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because cats are such assholes.
But yeah, the raised dog bowls are probably a good idea. (:[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=VaqueroToro;6563750] And here I thought they were just vindictive with each other and humans, not other species.
Yep, raise it up off the floor for the poor pup.[/QUOTE]
A cat is anyone’s equal. He/she is psychologically an adult. A cat has free will and knows that he/she does. A pissing cat has all these things plus a keen sense of justice. And, OP, your cats are like those little kids in Africa recruited by revolutionaries: They had to become adults in a hard situation when they were very, very young. They don’t know how to be anything but self-preserving thugs.
So, yeah, they are assholes (if you mean the term with some affection, respect and understanding the way I do).
They aren’t vindictive so much as ready to escalate when they feel that the “spoken” message wasn’t heard. Hey, if you want to force them all the way to molotov cocktails, that’s your call. But you did have something to do with getting there. A cat will just play along until one of two things happens:
- Either you will “get it” and comply.
Or,
- The cat will decide that the pursuit of his/her political agenda (usually understood as The Right Thing) is cost too much to pursue.
You could raise the bowls. But you will frustrate the cat and undermine Justice (capital J). If you are lucky, the cat will give up the pursuit of What Is Right. If you are unlucky, you’ll have to look for the next response from the cat.
Cats know that pissing in a dog’s bowl was an Act of War. So you have only one course of action left, and that has two parts:
- You need to address the cat’s grievances.
- You need to let the cat know that you have lived through the Cold War and know what Mutually Assured Destruction means, even if the cat does not.
I know you could accuse me of over-complicating things, but with cats, you undercomplicate them at your own risk.
