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[–] Belly_Beanis@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

AFAIK both dogs and cats recognize pointing. Dogs will look in that direction, as if you gave them a command. Cats also realize you're pointing at something in order to get their attention, they just don't give a shit and will keep doing whatever they're doing.

[–] huf@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

this isnt entirely true. cats are terrible at taking direction but it is possible to direct them. i've done it when my cat brought a live mouse inside and we had to hunt it as a team to corral it.

[–] icelimit@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Two shepherd dogs would've gotten the job done

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 weeks ago

dogs look where you're pointing, cats look at your finger.
you can direct a cat but you have to place your finger where you want them to look.

[–] floo@retrolemmy.com 7 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Cats also know that you’re there. They just don’t give a fuck.

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[–] elbiter@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Dogs can't even tell if you launched the stick or not...

[–] pulsewidth@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Nor can kids up to age 5 if you're good at deception.

Cats can't tell the difference between a real object moving on a surface and a beam of light..

[–] Cat_Daddy@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah, well, cats rule and dogs drool.

Nanny nanny boo boo, stick your head in doo doo. :-p

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