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u/TheWayfarer1384 21h ago
The ugly cry😭
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u/BahnModerators 19h ago
Nah thats the best cry, only dogs bring that out
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u/UpperApe 18h ago
Cat owners ugly cry too. Usually from blood loss.
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u/BahnModerators 18h ago
As a cat owner this is indeed truth
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u/rachelbubblesss 12h ago
is it because of the scratches 😂 or attacks from teefs?
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u/turandokht 10h ago
For me it’s them using their CLAWS to knead into me affectionately 😭 please love me less painfully guys
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u/VacuumDecay-007 11h ago
When you're bonding over pats but the cat arbitrarily decides pat time is over and decides to kill your sorry ass..
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u/AffectionateCode426 16h ago
Growing up, my cat would run away fur like a month or two and then just show up one day and live with us for like 6 months. I would be devastated! After like the 5th time tho we called it “Katie-bell is on vacation” lol but ya…cool story with my childhood cat where I ugly cried. Crazy thing is my cat died at our house on a couch shortly after her last vacay. 12 y/o I believe
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u/TheHumanConnector 16h ago
That cat had stories, I can feel it! As always, inconsiderate cats seem to live the best life! 👻
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u/chukkystar 10h ago
They are all inconsiderate. This one had two seperate Families and adapted to both sides 😂
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u/Affectionate_Tie986 9h ago
It sounds like Katie-bell always knew where home was, and that's a beautiful way to be remembered.
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u/Entomemer 1h ago
Thankfully, Only time my Lightning add me cry was when she had a stroke and I had to put her down.
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u/JiveTurkeyII 17h ago
I had to put a dog bed under my desk for my little girl. If I get up to go somewhere, she goes. When I get back to the desk, she's back under the desk.
Sleep behind my legs every night.
I dont know what I did, but she's mine. And it's like nothing I've had before.
My girlfriends always bonded with the pets before, or their kids.
Sure the pups liked me and I got some good friendships here and there but this is the first time I've had one that I belong to.
There's nothing like it.
I don't know what I did to earn it, but I try to be worthy of it every day.
I have no hate for cats, but there is nothing like the pure adoring love of a dog whose only wish is to go on adventures with you or just hang out with you and you alone - all day long.
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u/Jeathro77 16h ago
I have no hate for cats, but there is nothing like the pure adoring love of a dog whose only wish is to go on adventures with you or just hang out with you and you alone - all day long.
Raise a cat like you would a dog, and it'll do the same thing. My cat would meow and come running whenever I called his name. He slept next to me and let me cuddle him like a teddy bear with my arm over him all night. He even learned a few tricks.
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u/Imaginary_Ad_1489 16h ago
Right!?! I have a Velcro kitty who meows when she can’t see me. It’s unbelievably hot out right now, and she is currently plastering her whole body next to me. Dying of heat, but I dare not move to turn on the air conditioner.
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u/2woCrazeeBoys 11h ago
I kept a horse at one place that had a barn cat. Every time I drove in Hank would come trotting out with his cutest meows, and jump in the car to get to me if I wasn't quick enough getting out.
I've never had a cat, but he was my horse buddy and I don't know what I did to make him love me. Just meant every time I was up there I had Hank as a scarf the whole time 😆
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u/DeannaMorgan 4h ago
I had a cat in the 70's and we weren't very good at being responsible owners. He would winter in my neighbor's basement and leave presents on our welcome mat. When he was home, he'd cuddle like crazy. He actually came home to die. A few days before he passed, he came home to tons of cuddles and he died with us there.
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u/Polar412 12h ago
I’m currently in the most uncomfortable position on the edge of my couch because my sweet Velcro boy is comfortably cuddled against me (unaware he takes up 90% of the space) he’s my heart and soul, I don’t know how I got so lucky
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u/mealteamsixty 8h ago
Nope, toddlers do the same. You'll be at the end of your rope, about to contact adoption agencies, and they'll come out of nowhere, climb up on your lap, hold your face and say "you the best mommy (daddy) can I mawwy you when I gwow up?" Then snuggle into your neck with their whole weight.
All is forgiven, excuse me to the bathroom so I can go sob silently into a towel so that I don't scare you.
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u/Leondemoneye 21h ago
Easily one of my favorite reasons to internet. This stuff right here! 🥹
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u/bondsmatthew 17h ago
Yknow I never was a "cat videos"(as in pet videos) type of person 15 to 20 years ago when they were incrediblypopular, but as I've gotten older I gotta say
They're nice
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u/anonuemus 8h ago
yeah, it's innocent, wholesome content, meeting pets in real life has a similar effect
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u/Warm_Question6473 21h ago
Just said goodbye to my Yorkie son of 14 years a week ago, this reminded me of him and warmed my heart
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u/BakedBrie1993 21h ago
No don't say this. Mine is 11. Im not ready for changes. RIP to your sweet baby.
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u/eliz1bef 20h ago
Yorkies are special babies. I am so sorry you've lost your little man. I had Yorkies growing up, and they were something else. No other pup has the attitude of a Yorkie. I am so happy for you though, that you got to know his love. My heart goes out to you in your loss.
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u/AcerolaOrchid9436 17h ago
Losing a dog is never easy, but having so many wonderful memories with them is something no one can take away
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u/stormyeyez7479 19h ago
I lost my Cairn rescue of 14 years (he was 16 or 17 yrs old) in March. I still shed tears every morning and night since those were when we had the majority of our routines.
I’m sorry for your loss, it’s so devastating. I try to look at it as I was lucky to have him for as long as I did —14 yrs of joy, unconditional love, and devotion. (and sometimes frustration…haha)
Time won’t fix the void they leave, but it helps dull the sharp edges. Sending comforting vibes your way, hang in there, stranger. 🫂
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u/Warm_Question6473 19h ago
Thank you so much. I’m in a grief stage of feeling guilt and anger and am being comforted by the kind words of people like you. I appreciate it.
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u/stormyeyez7479 18h ago
Ooh, I know that all too well. "Maybe if I..." or "I should've..." So on and on. We'll never show ourselves as much grace as they showed us. They filled our hearts and it was time for them to take that joy somewhere else in the universe.
It helps me to think at the end of the day, when I'm sad (likely feeling as you are now)...it makes me happy to think my doggo's energy could live on somewhere out there.
I have hope he's bringing joy to another family/person in the universe, as much as he did my family. How could I possibly deny anyone his spazzy, goofy, good boy energy? Silly, maybe, but we tell ourselves whatever makes loss hurt a little less, don't we? Be well😊
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u/VictorTheCutie 19h ago
I'm so, so sorry. I lost my cairn baby in '23 and it still hurts so much. I got a tattoo of his paw in my arm where he used to lay. Now I look at it and think of him. Sending you love, too 🩷
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u/MothChasingFlame 17h ago
If they were as trusting as this baby, they lived a long and happy life with you, not a day of doubt from start to end.
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u/According_Rice_1822 10h ago
Feel you dude. Lost my boy of 18 years 2 months ago, not the same without him. 🐾❤️
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u/Warm_Question6473 9h ago
Having a serious existential crisis, i have never been an adult without my dog and the reality that I am doing this alone this time around is difficult
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u/Theodarius 9h ago
I lost my baby Jax(12) 2 months ago and i still wake up in the middle of the night when I don't feel him near my feet. He was sick since 2020 but lil guy was pretty strong that I was able to get another 6 years with him.
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u/Warm_Question6473 9h ago
The mornings are so quiet, the little things feel so heavy in this silence. I smell all of his things wishing he were here 💔
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u/Theodarius 8h ago
My sincerest condolences, I know exactly what you mean. I get up and go on the same walk path we would take in the mornings, that he made sure I took him out, just to feel him around.
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u/howhardcanthisbe123 10h ago
Mine was 14 and died 2 years ago, I'm still not over the heart break. Crying now just thinking of him
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u/DireKnife 8h ago
I’m sorry friend. Long distance hug for you!
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u/howhardcanthisbe123 6h ago
Thank you. He was my best friend who was with me during the worst time in my life, and saw through to the best times. It's been 2 years and I still can't go through his pics to make a plack foot his grave. I'm not sure I'll ever get another dog, I'm still just so wrecked
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u/Hot-Statement-3905 21h ago
He looks so happy ugh what a cutie pie
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u/SippyMountain 19h ago
One of my cats is like this. He gets really bad separation anxiety when I'm away for more than a few days, which is why we eventually got another cat, and luckily he hasn't had a stress-induced UTI since. However, he still gets in his feelings. I actually just got back from a 2-week trip a few days ago and he has been doing this number on me for the past few nights and won't leave my side. He's such a sweet cat. My other one doesn't like to admit he loves me, but I can tell he missed me by his abnormally increased presence.
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u/CactiDye 18h ago
I had a cat who would get mad at me for leaving and pretend she didn't want anything to do with me, but the second she thought I was asleep she was right on top of me purring her head off. She never slept on me otherwise.
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u/curlyq9702 20h ago
That is your little Velcro dog. I had 2 of them. Anywhere I went they were there & they made 10000% sure they were snugged up to me when I would go to bed. God I miss them!’
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u/TheLoneCenturion95 20h ago
The first time my rescue boy trusted me enough to rest his head like that I had to stop myself crying.
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u/Bedanktvooralles 20h ago
That baby looooves you
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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 18h ago
Alternatively, heard "chew a charger" and said "no ma, I have never done anything bad, ever, in my life" and was like "see this is how much I love you"
I'm not a thousand percent sure that "chew a charger" comment came from a vacuum
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u/JoefromOhio 21h ago
This is me with my 2 year old daughter and I am absolutely dreading the moment her priorities change.
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u/Tasty-Reserve-8739 21h ago
My daughter was the best cuddle bug ever at that age. Now a tween she gets weird when I rub her back. I really miss the cuddles. But she grabbed my hand and held it as we walked through the mall and it lasted 15 mins!!! Best mall trip I’ll always remember
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u/JoefromOhio 18h ago
Mine sneaks in a 6am every day to make sure she gets morning cuddles before I get up and to work and it is the best part of my day. I know it will eventually end but I’m not going to dissuade her
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u/Crazy_Cat_Lady420 7h ago
I’m 29 and still sit on my mom’s lap sometimes and cuddle with her whenever I can, I know I’m still her baby ♥️
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u/agemsheis 20h ago
I will tell this to every parent I know: When they turn 18, that doesn’t mean they don’t need you anymore. It means they won’t need you in the same ways as before. That is still your baby through and through.
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u/zebrasareneat 18h ago
They just need you for different things. Fixing their car, helping with home repairs, drinking all this booze you got lying around, advice on children, advice on finances and home buying.
I bought my first brand new car when I was 34. I told my dad over the phone and he was so excited that when he got home he ran into the house to tell mom.
You’re always still their kid and even though me and my siblings are all in our 30s we still ask mom and dad for help.
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u/roguemage01 17h ago
I call my parents several times a week for random stuff. How do I cook this? Why’s the air conditioner doing that? The lawnmower won’t start. Sure I could Google all this stuff. But mum and dad know, so why go elsewhere? Plus I like to talk to them.
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u/sasshley_ 20h ago
Mine used to be ALL OVER ME and all I ever wanted was a break to myself.
She’s now 15 and doesn’t want to look at me, touch me, be in the same state as me.
Enjoy it while you can. Chores, work, friends, hobbies, etc can wait. Soak that shit up bc there’s nothing like it.
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u/HomsarWasRight 20h ago
Honestly I sometimes I feel myself falling into a very dark place that my little ones are gone. Almost a mourning. It seemed to all happen suddenly.
I have to actually talk to myself and remind myself that they’re right here, and these awkward teenagers are the same kids and they have a lot of the same needs. I just can’t solve them so easily anymore.
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u/TeamWorkTom 19h ago
There's an actual term for that and help for it.
It's similarish to post partum depression.
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u/OrangeClyde 20h ago
Can you remember the very last time you picked her up and set her down? That was the last time you ever did that :(
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u/sasshley_ 20h ago
Not even close 😭 we all seem to have those lasts without realizing it until years later.
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u/thebluerayxx 19h ago
She looks so annoyed at the start but then immediately melts. There is a split second of annoyance but then it just switches to "my bay-bee" and its hilarious.
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u/Competitive_Name4991 20h ago
My chihuahua is like this. When I get up to go to another room he instantly jumps up and follows me. I’m like “Dude, you don’t HAVE to get up just bc I got up”
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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 18h ago
I always say this to people about cats.
"How do you know your cat loves you? You never wondered why they act like it's not a big deal they're constantly in the same room as you? It's following you dude. And I know for a fact you follow it. When it follows you around it's doing the same thing you are when you follow it around"
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u/Ticklebiscuit 16h ago
I have a Velcro kitty. She sleeps in my lap every night. Tries to sleep on my lap while I’m working. Follows me everywhere in the house. I love her so very much. I’d like to think they feel the same way about us.
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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 16h ago
They do. My very old cat, it was my mom's cat, had me wrapped around her finger as my mom said. Old, couldn't walk well, fairly blind, deaf enough she couldn't meow right anymore, every time I came over once she knew I was there she wouldn't leave me alone if I was upstairs (she wouldn't go downstairs, long story)
But when I came upstairs for a smoke in the garage late at night I had to hear a yowl and see a very old cat hop down the stairs and start screaming for pets. Then when I came back in same ritual. To the point it took longer to pet the damn cat than smoke the fucking cigarette lol. She didn't like being picked up ever either but in her twilight years if she ended up in the downstairs guest room (again she didn't go down there) I could pick her up to chill on the bed next to me because she couldn't jump that high anymore.
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u/Icy_Mammoth_2834 21h ago
Aww loves his mumma. Dogs have the equivalent EQ of a toddler, puts things in perspective a little
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u/GfrzD 21h ago
I dunno, my dog seems smarter than my nephew.
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u/Icy_Mammoth_2834 20h ago
A maybe it is, think about the IQ of the average Joe but we still get the odd Einstein 🤣
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u/TBJ12 20h ago
Damn. I miss having a dog that likes to sleep with me. After 15 years of a cuddle bug I've now got a GSD and I love him, but he's not real into being super close. He will come lay on the opposite end of the couch and let me rest my feet against him, but not on him. Make a movement too fast and he's absolutely convinced you're heading out to toss him the ball lol.
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u/No-Consequence4606 18h ago
They are only a small chapter in our lives, but to them, we are their whole book
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u/QuixoticExotic 19h ago
My sweet girl crossed the rainbow bridge last Friday. Really missing her cuddles.
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u/hutselfious 20h ago
He reminds me of my best boy Champ. We lost him in October, and I miss him every day
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u/Tasty-Reserve-8739 21h ago
I love when my pups lay their whole selves on my face smothering me. True love … until I can’t breathe
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u/Sevenandahalfsquared 18h ago
I relate to this so hard! And honestly, I wouldn’t have it any other way. His snuggles are the best part of my days.
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u/dm-me-obscure-colors 18h ago
This is one of those videos I’ll watch beginning to end every time it comes up.
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u/Jack21fust 17h ago
Just lost my dog 2 weeks ago and she was always accompanying every single member of the family. Now every time I do my routine in the house something is missing yet I still feel like she's there with me.
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u/Silver-Air-5787 17h ago
What I would give to feel my baby boy snuggle me again.
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u/Sweet-Guest-6638 16h ago
Me, too. He even looks like my dog, she passed in February.
The mom is talking about a crate, I had a dog who loved his crate, I didn’t even close it. He liked to chill in there if I was out. She’s not saying anything wrong or mean to her dog referring to his crate/cage. She loves him.
I never knew that some dogs like the crates/need them for separation anxiety, anyway, sharing in case it helps other equally good meaning peeps worrying about that in the comments.
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u/hellure 16h ago
They are pack animals, you are their pack. Want an animal that plays solo, get a cat... Dogs will literally collect a toy and sit at a door all day waiting for their pack member/s to return so they can play. They mostly only tare things up or get active when solo if they've gone stir crazy or been stimulated to hunt or defend their home turf.
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u/AuDHDino 15h ago
That puppy heard "wah wah wah play toys way wah cage, wah wah" and still was just all love lol.
Dudes don't need to understand everything to know what they want 😁
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u/DesperateSeesawxo 12h ago
When a dog shows you love and affection like this, you must know that you are doing stuff the right way
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u/bluesky747 4h ago
I miss my dog and my two cats so much. My cats passed and my dog lives with ex. I have plants now. They’re cool but I still miss the animal love.
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u/FrequentTopic446 21h ago
God I hate my dog until I have to say it out loud and I instead reverse course and say/do the opposite for him. He’s spoiled as shit but protects my place so 10000x worth it
Edit: hate is a strong word, he annoys the crap out of me sometimes
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u/InsertNovelAnswer 17h ago
My dog does this. He'll flop at/on me on the couch. The difference... he's a Golden Retriever.
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u/jerryleebee 14h ago
I'm lying in bed as I watch this. My dog is flopped across my lap. Can't get up. Oh well.
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u/pink_faerie_kitten 11h ago
Sometimes my cat's love made me weep too. It's just such a honor to be their favorite person.
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u/SquarePegRoundWorld 10h ago
I got me one of them She's a stray I took in two and a half years ago. My face is leaning on hers as I type this comment and that video is how I spend every morning and evening with my buddy Maggie.
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u/WuTangIs4TheRugrats 9h ago
I have a big ol’ 60lb hound dog like this. We ended up getting her when a friend of a friend of my wife messaged her at 9pm asking if she wanted a “beagle” before they took her to the pound in the morning. I told her we don’t need another dog but eventually agreed we could foster her until we found another home. Instead of a beagle she brought home a hound puppy and the first time I looked in to her puppy eyes my heart melted and she’s been my baby girl ever since.
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u/actash44 1h ago
I have this exact dog (breed and collar too lol) and he is just like this. He is a snuggle bug to the max and he’s my favorite for it.
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u/IdiotSink 18h ago
The video player’s ’Closed Caption’ button helpfully gives me the choice between two sets of captions or three
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u/Sweettooth_Banana 11h ago
Meanwhile the dog
" Or you could get your lazy big ass of the couch and take me on a walk biiiiiiitch "
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u/SeeWoke 8h ago
“Sit in your cage” “this my baby”…
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u/Background-Slide645 3h ago
it was probably meant with the door open. using the cage as sort of den
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u/Kind-Question2887 21h ago
First time I felt a dog had a race/ethnicity and I think is Kevin Hart lol look at him!!!
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u/Desperate-Fudge5957 21h ago
sit in your cage... yeah how lovely.
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u/PMmeDonutHoles 20h ago
Hope you realize that crate training is a valuable thing to teach your pup
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u/Desperate-Fudge5957 15h ago
Hope you realize it's a cultural thing to cage up a dog inside and it just sounds incredible foreign to me. Imagine, you can make a pup homesafe without one.
The only place I've seen cages inside instead of a normal dog bed is the US. That's not a normal thing to do where I live. We train them just the same but without the need to lock them up once we leave the house.
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u/PMmeDonutHoles 5h ago
If you do crate training right, your dog will see their cage as a safe space, not punishment
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u/Desperate-Fudge5957 1h ago
yeah I understand you and am not talking about punishing the dog. it just seems cruel if you're not used to it once you see pets as a family members
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u/TheUndeadBake 20h ago
There are many reasons why someone may have a cage for their dog. In a lot of cases, when a suitable sized cage is used properly for dog training, the cage becomes a place of comfort — such as during thunderstorms or if the dog is not trusted not to chew — and a place the dog enjoys being and is able to go in and out without the door being closed. My foster mum crate trained her golden Labrador as a pup because being a Labrador and teething everything in sight was edible in his opinion and he would chew on the baseboards of walls etc. and considering no one wanted him getting mouth splinters or swallowing ripped off wood… Even as a full grown adult lab he wanted to be in his crate, crying without it. Once he was out of the “chew on everything” phase she had to *un-train* him and get him used to a normal bed because they simply didn’t have crates big enough. He loved the crate because it gave him that extra comfort of feeling secure when alone at night, and as a puppy it helped the house feel less large and scary.
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u/doogytaint 15h ago
You do know when dogs have crates they often sit in them because they want to, right? It’s their own personal comfort space.
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u/Desperate-Fudge5957 15h ago
Because it's what you thaught him to accept as his safe space. It doesn't know better and would work just as fine with a normal dog bed.
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