh, is it really that unusual for my cat to sleep through the night? She goes to bed around midnight and wakes up closer to dawn naturally, which tends to be a bit late this time of year. That's around when she gets a first meal.
Lemminary@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 246d
I wish my cats would nap with me like that, but it's my fault for not getting them used to it when they were kittens. They'll stay put for a minute under my arm and then dart off the bed.
stray@pawb.social · 13 pts · 246d
I was surprised my cats weren't sitting on my lap, so when they were close to two years old I started holding them captive for very short periods while petting them how they like, and now I can't keep them off me. It seemed like the only reason they weren't sitting on humans before is that they didn't think it was safe.
Lemminary@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 245d
Aww, yeah, cats are like that. It speaks volumes of people who can earn their complete trust.
That's not my case here, as we treat them with utmost respect. I actually have all of them on my bed right now, but they just don't tolerate being cuddled that close. One of them does like kneading and sleeping on us, but It has to be on his terms or he doesn't want it.
stray@pawb.social · 3 pts · 245d
Yeah, that's what I figured they were like and why I was content to let them be if they didn't want to sit on me. We just kept having these moments where they clearly wanted to snuggle, but seemed to be afraid I would crumble beneath them and shatter their tiny paws to dust. We're getting to a point now where I can even adjust my position underneath them, but only sometimes.
Jankatarch@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 246d
Mine sleeps with me but will randomly start clawing at my neck while purring in the middle of night.
I think she thinks that's "petting."
stray@pawb.social · 8 pts · 245d
That's kneading. Kittens will knead at their mother's stomach while nursing, and adult cats usually continue the behavior to a lesser or greater degree. Some do it subtly and gently, and others are made of knives.
whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 246d
this cat clearly wants to escape in the picture
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 245d
"Halp meh!"
jupiter_jazz@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 245d
I think its part personality too.
ikidd@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 246d
The dog can go run out back and shit, I'll pick it up in the spring.
MeThisGuy@feddit.nl · 22 pts · 246d
that's a long time to leave a dog outside
DasFaultier@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 246d
You clearly have never tried to get a Bernese Mountain Dog out of fresh fallen snow.
ikidd@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 245d
I have a golden that loves -20 and new snow. Plays in it for hours with her magpie buddies.
Sonor@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 245d
it keeps well around 0C. It only spoils when it starts to warm up outside
cosmicrookie@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 246d
Having whippets, i can tell you that they would rather stop drinking and eating, that go out in weather like that (and rain too)
angrystego@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 246d
So do you have an indoors toilet for them?
cosmicrookie@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 246d
They actually won't go out in the rain, so they get to go in the carport 🤷 It's got a roof, gravel flooring, and we clean it out once in a while (although always pick up after nr 2) so its not so bad
BanMe@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 246d
cats: hate rain
dogs: hate rain
me: hates rain
all of us: have fucking jobs, who the hell is lounging around in bed all damn morning
angrystego@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 246d
On a weekend?
AltheaHunter@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 9 pts · 246d
Your pets have jobs?
Nikelui@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 245d
Eliminating pests and guarding home if they are traditional. Social media influencers if they are new gen.
Goretantath@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 246d
I'd rather not have cat poop in my houses air.
RagingRobot@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 246d
Dogs poop in the house sometimes too. Anything living will poop in your house if you let it in for long enough. It's nice they are considerate enough to go in a box and not in the floor
Psythik@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 246d
But human poop is perfectly fine? You saw that one Mythbusters episode, right? Feces is everywhere.
ronigami@lemmy.world · -3 pts · 245d
It’s at least a lot more normal.
creamed_eels@toast.ooo · 4 pts · 246d
Lag@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 246d
Cat flap in a door solves this, but you do need a vented room to keep their litter box that's not a garage because those usually need a fire rated door.
Echolynx@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 245d
Air purifier are useful tools for a lot of things.
Honytawk@lemmy.zip · 0 pts · 245d
Cats poop outside.
They just don't need a chaperone to do so.
Rakonat@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 246d
You're funny. The cat woke me up for food is the reason the dog got to pee outside before the sun came up.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 245d
my wife woke me up for food (we shared the last bagel. it had no garlic) and it's the reason the cats got extra snuggles this morning
ooterness@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 246d
That cat looks like they are trying to escape.
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 9 pts · 246d
Normal cat look
serenissi@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 245d
this is fake news. puppygirls for example do not like going out in blizzard.
NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 246d
I wish, as soon as the sun comes up that little fucker is punching me in the face to fill up his food bowl.
myotheraccount@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 246d
He waits until the sun comes up?
tamal3@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 245d
Yeah, prime time seems to be about 40 minutes before sunrise, regardless of the time of year.
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 6 pts · 246d
My dog happily jumps into my bed to cuddle as soon as he realizes I'm awake. Only when we're both sufficiently cuddled, we go on our merry way.
MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 246d
Yep, and my cat is named: Winter.
Winter
stray@pawb.social · 5 pts · 245d
Y'all in this thread need to get yourselves automatic feeders and start putting out wet food during awake times and not the crack of dawn.
Tinks@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 245d
I will never understand letting your pets dictate wakeup hours, except in the special circumstance that it's a puppy because they can't hold their bladder. My cats have never woken me up for food. In fact my cats and dogs have always known that if they annoy me, I will stay in bed longer out of spite. I will wake up and lay in bed until I am ready to get up, and no pet is going to annoy me into feeding them. The closest I've ever had to a pet waking me up is my current golden who doesn't wake me up for food, he wakes me up to cuddle, but is fine if I go back to sleep.
It's not about what you feed them or when, it's about setting boundaries. We feed canned food morning and night. Our pets sleep on the bed, and know they will get their food when I'm ready to be awake.
ChairmanMeow@programming.dev · 3 pts · 245d
My cat knows she only gets food when I get up.
Once she gets hungry she doesn't give a fuck about that and starts messing with everything next to the bed. I never give in to that and just put her outside the bedroom, but next time she will try doing it again anyway. She's determined to get her food, even if her ways have never worked. She might just be doing it out of spite tbh.
toynbee@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 245d
As far as my cats are concerned, any time there's not wet food available is awake time.
Echolynx@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 245d
They make auto wet feeders now too, apparently...
MyDarkestTimeline01@ani.social · 4 pts · 246d
That lower image is fake. The cat isn't checking to see if it's ok to start trying to eat its owner's eyeballs yet.
drmoose@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 245d
Imagine sleeping in cat hair tho
Zetta@mander.xyz · 13 pts · 245d
I find dogs shed significantly more than cats in general.
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 245d
They smell a lot worse, too.
Taldan@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 245d
In my experience it depends. Most cats smell better, but I had one cat that wasn't great at cleaning herself and definitely had a bit of a stink
Conversely, my dog is a northern breed and doesn't have much natural smell, plus he likes to roll in my fresh sheets, so he usually smells like fabric softener
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 245d
imagine not
FatVegan@leminal.space · 5 pts · 245d
Done
Krompus@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 245d
Imagine doing laundry? Yeah the fur sheds, but you just clean more often to compensate, it's fine.
drmoose@lemmy.world · -1 pts · 245d
Nah you can't do laundry fast enough to not sleep in fur constantly. My dog has his own bed and he's short haired and still I have have several air purifiers and clean at least once per day to maintain everything. So people who sleep with cats are straight up hoarder territory of nasty imo lol - tho I don't judge as connecting with an animal like this might be well worth the mess for some people.
Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk · 4 pts · 246d
My dog goes outside to piss and shit. He's a very good boy.
Sure, I'll take him out for walks once I'm up but, to be honest, I need the exercise as much as he does.
JuliaSuraez@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 245d
My cat’s winter workout is walking from bed to food bowl and back.
Nightlight17776@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 246d
Fenced yard. Still have to open the door though. Should really get a doggy door
doingthestuff@lemy.lol · 3 pts · 245d
Yeah I'm a cat person and when I go outside in the snow I want to go alone. No brown or yellow snow, no wimpering because their paws are too cold. Just me and some crisp solitude.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 245d
you're really missing out. can't let the dogs have all the fun
Pulptastic@midwest.social · 1 pts · 245d
Dog shoes my friend. They make fleece, rain boots, waterproof winter, lots of choices. I found a local grandma that makes them but they’re also sold at pet stores.
doingthestuff@lemy.lol · 4 pts · 245d
My last dog wouldn't wear them. He was a rescue so I didn't know his background, but if you touched his paws he freaked out!
OldChicoAle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 245d
You do you boo. One of my best memories is seeing my puppy frolick in the show for the first time. Just getting up the mountain is a bitch with him in the car.
doingthestuff@lemy.lol · 1 pts · 244d
For dogs that are bred for snow, no question. My last dog was a rescue who was cold on cold summer days. He hated snow, he'd shit inside rather than go out.
SnarkoPolo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 245d
Cats rule.
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 246d
i have a cat and a dog and they both want to go out in weather like that. they love being outside.
neither of them want to cuddle in bed, either.
UnrepententProcrastinator@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 246d
Maybe it's you...
lavienG@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 245d
Can robot help us walking the dog? It's cold outside.
ronigami@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 245d
I just want to hate having cats in peace but everyone in my life including landlords and family insists on having the maximum number of cats.
Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 245d
as a lesbian i sympathize
FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 245d
Smelly baby
OldChicoAle@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 245d
Rainy season means this house gonna smell! Oude de wet dog!
_spiffy@piefed.ca · 1 pts · 246d
I had a great dane and it was absolutely a choice between both!
Simulation6@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 245d
So, have an invigorating walk with your buddy or wake up with red eyes and a runny nose, but at least you were warm and comfortable?
Honytawk@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 245d
Are you claiming dog people who are being forced to walk through blizzards don't get sick or something?
Simulation6@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 245d
No. I am , unfortunately, allergic to cats.
Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 8 pts · 245d
Does this happen to people who aren't allergic?
Vupware@lemmy.zip · 0 pts · 245d
It can but my body adapted after a few weeks. Others may not be so lucky.
Microtonal_Banana@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 245d
Im not allergic to pets.
yermaw@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 245d
Legit a tough choice