Most dogs play fetch, while cats do so more often than thought

Dollface thread.

Whoa weird I was googling this behavior last night, lol. My current kitty purebred Siamese, loves to play fetch. She's the one that initiates it. She'll bring toys, rolled up paper, etc. I have other cats in the past that do this. I never trained them. It's just something they do.

R2, is your cat a rescue cat?

Years ago, I had a cat who loved to play fetch. He loved it so much he would tire out my throwing arm!

R3 No, I got her through an acquaintance.

r5 We'll allow it.

I play numerous games that include a ball of some sort with my cat, but no fetch. We both think fetch is a stupid game.

My punk ass Yorkie (RIP) would never play fetch and he was very well trained in every other regard.

golf ball sized balls of crumpled tinfoil is almost irresistible to cats if you want to teach them to fetch.

Could reluctant cats be taught by observing the dogs doing it?

R9 cats hate tinfoil. Your cat is weirder than most.

"Stop trying to make fetch happen!"

Cats LOVE tinfoil, R11 because it’s shiny.

My cat fetches his little chirping bird stuffed toys when I throw them. He has about a dozen of them and it’s not unusual to find four or five of them in my bed when I wake up in the morning.

May dog does not like to fetch. Never did. She is wonderful but she is one lazy bitch.

That's pretty damn cute, r14.

When he was a kitten, my guy loved to fetch anything he could easily pick up with his mouth, i.e. pencils, small rubber balls, etc.

Now he's an adult and can't be bothered with such childish games. If I try to initiate a fetch game, he just looks at me with utter disdain and contempt.

[quote]Cats LOVE tinfoil, [R11] because it’s shiny.

Yeah, mine don't play fetch but they definitely love batting tinfoil balls around the house. They get excited when they see or hear me crushing tinfoil.

Tinfoil is used to keep cats OFF surfaces. Are you saying that balling it up solicits a different reaction? I guess I'll be trying that tonight.

My old tom used to bring me leaves when he was younger.

Just one type of leaf: big sycamore leaves.

I have no idea where he got them since I did not have this tree in my yard.

Give it a try anyway and see, R19. Of course my cats spent the first few months of their life crawling on and in garbage dumpsters, so tinfoil may signify a jackpot of discarded restaurant food to them rather than something to be avoided.

My last two guys loved playing fetch with rolled up printer paper. I'd find a small collection waiting for me at the front door after work. I often wondered if one of them had mastered crumpling the paper into a ball on his own.

They both loved the lazy version even more - toss it up the stairs and they send it back.

The cat I grew up with loved shiny foil like things so much we couldn’t use tinsel on the Christmas tree or she’d try to eat it.

Mine loves to chase wine corks

Years ago, I had a cat who would take the wet sponge off of the top of the sink and place it under the blanket in my bed.

Cats love to chase objects. I thought fetch was they had to retrieve it - bring it back to you after you toss it. Forget that with a cat, most dogs don’t do it either.

R8, is it generally true that terriers don’t like to fetch?

My fella loves to fetch those tiny paper cups McDonald's has for ketchup. He'll squash them flat, bat them around and bring them to me so I can throw for him and he retrieves them for more fun. He does the same with crumpled tinfoil balls.

r28 Aw, what a precious little boy he is.

r29 He's the best, nicest, most gentle sweet guy ever.

Except when he's being brushed. 🙃

My cat loves to bring me birds. Live ones and I freak out. Then she claws them to death.

Dogs fetch you things because they want to gift you something. Cats fetch things because they want you to cook them something.

I threw a balled up pair of socks across the room about a month ago and my cat ran after it and caught it.

Haven't seen it since.

[quote] We'll allow it.

Not if the cat was purchased.

(Rescue fee is, of course, an entirely different matter.)