Reply to: How to tell if your cat doesn't like you...

[SueEllen]

That's a good reason on its own to have a cat, if you have a barky dog like a Jack Russell.

How on Earth do they stop the dogs barking? Is it just a calming effect?

Dogs are pack animals so if the cat decides it's the leader, they learn to do what the cat says.

[xoggoth]

They came as part of the package with the wife

I was actually talking about cats not children although it's quite true that they are also creepy little creatures.

[AtW]

How on Earth do they stop the dogs barking? Is it just a calming effect?

If the dog barks without cat's permission then cat will kill it.

HTH

[barrydidit]

They came as part of the package with the wife

Sort of like a packaged bank account? I hear it might be the next big thing for the mis-selling industry. You should get a claim in early on those cats, especially if there's more than one.

[AtW]

[LondonManc]

Nasty creatures. A single cat was responsible for the extinction of an entire species, something no human has managed to achieve so far.

[SimonMac]

Creepy little sods, can't understand what people see in them. I just have a little puppet parrot, much cheaper and less hastle.

They came as part of the package with the wife

[FatLazyContractor]

Like this?

[Lockhouse]

It's their sense of humour that does it for me. Dark and twisted.

[OwlHoot]

They stop dogs they live with from barking ..

That's a good reason on its own to have a cat, if you have a barky dog like a Jack Russell.

How on Earth do they stop the dogs barking? Is it just a calming effect?

[quackhandle]

I've bought some anti foul spray/powder to stop the f*ckers dumping on my lawns, so far it seems to be working.

Automated sentry guns from Weyland Yutani are on order.

qh

[xoggoth]

They catch mice and rats which was the main reason they became pets.
... And unlike dogs don't follow your every move and need to be taken for walks.

Kill enormous numbers of birds and other wildlife too. And unlike dogs they do all their walking on other people's property.

PS And they crap on my lawn.

[SueEllen]

That's what they want you to think.

Sorry should say physically follow your every move. Instead they plot...

[NotAllThere]

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And unlike dogs don't follow your every move...

That's what they want you to think.

[SueEllen]

Creepy little sods, can't understand what people see in them. I just have a little puppet parrot, much cheaper and less hastle.

They catch mice and rats which was the main reason they became pets.

They stop dogs they live with from barking and some are very friendly.

And unlike dogs don't follow your every move and need to be taken for walks.