• manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    Sorry i know this is a cat thread, but my dog is a bit like this, except he’s decided he loves eating salad, yesterday he was begging for carrot, and following me around because he wanted some if my apple. I’ve created a monster :)

    • ickplant@lemmy.worldOP
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      2 days ago

      Ha, one of my dogs loves apples and recently took to pickles. I’ve never had a dog that was interested in pickles before.

      Sounds like you need to start a veggie garden to keep your doggo happy!

  • RBWells@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I came home once to my cat on the kitchen counter and my ex holding a spice bottle up to the cat’s face, cabinet door open. “What are you doing?” “Letting Max smell the spices.”

    He was just standing there, opening one bottle, letting the cat sniff it, then closing it and putting it back, grabbing the next one, and so on. The cat just sat there waiting and sniffing. For over an hour and who knows how long before that.

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    3 days ago

    I see it as enrichment, like when they give bears at the zoo something to smell to entertain them. Makes my cat happy at least just to smell stuff

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      3 days ago

      Agreed; I always let my cat smell things that I’m holding/working on because they clearly are interested in what their human is doing. That way he can get a better idea of what’s going on and feel like he’s helping.

      It goes both ways too:
      image macro featuring a Manga-style drawing of a young woman and a calico cat staring intently at a kitchen sink faucet with curiosity on their faces. Caption: "Please consider what your cat considers"

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        Ole time in my life, I lived in a house with cats. I got into the habit of showing whatever I was holding to them when they came to check if I had food. They’d sniff the thing, decide it’s not edible and go back to more interesting cat business.

        Then I lived in a house with dogs and had to unlearn that because if you show something to a dog, they’ll probably just take it to chew whether it smells edible or not.

  • BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    3 days ago

    We’ve had as many as 5 cats at once. We had one that did the same thing, without the judgement, he just wanted a sniff, he didn’t really want it. OTOH, My Mama Bear always wanted a single bite of whatever meat I was eating, just to know that I still loved her.

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    3 days ago

    I have to be careful with burgers because my garbage cat rescue will actively try and steal them after sniff inspecting.

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    3 days ago

    I let my Willow sniff-test a lot of my food. usually I know he wouldn’t find interest in it, but I did lose a few shrimp to him one time

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      3 days ago

      Tried giving a small cooked shrimp to a cat I once had. Proceeded to bat it all over the room. He liked the smell and to fetch it but wouldn’t eat it.

  • Siegfried@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    My cat smells what i take out of the fridge, just in case it is chicken.

    She also likes to have breakfast with me, and asks for some milk or cottage (this is a day each 2 weeks)