• Obituarykidney@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    2 hours ago

    This is rage bait for sure. My dogs will happily snore cuddled in bed all day. My cat is demanding food at all hours even though he gets fed at exactly 8am and 5pm every day. We call the noise he makes machine gun meows because they are fast, loud, and relentless. The spray bottle lives on my bedside so I can get some sleep.

    • nyctre@piefed.socialEnglish
      1·
      4 minutes ago

      With my cats, whenever they do something bad I just say “no!” And I go and pick them up and put them somewhere else. Eventually they learn and when you say no they just stop whatever they’re doing and go do something else. Works better than training with fear, imo.

      I also have dry food available for my cats at all times and I only portion wet food. That’s stopped them from asking for food during the night. Probably not a good tip for households that also have dogs, however.

      So nowadays I rarely get woken up. When I do it’s either because I haven’t played enough with them or because of some accident like tipping over something or whatever.

  • GiantChickDicks@lemmy.mlEnglish
    4·
    1 hour ago

    I’m a cat person who appreciates dogs, and this is spot on. Cats may demand food, but you can wait out a tantrum.

    The fear of having to potentially clean up an accidental means I’m up no matter what if the dogs are waking me up. I don’t like cleaning up these messes, and the dogs actively look like they feel bad watching me do it. We’re all having a bad time.

    I’d much rather have a sleepy, half-hearted argument with my cats than worry I’m depriving one of the dogs of going outside if they’re having an emergency. Apples to oranges.

  • matelt@feddit.uk
    English
    10·
    4 hours ago

    I’d appreciate it if you could refrain from spying on me please and thank you

    Sent from under my void snoring on my chest