I was secretly hoping the cat would lose it and give him a right paw across his face WITH nails!

Stupid parent though! How can they stand there and watch a toddler grab and throw a poor cat like that as if its funny?!

Idiot!

... I await the thread where you lament having to put your cat down or have rehome it/them because an infant has pushed it too far and the cat has been blamed instead.

You know the easiest way to avoid an incident possibly occuring? Not letting it start in the first place. Leaving an animal running on instinct with an infant who can't understand it's own strength or words of caution is simply stupid and tempting trouble.

The bolder part where you honestly try to blame a child's naivete for your own lack of appropriate adult supervision to safeguard them from potential harm is frankly a stunning display of willful ignorance. Go leave a 16 month old baby out on a two lane blacktop highway, I suppose when it gets ran over it's because the driver's didn't respect the baby's limits and it didn't know well enough considering all children are born as geniuses fully comprehending everything about the world. That's the kind of stupid logic you're using to excuse your lack of proper caution. It's disgusting and frankly amazing to me you can even think like that.

No responsible parent should be allowing their child to be treating a cat in that manner, in that video.

Would a parent allow another adult to treat their child in a similar fashion. No, of course not!

Made my blood boil. Not for the child. But for the lack of proper parental guidance.

Oh all the sanctimonious people one here are unbelievable. Nobody is saying its ok for a child to pull and animal around, but it can and does happen in the moment when you take your eyes of the child. No parent can watch thier child 24/7 and even though a child knows something is wrong doesn't mean they don't do it. Like I said my daughter still tries it with our cat (I've still not watched the video, but my daughter picks the cat up and carries him around), as soon as I see her I tell her off, but she sees it on many tv shows and copies.

I'd rather a parent and pet owner was realistic in saying 'yes it may happen but ill do my best to control it' than 'my child is so perfect they'd never do anything lie that' of children didn't do thugs on the basis that they've been taught it was wrong there'd be no need to ever tell a child off. They push boundaries, they misbehave and they are naughty, on purpose alot of the time. Welcome to parenting.

It's precisely because he wouldn't tolerate such treatment that he is my cat. He finally lost his rag in his original home and lashed out, scratching the abusive toddler's face. Goodness knows what he'd had to put up with before he finally lost it because I've never known such an easy-going moggy and I've had cats all my life.

having been bitten in the face myself as a child, i was told outright it was my own fault (which it very much was)
i instantly understood and apologised to the dog who did it.

as you have shown concern though, no matter what happens, my dog has a forever home here. (we don't actually have a cat, it's just a stray that we feed)
rehoming/destroying a pet for doing something well within reason is lunacy.
Last in, first out.
the dog has been here longer. so it would be toodle pip, child.


i'm not blaming naivete, it may come across as that, i know she doesn't know any better for a lot of things at the moment, but when she goes up to him and does something, all the while being warned and asked not to, you can tell by her face that she has fully understood that we want her to stop, but she puts That smile on her face and purposely continues.


she knows what "no" means, but with only one strict parent in the household and a father who lets her get away with whatever she likes, she can and does try it on. especially after being cared for solely by him for the day, but i believe this is a subject to get into on another thread in a different section of the forum.

in fact, bazaar1's post covers everything i was trying to say, only a lot better than i could pen it!

What you said was fine, the other person was exaggerating and overreacting to what you said.

So would mine. She hides when I have very young visitors with their parents.

The parent deserved a good scratch across the face. What the hell is wrong with some people? If the cat was pregnant or had just given birth, then it's abuse and the cat should be taken from them.

Jesus you people. There was no abuse at all in that video and the cat seemed perfectly happy to join the kid. What I don't get is why the rest of you think it is ok to keep such nasty vicious animals that lash out ore bite all the time. Shame on you.

They don't lash out and bite ''all the time'' Just as a possible response to extreme provocation. Parents should understand what cats natural instincts would normally be and not allow a child or toddler to provoke a cat in such a physical way. Very irresponsible parenting.

Thats so sad, that poor cat looks like hes just given up

I truely wonder what goes on in peoples minds letting their kids behave like that, my niece is 1 and she knows you treat animals gently, shes so gentle with them because we've made sure she knows that you need to be, she will grab one of our hands to approach the dog and then the dog is normally heading towards her before she reaches him because he loves to give her kisses but she wont even approach him without one of us holding her hand.

Makes you wonder how thick people can be, sadly that kid doesnt know any better but he will learn one day when an animal isn't as forgiving as that poor cat. My dog is dopey, hes a softy but even still if I was to pull him around like that I would expected to be bitten.

Children should be instilled with a healthy respect for all animals. They aren't toys. I wouldn't blame the cat for retaliating to such rough treatment myself.