LadyButterfly she/herCan any scientists confirm this important fact?
š° š š± š¦ š³ š¦ š° š® Dog brings you things because you asked, itās asking to play, or because they wanted to reward you.
Cat brings you things because it thinks you fucking suck at hunting and feeding yourself.
far_university1990āI take care of my human. I bring them mouse once a week, twice after new moon because so dark. Hope they survive on that.ā
My dog gives me stuff all the time. At first I thought it meant he wanted to play with the object, but, nope. Heās just spent the last fifteen minutes fighting the other dog away from it, running around the house with it in his mouth. Then when heās finally āwonā, he gently places it down right in front of me, sits and stares at my eyes, āThis is very important to us dogs, but I love you the most, so you can have it.ā
picks up slobbered cow hoof with a pinch āThank you so much, buddy! How about I hold it, you can chew; we can share.ā
He does do this with the other dog at times too, though. Usually when sheās calmed down and snoozing, heāll bring a treat over to her, watch her accept it, and goes on his way.
Gifting is his love language.
My cat sometimes brings toys because it wants to play. That doesnāt happen too often, though
my other cat is extremely ADHD and he brings me toys many times a day. he runs from the other side of the apartment screaming with the toy in his mouth and then sits next to me until i throw that toy. also if weāre away for several hours he delivers toys on our bed.
My one cat fetches things like 80% of the way. Sure drops them a meter and half in front of me every single time
Confused_EmusTime to get your steps in, human!
I find it sweet when a cat brings toys to the bed, mine does it sometimes, too, even though it doesnāt play on the bed, because we discourage this š
My cat has figured out how to pantomime chasing the dot as his way of asking me to break out the laser pointer.
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This is a daily occurrence for me. Normally she brings it to the couch, but if Iām late leaving my desk for lunch she will absolutely bring the toy into my office.
My older cat tells me when itās time to get up, when itās bedtime, etc. He woke me up and is currently content with me being on my phone as long as I donāt close my eyes and go back to sleep. In about 20 minutes though heāll decide itās time for me to get up and heāll herd me into the bathroom.
starlingukMy cat played fetch, just like a dog. Cats like playing.
I hate it when people just assume stuff about cats, treat them that way, and then say stuff like ācats are so aloof and they only like me because I feed them.ā
Meanwhile, my neighbourās cat loves my family even though we donāt feed her, because we snuggle her. The person who feeds her just chucks her outside when she gets home. And then she comes to us for scritches.
Sure, the cat that gets fed daily by us and even begs us for food thinks we suck at hunting and feeding ourselvesā¦
It is such a dumb take.
samus12345Agreed. Much more likely itās a sign of affection. āHereās a treat for you, hoomin!ā
Thatās a popular idea Iāve seen, but it doesnāt make a lot of sense when you think about it. Humans are the ones who can magically conjure up food multiple times every single day. Why would they think we suck at acquiring it? It makes more sense as a sign of affection. āHereās a treat for you, hoomin!ā