This poor Cat looks like it's been duffed up a bit and given up the will to escape.
Very tolerant cat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhC3...ture=endscreen
Very tolerant cat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhC3...ture=endscreen
Would your cat tolerate this abuse from a toddler
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Definately.
It's not the worst example of rough handling I've seen on YouTube and if the cat was truely fed up with being handled like that, it would have scratched the child in its attempt to escape but personally, I wouldn't allow toddlers near pets until they understand that real pets can't be treated like cuddly toys.
It's not the worst example of rough handling I've seen on YouTube and if the cat was truely fed up with being handled like that, it would have scratched the child in its attempt to escape but personally, I wouldn't allow toddlers near pets until they understand that real pets can't be treated like cuddly toys.
Link doesn't work for me, but my cats run a mile at the sound of little people. I cannot bear the way some adults let their children play with animals as if they were toys, it's quite cruel and incredibly indulgent.
not watched the video as I can't get youtube at work, but my cat is incredibly tolerant. My daughter is in phase of wanting to carry him round like a doll, I stop her when I see it, but he never bothers, just hangs there, and when she puts him down I'd expect him to run for the hills but he just sticks with her and follows her around!
She's learning not to do that to him, but he really doesn't seem to mind, I'm more concerned with her trying to do it to a cat that doesn't like it - its not fair to either then!
She's learning not to do that to him, but he really doesn't seem to mind, I'm more concerned with her trying to do it to a cat that doesn't like it - its not fair to either then!
Very tolerant cat, also appeared to be pregnant or have a litter ???
But regardless, no child should be allowed to behave this way with an animal, they should be taught to be respectful from a young age, one day they pick on the wrong animal, get hurt and the animal destroyed.
I remember a rescue kitten was returned the rescue with 7 broken ribs after rough handling by a toddler, the owner couldn't even be bothered to cough up the vet fees
But regardless, no child should be allowed to behave this way with an animal, they should be taught to be respectful from a young age, one day they pick on the wrong animal, get hurt and the animal destroyed.
I remember a rescue kitten was returned the rescue with 7 broken ribs after rough handling by a toddler, the owner couldn't even be bothered to cough up the vet fees
My cat would probally take of their face. He is only a kitten but is quite agressive , even i get duffed up by the cat at times.
The poor cat should scratch or bite that kid. Maybe the stupid child would learn to respect animals. Some parents make me angry when they let children maul their pets. Stupid igmoramuses.
My Cat is quite vicious he'd go for a rake if his tail is touched and he'd rake at the eyes too. Once I was play cuddling him and he got a bit upset and he grabbed a hold of my neck with his claws! wasn't pleasant!
'Tis interesting how cats get used to babies.
My baby is 7.5 months and our cat has gone from refusing to be in the same room as him to happily mooching around him and letting him have the occasional stroke... She'll have a sniff of his feet and sit close to him, but just out of arms reach. Cat kind of shows off for the baby as he goes wild for her! It's quite sweet.
I am kind of dreading when baby is on the move but hopefully the cay has the sense to stay high and find somewhere secluded to sleep...
There is no way I'd let baby manhandle cat, but there is no way cat would sit there and be roughed up.
My baby is 7.5 months and our cat has gone from refusing to be in the same room as him to happily mooching around him and letting him have the occasional stroke... She'll have a sniff of his feet and sit close to him, but just out of arms reach. Cat kind of shows off for the baby as he goes wild for her! It's quite sweet.
I am kind of dreading when baby is on the move but hopefully the cay has the sense to stay high and find somewhere secluded to sleep...
There is no way I'd let baby manhandle cat, but there is no way cat would sit there and be roughed up.
Thanks for the replies. I'm a fan of My Cat from Hell on one of the discovery channels and seen how easily some cats can flip and become demonic when things aren't going their way.
Lets hope this is the only cat this toddler gets to handle for the next few years or Jackson Galaxy might have to be called in to tame the kid.
Lets hope this is the only cat this toddler gets to handle for the next few years or Jackson Galaxy might have to be called in to tame the kid.
Originally Posted by Pippa 2:
“The poor cat should scratch or bite that kid. Maybe the stupid child would learn to respect animals. Some parents make me angry when they let children maul their pets. Stupid igmoramuses.”
“The poor cat should scratch or bite that kid. Maybe the stupid child would learn to respect animals. Some parents make me angry when they let children maul their pets. Stupid igmoramuses.
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Aww a bit harsh on the 'stupid child'. He's far too young to know what he's doing is wrong. That's the parents' job. Or whoever the daft eejit is, holding the camera.
Mind you, cats aren't stupid either so I have to ask why on earth the cat's tolerating that?! I'd imagine if it was as rough as it looks he'd be off, taking half yer boyos face with him. Odd.
Originally Posted by CitizenofPhobos:
“My Cat is quite vicious he'd go for a rake if his tail is touched and he'd rake at the eyes too. Once I was play cuddling him and he got a bit upset and he grabbed a hold of my neck with his claws! wasn't pleasant!”
“My Cat is quite vicious he'd go for a rake if his tail is touched and he'd rake at the eyes too. Once I was play cuddling him and he got a bit upset and he grabbed a hold of my neck with his claws! wasn't pleasant!”
That's funny as my cat would never ever touch my face area though would claw or bite my hands to shreds if he was mad.
Originally Posted by RAINBOWGIRL22:
“'Tis interesting how cats get used to babies.
My baby is 7.5 months and our cat has gone from refusing to be in the same room as him to happily mooching around him and letting him have the occasional stroke... She'll have a sniff of his feet and sit close to him, but just out of arms reach. Cat kind of shows off for the baby as he goes wild for her! It's quite sweet.
I am kind of dreading when baby is on the move but hopefully the cay has the sense to stay high and find somewhere secluded to sleep...
There is no way I'd let baby manhandle cat, but there is no way cat would sit there and be roughed up.”
“'Tis interesting how cats get used to babies.
My baby is 7.5 months and our cat has gone from refusing to be in the same room as him to happily mooching around him and letting him have the occasional stroke... She'll have a sniff of his feet and sit close to him, but just out of arms reach. Cat kind of shows off for the baby as he goes wild for her! It's quite sweet.
I am kind of dreading when baby is on the move but hopefully the cay has the sense to stay high and find somewhere secluded to sleep...
There is no way I'd let baby manhandle cat, but there is no way cat would sit there and be roughed up.”
BIB - or better still teach your child not to harass the cat in the first place?
I haven't watched the vid, because I hate seeing cats manhandled by toddlers. My cats wouldn't tolerate it, and it's not fair on the child when a cat fights to escape the handling.
A few years ago, I got a complaint from a neighbour because my old cat scratched her child - my cat had wandered into her garden, walked up to the child for a stroke and then objected strongly when the child tried to pick her up. My cat's a bad-tempered old torty whose MO is to lull us into a false sense of security by being all kitten-like until you get within clawing range. I told the child's mother to tell her kids to ignore the cat - once I'd explained what she does, the mother did think it was funny, and all I could do was apologise. The local kids learned quite quickly, though, thankfully.
A few years ago, I got a complaint from a neighbour because my old cat scratched her child - my cat had wandered into her garden, walked up to the child for a stroke and then objected strongly when the child tried to pick her up.
My cat's a bad-tempered old torty whose MO is to lull us into a false sense of security by being all kitten-like until you get within clawing range. I told the child's mother to tell her kids to ignore the cat - once I'd explained what she does, the mother did think it was funny, and all I could do was apologise. The local kids learned quite quickly, though, thankfully.
If she tolerates this then her kittens will be next.
Seriously though, that cat does seem very tolerant.I don't have a cat but the one I had as a kid would've scratched or bitten if I'd been that rough with him.
Seriously though, that cat does seem very tolerant.I don't have a cat but the one I had as a kid would've scratched or bitten if I'd been that rough with him.
Great parenting there. That poor cat was being dragged around and had its hair and ears pulled, and the parent did nothing but stand there and record it.
Originally Posted by orangebird:
“BIB - or better still teach your child not to harass the cat in the first place?”
“BIB - or better still teach your child not to harass the cat in the first place?”
it's simple when written in black and white, but in practice, toddlers, or, in fact, all kids will disobey and test their limits, no matter how often you tell them they shouldn't do something.
thankfully our dog has pretty much given in, but the poor lad has to eat his kibble from the bowl while my niece is walking around with it some days
we tell her off and not to go near him when he's eating but there are still the days when she pushes her luck.
i stress that we very much doubt he would snap at her, he's the type to gulp down as much as he can and walk away, rather than have a go.
holding onto handfuls of fur soon went out of fashion with her though, the dog would turn and nudge her hand with his nose in a "get off me!" manner, then he found that just walking off would have her let go. she'd also fall over at this point and the whole "pulling Jakey's fur" game got old very quickly.
she screeches at the cat. he doesn't like it and just runs away.
she gets corrected every time she does it, but that one hasn't quite registered with her yet.
it's to her own detriment as if she wasn't so loud, puss would quite happily let her pet him.
as i said he just takes off if he's had enough.
as for what goes on in the video,... our cat is the best natured bag of fluff cat i've ever met, but would he heck put up with that!
not a lot shocks me these days but the amount of man-handling that cat took was unbelievable...
she didn't seem to react at all
Idiot parents - either that cat will snap or he'll try it with a less tolerant cat and get maybe a life long scar
The cat in the video was very tolerant. But still I wouldn't let a child manhandle even a tolerant cat that way. Just in case the child pulls the wrong thing and even the calmest of cats can turn. Also it doesn't teach the child how to properly respect an animal.
As to my own cat. NO WAY would he allow that. He's scared of kids. I have tried to socialise him with the neighbourhood kids. Holding him in my arms whilst they are calmly near him. But nope he wriggles out and runs.
As to my own cat. NO WAY would he allow that. He's scared of kids. I have tried to socialise him with the neighbourhood kids. Holding him in my arms whilst they are calmly near him. But nope he wriggles out and runs.
Originally Posted by SilverCrown:
“Great parenting there. That poor cat was being dragged around and had its hair and ears pulled, and the parent did nothing but stand there and record it.”
“Great parenting there. That poor cat was being dragged around and had its hair and ears pulled, and the parent did nothing but stand there and record it.”
Made me feel sick watching that. The cat looked drugged or ill to act that way
Originally Posted by xdow:
“it's simple when written in black and white, but in practice, toddlers, or, in fact, all kids will disobey and test their limits, no matter how often you tell them they shouldn't do something.
thankfully our dog has pretty much given in, but the poor lad has to eat his kibble from the bowl while my niece is walking around with it some days
we tell her off and not to go near him when he's eating but there are still the days when she pushes her luck.
i stress that we very much doubt he would snap at her, he's the type to gulp down as much as he can and walk away, rather than have a go.
holding onto handfuls of fur soon went out of fashion with her though, the dog would turn and nudge her hand with his nose in a "get off me!" manner, then he found that just walking off would have her let go. she'd also fall over at this point and the whole "pulling Jakey's fur" game got old very quickly.
she screeches at the cat. he doesn't like it and just runs away.
she gets corrected every time she does it, but that one hasn't quite registered with her yet.
it's to her own detriment as if she wasn't so loud, puss would quite happily let her pet him.
as i said he just takes off if he's had enough.
as for what goes on in the video,... our cat is the best natured bag of fluff cat i've ever met, but would he heck put up with that!
not a lot shocks me these days but the amount of man-handling that cat took was unbelievable...
she didn't seem to react at all”
“it's simple when written in black and white, but in practice, toddlers, or, in fact, all kids will disobey and test their limits, no matter how often you tell them they shouldn't do something.
thankfully our dog has pretty much given in, but the poor lad has to eat his kibble from the bowl while my niece is walking around with it some days
we tell her off and not to go near him when he's eating but there are still the days when she pushes her luck.
i stress that we very much doubt he would snap at her, he's the type to gulp down as much as he can and walk away, rather than have a go.
holding onto handfuls of fur soon went out of fashion with her though, the dog would turn and nudge her hand with his nose in a "get off me!" manner, then he found that just walking off would have her let go. she'd also fall over at this point and the whole "pulling Jakey's fur" game got old very quickly.
she screeches at the cat. he doesn't like it and just runs away.
she gets corrected every time she does it, but that one hasn't quite registered with her yet.
it's to her own detriment as if she wasn't so loud, puss would quite happily let her pet him.
as i said he just takes off if he's had enough.
as for what goes on in the video,... our cat is the best natured bag of fluff cat i've ever met, but would he heck put up with that!
not a lot shocks me these days but the amount of man-handling that cat took was unbelievable...
she didn't seem to react at all”
I am totally speechless at your comments
My 2 children were treated to respect all animals and people from a very young age, we have always had pets, and they have never tested us where animals were concerned. They knew right from wrong which seems to be lacking in your home.
I hope your dog never snap while he is eating and being teased at the same time. A torn child face is very upsetting.
Originally Posted by xdow:
“it's simple when written in black and white, but in practice, toddlers, or, in fact, all kids will disobey and test their limits, no matter how often you tell them they shouldn't do something.
thankfully our dog has pretty much given in, but the poor lad has to eat his kibble from the bowl while my niece is walking around with it some days
we tell her off and not to go near him when he's eating but there are still the days when she pushes her luck.
i stress that we very much doubt he would snap at her, he's the type to gulp down as much as he can and walk away, rather than have a go.
holding onto handfuls of fur soon went out of fashion with her though, the dog would turn and nudge her hand with his nose in a "get off me!" manner, then he found that just walking off would have her let go. she'd also fall over at this point and the whole "pulling Jakey's fur" game got old very quickly.
she screeches at the cat. he doesn't like it and just runs away.
she gets corrected every time she does it, but that one hasn't quite registered with her yet.
it's to her own detriment as if she wasn't so loud, puss would quite happily let her pet him.
as i said he just takes off if he's had enough.
as for what goes on in the video,... our cat is the best natured bag of fluff cat i've ever met, but would he heck put up with that!
not a lot shocks me these days but the amount of man-handling that cat took was unbelievable...
she didn't seem to react at all”
“it's simple when written in black and white, but in practice, toddlers, or, in fact, all kids will disobey and test their limits, no matter how often you tell them they shouldn't do something.
thankfully our dog has pretty much given in, but the poor lad has to eat his kibble from the bowl while my niece is walking around with it some days
we tell her off and not to go near him when he's eating but there are still the days when she pushes her luck.
i stress that we very much doubt he would snap at her, he's the type to gulp down as much as he can and walk away, rather than have a go.
holding onto handfuls of fur soon went out of fashion with her though, the dog would turn and nudge her hand with his nose in a "get off me!" manner, then he found that just walking off would have her let go. she'd also fall over at this point and the whole "pulling Jakey's fur" game got old very quickly.
she screeches at the cat. he doesn't like it and just runs away.
she gets corrected every time she does it, but that one hasn't quite registered with her yet.
it's to her own detriment as if she wasn't so loud, puss would quite happily let her pet him.
as i said he just takes off if he's had enough.
as for what goes on in the video,... our cat is the best natured bag of fluff cat i've ever met, but would he heck put up with that!
not a lot shocks me these days but the amount of man-handling that cat took was unbelievable...
she didn't seem to react at all”
You don't sound like you should be in charge of making tea, let alone take care of children or animals. You seem to either be lazy or a little slow if you aren't intervening to prevent your animals being tormented or the child from being attacked when they lash out. Kids test limits, sure, but you know what you are meant to do? Reinforce them through repetition, same as training a pet.
As I said, it seems like you should be left in a lounge chair and not asked to do more since it's apparent you don't do the basics.
My youngest son used to 'manhandle' one of our cats, i'd stop him straight away if I saw it but one time I wasn't quick enough. The cat clawed my son and even he said it was his fault for being too rough. Educate your kids about what animals can/will tolerate and these things need never happen.
Originally Posted by BellaRosa:
“I am totally speechless at your comments
My 2 children were treated to respect all animals and people from a very young age, we have always had pets, and they have never tested us where animals were concerned. They knew right from wrong which seems to be lacking in your home.
I hope your dog never snap while he is eating and being teased at the same time. A torn child face is very upsetting.”
“I am totally speechless at your comments
My 2 children were treated to respect all animals and people from a very young age, we have always had pets, and they have never tested us where animals were concerned. They knew right from wrong which seems to be lacking in your home.
I hope your dog never snap while he is eating and being teased at the same time. A torn child face is very upsetting.”
Originally Posted by Declan_Khan:
“You don't sound like you should be in charge of making tea, let alone take care of children or animals. You seem to either be lazy or a little slow if you aren't intervening to prevent your animals being tormented or the child from being attacked when they lash out. Kids test limits, sure, but you know what you are meant to do? Reinforce them through repetition, same as training a pet.
As I said, it seems like you should be left in a lounge chair and not asked to do more since it's apparent you don't do the basics.”
“You don't sound like you should be in charge of making tea, let alone take care of children or animals. You seem to either be lazy or a little slow if you aren't intervening to prevent your animals being tormented or the child from being attacked when they lash out. Kids test limits, sure, but you know what you are meant to do? Reinforce them through repetition, same as training a pet.
As I said, it seems like you should be left in a lounge chair and not asked to do more since it's apparent you don't do the basics.”
wow, rude. all i was saying was kids test limits.
had either of you actually been to my home and seen these two interact you would see that none of the above is a real issue.
as for the bairn being attacked, that is highly unlikely to happen.
i'm more worried for my dog, which is why the pair of them get corrected if either of them step out of line, which is quite rarely when it concerns one another.
i was merely mentioning that kids test limits - telling them "no" doesn't always mean that they will stop it and stop it every time. this isn't a perfect world and kids sure as hell aren't all little angels, especially not at 18months
i'll add as well that she wasn't just allowed to tug on his fur, she was corrected whenever she did it (who in their right mind would stand and watch that without saying anything?)
i mentioned that as she learned not to hold his fur quickly because there was a direct consequence to the action (losing her balance and toppling over when he moved away - usually when we were walking towards them to move her away ourselves.)
a harsh word alone doesn't quite have the same effect. to say "oh, i shouldn't do that"
but hey, if you'd rather believe that i sit here on my butt and watch the pair of them do whatever they want, then fine, you do that.
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