• Years ago, when home web cams were new, there was a documentary that showed what pets get up to when the owners aren’t home. The #1 first thing is to get up on all the places that they’re not allowed.

    They don’t learn that they’re not allowed certain places; they learn that they’re not allowed when you’re around.

    • oce 🐆
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      251 month ago

      That’s why you upgrade your webcam with a nerf gun.

    • Nougat
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      241 month ago

      I finished my lunch one day, cleared off the table, went back downstairs to my office - oops, I forgot something - go back upstairs immediately to find my dog already completely standing on the table, looking for crumbs.

    • Ving ThorOP
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      131 month ago

      Of course. But at least we can teach him not to be on the table when we’re eating.

      • Yah, it was just a comment, not a criticism. We do the same with ours, in the futile hope that they’ll at least abstain from jumping on the dining room table when we have guests. In true cat fashion, we have one who only jumps in the dining table when we have guests.

    • flicker
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      31 month ago

      That’s why I’ll randomly put double sided tape on surfaces.

  • @[email protected]
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    1 month ago

    I’m here to say the cat WILL learn it is not supposed to be on the table.

    This does not mean the cat will not get on the table.

  • @thenextguy
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    121 month ago

    Does Gin have a sibling named Tonic?

    • Ving ThorOP
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      101 month ago

      He has a roommate called Whisky. But Whisky is still highly sceptical of Gin.

    • @athairmor
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      81 month ago

      And Juice, Cotton, Rummy, Sloe, Fizz…etc.

    • @Siethron
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      21 month ago

      I was wondering if had a son named Gon

    • Ving ThorOP
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      61 month ago

      Firmly saying “NO”, then loud clapping, and finally lifting him to the ground and bit paying attention to gim for a few moments.

      After a while they react to the signs. No garantees that it works on every cat, but it works with our other cat.