DH says cat needs to show more gratitude

Your DH sounds rather stupid.

Reported for hate speech

Urgh, hope the shelter blacklisted those people.

I do have a black DCat1 who knows a few commands - it took about a month to teach each one. But he is an adopted mid level cat toned down from being a high level stray cat, so he only follow the commands when he fancies it.
DCat2 is a low level cat with 1 brain cell (white not ginger) who tries to make friends and rolls over with cats that hiss at him.

@Rosesaredaisy we have a sign that says "it's the cat's house, we just pay the mortgage".

I miss the laugh emoji so much, so many funny comments.

Apparently it's dangerous if their two brain cells meet....the ginger beast across the road from us is testament to that.

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This is true

Edit: (that chickens give eggs and cats just give their arsehole).

Edit: God, even that sounds wrong.

Cats should be rated on two scales:

• Peaceful - Serial Killer
• Decorative - Chaos

Ragdolls will fall into the Peaceful and Decorative category - feral farm moggies tend toward the Chaotic Serial Killer side of the graph.

I'll bet everything he's done to 'make friends' has in fact been space invading, borderline threatening and absolutely rude - he's lucky your cat isn't fully Chaotic Serial Killer... he'd be hogtied to the bed missing his eyeballs, entrails and toes otherwise!

Mine definitely knows his name, the word 'cat' and (proudest boast of all), will come when I whistle.

Your cat is lovely. Your DH needs to do some reading about cats.

I love your classification. I have 5 cats, 2 are low level, 2 are mid, 1 is high. You just have to.know what approach or non approach to take, they're all adorable.

@UngratefulFeline I love this high- mid- and low- level cats business. Did you invent it? It's genius. Can you elaborate?

p.s. you have a very handsome cat

Cats are selfish bastards by nature though aren’t they? Tell your DH that your cat is just being an arsehole because cats are a bit like that.

least the cat could do is sent a thank you card to your hubby for looking after him no manners!

They give eggs - they are providing a gift? My cat spends a fair amount of time showing me his arsehole - which I suspect is his comment on what he thinks of me.

I have no idea if any of this is real or you're just having a laugh OP but it doesn't matter.

I was in a foul mood until I read this and now i can't stop laughing so thanks 👍

Mine is deeply offended if you don’t give him belly rubs. He will flop down for anyone and is so affectionate it’s ridiculous

I told DCat2 in the car home from the RSPCA that I wasn’t expecting gratitude for adopting him (he is a little sweetie, in fact, despite the fact that the RSPCA had to prosecute his previous owners 😾)

We had a high level cat when I was a child. She was called Charlie because she had a moustache, although Hitler might have been an apter choice. She used to hide at the bottom of the stairs and attack me every time I came downstairs. If you were reading the paper and she was sitting on it, you had to ask her permission to move it, otherwise she would hit you.

It was of course a proud moment whenever she chose to sit on you. I really miss that cat.

Love the low/med/high level cats.

On reflection, we have one of each.

Low-level cat is an affectionate, playful, talkative and adorable idiot. He greets me with joy when I've been away for 30 secs or more.

Med-level cat either wants to be a warm, purring scarf (not lap blanket, scarf); or, depending on which way the stars are aligned, crouches on a shelf above the catflap waiting to do a death-drop on whichever unsuspecting housemate comes in first.

High-level cat is a very pretty rescue, has made the front doorstep her home, lets me stroke her about once a month, and who i spent my life apologising for and saying she's shy as she retreats, glaring, under the car from friendly visitors or indeed me; until I happened to be looking out the window and saw her trotting up the drive, tail aloft, to solicit strokes and fuss from passers by with belly rolls and cute little meows. Cats are utter gits.

My dad is a dog person but has fallen in love with my cat “I don’t like cats, where is he, he needs his belly rubs”
when I was in hospital he rang me upset
“the cat wanted to go out, I opened the door and he glared at me, is he ok?”
me “he’s a cat? Of course if you open the door he won’t go out”

My cat regularly shits on my office chair. And he actually likes me.

Has your DH not met cats before?

Ha ha ha ha, tell him to tell his friends that the cat doesn't show him gratitude.

No, get him to tell a therapist.

All orange cats share the same single braincell, so they rarely get a turn with it 😁 they're a different species to other colours.

Tortoiseshell cats tend to just have one person they adore and hate everyone else.

Black cats are the best imo 😊

DH"s error was to set out to win the cat's favour. Bribes to make said cat like him just won't work - a cat's affections are not for sale. The best way to win a cat round is to ignore it and earn its respect. It will roll around on the floor for you , do head bumps, give you gentle.pats with its paw .bring you a.dead mouse - all to make you respond to.its charms. This is the beginning of a.beautiful friendship.

One of mine is only affectionate when I am on a Teams call when WFH. She sashays up and down in front of the camera, gently head butting me, purring into the microphone and making everyone in the call think she is enchanting. As soon as the camera goes off she finds a vantage point from which she can glare at me while plotting my demise.

This is hilarious 🤣 🤣 🤣