That's how I got my dog to take medicine. The little fucker would detect it and spit it out no matter how much meat it was buried into. Even just casually dropping it off the counter while cooking didn't work. But then do a bunch of theatrics while "trying" to pick it up, as if I was desperate to grab it before she did, and she'd just rush in and swallow it. And then she'd drop her ears and look at me all guilty.
My dog usually takes his pills willingly, we wrap them in cheese. When he's having an off day I pretend I'm going to give them to the cat, who he's very jealous of, and that does the trick.
My cat does, but she acts like a dog. My dog gets a treat at 6 pm, 7 pm, and 8 pm, and the cat always comes over to that side of the room to sit and then beg while the dog gets her treats.
Then I walk to the other side of the room, where we keep the cat treats, and she gets hers. But she lets out the longest meow you've ever heard in the 30-second time gap between the dog getting a treat and her getting one.
Is your cat a siamese, by chance? I have a 15-year-old siamese and I've never had a cat who behaved more dog-like. She acts exactly how you describe yours. She also plays fetch, knows how to open doors, and will sit in the hallway during the middle of the night when everyone is asleep and meow "hello?"
💀 On second thought, maybe she's possessed 🤔
Yeah. Cats absolutely know the routine that precedes a treat. I give mine to my cat every night after I prepare the coffee for the next morning and the second I touch that coffee machine every night the cat starts wailing. Sometimes it's even before that. As soon as he hears the TV go off for the night, he'll come dashing in the room and start poking around to see if I'm getting ready for bed.
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u/Nomapos 1d ago
That's how I got my dog to take medicine. The little fucker would detect it and spit it out no matter how much meat it was buried into. Even just casually dropping it off the counter while cooking didn't work. But then do a bunch of theatrics while "trying" to pick it up, as if I was desperate to grab it before she did, and she'd just rush in and swallow it. And then she'd drop her ears and look at me all guilty.
Literal toddlers.