Cats are so helpful
By Denise
@petatonicsca (7070)
Japan
July 21, 2022 12:43am CST
My two cats are lovely. I enjoy them very much.
Helpful? So, I lied. They knock things off the kitchen table so the floor is never really clear. They carry their toys (including bottle caps, which when stepped on feel like a Lego) and leave them all over. Currently, it is shedding season, so they leave little poufs of hair in various corners. Sometimes they leave hairballs, too.
But I can tell you one very helpful thing they do. This morning I got up and found a dead bug on the floor. They help keep my house pest free.
Are your animals helpful or "helpful"?
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@Dreamerby (3049)
• Calcutta, India
21 Jul 22
My cats always steal milk from the kitchen
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@Laurakemunto (12862)
• Kenya
21 Jul 22
I used to live in a neighborhood where a stray cat would always steal milk and other foods from our kitchens
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@Laurakemunto (12862)
• Kenya
21 Jul 22
Animals have two sides just like us the good and the bad so while we complain of the bad, let's be grateful for the good they do
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@cacay1 (83223)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
21 Jul 22
@Laurakemunto, cats also make us happy with their tricks.
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@Firestorm0122 (730)
• United States
22 Jul 22
The only cat of mine I'd consider helpful at the moment would be one of our rescues Nova. Nova tends to offer emotional support whenever I'm in pain or having a mental breakdown. She'll settle me down and comfort me by licking my hand until the episode is over and I'm all right again. She was never trained for this.
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@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
22 Jul 22
True. Some of my cats are very sensitive to my feelings. Others, it's their feelings all the way!
@Shavkat (137212)
• Philippines
22 Jul 22
@petatonicsca Thank you. I wish they would not do any foolishness. There will be a lot of explanation if it happens.
@MattMeng (3439)
• Hangzhou, China
24 Jul 22
@petatonicsca Some people just take cat as their child.
@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
22 Jul 22
That is helpful to get rid of bugs or mice. My dog will clean the floor by bringing items to me for treats.
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@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
22 Jul 22
I had a dog once that would clean up all the cat kibble that the cats would spill from the edge of the bowl. She also would lap up anything I spilled, like a raw egg, once.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
22 Jul 22
@petatonicsca Oh yeah, dogs are really good at taking care of spills.
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@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
21 Jul 22
My dogs more often efffective when it comes to dealing with intruder animals in our house.
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@sallypup (57966)
• Centralia, Washington
31 Dec 22
Wow I am late to this picking on cats party. Sorry. My fur crew are quite capable beings. I even found a pancake turner on the living room floor first thing the other day.
@sallypup (57966)
• Centralia, Washington
2 Jan 23
@petatonicsca That was one worried and maybe bored cat.
@petatonicsca (7070)
• Japan
2 Jan 23
I am late to replying too. I was gone for ten days and my neighbor took care of the cats. When I got home, one of the cats (who has done this before) had redecorated the living room by hauling the big styrofoam bath mat (that we stand on when taking a shower, it's about 1 meter by 60 cm) to the middle of the kitchen.
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