Just letting you know that cats lives in colonies in the wild. They are pack animals and care deeply for their pack. The thing about them not being social is an old story.
Not all cats hate dogs, I agree. My Grandma and Grandpa always had cats and dogs living together. But on the other hand we have a cat named Sam who hates dogs because he was chases by a rather large one when he was one.
Yep. I grew up in the middle of nowhere northern Michigan and went to a one-room school from K - 6th grade and the school was right across the road from my house. . I had a Siamese cat, Yum Yum, who was sitting on our porch one day minding her own business when the mean German Shepard farm dog that lived down the road started approaching our house. It was lunchtime so I was looking out the window of the school and saw the dog heading towards my cat. Upset, I asked the teacher if I could go and rescue my cat, but the dog was too fast. He ran into the yard and straight for Yum Yum. Yum Yum fuzzed out then launched herself on that dog's back like a ninja and started slapping its eyes like a boss. The dog started "yipping" and whining then beat it out of our yard with Yum Yum riding him like a rodeo star on a bucking bronco. All the kids were cheering and screaming, lol. A minute or two later, Yum Yum came strutting back up the road, into our yard, and back onto the porch. I was never so proud of her! And that dog never came into our yard again. I still miss that cat.
The description of a cat's instinctive fighting strategy in this video is spot on. The reason it works so well against dogs is that the instinctive fighting strategy of dogs against anyone they know might not be a one shot is to start with a bluff. If their intended victim shows weakness at that point, they will move in for the kill. But cats respond to that bluff by immediately going on the attack, thus triggering the dogs to back off.
I think a house cat that grew to the size of a lion would be even more dangerous, with their ninja antics you're pretty much screwed if theyre pissed at you
My cat Reggie suddenly started lying on my right chest area, purring loudly. He wouldn’t leave. Fortunately I heeded his concern and went to the doctor. Reggie’s warning detected very early stage cancer. He probably saved my life. A cat’s love and devotion is priceless. ❤
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I had a cat about 10 years ago who LITERALLY came with the house we moved into. Our oldest daughter was home sick, and our youngest was only 3 at the time. I took our youngest outside with me to pick mint for her sister, and a boxer, rottie, and Aussie came from the side yard and went after Laila who was on a swing. My bestie (duck the wonder Kitty) came flying out of nowhere and went straight for the dogs about two inches from our daughter. I had enough time to get Laila inside because of duck being so fearless. Unfortunately, my best friend passed during the attack, but our daughter would've died if not for her being so selfless. Animal control caught the dogs, and they were rabid. They were family dogs a couple blocks from our home, and they'd all been in a fight with a coyote carrying the disease. Duck was a lioness, and I'm forever grateful for her
We had an outdoors cat when I was in elementary school growing up in New Hampshire. He was a big ass Tomcat named Tom ( I know, how original...). One day, a very mean German Shepherd from up the road broke it's chain and chased me and my two friends up a tree in my front yard. No one seems to believe the story of Tom kicking this vicious dog's ass and sending him running up the street. He bled all the way home. His owner tried to accuse us of abusing his dog. We were 10 year old kids! That dog would've eaten us if not for Tom.
That reminds me of a story about a cat living at a horse riding facility. They had warning signs up about not trying to interact with that cat. One day a large dog ran after the cat. The cat went down and they thought it was done for. Nope. The dog needed 97 stitches. The cat was fine.
I got so sick of being accused of stuff as a kid. One time the neighbors tire swing came loose from the tree it was hung from and I almost broke my neck. They accused me of untying it. It was about seven feet up to the first branch and I was four years old. Plus why tf would anyone do that? Untying knots is not nearly as fun as swinging in a tire so there wasn’t even a motive. I still want to track them down just to tell them off. I don’t care if it happened 30 years ago. I’m still mad.
I know we had a very protective red nose Pitbull. Loving as but she saw my cat once me the dog the cat all going nuts at the sliding glass door. There was blood around on the ground and no cat. Turned out the cat was fine not a scratch but the red nose was a mess
David, it's true that no cat should ever be declawed. However, I'd like to brag on my mom's cat, Caesar, who had been declawed on all 4 feet by a previous owner but ruled the roost on his property. He chased dogs out of his yard. He also liked to sleep in a shed to keep cool on hot summer nights, and Mom found a bunch of fur scattered in the shed once that was NOT the color of Caesar's orange tabby fur. Apparently he did not know he had no claws but took out some of the intruder's fur by the mouthful.
I simply cannot abide anyone who declaws their cat. Those Slivers Of Death are essential to their survival, their safety, their ability to escape from even somewhere inside one’s house. Whether a cat chooses to use their claws is indicative of their sense of justice.
My cat likes to leap off of me, digging in her claws on the way. She still has them though. She's 11 years old and a strictly indoor cat, but if she ever got out, she could defend herself. She's also a good mouser. She will kill them, eat their face off and leave the body as a message to others. She's pretty awesome.
A neighbor cat protected me from a dog who jumped our fence and was growling at me in my back yard. My vet said that the cat (which was male) was territorial, and while I belonged in his territory, the dog did not. I had never seen that dog before, and after what that cat did to him, I never saw him again.
Long experience with cats, including having tomcats for as long as I've lived, has taught me this: Tomcats don't just want to protect their area, but also the status quo of everyone and everything on that area. Anyone that threatens a creature whose presence has been accepted (and maybe even appreciated), immediately becomes an enemy. This protective instinct is probably to ensure that female cats are comfortable on a tomcat's territory. If the ladies don't like aggressive dogs, then aggressive dogs will just have to go. If the ladies like the kid, then the kid will have to be kept safe. Their gentlemanly nature has been greatly underappreciated.
*Aliens visit Earth* Alien: "SO, who do you think the dominant species is?" Alien 2:" I think I know..." Alien: "Hello sir it is an honour to meet you, you sure do have a competent and productive slave race!" *shakes the cats hand*
Cats are amazing because God is amazing! I always loved that out of ALL the animals He could've chosen to reflect part of His Magnificence & Glory, Jesus identifies as a Big Cat; the King of the Jungle, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah! They are so Regal, just as a King should be! A side note, our pets go to heaven when their spirit leaves their body. So if we're in Christ, and have our sins washed away in His blood, we will be reunited with our beloved animal friends!!!
Cute tribute! As a child, I was taken to too many elderly church menbers’ homes that had *very frustrated* feline residents present. I thought cats were jerks until in my mid-twenties when I went to the pound to adopt a puppy, but it was Monday and all the puppies had been adopted over the weekend. There was this cat wailing and so I played with him. Found out he’d been there for 27 days and so I took him home. Not knowing anything about cats, that first year was a bit strange, but I learned what his feline needs were. He was three at the time I adopted him, and was with me for seventeen more. What a great little buddy he was! It’s true. Cats are *badasses!* Good job on this video presentation. ☮❤🐾
If you only see unhappy and badly treated cats for all your life, of course you’ll think they’re all bad… it’s a sad cycle, but I’m glad you got to have a happy and loved cat in your life
One of my cats, a few hours before she gave birth, was looking around the shed for a safe place to deliver. But the dogs were sniffing around it too much and not backing off... so the heavily pregnant cat leaped off the ground and slammed into the face of one of the dog's, sending both of them running for cover. They didn't come back.
I can definitely believe that. Hard to think of an animal more vulnerable than one giving birth, so that ferocious attitude is partly just knowledge that this is no time to screw around with soft actions. I had a little kitten giving birth way too young (my fault: I took in the tomcat after he got hit by a car, and I had no idea she was in heat, she was so young). The tom was a good guy, very chill, but when he stuck his face in the nesting box to check out the babies, that little tiny mother screamed like a fiend and almost took his eye out. He never went near them again. The females just don't play around when its kitten time.
My 14 year old cat that got mad at a lady that came to inspect our home. It was that I got upset how she was talking to me. He ran out of my bedroom and tried to bite her. He stayed by me until she left. My hero!
My little cal that I took in as a tiny kitten will attack and hurt me. It hurts my feelings terribly. We're trying to convert her to an outside cat, but she's so afraid of storms, that she keeps showing up for help. And food. Of course...
@@mawmawvee Have you tried sitting it down and calmly explaining that you are the owner in the equation? Don't, you will lose the argument and things will just get worse.
@@mawmawvee :/ Are you not letting them back in at all? If she is afraid of storms can you get her in before they start? Idk if I'm just reading it wrong but you seem like you are more annoyed at her for coming home to get away from the storm. If that is the case and you are trying to get the kitty to stay away maybe it would be good to rehome them. I mean no offense with this. If you haven't given up on the kitty and would being it back inside there are lots of things that can be done to help with the scratching/biting etc. Usually there is a reason behind that behavior and often you can get them to stop with a few changes. If you are nervous and hesitant when you go to pet the kitty they may strike out because approaching them in that way can seem threatening. If you wrestle with the kitty or use your hand to tease it they will be rough with you when you aren't expecting it. There are a lot of reasons they may be attacking. Sometimes even a health issue could cause something like this and a trip to the vet could get the behavior to stop.
check out Jackson Galaxy's channel. he teaches people how to deal with cats who misbehave. please take good care of your cat and learn how to deal with her biting and don't lock her outside where she's afraid.
"they launch their entire existence at you". This is so true. Cats are very much all or nothing. The flexibility that allows them to sleep tied into a knot is the same flexibility that allows them to fly through the air like the bastard lovechild of Freddy Kruger's glove and an octopus right at your face.
After reading some comments, I'm astounded by my own ignorance of the cognizant dedication/loyalty/instinct to protect others. To me, until five minutes ago, domestic cats were purely selfish. 'My Bad!' I've been educated. Thank you cat community!
Gotta say, it does depend on their personality. The personality thing surprised me hugely. Many different attitudes are part of different cats. Some are smart and some seem dumb. But, I DO think that if you love them and they respond, then the chances are they WILL defend you. Of course these animals can be very overpowering with needs, but then others barely need you at all. They totally freaky. If they get into fight mode, they are completely incredible dangerous animals. Naturally gifted. Very agile and fast. Dogs often hate the hell out of them. Cats can climb up walls! And then they turn around and mockingly stare at the dog that chased them. Its very funny.
I'm so glad you watched this video and have been shown how amazing and how misunderstood cats are. I work in cat rescue and it always warms my heart when someone realizes just how wrong they were about them. ❤
My Mr. Puma was a black short hair. Born in my desk by Beltsa, the wildest feline this side of the Pecos. Mr. Puma grew up to become the undisputed king of terror for many a poor animal soul. He was big, no fat and felt like a sack of wet concrete when picked up. One morning he was sitting in the middle of my street taking in the morning sun. When a rottweiler from up the street came wandering down. This huge dog saw Puma and ran at him as fast as he could. Puma didn't move until that dog was within reach. Then in the blink of an eye he literally shredded that dog's nose with one mighty swish. The dog wailed, turn and ran screaming with blood flying everywhere. Puma never even got up, sat there there the whole event and ended it with one punch. He lived 14 years and never quit his Fight Club ways. He sure loved humans though. :)
Had a short tail witches' familiar we picked up off the street as an itty bitty kitten. Weighed in at about 14lbs full grown and was the sweetest lap ornament in history. He was also pound for pound the meanest, toughest feline I have ever seen once he got outside. No fear or quit to him. RIP Mahge.
We had a black kitty, Midnight. She had a litter of four little cuties and was chillin while they frolicked around her. Neighbor’s big black GSD was hanging its head through a gap in the fence, barking non-stop, drooling at the sight of the kittens. I glanced up at the door to see dog owner smirking at how brave and courageous her animal was at bullying those 4 little puffballs. My attention was drawn away from a-hole neighbor by a moving black blur accompanied by an ungodly screeching sound, then bleating and pathetic whimpering. Midnight retreated back to her babies’side, and drops of red blood began to fall on the pavement beside them. She had sliced and diced the dog’s snout and tongue. I looked back up at the dog owner…she smirked no more. I left the bloodstains on the pavement for a long time as a memorial.
Great story. Had cats my whole life. THe best ones are shorthaired black cats in my experience. THe male one caught a rabbit , ripped its head off and dragged it into my room with a headless body trailing blood. THe female i have now isnt a s fierce but sooo sweet and friendly. SHe always meets a new cat friends every time i move to annother house.
As a cat owner, I can summarize the difference between cats and dogs this way- Dogs: I will defend and protect my human because my love for them is so great, that I'm willing to ignore my own fear and put myself at risk for them! Cat: This human is MY PROPERTY, and to attack them is blatant disrespect against me, and for that YOU WILL BE DESTROYED.
Cats are beings of self-interest. Love and affection may dissipate or lose its zeal over time. You never know what someone who "loves" you is gonna' do. But self-interest? You can bet money on that. ...Unless the cat is stupid. My family had a cat who earned the nickname "Charmander". Three guesses what happened.
I had something similar happen to me. Had to use a cervical vertebrae traction. This one was for use on the floor. My pride would see it come out of the case and start gathering around. Once I was down, my head in the contraption, I'd have one on each side of my head, one on my chest, one on my hips and a couple between my ankles. Good thing I didn't have any more at the time. Hate to think what other body parts I would had immobilized!
I have been literally mauled by my cats when they freaked out for one reason or another, stuff that didn't heal for 2-3 months, deep vicious scratches. Do not fuck with an angry cat without trapping it with a thick blanket before, you will get fucked up.
This is bringing back an old vague memory. A story about pirates I read as a kid, in which the ship's cats were actual characters. I guess it was written for kids, but the scene I'm thinking about was grim. A sea battle, the pirates have been boarded, and one of the defenders, the guy who looks after their cats, is pinned under a gun carriage or something and about to get run through by an attacker with a cutlass. His cat bestie comes running to him and he grabs it and throws it into his attacker's face, where it rips him to shreds and blinds him; and then it comes back and crouches over his friend shrieking like a evil demon, so he scares everybody off. I think that's what it is about warrior cats, as opposed to dogs. Cats make war like they are insane, and they love you like they are insane too. No discipline, no rhyme or reason, and seemingly they can raise up near-volcanic rage but have no use for fear, which is after all the survival button. Yup. A dog who is genuinely crazy is a problem, but a deranged cat is a cat. ✨🐱✨
Lol no is not. I have been dealing with cats all my life. even wild cats that got scared and tried to attack me and they never had a chance in hell in blinding me. This people get slapped in the face because they put them on their shoulders next to their face.
This makes me think of the blind cat who sensed an intruder in her mom lady's house. When the would-be attacker entered the bedroom, the cat who was sleeping with his mom-lady launched himself off the bed and beat the crap out of the intruder all the way to the door. Talk about not getting away with it! "I have no idea where all these deep gashes all over my body came from officer." Uh-huh.
Dachshund saves cat! We live in Texas, a few stray cats come around the neighborhood, but one was my dachshund's "friend". I fed her so she'd come and go, one night the sirens went off, "TORNADO COMING TORNADO WARNING!" I grabbed the family got everyone safe but my dog Max kept pushing on the door to go outside!! I gave in and what he did shocked me. That cat was under our shed out back, he rounded her up and pushed her inside the house then nipped at her until they were under the bed!! I thought, "Well, okay!" Tornado passed we only lost part of the roof. They were still under the bed. Took her to the vet, she was perfectly fine. I got home and said "Max, you adopted a cat!" First cat we ever had and it was great. The games they played were hilarious. Still, I think about how he knew what to do to save her. Incredible really.
Back before we had phone cameras with us everywhere, I had this little 7 lb striped cat. She was so sweet. But this bully of a kid much older than me sicked his pitbull on me and came at me to beat me up in front of my house. My cat flew off the porch, jumped on the dogs face clawed her way to his back with him screaming, just ripping on that dog, then leaped onto the guys head just ripping away, he managed to run faster than the dog, then she jumped back on the dog and rode it like a jockey all the way down the block with them both screaming the whole way. Dismounted at the end of the block and ran into the lower branches of a tree. She was yowling like a crazy beast the whole time, and then growling, hissing, and drooling in the tree. The guy and the dog ran screaming all the way home. Once he was inside, she came back down and strutted back. I was sitting there with my jaw on the ground the whole time. Neither him nor his dog would come onto my side of the street any more. The one time he threatened, she was just suddenly right there and he ran away again...and the dog. I wish we had cameras back then. It was the most badass thing ever. 7 lbs of striped terror.
We had a big ol' tuxedo cat named Adolf, with a PERFECT Adolf mustache. He was chillin' in our yard, and our neighbor kids across the street let their beagle loose, who came flying across the street after our cat. Our cat RULED the area within ten square miles. He was seriously scary..scarred, missing half an ear, and ALWAYS ready to rumble. The dog to to within five feet, and then got destroyed. Like take to the vet, with $300 worth of vet bills. 60 years ago. Neighbor dad came home, and stomped over to our house. My dad, a retired Master Sergeant, prize fighter, and drill sergeant politely asked him how his dog got loose. Heh heh heh.
Kenyan guy here. We had a female cat growing up, her name was Jessy. Used to be that she'd always get bullied and harrased by these two mean, stray dogs that were always roaming round the neighbourhood (we don't have "animal control" here, so strays are common, sometimes rabid). One day, after she didn't come home for dinner and the door to the house was locked, she was forced to sleep outside. I go to sleep as usual, but in the middle of the night, I'm woken up by the sounds of a fierce fight between a cat and some dogs going on in our backyard. I open the window to see what's going on and I see Jessy cornered by these two dogs. Seeing as I can't go out of the house as it's the middle of the night and I'm a kid, dangerous place, etc, I say a prayer for her and go back to sleep. Next morning, I go to the back of the house to pick up what I assumewould be my cat's corpse to bury, only to be met by two dead dogs with scratches all over their body. A couple of hours later, Jessy comes into the house limping and just sleeps for the whole day, she wakes up to eat in the evening.
Holy crap, that's crazy! I'm so glad the cat was OK. I feel for the dogs as well, but hey... eff around and find out. It sounds like it was a long time coming 🤷♀️
A momma cat dropped her baby from the top of a tall palm tree and I rushed to pick it up and it was like picking up a raging sea anemone. It was a fireball of spikes and teeth. I could not put him down fast enough and momma was down the tree in seconds to see what the heck I was doing. I was shredded by the itty bitty kitty. Much respect.
I had a cat named Vash who only did battle with one thing, my depression. He'd come and lick away my tears, curl up with me and do his best to make sure I felt loved and safe. RIP old man.
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When was a little kid a Collie came in our yard and went after our cat, I was scared it was going to hurt my cat, it only took about 20 seconds for my cat to send that collie yipping out of the yard. That was my first lesson on how cool cats are. I'm 64 I've had about 15 cats in my lifetime.
Yep. I call it "cat maga" after Krav Maga. I used to train in it. We did a lot of what is called "bursting". You don't need to be big and strong to win a fight, you just have to go in fast and wild, just burst in, like a cat. One day, I was at my sister's house. They had a pit bull dog and a cat. They lived in separate parts of the house. At one point, the dog accidentally ventured into the cat's side and the cat just burst itself all over the dog then left, leaving the dog to think "wtf just happened?"
@@mennovanlavieren3885 Dude, that's the definition of pedantic. You're piddling over a detail which makes no difference to the outcome. I don't know about you, but 18 knives and 20 knives make little difference to me when they're all aimed at my eyes and belly.
@Demy1970 nah good genetics is what it is My family has a vet in it and when family friends have animals, they treat them as well as they can physically and sometimes they pass away. 5 yrs away from twenty like my one family friend jodie Had Acat that was 18
Animals are remarkably able to sense natural disasters, especially earthquakes. Their survival instincts allow them to save others and themselves. Animals are amazing, especially cats.
No. A cat is not an early warning system for seismic movement. Not even a seismograph can. Quote from the internet. Me: can a seismograph predict an earthquake? Internet: "Demonstrably successful predictions of large earthquakes have not occurred"
@@brandonhoffman4712 Just keep an eye on animals around you. I’ve been in the 3 largest quakes in California over last 53 years. Before each one my pets and neighbors’ pets vanished about 3-5 minutes before quake and largest aftershocks hit. I believe they were finding safer places to be, and telling us humans to do same❣️☺️🐾🥰
@@brandonhoffman4712 "Demonstrably successful" is a scientific term. The evidence here is what they call "anecdotal." I'm pretty sure I've heard reliable stories of animals warning of disaster, especially floods or avalanches.
I've lived with cats for over 60 years, and they are bad asses. My ex started knocking me about, but one of my cats shredded him, putting him in the hospital. Good kitty.
Cats are protectors, no joke. I had an outdoor kitty for many years, and someday she became pregnant and gave birth. When she showed me her kittens, I played a bit with them, but I accidentally stepped on a little one's tail (I didn't see it was behind my shoe) and the cat immediately threw herself in the air and attacked me for the first time ever. But that made me love her even more, cause I though imagine how fearless she must be in order to attack an animal that's 30 times her size, just so she can protect her little ones. She never attacked me again, she was always a very loving cat. But yeah, cats are no joke, they're ruthless. They're my favorite animals.
@LogarAcc That's true, they are protectors! Once, my cat did lay on my belly and suddenly my stomach growls because I was hungry. My cat jumped up instantly, looking left and right and growled back! 😂 I said: "It's okay - it was just mum's tummy....". 🥰😂 Greetings from Germany.....🇩🇪
Cats are well aware of their place in Nature's Pecking order as Apex predators. Some might be smaller, some might be larger, but nothing is stronger than CATTITUDE!
I found an orange tabby kitten hiding under a stairwell with a bent rear leg. The vet checked him out and said the leg had been broken but was healing and he wasn't in pain. To fix the leg entailed rebreaking it and she suggested it was kinder to let it heal. I took it home and decided he would do just fine indoors even though he could not jump or run as well. My house had dormers on the second floor with windows inset and a small flat area indented into the pitch of the roof, allowing the cat to lounge on the sill in the summer until he spotted my car coming around the corner. He would jump in the window as I pulled into the garage and be waiting to greet me at the kitchen door after I parked my car. He was never a cuddler but he was always somewhere in the same room as I was and eventually he took to laying next to my leg but never on me, always with his bent, bad leg away from me. He could not jump up on the counters and I set up a 3 step way for him to get up and out the upstairs window when the weather allowed it to be open all day while I was at work. One day I was outside of the front door, around the front side of the house when a german shepard came tearing across the yard straight at me from behind. I had barely registered what was happening when an orange blur shot past me, landed 4 paws and claws and teeth on the dogs face before jumping off, as the dog yelped and ran, and somehow landing on the angled constriction of the brick chimney about 7 feet up and behind me. I was looking at him trying to understand what had happened and how he was able to do what he did when the dog and its owner came back asking what happened to his dog. I proceeded to chastise him for letting it run loose and chasing my cat up the chimney but he tried to say everything was fine and letting go of his dog, tried reaching up to grab my cat off the chimney. The now loose dog also follow his owner and reared up with 2 paws on the bricks while I said no, no, wait! But before they could react my cat proceeded to piss on both of their faces and everything else except for me. I wasn't hit with a single drop but man, did the guy and dog get blasted. I could not have been more proud. Cat was fine when I got him down, just a couple busted claws. I never saw him jump like that ever again or even move that fast on his crooked, bent back leg but he continued to show his gratitude to me for being rescued for the rest of his years until he passed from kidney failure at 18 years old. I miss that orange tabby to this day.
The most badass cat I ever knew was a big mostly feral tomcat we named Steppenwolf. He was black and white with striking and unusually colored eyes of sea green. It took me almost an entire year of feeding him and respecting his boundaries to become friends with him. Believe me, if you tried to take liberties he would leave bloody furrows down your leg through your jeans. When he finally let me touch him I was only allowed to touch the last few inches of his tail, but within days I was able to pet him from head to tail. The first time he jumped on my lap I totally froze and was afraid to move--this cat was huge and all muscle. At one point, he didn't show up for food for two days in a row. The third day I spent a few hours walking around and calling for him, in a panic at the idea he was hurt or injured and couldn't get to me. The life of a feral cat is rough and usually short, but he totally disdained any feeble attempts on my part to make him a house cat. He was so smart and tough and knew how he wanted to live his life; I had no say so and had to respect the boundaries he set if I wanted to remain his friend. Which doesn't mean I didn't worry like crazy about him. He finally showed up that day and I could tell by looking at him from a half a block away that he was very sick. So sick that he didn't fuss when I picked him up and hustled him through my house past my cats and dog to my back room. I managed to keep him in there for a day and a half giving him antibiotics, great meals and copious amounts of pets and treats before he got serious about letting me know he wanted OUT. When I first brought him in the house I was petting him and felt something hard right above his eye. I discovered another cat's entire claw embedded in his face! I wiggled it out and Step never even blinked. Definitely a badass He recovered and remained the undisputed lord and master of the neighborhood.
Now I understand why my semi-feral rescue came home one morning missing many claws from each paw. I hadn't intended to bring him to live inside, but he had to be neutered, because he was spraying everywhere, right through open windows, and he fought constantly all day and night. The howls were pretty terrifying. I lured him inside and got him into the vet, and found out he's FIV+. So that explains why he never stopped fighting. It's an FIV thing. It's how the virus is spread. The vet insisted that I had to keep him inside to protect the feral colony from his viral contribution. So I steeled myself and acclimated him to life indoors. It was coming along nicely, but he would occasionally sneak out when I brought groceries in or whatever. But I could always lure him back inside by snapping the twin pack of Sheba wet cat food. And then one night he didn't care about that. He ran off in the direction that cats from the colony always come from, which is an industrial park. No trespassing or you will be investigated by Homeland Security. I snapped the twin pack, and he stopped to look back, and then shook his tail and kept on going. And there was nothing I could do about it. I couldn't get through the fences and gates to go after him. I didn't sleep well that night, and got up at 6 the next morning feeling awful. And there he was, sitting on the dining room windowsill looking inside the house. And he was a mess! Scratched up and missing 3 or 4 claws from each paw, feeling much worse than I did. It had been a bitter cold night, too. It had been 3-5 months since he had last spent a night with the colony, so he didn't have a place there any more. Somehow they find warm or at least not freezing places to sleep in the industrial park, but he had lost his spot. So he suffered the fights and no sleep that night. He hasn't been as interested in going back in that direction since then, and wasn't even interested in going outside for a month after that. He started trying again, though, and has gotten out twice, but both of those times he ran off in the opposite direction to the other side of the colony's territory, and he came back within an hour asking to be let back in. It's been a while since he's tried to sneak out, but I don't know if it's because he knows he doesn't belong to the colony anymore, or if he decided he likes the easy indoor life.
Holy crap, that's my kinda cat! Yes sir. Leave me be. Just put the food on the plate and piss off. But I'm impressed that you let him be himself. Good discernment.
My first cat was female and a Viking of a cat, she started off as abandoned, brought home, immediately learned she could kill other cats who came to the yard to attacker her and this was way before fully grown. she jumped a pit and wolverines his face when it snapped at her. Her last year was hard on her, but that cat went after snakes, dogs, cats, hawks, etc. before that. 17 years of absolute yard dominance.
5:05 that cats name is Tara and that little boy is her best friend. She did go to his rescue and because there is video footage showing what happened. Tara got an award for bravery and that vicious dog was put down. That happened over 8 years ago. 😻😻😻😻😻
@changingthelawsofphysics that all depends on where it happened and whether or not it was the first offense. Repeat offenders absolutely get put down. If they're dogs anyway.
My dad was afraid to get pissed at us when we were kids whenever the cat was around cause it would flare up, start growling, and slowly approach him until he backed away. 😆 🤣 😂
Mugsy the louisiana crocodile attacker.... I think the reason the crocs never tried to eat Mugsy is they knew that if they did, he'd just chew his way out 🐊- -> 🥩
@I_dont_know...123 that's true, although I have a cat that is extremely playful and energetic. A lot of cats, though, like to keep to themselves. It just depends.
@@jeffdyer3545 This!! I used to be a total dog person. Hated cats. Totally prejudiced against them, thought they could never ever be loving etc. then I adopted one…oh my heart, I’m now cat obsessed. I don’t see why people think being a cat lady is a bad thing 😂
My mom was an animal hoarder, which was pretty horrific. But it was pretty funny sometimes too. Cats definitely have a pecking order when they live in large groups. The cat who ruled the roost at my mom's was a tortoise shell named Pumpkin, Punny for short. She was also known as The Bitch for reasons I will soon make obvious. The other cats would often squabble amongst themselves, but Pumpkin didn't allow this. When she heard them, she would run over to them, ball her front paw into a fist, and start beating one them on the head. She hit them so hard, their chins would actually bounce off the floor. She basically dribbled their heads like basketballs. So when they'd squabble, they kept it very short and then run away quickly, before Punny could come and beat them. One day, my mom adopted a dog (just what she needed). She was about forty lbs. The dog heard two of the cats squabbling. She went to investigate the noise, not knowing what would happen. When she got to the spot, the cats had already run off, but here comes Punny. She launched herself onto the poor dog's back, wrapped her front legs around her neck, and began chewing on the dog's neck. That poor dog ran through the house screaming and yipping in pain and terror. She got along with Punny after that and learned to follow Punny's rules. She was a very sweet, loyal dog. When my mom went into a nursing home, I sent her to live with my uncle. I was able to find good homes for all the other animals too, though it wasn't easy. Rest in peace, Punny. I'll never forget you or your strong spirit. Be sure to keep all those cats in line up in kitty heaven.
Omg when my kids were little we had a tortoise shell named Pumpkin too. She was a bad ass. The neighbors called her The Predator. She attacked a cocker spaniel for coming into the yard, and one time killed a possum and dragged it onto the deck! She was awesome and took no shit off anyone!
"Dribbled their heads like basketballs"... omg... that's a hilarious description... I can just picture Punny doin' the old rattata-rattata, boxing their heads like with a speedbag. (Small punching bag)
I'm in a nursing home, cough cough rehab center after a mucked up hip surgery and I'm making every old and disabled person laugh till they pee themselves, with YOUR video my friend. Please do more, and get rid of the negative bull dogs one, stay positive and HILARIOUS. As in, please do MORE, MORRRREEEEE, elders and handicapable everywhere are countin on you!!🎉❤
They make great friends. You might think of getting two cats so they have companionship when you're not home. Just respect their boundaries, and don't pet them or pick them up if they don't want to be. (Or, you may find yourself slashed up like some of the animals in this video😸) Hope you can find a great friend and give a needy cat(s) a furever home.
Different breeds have different temperaments, just like dogs. And some breeds shed less than others. Siamese varieties are best for allergies. I have two and it's true. [One sitting on in my lap right now.]
When I was growing up in a small rural town, we lived next door to the feed mill where the local farmers would bring their grain to be ground. One day, a farmer brought his dog along. The dog decided to run into and around our yard. Well, our mama cat, Boots, was having none of that! He was big, but I don’t think he was a real danger to her kittens. Nevertheless, she wasn't taking any chances. She made a beeline for him and chased him back to the truck he had jumped out of. I remember cheering her on, "GO BOOTS!" The dog realized who was in charge real quick!
We live on a ranch and despite being told not to do so repeatedly for a variety of reasons, people bring their dogs with them when doing business and the like. Many a dogs have gotten their tails whooped by the barn cats for trying to chase them, or charging at the fences to bark at goats and cows. Then there's our indoor chonky girl who sits growling at the front or back door whenever a rattler is close to the house. Last year she ran out the door ahead of my spouse and killed one.
The matriarch of the feral colony we care for once chased off a bear. Most recently, one of her descendants, a kitten just over a month old, chased off a full-grown raccoon. Cats can be darn scary when they want to be!
I don't let my cats in my bathroom with me too often cause they knock stuff over and make a mess, but they just camp outside the door for as long as I stay in there 😂
I read that feral cats in a pack do watch out for one another when they go potty and that perhaps that's why they follow us into the bathroom and watch over us when we go. Who knows about that last part but it's kind of interesting.
When I was a kid, we had a cat named Snowflake - a tabby point Siamese. He was nothing special as far as size, but he didn't take anyone's shit. A dog in our neighborhood loved to chase cats, squirrels, birds, whatever she could find. This cat was normally kept inside, but he got out one day and we didn't find him before the dog did. She charged straight at Snowflake only for this cat to launch himself three feet straight up in the air and come down on the back of her head, already scratching and biting. The dog went from snarling to yelping and ran off with this screeching cat hanging on and mauling her the whole way. A couple minutes later, the cat walked back to the house, sat at the front door, and started washing himself. I love cats.
Cats have a very real sense of pack solidarity, which is why feral colonies thrive so well. They don't see humans as masters or providers like dogs do. You're their sibling, you're family, and they may bop you in the face for no reason and drop a dead grasshopper on your toes, but they'll also jump into action if they perceive a threat to either you or the rest of the colony. This is also why they feel entitled to your food and don't give a damn about your boundaries, lol. My family had a cat named Dillon when my sister and I were very young, and he saved my sister's life. She was going to check the mail, but he wouldn't let her off the porch. Our oldest sister came out to tell Dillon off for being a bully. That's when she realized there was a massive water moccasin in the gravel driveway, right where my other sister would have walked. Thanks to Dillon, my oldest sister was able to act fast, get my other sister into the house, and kill the snake so no one else would get hurt. Dogs are great, of course, and I love them just as much, but cats are something else.
Wait your sister came to “ tell the cat off “ nope nope nope, never shout at a cat it won’t “ teach them a listen “ it will make them hate you more and they won’t understand.
Saw my cat in a fight with a boxer dog once and I froze in absolute awe. She didn’t hit the ground once, moved like a blur and afterwards cleaned her fur while the poor dog was bleeding all over its face. I’m still not over it. Cats are amazing, cool creatures.
This made me sad. I love cats and boxers. Boxers are so gentle and sweet, they’re exuberant and athletically built but they’re always in the puppy stage of life 😞
@@kadygirlforever oh no she was definitely trying to eat the cat. She did the same with small dogs. She was bad with other animals. But she was fine. I think she was more shocked than anything. Other than that she was a lovely dog.
Dog: I love my owner. He feeds me, cuddles me, pets me, walks me. I think he must be a god. Cat: My owner loves me. He feeds me, pets me, cuddles me (when I let him). I think I must be a god.
Most animals know a fight means a potential injury. A bear will probably win a fight to the death with a cat, but getting an eye scratched out simply isn't worth it.
I saw my cat chase a pit bull out of the back yard, around the house, across the street and kept on going until the only thing visible were elbows and assholes. I swear that she had her chest puffed out like "'That's right, I'm bad!" as she strutted back home.
My dad has a husky Rottweiler mix. Hes a big boy and extra alpha. Never afraid to put other dogs in their place. The thing grew up on acreage, so its also a natural born hunter. Since moving to the city, my dad still prefers to walk him unleashed. The thing basically sniffs all the bushes hunting wildlife, and loved chasing cats. Until he got one cornered and it turned to face him, reared up, and swatted him on the nose. Now he knows cats are predators like him, he doesnt mess with cats. He even gained one as a friend in a kitty my aunt rescued.
I love what you did here. I had a cat that was part Mainecoon and she fought off a coyote trying to come into our yard. She was the most badass kitty I’ve ever had. I just lost her in December, but man, Annie in her prime was a sight to behold.
While my 8 and 11 pound orange tabby rescue fellows are snuggling here with me, I'm going to say that Mainecoon 15 pounds of muscle (which Annie likely was) tipped with razor claws and needle fangs, is not a force to trifle with. Her name brings to mind a very much missed little black and white garden variety kitten/cat I had in the 1990s, Annabelle. Oh if only they and us could live together forever.
My cousin had a cat named Sully. Sweetest, most laid back cat you ever saw. Until one day, a family dog started to pick on the family's little cat. My cousin said that she was incredibly shocked at how quick Sully was on the attack! That dog never tried to bully another animal in the house as long as Sully was around! Only time my cousin ever saw Sully move fast. It's wonderful seeing an animal being noble like that.
I just want to say thank you for this wonderful video. I ran across a comment here from someone who has always misjudged and misunderstood cats. They now see what amazing, special creatures they are. As a cat rescuer, that always puts a huge smile on my face when I witness it. ❤
Believe me, I know. We had a cat that only wanted to be pet when he was in the mood. I'll admit I had been drinking that night and decided I wanted to pet him. He declined but I persisted. I said out loud "do your worst, you can't hurt me". Yeah... He proceeded to wrap his arms around my forearm and with the speed of light using his legs to rip the he11 out of my arm. Not bad enough to go to the hospital but there was much blood and the cuts were deep and long. Like 6" long. He just wasn't in the mood; it was his time and I interrupted it. I still have the scars to this day. RIP Diddles. Love ya buddy.
you could probably make a whole video of cats vs alligators. i used to collect those. cats do not like alligators. but, they seem terrified of turtles. mystifying
@@kebonhawk1081 why did you feel the need to censor the word HELL ?
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Their comparatively small size also makes them FAST, and agile. Ability to climb gives them an escape route out of almost anything. They know they've got the right stuff!
We had a cat, who’s passed on now 2 yrs. She was fearless. While other kitties would run and hide at the mere sound of a footstep upon the porch, she would be there to greet whomever was visiting. Her favorite place was sitting on your collarbone and throat as you tried to watch TV with her fur pushed up into your face. She also threw herself into one thing, the bathroom door. You weren’t allowed privacy no matter what you were doing. Whether showering or sitting on the throne, there would be a mighty thud, and Kiki would walk in, give you a “wat s’up”, and then walk out, leaving the door wide open. Shouts of Kiki! were enough to warn us someone’s privacy was infringed and to give them a moment to exit with dignity.
You remember that part of this video where the little dog was doing his business in the backyard and was attacked by two coyotes? Well, animals know that potty time is the most vulnerable time for them . And in the wild, other predators take advantage of that. So your Kiki was just trying to make sure you were OK while you were at your most vulnerable.😄 Every cat I ever had did the same thing and most of them also waited patiently outside the shower stall until I was finished to make sure I didn't drown. 🙄😆
one of our kitties was also like yours anytime anyone go to the bathroom she'd come running and holler behind the door until youd let her in! lol She was such a cutie we miss her so much.
I am TOTALLY in AWE of kitties. Just what are these creatures? The confidence, abilities, personalities, attitudes, independence, power, viciousness, fearlessness, athleticism, emotions and affection but also unpredictability surprises me everytime. Oh, and the mystery of these beauties. Not to mention how funny they can be. Superb animals. Love them to bits.
I have had cats and dogs for over 30 years. I love cats! I love dogs. Cats are beautiful. Every single one. They are agile as you mentioned and spectacular creatures.
Great video Jason, you sure know the cat world really well. I have had the pleasure to own cats and dogs at different times and there have been instances where they have come to my aid to bravely neutralize a perceived animal threat. One time a big German Shepard wandered into my yard and my Siamese cat was instantly in attack mode and charged the dog with teeth and claws slashing away like a demented Bruce Lee. The frenzied cat was all over the startled dog as it yelped in terror at my cat's vicious attack and then the dog turned away and sprinted for safety away from my property. The hissing and screaming cat pursued the terrified dog right up to the boundary of my yard and then turned around and calmly walked back to join me on my deck, mission accomplished.
*Great (and funny!) insight into the psychology of cats. The best I've seen. Cats exhibit what I sometimes call "controlled insanity". And your video amply demonstrated that.*
I can't tell you: 1 - how much I appreciate that this video was not a compilation of videos with a voiceover. Good to see a person's face, you know? 2 - HOW MUCH I COULN'T STOP LAUGHING!!! 3 - Your commentary/fight wrestling audio/ etc, just brilliant. Thanks for this video, it brightened my day.
mama cats are not just badasses, they are amazingly generous and loving, and are famous for fostering all kinds of orphaned critters; oppossums, skunks, whatever!
I’m 75, our black cat “Midnight” chased everything away from our house. Dogs, cats kids on bikes, even cars…my Mother constantly had neighbors calling to report what Midnight had done 😂❤
It's the astounding reaction time. A cat's reflexes are super-fast. Watching a snake trying to strike at a cat.... and the cat's reflexes are so SUPER-QUICK, it just pushes the snake's head away like it was nothing. Cat's lightning-fast reflexes are one of the ways cats are able to intimidate larger animals. Like you said, a cat can swipe you in the face 20 times before you even register what is happening. It's the element of surprise, and it makes other animals want to run away. AMAZING!!!! (Plus, those claws and teeth can be wicked sharp!)
We once had a cat (1of 3 that we raised after their mom was killed at 5 days old) that would always guard us and wouldn't let anyone get close to us. One day my mom was working in the front yard, when a stray dog came out of nowhere and started barking at her. Our cat immediately came charging and sent him running. Some minutes later, I hear my mom screaming our cat's name and then laughing. When I came outside to see what was going on, my mom said that the same dog had come back...along with some of his buddies (😹so funny) and our cat just launched at one of them and then chased them away, again. I can just imagine our cat thinking 'I beat yo *ss and I'll beat theirs, too'. Her name was Punky. I miss her so much.❤
This has to be my favourite cat video EVER 🤗 As a previous cat owner I agree with everything. My cat Lizzie dealt with the fox issue in our area single handedly (they killed a couple cats). Than once she gave them the "pow pow" they even allowed her to chill with them in the garden and there were no more fox related cat deaths. RIP Lizzie
As an autistic person, I'm half-convinced that cats are just condensed, purified autism 1. Sensory sensitivity 2. Innate sense of justice 3. "Do not ruin the chill." 4. Easily startled by sensory input 5. Will 100% dedicate ourselves to a choice if we genuinely believe it's the right thing to do
More like: Dog: This Hooman is part of my pack. I love my pack members so much! Cat: This human is my staff. *N O O N E M E S S E S W I T H M Y S T A F F.*
This upload brought tears to my eyes Reminiscing of all the cats who have shared their life with me till my last cat Raj ... My rescue Bengal.. Rest my peace my majestic friend.. Passed in 2023 All of you are never forgotten in my 62 years of life
Sorry to hear about your kitty. When my sister passed away i took in her Bengal named Lou and i love him very much now. He was such i turd and he was mean when i first got him but now we buddies 😸
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I hear that. My family had two Siamese brothers when I was a kid, one of them had classic pure Siamese traits--crossed eyes and a kinked tail--his personality was off the charts. They used to go hunting together at night in the woods a couple of blocks from our house; they would bring home their kill sometimes as 'offerings'. One time they brought a snake with colorings very much like a poisonous coral snake--it was actually another variety often mistaken for corals--and left it on my parents' bed. I heard my mom scream the next morning, when she saw it. That cat kept the household in motion for many years.
I once had too many cats. (That's another story). Neighbor across the street had a German Shepherd named Joe. He told me, one day Joe saw my cats on the front porch and chased them into the back yard,. Next thing Joe came running out from between the houses with several of them on his back, and at least two riding under trying to remove his vitals. Not looking where he was going he smashed into the side of my truck. The cats jumped off and Joe hid under his porch for the rest of the day. Proof that yes, cats do hunt in prides like lions.
"Float like a butterfly and sting like a bee" doesn't quite cut it when describing a cat in fight mode. They are greased lightning, unleashing hellfire and destruction on any would-be attacker or they run away at the speed of a bullet if the odds don't look too good.
I have 5 cats that I refer to as my attack cats. People laugh, but I'm not kidding. After all, if something happens to me, there would be no one to serve their majesties' food 🤷♂️.
@@Mrbfgray There's a couple in Russia with a mountain lion as a house pet. People in the comments are always joking about him eating burglars, but once, when he didn't realize that it was his owner opening the front door, he skittered away from the door at top speed and hid in the living room. 🤷 Channel name is I_am_puma; cat's name is Messi. Yes, named after Lionel.
In the Northern European countries, men would gift their wife a kitten on their wedding's day, for two reasons: 1, because Freyja, the Goddess of love and fertility, and so marriage, has her chariot pulled by cats; 2, because a cat is strong enough to fight off a bear and would protect their family. Greatest wedding's tradition, we should bring it back. (Btw, my family's orange cat is very protective of human children. When there are children in the house, he gets out from where he is hiding and comes to meet them. He will stay by their side wherever they got and watch over them. He also doesn't react harshly to any of their bad behaviors toward him, he understands that they are children and don't understand that they are hurting him, and letting us correct the behavior. Like, I would have been scratch if it was me, but my 6 years old niece doesn't even get a hiss. So, yes, I believe that cats can be protector)
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Just letting you know that cats lives in colonies in the wild. They are pack animals and care deeply for their pack. The thing about them not being social is an old story.
Well done! Thank you!
This video would have been waaaaayyyy better without "you" in it..... your yapping ruined this video... good job....
Not all cats hate dogs, I agree. My Grandma and Grandpa always had cats and dogs living together. But on the other hand we have a cat named Sam who hates dogs because he was chases by a rather large one when he was one.
Cats: "These paws are rated E for Everyone"
I love that comment on so many levels..
😆😆😆
Equal opportunity ass-kicking
They're not just paws... they are Murder Mitts!! 🐾
Classic.
Yep. I grew up in the middle of nowhere northern Michigan and went to a one-room school from K - 6th grade and the school was right across the road from my house. . I had a Siamese cat, Yum Yum, who was sitting on our porch one day minding her own business when the mean German Shepard farm dog that lived down the road started approaching our house. It was lunchtime so I was looking out the window of the school and saw the dog heading towards my cat. Upset, I asked the teacher if I could go and rescue my cat, but the dog was too fast. He ran into the yard and straight for Yum Yum. Yum Yum fuzzed out then launched herself on that dog's back like a ninja and started slapping its eyes like a boss. The dog started "yipping" and whining then beat it out of our yard with Yum Yum riding him like a rodeo star on a bucking bronco. All the kids were cheering and screaming, lol. A minute or two later, Yum Yum came strutting back up the road, into our yard, and back onto the porch. I was never so proud of her! And that dog never came into our yard again. I still miss that cat.
The description of a cat's instinctive fighting strategy in this video is spot on. The reason it works so well against dogs is that the instinctive fighting strategy of dogs against anyone they know might not be a one shot is to start with a bluff. If their intended victim shows weakness at that point, they will move in for the kill. But cats respond to that bluff by immediately going on the attack, thus triggering the dogs to back off.
So awesome!
super cute story....👍👍👍👍
❤🐾 IKR 🤗✨😇
Yum Yum is a legend. What a good girl.
a cat is a cat, dosnt matter the size, they are all lions in their own minds,and no one messes whit a lion
Best creation of God the MIGHTY CAT! 🐈🦁
@@elsablue54 Yup! The ancient Egyptians thought the same thing.
Yes agree that's what they know what they are lions no matter their size.
I think a house cat that grew to the size of a lion would be even more dangerous, with their ninja antics you're pretty much screwed if theyre pissed at you
Cat's do the exact same thing behavior wise, that big cats (lions, tigers, cheetahs ) do in the wild. Their play time is training time.
My cat Reggie suddenly started lying on my right chest area, purring loudly. He wouldn’t leave. Fortunately I heeded his concern and went to the doctor. Reggie’s warning detected very early stage cancer. He probably saved my life. A cat’s love and devotion is priceless. ❤
@@jaydee45 cats are amazing!
how's it going?
best wishes
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Cat scans are accurate
@@jaydee45 u have a great nurse
I had a cat about 10 years ago who LITERALLY came with the house we moved into.
Our oldest daughter was home sick, and our youngest was only 3 at the time.
I took our youngest outside with me to pick mint for her sister, and a boxer, rottie, and Aussie came from the side yard and went after Laila who was on a swing.
My bestie (duck the wonder Kitty) came flying out of nowhere and went straight for the dogs about two inches from our daughter.
I had enough time to get Laila inside because of duck being so fearless.
Unfortunately, my best friend passed during the attack, but our daughter would've died if not for her being so selfless.
Animal control caught the dogs, and they were rabid.
They were family dogs a couple blocks from our home, and they'd all been in a fight with a coyote carrying the disease.
Duck was a lioness, and I'm forever grateful for her
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i am so sorry for your loss of Duck, the wonder kitty. 😥
She truly was a wonder 🥰
Amazing. So hard to lose such a great friend and hero.
Rabies? Perhaps fate was kinder by dying in combat rather than disease.
We had an outdoors cat when I was in elementary school growing up in New Hampshire. He was a big ass Tomcat named Tom ( I know, how original...). One day, a very mean German Shepherd from up the road broke it's chain and chased me and my two friends up a tree in my front yard. No one seems to believe the story of Tom kicking this vicious dog's ass and sending him running up the street. He bled all the way home. His owner tried to accuse us of abusing his dog. We were 10 year old kids! That dog would've eaten us if not for Tom.
That reminds me of a story about a cat living at a horse riding facility. They had warning signs up about not trying to interact with that cat. One day a large dog ran after the cat. The cat went down and they thought it was done for. Nope. The dog needed 97 stitches. The cat was fine.
When I was a kid I had a crossed eye kat that would stalk dogs & chase them down the street. Butterball lived to a ripe old age.
I got so sick of being accused of stuff as a kid. One time the neighbors tire swing came loose from the tree it was hung from and I almost broke my neck. They accused me of untying it. It was about seven feet up to the first branch and I was four years old. Plus why tf would anyone do that? Untying knots is not nearly as fun as swinging in a tire so there wasn’t even a motive. I still want to track them down just to tell them off. I don’t care if it happened 30 years ago. I’m still mad.
I know we had a very protective red nose Pitbull. Loving as but she saw my cat once me the dog the cat all going nuts at the sliding glass door. There was blood around on the ground and no cat. Turned out the cat was fine not a scratch but the red nose was a mess
Of course. "My dog would never do that."
This video shows one major point....NEVER DECLAW A CAT.
Many states including NY and I believe Cali have made it illegal.
hell ya
I agree with that, but people literally clip bird wings and put them in tiny cages, they probably aren't concerned with the animal.
David, it's true that no cat should ever be declawed. However, I'd like to brag on my mom's cat, Caesar, who had been declawed on all 4 feet by a previous owner but ruled the roost on his property. He chased dogs out of his yard. He also liked to sleep in a shed to keep cool on hot summer nights, and Mom found a bunch of fur scattered in the shed once that was NOT the color of Caesar's orange tabby fur. Apparently he did not know he had no claws but took out some of the intruder's fur by the mouthful.
Declawing is removing part of a cat’s “fingers” it’s not a simple claw removal.
And then they have to walk on those paws with all their weight
Some folks just stream random clips together as clickbait, but dude you actually put together a show. Well done!
I simply cannot abide anyone who declaws their cat. Those Slivers Of Death are essential to their survival, their safety, their ability to escape from even somewhere inside one’s house. Whether a cat chooses to use their claws is indicative of their sense of justice.
Imagine taking your kid in to the doctor and having every finger amputated to the second knuckle.
They also experience ghost pain in each digit for the rest of their life.
My cat likes to leap off of me, digging in her claws on the way. She still has them though. She's 11 years old and a strictly indoor cat, but if she ever got out, she could defend herself. She's also a good mouser. She will kill them, eat their face off and leave the body as a message to others. She's pretty awesome.
Declawing also leads to pain and suffering for the cat.
It's an easy way out, for those who can't teach their cat the word no.
A neighbor cat protected me from a dog who jumped our fence and was growling at me in my back yard. My vet said that the cat (which was male) was territorial, and while I belonged in his territory, the dog did not. I had never seen that dog before, and after what that cat did to him, I never saw him again.
awesome story! Thanks for sharing
Also, a human child is a potential snack dispenser. No dog, however friendly, will bring food to a cat.
Long experience with cats, including having tomcats for as long as I've lived, has taught me this: Tomcats don't just want to protect their area, but also the status quo of everyone and everything on that area. Anyone that threatens a creature whose presence has been accepted (and maybe even appreciated), immediately becomes an enemy. This protective instinct is probably to ensure that female cats are comfortable on a tomcat's territory. If the ladies don't like aggressive dogs, then aggressive dogs will just have to go. If the ladies like the kid, then the kid will have to be kept safe. Their gentlemanly nature has been greatly underappreciated.
@@erikjrn4080 Yep. The OP was part of the cat's extended pride, essentially. 😎
@@bob7975 It's not about snacks. I'm so weary of that joke. And anyway... have you MET dogs? Some of them would sell their souls for snacks.
"In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this."
----Terry Pratchett
(English author, humorist, and satirist)
Lol, I read this in Nigel Planers voice.
Sir Terry Pratchett was a god among authors!
*Aliens visit Earth* Alien: "SO, who do you think the dominant species is?"
Alien 2:" I think I know..."
Alien: "Hello sir it is an honour to meet you, you sure do have a competent and productive slave race!" *shakes the cats hand*
Cats are amazing because God is amazing! I always loved that out of ALL the animals He could've chosen to reflect part of His Magnificence & Glory, Jesus identifies as a Big Cat; the King of the Jungle, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah! They are so Regal, just as a King should be! A side note, our pets go to heaven when their spirit leaves their body. So if we're in Christ, and have our sins washed away in His blood, we will be reunited with our beloved animal friends!!!
Love Terry, Discworld is AMAZING as Good Omens.
Cute tribute! As a child, I was taken to too many elderly church menbers’ homes that had *very frustrated* feline residents present. I thought cats were jerks until in my mid-twenties when I went to the pound to adopt a puppy, but it was Monday and all the puppies had been adopted over the weekend. There was this cat wailing and so I played with him. Found out he’d been there for 27 days and so I took him home. Not knowing anything about cats, that first year was a bit strange, but I learned what his feline needs were. He was three at the time I adopted him, and was with me for seventeen more. What a great little buddy he was! It’s true. Cats are *badasses!* Good job on this video presentation. ☮❤🐾
You must of loved each other very much and took very good care of him to live 20 years. Males on average only live 16 years.
If you only see unhappy and badly treated cats for all your life, of course you’ll think they’re all bad… it’s a sad cycle, but I’m glad you got to have a happy and loved cat in your life
One of my cats, a few hours before she gave birth, was looking around the shed for a safe place to deliver. But the dogs were sniffing around it too much and not backing off... so the heavily pregnant cat leaped off the ground and slammed into the face of one of the dog's, sending both of them running for cover. They didn't come back.
cats vs a bear and winning man that makes you see how bad ass they are🤣🤣
I can definitely believe that. Hard to think of an animal more vulnerable than one giving birth, so that ferocious attitude is partly just knowledge that this is no time to screw around with soft actions. I had a little kitten giving birth way too young (my fault: I took in the tomcat after he got hit by a car, and I had no idea she was in heat, she was so young). The tom was a good guy, very chill, but when he stuck his face in the nesting box to check out the babies, that little tiny mother screamed like a fiend and almost took his eye out. He never went near them again. The females just don't play around when its kitten time.
Don't mess with a female in labor if you value you life ! Lol
@@manthasagittarius1do not mess with momma mammals.
My 14 year old cat that got mad at a lady that came to inspect our home. It was that I got upset how she was talking to me. He ran out of my bedroom and tried to bite her. He stayed by me until she left. My hero!
My little cal that I took in as a tiny kitten will attack and hurt me. It hurts my feelings terribly. We're trying to convert her to an outside cat, but she's so afraid of storms, that she keeps showing up for help. And food. Of course...
@@mawmawvee Have you tried sitting it down and calmly explaining that you are the owner in the equation?
Don't, you will lose the argument and things will just get worse.
@@mawmawvee :/ Are you not letting them back in at all? If she is afraid of storms can you get her in before they start? Idk if I'm just reading it wrong but you seem like you are more annoyed at her for coming home to get away from the storm. If that is the case and you are trying to get the kitty to stay away maybe it would be good to rehome them. I mean no offense with this. If you haven't given up on the kitty and would being it back inside there are lots of things that can be done to help with the scratching/biting etc. Usually there is a reason behind that behavior and often you can get them to stop with a few changes. If you are nervous and hesitant when you go to pet the kitty they may strike out because approaching them in that way can seem threatening. If you wrestle with the kitty or use your hand to tease it they will be rough with you when you aren't expecting it. There are a lot of reasons they may be attacking. Sometimes even a health issue could cause something like this and a trip to the vet could get the behavior to stop.
check out Jackson Galaxy's channel. he teaches people how to deal with cats who misbehave. please take good care of your cat and learn how to deal with her biting and don't lock her outside where she's afraid.
I laughed a lot watching this video. So true about our amazing feline friends. Good job putting it together!
"they launch their entire existence at you". This is so true. Cats are very much all or nothing. The flexibility that allows them to sleep tied into a knot is the same flexibility that allows them to fly through the air like the bastard lovechild of Freddy Kruger's glove and an octopus right at your face.
😂loved the Friday the 13th' connotation!
So . . . poetic. 😄
That whole description was just fucking beautiful ! A+++ Would read your book.
@@jipster2020 thank you! 😊
You made my day with the "bastard lovechild of Freddy Krueger's glove and an octopus" LOL🤣🤣
After reading some comments, I'm astounded by my own ignorance of the cognizant dedication/loyalty/instinct to protect others.
To me, until five minutes ago, domestic cats were purely selfish.
'My Bad!'
I've been educated.
Thank you cat community!
They are amazing animals! And very misunderstood.
Gotta say, it does depend on their personality. The personality thing surprised me hugely. Many different attitudes are part of different cats. Some are smart and some seem dumb. But, I DO think that if you love them and they respond, then the chances are they WILL defend you. Of course these animals can be very overpowering with needs, but then others barely need you at all. They totally freaky. If they get into fight mode, they are completely incredible dangerous animals. Naturally gifted. Very agile and fast. Dogs often hate the hell out of them. Cats can climb up walls! And then they turn around and mockingly stare at the dog that chased them. Its very funny.
I'm so glad you watched this video and have been shown how amazing and how misunderstood cats are. I work in cat rescue and it always warms my heart when someone realizes just how wrong they were about them. ❤
My Mr. Puma was a black short hair. Born in my desk by Beltsa, the wildest feline this side of the Pecos. Mr. Puma grew up to become the undisputed king of terror for many a poor animal soul. He was big, no fat and felt like a sack of wet concrete when picked up. One morning he was sitting in the middle of my street taking in the morning sun. When a rottweiler from up the street came wandering down. This huge dog saw Puma and ran at him as fast as he could. Puma didn't move until that dog was within reach. Then in the blink of an eye he literally shredded that dog's nose with one mighty swish. The dog wailed, turn and ran screaming with blood flying everywhere. Puma never even got up, sat there there the whole event and ended it with one punch. He lived 14 years and never quit his Fight Club ways. He sure loved humans though. :)
Mr. Puma sounds pretty cool.
Had a short tail witches' familiar we picked up off the street as an itty bitty kitten. Weighed in at about 14lbs full grown and was the sweetest lap ornament in history.
He was also pound for pound the meanest, toughest feline I have ever seen once he got outside. No fear or quit to him.
RIP Mahge.
We had a black kitty, Midnight. She had a litter of four little cuties and was chillin while they frolicked around her. Neighbor’s big black GSD was hanging its head through a gap in the fence, barking non-stop, drooling at the sight of the kittens. I glanced up at the door to see dog owner smirking at how brave and courageous her animal was at bullying those 4 little puffballs.
My attention was drawn away from a-hole neighbor by a moving black blur accompanied by an ungodly screeching sound, then bleating and pathetic whimpering.
Midnight retreated back to her babies’side, and drops of red blood began to fall on the pavement beside them. She had sliced and diced the dog’s snout and tongue.
I looked back up at the dog owner…she smirked no more. I left the bloodstains on the pavement for a long time as a memorial.
Great story. Had cats my whole life. THe best ones are shorthaired black cats in my experience. THe male one caught a rabbit , ripped its head off and dragged it into my room with a headless body trailing blood. THe female i have now isnt a s fierce but sooo sweet and friendly. SHe always meets a new cat friends every time i move to annother house.
@@yankeecitygirl Your neighbor could poison your cat in retaliation then.🤨😱
As a cat owner, I can summarize the difference between cats and dogs this way-
Dogs: I will defend and protect my human because my love for them is so great, that I'm willing to ignore my own fear and put myself at risk for them!
Cat: This human is MY PROPERTY, and to attack them is blatant disrespect against me, and for that YOU WILL BE DESTROYED.
Indeed!
Agreed.
Another one: Dogs have owners. Cats have staff.
Cats are beings of self-interest. Love and affection may dissipate or lose its zeal over time. You never know what someone who "loves" you is gonna' do. But self-interest? You can bet money on that.
...Unless the cat is stupid. My family had a cat who earned the nickname "Charmander". Three guesses what happened.
@@draketheduelist it got near a candle and accidentally lit it's tail on fire. Am I correct?
Bro that one cat laying on the guys back who's on the ground while the guy is arrested is hilarious 😂
As my adult son who was watching along with me said about the cat on the guys back: I'll bet that guy was warm.
THE DISRESPECT 🤣
The adult human was in great distress. The cat went to comfort him. A Cat’s purr is a frequency that aids in healing bones.
I wonder if that was actually his cat!
I had something similar happen to me. Had to use a cervical vertebrae traction. This one was for use on the floor. My pride would see it come out of the case and start gathering around. Once I was down, my head in the contraption, I'd have one on each side of my head, one on my chest, one on my hips and a couple between my ankles. Good thing I didn't have any more at the time. Hate to think what other body parts I would had immobilized!
The thing about fighting a cat is that it would be so easy for you to end up perminently blind, and that's terrifying.
I have been literally mauled by my cats when they freaked out for one reason or another, stuff that didn't heal for 2-3 months, deep vicious scratches. Do not fuck with an angry cat without trapping it with a thick blanket before, you will get fucked up.
This is bringing back an old vague memory. A story about pirates I read as a kid, in which the ship's cats were actual characters. I guess it was written for kids, but the scene I'm thinking about was grim. A sea battle, the pirates have been boarded, and one of the defenders, the guy who looks after their cats, is pinned under a gun carriage or something and about to get run through by an attacker with a cutlass. His cat bestie comes running to him and he grabs it and throws it into his attacker's face, where it rips him to shreds and blinds him; and then it comes back and crouches over his friend shrieking like a evil demon, so he scares everybody off.
I think that's what it is about warrior cats, as opposed to dogs. Cats make war like they are insane, and they love you like they are insane too. No discipline, no rhyme or reason, and seemingly they can raise up near-volcanic rage but have no use for fear, which is after all the survival button.
Yup. A dog who is genuinely crazy is a problem, but a deranged cat is a cat. ✨🐱✨
Lol no is not. I have been dealing with cats all my life. even wild cats that got scared and tried to attack me and they never had a chance in hell in blinding me.
This people get slapped in the face because they put them on their shoulders next to their face.
This makes me think of the blind cat who sensed an intruder in her mom lady's house. When the would-be attacker entered the bedroom, the cat who was sleeping with his mom-lady launched himself off the bed and beat the crap out of the intruder all the way to the door. Talk about not getting away with it! "I have no idea where all these deep gashes all over my body came from officer." Uh-huh.
Dachshund saves cat! We live in Texas, a few stray cats come around the neighborhood, but one was my dachshund's "friend". I fed her so she'd come and go, one night the sirens went off, "TORNADO COMING TORNADO WARNING!" I grabbed the family got everyone safe but my dog Max kept pushing on the door to go outside!! I gave in and what he did shocked me. That cat was under our shed out back, he rounded her up and pushed her inside the house then nipped at her until they were under the bed!! I thought, "Well, okay!" Tornado passed we only lost part of the roof. They were still under the bed. Took her to the vet, she was perfectly fine. I got home and said "Max, you adopted a cat!" First cat we ever had and it was great. The games they played were hilarious. Still, I think about how he knew what to do to save her. Incredible really.
Unlike dogs, cats are usually forgotten easily because they are so independent.
Thank goodness your dog didn't forget 😊
Dogs and cats can be very good friends.
That's beautiful.
Aww that's such a sweet story, bless his heart.
That's so sweet!
Back before we had phone cameras with us everywhere, I had this little 7 lb striped cat. She was so sweet. But this bully of a kid much older than me sicked his pitbull on me and came at me to beat me up in front of my house. My cat flew off the porch, jumped on the dogs face clawed her way to his back with him screaming, just ripping on that dog, then leaped onto the guys head just ripping away, he managed to run faster than the dog, then she jumped back on the dog and rode it like a jockey all the way down the block with them both screaming the whole way. Dismounted at the end of the block and ran into the lower branches of a tree. She was yowling like a crazy beast the whole time, and then growling, hissing, and drooling in the tree. The guy and the dog ran screaming all the way home. Once he was inside, she came back down and strutted back. I was sitting there with my jaw on the ground the whole time. Neither him nor his dog would come onto my side of the street any more. The one time he threatened, she was just suddenly right there and he ran away again...and the dog. I wish we had cameras back then. It was the most badass thing ever. 7 lbs of striped terror.
A tortie, by any chance?
That is awesome!
Aww ❤❤❤
You are so damn lucky to be that cats human.
I have 8 lbs of striped terror as well. Don't mess with a cat, you might win a stupid prize.
Cats #1 Rule: If it's bigger than me, SHOW NO FEAR!
They can't show what they don't know.
And if its smaller than me, Eat it!
They also tend to avoid showing their pain, which can be problematic sometimes
Physics and blades, check.
And if it's smaller show no mercy
The cat that saved the child from being mauled was actually honored at a baseball game. Cats Rule!
We had a big ol' tuxedo cat named Adolf, with a PERFECT Adolf mustache. He was chillin' in our yard, and our neighbor kids across the street let their beagle loose, who came flying across the street after our cat. Our cat RULED the area within ten square miles. He was seriously scary..scarred, missing half an ear, and ALWAYS ready to rumble. The dog to to within five feet, and then got destroyed. Like take to the vet, with $300 worth of vet bills. 60 years ago. Neighbor dad came home, and stomped over to our house. My dad, a retired Master Sergeant, prize fighter, and drill sergeant politely asked him how his dog got loose. Heh heh heh.
Great story!
love it!
Did the cat meow in German?
@@alexiseptimus8362 -- meöwßch
@@alexiseptimus8362 mein-ow
Kenyan guy here. We had a female cat growing up, her name was Jessy. Used to be that she'd always get bullied and harrased by these two mean, stray dogs that were always roaming round the neighbourhood (we don't have "animal control" here, so strays are common, sometimes rabid). One day, after she didn't come home for dinner and the door to the house was locked, she was forced to sleep outside. I go to sleep as usual, but in the middle of the night, I'm woken up by the sounds of a fierce fight between a cat and some dogs going on in our backyard. I open the window to see what's going on and I see Jessy cornered by these two dogs. Seeing as I can't go out of the house as it's the middle of the night and I'm a kid, dangerous place, etc, I say a prayer for her and go back to sleep. Next morning, I go to the back of the house to pick up what I assumewould be my cat's corpse to bury, only to be met by two dead dogs with scratches all over their body. A couple of hours later, Jessy comes into the house limping and just sleeps for the whole day, she wakes up to eat in the evening.
she offed the dogs??!! Bet no other dog in the neighborhood ever dared messing with her after that!
@@melocoton7 Yep, both of them.
Holy crap, that's crazy! I'm so glad the cat was OK. I feel for the dogs as well, but hey... eff around and find out. It sounds like it was a long time coming 🤷♀️
She was issuing out some hellacious skippity paps that night!!
What?? 🫢 omg 😹
I had a cat that chased the neighborhood dogs. She lived to 20 years old. She was a badass, and I miss her.
A momma cat dropped her baby from the top of a tall palm tree and I rushed to pick it up and it was like picking up a raging sea anemone. It was a fireball of spikes and teeth. I could not put him down fast enough and momma was down the tree in seconds to see what the heck I was doing. I was shredded by the itty bitty kitty. Much respect.
feral kittens are fierce from the time they first open their eyes
I'm so sorry that happened, I hope no hard feelings. At least the mom loved her baby that much.
I had a cat named Vash who only did battle with one thing, my depression. He'd come and lick away my tears, curl up with me and do his best to make sure I felt loved and safe. RIP old man.
I'm glad he was there for you; among other things, cats are angels on the earth.
Are you kidding me? 😭❤️
Maybe you ought to consider getting another cat.
Im so sorry Vash in gone. Im sure you two helped each other. I hope youre not alone now.
Full name Valentinez Alkalinella Xifax Sicidabohertz Gombigobilla Blue Stradivari Talentrent Pierre Andri Charton-Haymoss Ivanovici Baldeus George Doitzel Kaiser III, I'm assuming?
This might be the single best cat video I’ve ever seen. 🙇♀️
I agree 💯❤
I'll Second that agree and call to motion a vote whereby this channel is ez to sub to and I shall do so now.
That's what I also thought!
Def agree 👍🏻
right?
When was a little kid a Collie came in our yard and went after our cat, I was scared it was going to hurt my cat, it only took about 20 seconds for my cat to send that collie yipping out of the yard. That was my first lesson on how cool cats are. I'm 64 I've had about 15 cats in my lifetime.
Bless you.😊😊
Yep. I call it "cat maga" after Krav Maga. I used to train in it. We did a lot of what is called "bursting". You don't need to be big and strong to win a fight, you just have to go in fast and wild, just burst in, like a cat. One day, I was at my sister's house. They had a pit bull dog and a cat. They lived in separate parts of the house. At one point, the dog accidentally ventured into the cat's side and the cat just burst itself all over the dog then left, leaving the dog to think "wtf just happened?"
Cat: "Divided or united, my enemies will fall!"
“Once these claws are out, they must taste blood before they are put back in.”
It's not hard to be a badass when you're armed with 20 knives and a mouthful of daggers.
Don't want to be pedantic, but they have four toes on their hind limbs.
@@mennovanlavieren3885 Dude, that's the definition of pedantic. You're piddling over a detail which makes no difference to the outcome. I don't know about you, but 18 knives and 20 knives make little difference to me when they're all aimed at my eyes and belly.
Is OK to be pedantic as long as you are discussing pedestrians, pedals, pedometers, etc. Anything involving walking.
@@Serai3 Awe, leave men alone. He learned a new word and is trying to use it in a sentence.
@@Marchant2 They try so hard. Cute, ain't it?
Oh, I lost it at the part that showed the cat loafing on the hand-cuffed motorcyclist.🤣
What a good civil servant.
"You look cold down there. I will keep you warm."
I took a screenshot 🤭😹
@@lorisewsstuff1607 It's a cat. It's more like, I'm feeling kind of chilly, thanks for letting me scab your body heat.
Am dy ing to know the back story to that photo.
Angry Cat: "Wow. You're so much bigger than me. Just *imagine* how many pain receptors you must have. Let's find out."
I'm dead.
My dads cat is 22 years old. Sometimes he looks like he’s gonna drop dead any minute and then he goes out and is still able to catch birds 🤷🏼♀️
Wow 22 good life
That’s amazing 😂
Dang that cat is older than me that’s crazy to think about
@@smr6141 same
@Demy1970 nah good genetics is what it is My family has a vet in it and when family friends have animals, they treat them as well as they can physically and sometimes they pass away.
5 yrs away from twenty like my one family friend jodie Had
Acat that was 18
Want badass? My cat pulled at my sweater to drag me under a table, so I got under the table. 40 seconds later, an earthquake hit!
Animals are remarkably able to sense natural disasters, especially earthquakes. Their survival instincts allow them to save others and themselves. Animals are amazing, especially cats.
No. A cat is not an early warning system for seismic movement. Not even a seismograph can.
Quote from the internet.
Me: can a seismograph predict an earthquake?
Internet: "Demonstrably successful predictions of large earthquakes have not occurred"
@@brandonhoffman4712 Just keep an eye on animals around you. I’ve been in the 3 largest quakes in California over last 53 years. Before each one my pets and neighbors’ pets vanished about 3-5 minutes before quake and largest aftershocks hit. I believe they were finding safer places to be, and telling us humans to do same❣️☺️🐾🥰
@@brandonhoffman4712 "Demonstrably successful" is a scientific term. The evidence here is what they call "anecdotal." I'm pretty sure I've heard reliable stories of animals warning of disaster, especially floods or avalanches.
@@adougherty8869 That's right.
I've lived with cats for over 60 years, and they are bad asses. My ex started knocking me about, but one of my cats shredded him, putting him in the hospital. Good kitty.
Cats are protectors, no joke. I had an outdoor kitty for many years, and someday she became pregnant and gave birth. When she showed me her kittens, I played a bit with them, but I accidentally stepped on a little one's tail (I didn't see it was behind my shoe) and the cat immediately threw herself in the air and attacked me for the first time ever. But that made me love her even more, cause I though imagine how fearless she must be in order to attack an animal that's 30 times her size, just so she can protect her little ones. She never attacked me again, she was always a very loving cat. But yeah, cats are no joke, they're ruthless. They're my favorite animals.
@@LogarAcc My ex is susceptible to cat scratch fever, so he always landed in the ER with blood poisoning.
My wife use to beat me with a folded up electrical cord,one day her 🙀 come to my aid. He was a real hero.
@LogarAcc That's true, they are protectors! Once, my cat did lay on my belly and suddenly my stomach growls because I was hungry. My cat jumped up instantly, looking left and right and growled back! 😂
I said: "It's okay - it was just mum's tummy....". 🥰😂
Greetings from Germany.....🇩🇪
I once learned, that the cat's growling sound is to protect their family and also their humans.....👍🏻
Cats are well aware of their place in Nature's Pecking order as Apex predators. Some might be smaller, some might be larger, but nothing is stronger than CATTITUDE!
That cat who body slammed that dog who was trying to drag that little boy away to hurt him. That's so cool!❤
That was a full body check. It was awesome.
How can you not like them after seeing that...
Right? "A member of my pride is being attacked? Hold my beer and WITNESS MEEEE!!!!"
Also, after the cat scared the dog off she did go right back to the kid’s side. Really did seem like she went back to check on him.
@@OneBeachKitty Great observation. That was an amazing cat.
I found an orange tabby kitten hiding under a stairwell with a bent rear leg. The vet checked him out and said the leg had been broken but was healing and he wasn't in pain. To fix the leg entailed rebreaking it and she suggested it was kinder to let it heal. I took it home and decided he would do just fine indoors even though he could not jump or run as well.
My house had dormers on the second floor with windows inset and a small flat area indented into the pitch of the roof, allowing the cat to lounge on the sill in the summer until he spotted my car coming around the corner. He would jump in the window as I pulled into the garage and be waiting to greet me at the kitchen door after I parked my car.
He was never a cuddler but he was always somewhere in the same room as I was and eventually he took to laying next to my leg but never on me, always with his bent, bad leg away from me. He could not jump up on the counters and I set up a 3 step way for him to get up and out the upstairs window when the weather allowed it to be open all day while I was at work.
One day I was outside of the front door, around the front side of the house when a german shepard came tearing across the yard straight at me from behind. I had barely registered what was happening when an orange blur shot past me, landed 4 paws and claws and teeth on the dogs face before jumping off, as the dog yelped and ran, and somehow landing on the angled constriction of the brick chimney about 7 feet up and behind me.
I was looking at him trying to understand what had happened and how he was able to do what he did when the dog and its owner came back asking what happened to his dog. I proceeded to chastise him for letting it run loose and chasing my cat up the chimney but he tried to say everything was fine and letting go of his dog, tried reaching up to grab my cat off the chimney. The now loose dog also follow his owner and reared up with 2 paws on the bricks while I said no, no, wait! But before they could react my cat proceeded to piss on both of their faces and everything else except for me.
I wasn't hit with a single drop but man, did the guy and dog get blasted. I could not have been more proud.
Cat was fine when I got him down, just a couple busted claws. I never saw him jump like that ever again or even move that fast on his crooked, bent back leg but he continued to show his gratitude to me for being rescued for the rest of his years until he passed from kidney failure at 18 years old.
I miss that orange tabby to this day.
Great story. Cats are amazing.
What was his name?
The peeing 😹 That is too funny!
Now, that's what I call a BOSS!!
He was your ANGEL❤
The most badass cat I ever knew was a big mostly feral tomcat we named Steppenwolf. He was black and white with striking and unusually colored eyes of sea green. It took me almost an entire year of feeding him and respecting his boundaries to become friends with him. Believe me, if you tried to take liberties he would leave bloody furrows down your leg through your jeans. When he finally let me touch him I was only allowed to touch the last few inches of his tail, but within days I was able to pet him from head to tail. The first time he jumped on my lap I totally froze and was afraid to move--this cat was huge and all muscle.
At one point, he didn't show up for food for two days in a row. The third day I spent a few hours walking around and calling for him, in a panic at the idea he was hurt or injured and couldn't get to me. The life of a feral cat is rough and usually short, but he totally disdained any feeble attempts on my part to make him a house cat. He was so smart and tough and knew how he wanted to live his life; I had no say so and had to respect the boundaries he set if I wanted to remain his friend. Which doesn't mean I didn't worry like crazy about him. He finally showed up that day and I could tell by looking at him from a half a block away that he was very sick. So sick that he didn't fuss when I picked him up and hustled him through my house past my cats and dog to my back room. I managed to keep him in there for a day and a half giving him antibiotics, great meals and copious amounts of pets and treats before he got serious about letting me know he wanted OUT.
When I first brought him in the house I was petting him and felt something hard right above his eye. I discovered another cat's entire claw embedded in his face! I wiggled it out and Step never even blinked. Definitely a badass
He recovered and remained the undisputed lord and master of the neighborhood.
Great story - and you had sensitivity to the reality that Steph would never change his need for autonomy and freedom.
Now I understand why my semi-feral rescue came home one morning missing many claws from each paw. I hadn't intended to bring him to live inside, but he had to be neutered, because he was spraying everywhere, right through open windows, and he fought constantly all day and night. The howls were pretty terrifying. I lured him inside and got him into the vet, and found out he's FIV+. So that explains why he never stopped fighting. It's an FIV thing. It's how the virus is spread. The vet insisted that I had to keep him inside to protect the feral colony from his viral contribution. So I steeled myself and acclimated him to life indoors. It was coming along nicely, but he would occasionally sneak out when I brought groceries in or whatever. But I could always lure him back inside by snapping the twin pack of Sheba wet cat food. And then one night he didn't care about that. He ran off in the direction that cats from the colony always come from, which is an industrial park. No trespassing or you will be investigated by Homeland Security. I snapped the twin pack, and he stopped to look back, and then shook his tail and kept on going. And there was nothing I could do about it. I couldn't get through the fences and gates to go after him. I didn't sleep well that night, and got up at 6 the next morning feeling awful. And there he was, sitting on the dining room windowsill looking inside the house. And he was a mess! Scratched up and missing 3 or 4 claws from each paw, feeling much worse than I did. It had been a bitter cold night, too. It had been 3-5 months since he had last spent a night with the colony, so he didn't have a place there any more. Somehow they find warm or at least not freezing places to sleep in the industrial park, but he had lost his spot. So he suffered the fights and no sleep that night. He hasn't been as interested in going back in that direction since then, and wasn't even interested in going outside for a month after that. He started trying again, though, and has gotten out twice, but both of those times he ran off in the opposite direction to the other side of the colony's territory, and he came back within an hour asking to be let back in. It's been a while since he's tried to sneak out, but I don't know if it's because he knows he doesn't belong to the colony anymore, or if he decided he likes the easy indoor life.
@kimfleury good story you should try writing a Cat book about him !!!!
This cat was SERIOUSLY all muscle if his muscle density was enough for an entire CLAW to get embedded in it.
Holy crap, that's my kinda cat! Yes sir. Leave me be. Just put the food on the plate and piss off.
But I'm impressed that you let him be himself.
Good discernment.
My first cat was female and a Viking of a cat, she started off as abandoned, brought home, immediately learned she could kill other cats who came to the yard to attacker her and this was way before fully grown. she jumped a pit and wolverines his face when it snapped at her. Her last year was hard on her, but that cat went after snakes, dogs, cats, hawks, etc. before that. 17 years of absolute yard dominance.
5:05 that cats name is Tara and that little boy is her best friend. She did go to his rescue and because there is video footage showing what happened. Tara got an award for bravery and that vicious dog was put down. That happened over 8 years ago. 😻😻😻😻😻
Tara was so cool she didn’t attend the award ceremony due to napping!
@changingthelawsofphysicsyes...
@changingthelawsofphysics Once a dog has attacked and bitten someone especially a child, they cant be trusted and the next time could be a lot worse.
I remember this story when it happened, I just love that cat, what a little hero!
@changingthelawsofphysics that all depends on where it happened and whether or not it was the first offense. Repeat offenders absolutely get put down. If they're dogs anyway.
My dad was afraid to get pissed at us when we were kids whenever the cat was around cause it would flare up, start growling, and slowly approach him until he backed away. 😆 🤣 😂
EXCELLENT 👏 👏 👏
Good kitty. Nobody threatens the kids in kitties pride. ( pride: as in a family group of lions)
Cat preventing domestic abuse. 😂 I wish I had a cat like that when I was little tho..
Every time my mom would get angry at raise her voice (I was in middle school at the time) our striped cat Cleo would bite her legs
Cats really are badass. Dont understand how people hate cats.
@@-thunderstar-6414 probably got defeated by one
Mugsy the louisiana crocodile attacker....
I think the reason the crocs never tried to eat Mugsy is they knew that if they did, he'd just chew his way out 🐊- -> 🥩
@I_dont_know...123 that's true, although I have a cat that is extremely playful and energetic. A lot of cats, though, like to keep to themselves. It just depends.
People who don't like cats never had a cat!
@@jeffdyer3545 This!! I used to be a total dog person. Hated cats. Totally prejudiced against them, thought they could never ever be loving etc. then I adopted one…oh my heart, I’m now cat obsessed. I don’t see why people think being a cat lady is a bad thing 😂
Maybe the FINEST film I ever saw on topic of cats and a multitude of their awesome personality traits. Very well presented also: Bravo!
Cats are like wild ninjas
They are not LIKE wild ninjas, they ARE ninjas of the wild. Im pretty sure ninjas studied cats.
Ninjas learned from cats.
No gas? That is SO VERY MUCH TRUE
Like that french video my french class teacher showed us. I think it was called Le Chat Ninja ?
The best thing about them is they can sense electricity.
My mom was an animal hoarder, which was pretty horrific. But it was pretty funny sometimes too. Cats definitely have a pecking order when they live in large groups. The cat who ruled the roost at my mom's was a tortoise shell named Pumpkin, Punny for short. She was also known as The Bitch for reasons I will soon make obvious. The other cats would often squabble amongst themselves, but Pumpkin didn't allow this. When she heard them, she would run over to them, ball her front paw into a fist, and start beating one them on the head. She hit them so hard, their chins would actually bounce off the floor. She basically dribbled their heads like basketballs. So when they'd squabble, they kept it very short and then run away quickly, before Punny could come and beat them. One day, my mom adopted a dog (just what she needed). She was about forty lbs. The dog heard two of the cats squabbling. She went to investigate the noise, not knowing what would happen. When she got to the spot, the cats had already run off, but here comes Punny. She launched herself onto the poor dog's back, wrapped her front legs around her neck, and began chewing on the dog's neck. That poor dog ran through the house screaming and yipping in pain and terror. She got along with Punny after that and learned to follow Punny's rules. She was a very sweet, loyal dog. When my mom went into a nursing home, I sent her to live with my uncle. I was able to find good homes for all the other animals too, though it wasn't easy. Rest in peace, Punny. I'll never forget you or your strong spirit. Be sure to keep all those cats in line up in kitty heaven.
Omg when my kids were little we had a tortoise shell named Pumpkin too. She was a bad ass. The neighbors called her The Predator. She attacked a cocker spaniel for coming into the yard, and one time killed a possum and dragged it onto the deck! She was awesome and took no shit off anyone!
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"Dribbled their heads like basketballs"... omg... that's a hilarious description... I can just picture Punny doin' the old rattata-rattata, boxing their heads like with a speedbag. (Small punching bag)
Having 5 rescue cats myself this was amazingly accurate.
Glad you rescue them. I do too. Not too many people can or are willing. Blessings!
I'm in a nursing home, cough cough rehab center after a mucked up hip surgery and I'm making every old and disabled person laugh till they pee themselves, with YOUR video my friend. Please do more, and get rid of the negative bull dogs one, stay positive and HILARIOUS.
As in, please do MORE, MORRRREEEEE, elders and handicapable everywhere are countin on you!!🎉❤
I'm not a cat guy before this, now I'll be looking for that special friend.
They make great friends. You might think of getting two cats so they have companionship when you're not home. Just respect their boundaries, and don't pet them or pick them up if they don't want to be. (Or, you may find yourself slashed up like some of the animals in this video😸) Hope you can find a great friend and give a needy cat(s) a furever home.
Different breeds have different temperaments, just like dogs. And some breeds shed less than others.
Siamese varieties are best for allergies. I have two and it's true. [One sitting on in my lap right now.]
Devon Rex are semi hypo allergenic . And I understand Japanese Bob tails are as well
Allergies aside, rescues are often very gratifying
The cat distribution system is working 24/7. Just wait
The cat doing a back flip because a car drove passed will always be the king 🦁
Thats was at the begnning of the war in Ukraine. People walking to the border.
@@firefeethok_tui2355 damn.
When I was growing up in a small rural town, we lived next door to the feed mill where the local farmers would bring their grain to be ground. One day, a farmer brought his dog along. The dog decided to run into and around our yard. Well, our mama cat, Boots, was having none of that! He was big, but I don’t think he was a real danger to her kittens. Nevertheless, she wasn't taking any chances. She made a beeline for him and chased him back to the truck he had jumped out of. I remember cheering her on, "GO BOOTS!" The dog realized who was in charge real quick!
Cats are VERY protective of the young. So the dog was definetly a threat in her eyes.
We live on a ranch and despite being told not to do so repeatedly for a variety of reasons, people bring their dogs with them when doing business and the like.
Many a dogs have gotten their tails whooped by the barn cats for trying to chase them, or charging at the fences to bark at goats and cows.
Then there's our indoor chonky girl who sits growling at the front or back door whenever a rattler is close to the house. Last year she ran out the door ahead of my spouse and killed one.
@@GLoLChibs Go Kitty! Whip that monster! Yeah! Take that you old Rattler!
The matriarch of the feral colony we care for once chased off a bear. Most recently, one of her descendants, a kitten just over a month old, chased off a full-grown raccoon. Cats can be darn scary when they want to be!
That is why cats tend to sit and watch one having a poop, they know that you are vulnerable and their protection mode kicks in.
I always figured it was because they knew they had you hostage for a while and thus could demand pets.
@@Jenjen-qc5eq , yes. And they have to jump up behind you. What's that smell, mom?
I don't let my cats in my bathroom with me too often cause they knock stuff over and make a mess, but they just camp outside the door for as long as I stay in there 😂
I read that feral cats in a pack do watch out for one another when they go potty and that perhaps that's why they follow us into the bathroom and watch over us when we go. Who knows about that last part but it's kind of interesting.
@@Jenjen-qc5eq maybe they enjoy thinking we’re similar. Yoo hoomans .. think ur poop don’t stink.
When I was a kid, we had a cat named Snowflake - a tabby point Siamese. He was nothing special as far as size, but he didn't take anyone's shit. A dog in our neighborhood loved to chase cats, squirrels, birds, whatever she could find. This cat was normally kept inside, but he got out one day and we didn't find him before the dog did. She charged straight at Snowflake only for this cat to launch himself three feet straight up in the air and come down on the back of her head, already scratching and biting. The dog went from snarling to yelping and ran off with this screeching cat hanging on and mauling her the whole way. A couple minutes later, the cat walked back to the house, sat at the front door, and started washing himself. I love cats.
...just like nuthin' happened!
I love the name!
And people think all dogs go to heaven... sometimes a little hell has to fall on their heads in the mortal plane
@@someonerandom9939 Many dogs are big a**holes, attacking small children and stuff, regardless of their owner. Cats are superior in every sense.
That is a riot!🤣🐾😂
Cats have a very real sense of pack solidarity, which is why feral colonies thrive so well. They don't see humans as masters or providers like dogs do. You're their sibling, you're family, and they may bop you in the face for no reason and drop a dead grasshopper on your toes, but they'll also jump into action if they perceive a threat to either you or the rest of the colony. This is also why they feel entitled to your food and don't give a damn about your boundaries, lol.
My family had a cat named Dillon when my sister and I were very young, and he saved my sister's life. She was going to check the mail, but he wouldn't let her off the porch. Our oldest sister came out to tell Dillon off for being a bully. That's when she realized there was a massive water moccasin in the gravel driveway, right where my other sister would have walked.
Thanks to Dillon, my oldest sister was able to act fast, get my other sister into the house, and kill the snake so no one else would get hurt. Dogs are great, of course, and I love them just as much, but cats are something else.
Don't kill the snake for existing. Get someone who can move them safely away. Poor snake aint at fault for being a snake either
Wait your sister came to “ tell the cat off “ nope nope nope, never shout at a cat it won’t “ teach them a listen “ it will make them hate you more and they won’t understand.
I love where your sister killed the water moccasin. I think SHE'S a badass!
My cats definetly think i'm a cuddly fridge
@@allisonmarlow184 Yeah you're probably a pro-lifer that breeds dogs.
This video was well set up, with the music and the buildup, I genuinely appreciate this
Saw my cat in a fight with a boxer dog once and I froze in absolute awe. She didn’t hit the ground once, moved like a blur and afterwards cleaned her fur while the poor dog was bleeding all over its face. I’m still not over it. Cats are amazing, cool creatures.
And that is just a cat, i cant imagine the cases of two pitbulls that got many stitches caused of a bobcat attacks
@@topibundar9554 Cats just dgaf---that's why they're badass. It's a survival technique they're learned to hone throughout their lifetimes.
This made me sad. I love cats and boxers. Boxers are so gentle and sweet, they’re exuberant and athletically built but they’re always in the puppy stage of life 😞
@@kadygirlforever oh no she was definitely trying to eat the cat. She did the same with small dogs. She was bad with other animals. But she was fine. I think she was more shocked than anything. Other than that she was a lovely dog.
@@akelly4207 thank God cats can defend themselves ❤️ I love mine but I’m so glad they aren’t the size of tigers 🐯
"Launch their entire existence at you"
I laughed way too hard at this because it's so true
Dog: I love my owner. He feeds me, cuddles me, pets me, walks me. I think he must be a god.
Cat: My owner loves me. He feeds me, pets me, cuddles me (when I let him). I think I must be a god.
Lol
So true 👍
Why do you all like to put words in animals mouths
@@pemanilnoob 'Cause we can . . .?
@@pemanilnoob Because we know...
This is the best breakdown of cat psychology ive found on youtube
This 15 minute video was literally the *whole* culmination of my thoughts towards cats! You read my mind 😂
Most animals know a fight means a potential injury. A bear will probably win a fight to the death with a cat, but getting an eye scratched out simply isn't worth it.
Old martial arts wisdom: The best way to survive a fight is to never have it happen.
I saw my cat chase a pit bull out of the back yard, around the house, across the street and kept on going until the only thing visible were elbows and assholes. I swear that she had her chest puffed out like "'That's right, I'm bad!" as she strutted back home.
My dad has a husky Rottweiler mix. Hes a big boy and extra alpha. Never afraid to put other dogs in their place. The thing grew up on acreage, so its also a natural born hunter. Since moving to the city, my dad still prefers to walk him unleashed. The thing basically sniffs all the bushes hunting wildlife, and loved chasing cats. Until he got one cornered and it turned to face him, reared up, and swatted him on the nose.
Now he knows cats are predators like him, he doesnt mess with cats. He even gained one as a friend in a kitty my aunt rescued.
In a fight animals give all they can with their given abilities, in their mind they can't afford to lose. and cats are kings of the jungle.
"Oh, you think it's 4 vs 1?!
... Naah - IT'S NINE LIVES VS FOUR!!"
You had me almost dying out of laughter, hahaha
I had to pause for several minutes just to savor that line
That's CAT MATH, you dirty muthas!
The menace, the murder-beast, the cat. Their intimidation factor is unreal lol
I love what you did here. I had a cat that was part Mainecoon and she fought off a coyote trying to come into our yard. She was the most badass kitty I’ve ever had. I just lost her in December, but man, Annie in her prime was a sight to behold.
While my 8 and 11 pound orange tabby rescue fellows are snuggling here with me, I'm going to say that Mainecoon 15 pounds of muscle (which Annie likely was) tipped with razor claws and needle fangs, is not a force to trifle with. Her name brings to mind a very much missed little black and white garden variety kitten/cat I had in the 1990s, Annabelle. Oh if only they and us could live together forever.
I had a Maine Coon too, Taralee, and to my mind, they are the most majestic creatures of all! 🇨🇦
@@taraleepenn8274 So sorry about your loss! I know how it hurts.
My cousin had a cat named Sully. Sweetest, most laid back cat you ever saw. Until one day, a family dog started to pick on the family's little cat. My cousin said that she was incredibly shocked at how quick Sully was on the attack! That dog never tried to bully another animal in the house as long as Sully was around! Only time my cousin ever saw Sully move fast. It's wonderful seeing an animal being noble like that.
My cat protected me from a snake one time, I know very little about snakes but she new I was in danger. X
Love this video. I'm 71 and have had cats, nearly my entire life. They are always entertaining. Love me some cats.
I just want to say thank you for this wonderful video. I ran across a comment here from someone who has always misjudged and misunderstood cats. They now see what amazing, special creatures they are. As a cat rescuer, that always puts a huge smile on my face when I witness it. ❤
Cats don’t care where you are on the food chain they will mess you up. Lol
Believe me, I know. We had a cat that only wanted to be pet when he was in the mood. I'll admit I had been drinking that night and decided I wanted to pet him. He declined but I persisted. I said out loud "do your worst, you can't hurt me".
Yeah... He proceeded to wrap his arms around my forearm and with the speed of light using his legs to rip the he11 out of my arm. Not bad enough to go to the hospital but there was much blood and the cuts were deep and long. Like 6" long. He just wasn't in the mood; it was his time and I interrupted it.
I still have the scars to this day.
RIP Diddles. Love ya buddy.
@@kebonhawk1081 Yeah, you definitely deserved that, to be fair. You have to respect boundaries, ya know? Drunk or not. Anyway, sorry for your loss.
you could probably make a whole video of cats vs alligators. i used to collect those. cats do not like alligators. but, they seem terrified of turtles. mystifying
@@kebonhawk1081 why did you feel the need to censor the word HELL ?
Their comparatively small size also makes them FAST, and agile. Ability to climb gives them an escape route out of almost anything. They know they've got the right stuff!
We had a cat, who’s passed on now 2 yrs. She was fearless. While other kitties would run and hide at the mere sound of a footstep upon the porch, she would be there to greet whomever was visiting. Her favorite place was sitting on your collarbone and throat as you tried to watch TV with her fur pushed up into your face. She also threw herself into one thing, the bathroom door. You weren’t allowed privacy no matter what you were doing. Whether showering or sitting on the throne, there would be a mighty thud, and Kiki would walk in, give you a “wat s’up”, and then walk out, leaving the door wide open. Shouts of Kiki! were enough to warn us someone’s privacy was infringed and to give them a moment to exit with dignity.
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You remember that part of this video where the little dog was doing his business in the backyard and was attacked by two coyotes? Well, animals know that potty time is the most vulnerable time for them . And in the wild, other predators take advantage of that. So your Kiki was just trying to make sure you were OK while you were at your most vulnerable.😄 Every cat I ever had did the same thing and most of them also waited patiently outside the shower stall until I was finished to make sure I didn't drown. 🙄😆
one of our kitties was also like yours anytime anyone go to the bathroom she'd come running and holler behind the door until youd let her in! lol
She was such a cutie we miss her so much.
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Yep... "No closed doors in MY house, thank you very much."
I am a lifelong cat lover and I adore how cats - all cats - are all GET OFF MY LAWN whether it’s another cat, or an alligator.
“My” in this case, usually means “anything in visual range”.
@@robinharwood5044 Also yes.
I am TOTALLY in AWE of kitties. Just what are these creatures? The confidence, abilities, personalities, attitudes, independence, power, viciousness, fearlessness, athleticism, emotions and affection but also unpredictability surprises me everytime. Oh, and the mystery of these beauties. Not to mention how funny they can be. Superb animals. Love them to bits.
I have had cats and dogs for over 30 years. I love cats! I love dogs. Cats are beautiful. Every single one. They are agile as you mentioned and spectacular creatures.
Best breakdown of cat behavior I’ve ever seen. Good job man
Great video Jason, you sure know the cat world really well. I have had the pleasure to own cats and dogs at different times and there have been instances where they have come to my aid to bravely neutralize a perceived animal threat. One time a big German Shepard wandered into my yard and my Siamese cat was instantly in attack mode and charged the dog with teeth and claws slashing away like a demented Bruce Lee. The frenzied cat was all over the startled dog as it yelped in terror at my cat's vicious attack and then the dog turned away and sprinted for safety away from my property. The hissing and screaming cat pursued the terrified dog right up to the boundary of my yard and then turned around and calmly walked back to join me on my deck, mission accomplished.
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*Great (and funny!) insight into the psychology of cats. The best I've seen. Cats exhibit what I sometimes call "controlled insanity". And your video amply demonstrated that.*
Best cat video I've ever watched. This is why the Egyptians worshipped cats.
Rather because they are a parasite patrol as well as the snake.
We say, “Divide and conquer.”
Cats say, “Conquer them all, one at a time.”
@@JoeOvercoat sometime we says " gotta catch them all !" 🤣
I can't tell you:
1 - how much I appreciate that this video was not a compilation of videos with a voiceover. Good to see a person's face, you know?
2 - HOW MUCH I COULN'T STOP LAUGHING!!!
3 - Your commentary/fight wrestling audio/ etc, just brilliant.
Thanks for this video, it brightened my day.
Couldn't agree more! It is great EVERY TIME I watch it! :)
Same!
Very VERY well done!! Timing, edits, humour, story, everything just SO WELL DONE!!! Big thanks.
15 minutes of badly-needed laughter. Thank you for this brilliantly creative presentation 🙂
Cats are warriors of chill - great phrase. I aspire to be a warrior of chill.
@@Vates104 Yeah, same. Love it.
The cat at the 8 minute mark was a mother cat protecting her baby. That would be the reaction of every mother cat
Strong maternal instincts.
Of every mother except some vile human specimens.
mama cats are not just badasses, they are amazingly generous and loving, and are famous for fostering all kinds of orphaned critters; oppossums, skunks, whatever!
Of every mother! LOL
Duh!
I’m 75, our black cat “Midnight” chased everything away from our house. Dogs, cats kids on bikes, even cars…my Mother constantly had neighbors calling to report what Midnight had done 😂❤
It's the astounding reaction time. A cat's reflexes are super-fast.
Watching a snake trying to strike at a cat.... and the cat's reflexes are so SUPER-QUICK, it just pushes the snake's head away like it was nothing.
Cat's lightning-fast reflexes are one of the ways cats are able to intimidate larger animals. Like you said, a cat can swipe you in the face 20 times before you even register what is happening. It's the element of surprise, and it makes other animals want to run away. AMAZING!!!! (Plus, those claws and teeth can be wicked sharp!)
We once had a cat (1of 3 that we raised after their mom was killed at 5 days old) that would always guard us and wouldn't let anyone get close to us. One day my mom was working in the front yard, when a stray dog came out of nowhere and started barking at her. Our cat immediately came charging and sent him running. Some minutes later, I hear my mom screaming our cat's name and then laughing. When I came outside to see what was going on, my mom said that the same dog had come back...along with some of his buddies (😹so funny) and our cat just launched at one of them and then chased them away, again. I can just imagine our cat thinking 'I beat yo *ss and I'll beat theirs, too'. Her name was Punky. I miss her so much.❤
Punky wasn’t a punk, she was a hero.
@@Vulturus-Luminara😊Yeah, she was the best guardian.
This has to be my favourite cat video EVER 🤗
As a previous cat owner I agree with everything. My cat Lizzie dealt with the fox issue in our area single handedly (they killed a couple cats). Than once she gave them the "pow pow" they even allowed her to chill with them in the garden and there were no more fox related cat deaths. RIP Lizzie
As an autistic person, I'm half-convinced that cats are just condensed, purified autism
1. Sensory sensitivity
2. Innate sense of justice
3. "Do not ruin the chill."
4. Easily startled by sensory input
5. Will 100% dedicate ourselves to a choice if we genuinely believe it's the right thing to do
And this is exactly why I love cats!
Dog: My human is part of my pack. I will protect my pack member.
Cat: This human is my staff. No one messes with my staff!
Well of course not. Look at all the time it took to train their human properly, don't want to have to go through that again.
The cat is more humane than most human bosses I have ever had.
More like:
Dog: This Hooman is part of my pack. I love my pack members so much!
Cat: This human is my staff. *N O O N E M E S S E S W I T H M Y S T A F F.*
This upload brought tears to my eyes
Reminiscing of all the cats who have shared their life with me till my last cat
Raj ...
My rescue Bengal..
Rest my peace my majestic friend..
Passed in 2023
All of you are never forgotten in my 62 years of life
Sorry to hear about your kitty. When my sister passed away i took in her Bengal named Lou and i love him very much now. He was such i turd and he was mean when i first got him but now we buddies 😸
I hear that. My family had two Siamese brothers when I was a kid, one of them had classic pure Siamese traits--crossed eyes and a kinked tail--his personality was off the charts. They used to go hunting together at night in the woods a couple of blocks from our house; they would bring home their kill sometimes as 'offerings'. One time they brought a snake with colorings very much like a poisonous coral snake--it was actually another variety often mistaken for corals--and left it on my parents' bed. I heard my mom scream the next morning, when she saw it. That cat kept the household in motion for many years.
I once had too many cats. (That's another story). Neighbor across the street had a German Shepherd named Joe. He told me, one day Joe saw my cats on the front porch and chased them into the back yard,. Next thing Joe came running out from between the houses with several of them on his back, and at least two riding under trying to remove his vitals. Not looking where he was going he smashed into the side of my truck. The cats jumped off and Joe hid under his porch for the rest of the day.
Proof that yes, cats do hunt in prides like lions.
"Float like a butterfly and sting like a bee" doesn't quite cut it when describing a cat in fight mode. They are greased lightning, unleashing hellfire and destruction on any would-be attacker or they run away at the speed of a bullet if the odds don't look too good.
Funny enough, Ali had Leo (symbolized by the lion) Rising/Ascendant (in astrology, the Ascendant corresponds to ones physical body and temperament).
I have 5 cats that I refer to as my attack cats. People laugh, but I'm not kidding. After all, if something happens to me, there would be no one to serve their majesties' food 🤷♂️.
Yah got that right!
Imagine a, say 80lb, mountain lion size house cat. lol
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@@Mrbfgray There's a couple in Russia with a mountain lion as a house pet. People in the comments are always joking about him eating burglars, but once, when he didn't realize that it was his owner opening the front door, he skittered away from the door at top speed and hid in the living room. 🤷
Channel name is I_am_puma; cat's name is Messi. Yes, named after Lionel.
You must be an old maid
In the Northern European countries, men would gift their wife a kitten on their wedding's day, for two reasons: 1, because Freyja, the Goddess of love and fertility, and so marriage, has her chariot pulled by cats; 2, because a cat is strong enough to fight off a bear and would protect their family. Greatest wedding's tradition, we should bring it back.
(Btw, my family's orange cat is very protective of human children. When there are children in the house, he gets out from where he is hiding and comes to meet them. He will stay by their side wherever they got and watch over them. He also doesn't react harshly to any of their bad behaviors toward him, he understands that they are children and don't understand that they are hurting him, and letting us correct the behavior. Like, I would have been scratch if it was me, but my 6 years old niece doesn't even get a hiss. So, yes, I believe that cats can be protector)
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