Would our pets still love us if they could open their own cans of food?

[LynneSin]

My cats are so friendly and loving first thing in the morning I would really like to think they just want to give me a great start to a wonderful day. To be honest, they just want fed - they get their wet food first thing in the morning too.

It just makes me feel used sometimes - that I am nothing more than a food machine for my felines.

[joeybee12]

1. But do they cuddle up with you at night?

They're not looking for food then!

[LynneSin]

3. They tend to be more cuddily when the dry food dish is empty

:cry:

[meow2u3]

21. My Max cuddles up with me at night, all right!

I woke up in the middle of the night with Maximus lying squarely on my left foot. What really woke me up was that I heard a popping sound in my left knee when I turned over!! I woke up this morning in agony and unable either to turn nor extend my knee! IOW, I think I sprained my left knee in my sleep, thanks to an oversized, overgrown kitten!!! OUCH!!!

:hurts: :(

[petronius]

2. Of course. They can't (won't) scoop their own litter boxes, right?

:)

[meow2u3]

22. Some cats "scoop" their own litterboxes--but not in a very sanitary way

I had one cat (she passed away 7 years ago) who'd leave one dried turd on the rim of the litterbox as a reminder for me to scoop and/or change the litter. My mom had a vulgar Italian nickname for her: Signorina Stronzo! (Miss Piece of $#!t)

[struggle4progress]

4. Maybe you need to sit down with them and talk about the relationship

I mean, it's good that they still love you in the morning and all, but it sounds like you're not getting the minimum required displays of affection the rest of the day

[LynneSin]

5. Yes I just want more affection throughout the day

Are there councilors out there that can help us work thru these issues? Is it wrong to ask for extra loving? I know I'm being a bit needy but I have wants and desires too. I just don't think they listen to me!

:eyes:

[struggle4progress]

7. And they just want more food throughout the day

:shrug:

It's a two-way street

[Papa Boule]

6. Cats are in awe of anyone who can crack open the hard shells of those little metal animals

and scoop the fresh-killed insides out for them. :p

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

8. They do try to crack those shells, though.

If I don't put the cat food cans away I'll find them all over the kitchen floor. If the Gang of Fur ever figure out how to work those pull-tab tops open, I will have a mess on my hands.

[SoxFan]

20. "Gang of Fur"

:yourock: :rofl: :spray:

[TZ]

9. On a rare occasion

my cats will come visit me first before eating when I get home (they have me well trained though if I don't open a can of wet food within 30 seconds of coming home I hear about it!)

[dropkickpa]

10. Dogs - yes, cats - fuck no!

[KamaAina]

11. We'd still have to get them the cans

so yes. :-)

Our dear Kwan Yin once figured out the knack of tearing open semi-moist Tender Vittles pouches. Since she was such a shiny black beauty, I sent the pouches to Purina, with the intent of making her the female Morris. No dice. :( But she loved us anyway. :loveya:

[Old Troop]

12. I think they'd have to because they don't have pockets to carry the credit

cards or money they'd need to buy their own food.

[old mark]

13. Food is just a part of it - our dog LIVES in A/C, with overhead fans,

has a dog bed in the living room, but chooses to lounge mostly one the leather sofa and gets grumpy when I tell him to move so I can sit there. He is at this moment stretched across out California King size bea, again in air conditioning, snoring away...and drooling on MY SIDE of the bed. ( He is around 110 pounds, and nearly as long as I am tall counting his tail.)

It's more than just food.

mark

[DevonRex]

14. Sure, unless they can operate an electric blanket all by themselves.

:hi:

[nuxvomica]

15. I think my cats find me delightfully amusing

They're always watching whatever I do, with their heads cocked to the side. So it's not just dinner, it's the show, too.

[ColesCountyDem]

16. Kitty love is more food-dependent than doggy love.

My 3 kitties love me on some level, I'm absolutely sure, but I think they'd love me less if I made them go get their own food. My dog, OTOH, would continue to worship the very ground I walk on, even if I never fed him again.

I love them all, of course.

:)

[quakerboy]

17. yes

Or at least in the same proportions that our children would still love us if they could provide their own food...

[Captain Hilts]

18. Yes. nt

[wickerwoman]

19. I'm safe until they figure out the thermostat.

Then all bets are off.

[david13]

23. No. Their love, like any love, is conditional. dc

[Iggo]

24. Cats? Maybe not. But the dogs sure would.

They'd open OUR cans for US and wallow in the adulation.

[Duer 157099]

25. So true n/t

[surrealAmerican]

26. My dogs would, but ...

... they would be seriously overweight.