[qiine]

Making cat not do something is really difficult

[lcnPylGDnU4H9OF]

Can't remember where I heard it but it rings true:

We train dogs but we negotiate with cats.

[lb1lf]

Or, as a cat-loving friend of mine succinctly sums up the difference between dogs and cats and their relationship to us:

Dog: The humans feed me; they must be God.

Cat: The humans feed me; I must be God.

[Cthulhu_]

Counterpoint: Cats yell at you when it rains, because they have observed you make the rain (in the shower) start, therefore, you are a God that can control the weather.

[EdwardDiego]

I really liked a line in that Nope movie:

"He got caught up trying to tame a predator. You can't do that. You got to enter an agreement with one."

[jprete]

Dogs are also predators. Quite a lot of large dog breeds should not be kept with cats, because they have enough prey drive that the cat will be in very grave danger. Dogs were historically bred for ratting and gophering.

I'm thinking the reason dogs don't go for birds is that the birds are too small and fast; dogs are predators, but they aren't ambush predators like cats.

[bombcar]

Dogs are also pack animals (as wolves) and so they can be trained easier by abusing the pack instincts, even unintentionally.

Cats are solitary and so even if you get them to not do something in front of you, once you're out of sight they'll quickly revert to doing whatever it is they want to do.

[munificent]

Dogs are pack predators. They know that to succeed they must be part of a cooperating team, so they instinctively work towards group harmony.

Cats are solitary predators. Any other predator is just a competitor for the same resources.

[01HNNWZ0MV43FF]

Would be easier to make cat not

Making cat owner do something is really difficult

[cortesoft]

It is pretty easy to keep a cat indoors.

[vundercind]

Add kids to the mix.

Any cat with a strong interest in getting outside will now do so several times a year.