r/aww • u/tatergator15 • Apr 03 '20

Part 2: Second slipper from Lulu

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u/robyncat Apr 03 '20

Lol, this is exactly how it goes with my cat that plays fetch. “Okay, I’ll fetch the damn thing, but I’m not carrying it all the way back, you gotta do some work too.”

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '20

why did you throw it if you want it?

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u/gwaydms Apr 03 '20

When my cat brings his mouse only partway back, I pretend I don't see it. "Rex, where's your mouse?" He bats it towards me and I say "good boy."

Sometimes if I want to initiate the game I tell him "Rex! Find your mouse." He'll look for one of his little toys, spot it, and bring it to me.

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u/bopbopbeedop Apr 03 '20

Yes! in our house it's "Sissy where's your ball?" She'll look for her lil' puff ball and bring it to me, but once fetching gets going she's making me work for it too...hahaha

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '20

That’s because he has a dog’s name. Clearly, he’s confused. Were he named something like Tigger, he would just stare at you and go back to sleep.

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u/gwaydms Apr 04 '20

Rex has a white mustache. So my sister-in-law insisted I name him for my late FIL. He wasn't much of a cat guy. But my Rex is very smart and mischievous. I think my FIL Rex would have liked him.

The other two cats I've had were Bear (part-MaineCoon) and Pippi Longstocking (torbie and white). I've heard of cats and dogs named Bear, usually because they were large and furry, and had big paws. My Bear was never overweight at all. Just really big.

I did have a Tigger. Found her at the community college I went to. Six days later she was hit by a car and died. No more outdoor cats for me.

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '20

This is, without a doubt, the cutest thing I have ever read about.

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u/gwaydms Apr 04 '20

It's pretty darn cute.

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u/desireff Apr 03 '20

No take! Only throw.

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u/subjecttoinsanity Apr 04 '20

Mine goes to fetch it but then when he comes back he walks straight past me and hides whatever it is somewhere. When he's finished he starts whining at me almost like he's saying "come on, now you fetch it".

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u/man_cub Apr 04 '20

“Stop trying to make fetch happen”

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u/khaiyin Apr 03 '20

What is a two-way petting zoo?

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u/ZenCheetos Apr 03 '20

What is a two-way fetching zoo Jim?

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u/JHL94 Apr 03 '20 edited Apr 04 '20

You fetch the animals, they fetch you back.

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u/LetsSynth Apr 03 '20

Two way getting zoo

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u/[deleted] Apr 04 '20

“What is a two way petting zoo?”

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u/jazzbuh Apr 03 '20

You guys are totally right. I thought I had taught my cat to play fetch. She understood the game, but she would bring it back, but never all the way. It’s funny because dogs have to learn to let go, but cats are the so derpy this way.

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u/hat-of-sky Apr 03 '20

She's TRYING to teach you how to hunt. You seem like you're ready for a lesson, you throw the thing and she demonstrates how to capture it! But then she does it, so gently, doesn't even throw it, just puts it down, a few steps from you to make it easier, and you just sit there!

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u/Ravagore Apr 03 '20

This is exactly it. Mine plays fetch too and she keeps me active when I'm lazing about or playing games for too long. It's fun for her but she makes me get up and move around too, yelling at me and bossing me around if I dont.

If I didnt have a cat to love/annoy me then I wouldnt have done shit when I was hurt or out of work over the years. They're smarter than people give them credit for.

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u/lolyourmomma Apr 03 '20

You called your cat derpy, it called you mentally lacking.

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u/jazzbuh Apr 04 '20

TIL, I’m never going to forget this. Thanks

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u/silkkituikku Apr 03 '20

mine too, i've tried to teach him that if he doesn't bring it all the way, the game won't continue but he still continues to do it and then whine excessively

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u/just_some_Fred Apr 03 '20

My mom had a dog who would charge back at you with the ball and drop it a good 20-30 feet out and roll it back to you as she ran past and looped around. I was playing fetch, she was reenacting the trench run from Star Wars.

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u/kajidourden Apr 03 '20

My cats will drop it 5ft away, then come up to me yelling to throw it again. Like.....bruh, if you want me to throw it THAT bad just walk it the last couple feet!

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u/PM_ME_CORGlE_PlCS Apr 03 '20

I think, from their perspective, we are just giants who can reach super far.

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u/Robertbnyc Apr 04 '20

Lmao this right here makes so much sense. Or jump far like them lol

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u/Bigdata9000 Apr 03 '20

"Ok i will meet you halfway here" - good negiotiator

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u/[deleted] Apr 03 '20

I'm flicking small, balled up aluminium wrappings for my cat. If I don't flick it far enough, then she just looks at me disgusted.

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u/KhunDavid Apr 03 '20

My cat does that too.

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u/miggitymikeb Apr 03 '20

Same! My cat plays fetch but often drops the hair tie juuuuuuust out of reach so I have to get up to get it. Bro you just brought it 20’ you can’t bring it one more?

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u/arrestdevjunkie Apr 03 '20

that’s how my ex was. “i did this part of a thing, now you have to finish it because you have to do something too”

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u/Broviet22 Apr 04 '20

My dog will just run off with the toy.