the cat who...

I had a cat that thought she was a dog. Every time someone would pull in my drive way or come on my porch that she didn't know she would growl.

Made the mistake of leaving my "ebony" colored (politically correct) RABBIT with a friend whom had CHICKENS! Said "hare" adopted one Chicken...Chicken adopted Rabbit! Chicken became Mother/protector to rabbit..inseperable! Rabbit slept under the chicken, like an egg! After I returned from vacation, it was plain, seperating them was out of the question....this was a true Easter Bunny connecting with the producer of Easter Eggs! They lived out their life together..neither becoming collars or pillows! Cheers!

One of my cats isn't afraid of vacuum cleaners or garbage disposals, but I have no idea what he thinks he is...

I can't really think of an animal that has thought it be another animal, but I have heard of a cat thinking it was a dog, or maybe it was the dog thinking itself to be a cat? Though I have heard of dogs acting more human then anything. We have two chihuahua's who certainly eat like one. The one chihuahua eats like a pregnant woman or like he's trying to win an eating contest, and the other is the weight conscious woman who also need be fed by hand! lol! Oh and please do know that by woman I am not trying to stereotype. I am a woman as well! lol!

I had a cat when I was young that was pals with our dog. The dog ending up saving the cat's life and at the price of his own. I have know chickens that thought they were human and such. We have always had animals, mostly cats. So the cats were the usual ones to think they were dogs or whatever. Crazy!

I presently am owned by a black kritter that fits the bill of Dog/Cat. I at times call him my pet name (ballz) due to his extreme lack of fear (of six 60+ lbs dogs) drooling and slathering at snack time (liverwurst), he even SITS when they are all told to! He still wont catch a frisbee though, but we're working on it.

That would have been one very interesting cat. Ive never heard cof a cat that wanted to tease sheep.. must have been hilarious to watch. I have certainly heard of dogs, cats, pigs etc who had characteristics of another species. I suspect its to do with being taken away from their mothers at too young an age. Thus forming a bond with the next closes living animal or human. Ive not really had a cat or dog who appears to not act of their own species, although I had a cat and dog that were very close to one another.

Sounds like a mistaken identity there, or so the cat thought. I think that is certainly cute. I have seen this particular cat on TV which looks like a wolf. Don't know what's the name, since it was one of those educational channels. Cat looking like a wolf and a wolf looking like a cat. Quite common in cold mountainous areas, I would think so.

hi ye old blue bunny you made me remember my mom yelling at me when I was about ten, come back here you fool, we gotta get these chickens in , its hailing, my ,mom had never ever called me that before or since but she was miffed. why? because this weird thing we had that looked like a chicken crossed with a duck had taken her baby chicks to a nearby stream and was trying to get them to get in the water with her and swim. being all chickens they did not obey mom who was paddling along like a duck all the while it was hailing . I do not mean little tiny hailstones either but big hailstones that were stinging us as we tried to get this duckchicken out of the water and get her chicklets to the hen house.I had to finally pick up mama duckchicken and literally carry her into the hen house and then the baby chickens followed their mama. she lived a lot longer than most chickens and loved the water. We never did know what to call her as she looked like a chicken except she did have webbed feet like a duck. I had almost forgotten her. She was one weird chicken.

maybe it was raised with dogs as a kitten, and thinks dogs are its species.

I've had the duck and chicken thing happen. Our ducks were lazy buggers and used to slip their eggs into the chicken nests, and we had one chicken which raised a litter of chicks including one stray duckling, and the sight of her going spare whenever her "chick" went swimming could have me in hysterics for hours. Lash

Most pets I've had think they are kings or queens, and always, people lol. And then some people I've known act animalistic.

My dog acts like a cat sometimes. The way he pounces and plays. It's funny.

If anyone tells my cat that she is a cat she is going to be very upset. She thinks she is a human. She is very vocal and can clearly communicate her needs in a manner which we all understand - of course she is 11 years old so we have had all these years to become experts at understanding kitty speak. She absolutely refuses to sit on the floor. She will even sit on a piece of notebook paper lying on the floor - anything except the actual floor or carpet. She refuses to use a kitty bed - she much prefers my bed. She exhibits significant separation anxiety and cannot be put in a kennel. So we have to take her with us on vacations or have someone she knows stay at the house with her. Even then she will act out by tearing things up and having accidents on the floor. But for all her psychotic behaviors I wouldn't trade her for the world. I like my cat that thinks she is a human.

Hi jb. OK so this is in the animal interest, and you ARE talking about animals, but my first thought when I read this was more along the lines of humans who act like animals. Maybe that is an insult to animals so I shouldn't make the comparisons. I have known a few poor imitations of peacocks - people who strut around telling us how good they are and wanting everyone to admire them, but unlike the peacocks, their attraction isn't real: it is only an arrogant put-on. I think of one person who gives an imitation of a wise old owl, sitting there upright and hooting at everyone who voices a contrary opinion. Sorry, I can't think of any particular animal which thinks it is a different animal.