Captain Hughey broke a plate he knocked off the coffee table. Without me

[applegrove]

doing anything to correct him, he has put himself to bed. He is usually out here all evening. I miss him. But it is also nice not being his pin cushion. I think he is growing up. What do your pets do when they've been bad?

[dawg day]

1. I have a cat. He does nothing wrong, at least in his opinion.

So when he scratches at the sofa, he just looks at me arrogantly, daring me to object.

[applegrove]

3. I got a leather sofa. Works wonder. Now he only scratches his cat tower

and makes a mess of that. I'm looking for him to find out the wood scratching post is a thing too. Harder to destroy. More natural. But so far he is not into the wooden post.

[csziggy]

10. You're lucky - I have a leather rocking chair with 40 year old cat claw marks

My husband and I found a rocking chair with beautiful lines at a junk store not long after we married. Basically it was just a frame with tatters of leather clinging to it, the wood was almost black. But it had the most gorgeous style, so we bought it - I think it was maybe $30.

We got the wood refinished to a golden oak, and then had it rebuilt for upholstering with a deep burgundy leather. Took it home and my husband's cat got on and tested his claws the first day. The cat's been dead twenty seven years, but his mark remains.

I'll never spend money on another piece of smooth leather furniture. Maybe I'll try suede someday.

[applegrove]

12. Oh nooooo! I will not let my cats read this. Sorry for your chair.

[csziggy]

15. I was mad for the first ten years - now it's a remembrance of that cat

He was the cat my husband brought into our relationship and lived with my husband for over 19 years. At least this memory doesn't involve blood...

[applegrove]

16. I had a couch which i call the largest and most expensive cat toy. It

was.

[csziggy]

17. Yep - it's amazing how we let cats sun our lives

I wonder if that is partly the cat parasite zombie effect?

Can a cat parasite control your mind?

By Benjamin Plackett - Live Science Contributor October 03, 2020
https://www.livescience.com/can-cat-parasites-control-human-brains.html

[Maraya1969]

19. That is fascinating! To think a parasite could control your behavior, (somewhat)

is wild. I know I have this because they tested me when I got pregnant. Because I already had it there was no problem with me cleaning the litter boxes.

And I was a business major and have taken more risks than average.

[Grey5]

2. He mostly brags...

[applegrove]

5. Sounds like an alpha. LOL!

[abqtommy]

4. First we have to define "bad"...

[applegrove]

6. Knocking everything off the coffee table, chipping my dinner plate and throwing carrots everywhere.

I just when to see him. He certainly didn't seemed flustered. "Hi! Thanks for stopping by. Please rub my belly". LOL!

[abqtommy]

7. Oh. From my age 17 I've helped raise various children including my own 3 boys. I'd

tend to provide a belly rub for your doggo but then that's just me.

[applegrove]

8. He is a cat. He's already broken two china watering cans. Cat's just like

to knock things down. I gave him a few seconds of a belly rub but left before he could decide to attack my hands like they were a small rodent (he never gets to go outside so he has not been near a real rodent).

[abqtommy]

9. Got it. I'd probably still give him a belly rub and some snuggles too. I might wear some

leather gloves though!

[zanana1]

11. I have a cat.

When he breaks something, he just sits there looking proud of himself. Because, you know, he's a cat.

[LisaL]

13. My cat doesn't break anything, but he has poor litter box habits.

I rather he broke things than pee on them.

[applegrove]

14. Absolutely. I've gone from collecting china frogs to wooden or metal ones that

can't be broken.

[Maraya1969]

18. They run out the dog door. But that is just one of them and I think it is usually

if he thinks I am going to give him a pill or something like the. The other one does not care At all.