i feel like a lot of pet owners could do really well to learn how to read their animal's body language
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: Candy Connoisseur
@hoppet my parents forced my ass to learn that
But we also had like a zoo of absued dogs and cats, and so my parents made sure I knew when to run, when to contain, and when to use body language back.
@magicalmilly @hoppet i grew up with cats and i can't imagine why people just... never learn this stuff about an animal they'll be living with for years and years
cats are so loving and have really fun personalities and it takes like one night of googling to at least learn some basics
@magicalmilly @kat as someone who is quite allergic to cats, i actually very much respect them for their boundary respecting behaviours
@magicalmilly @hoppet it's always these dudes who are like "cats don't care about anyone and just ignore you, i don't like them" and it's like, my guy
they don't care about you because you don't care about them