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I agree with you, I never ever costumed Gizzy, Thori or Sisi, or one of our family´s 1980s cats. My sister´d squeezed our very first cat, the Siamese/Thai Cat into a much too tight doll dress to take a photo of her, I hated Astrid for that. Cats are no dolls, no toys, period. 👍👍👍

Agreed! Preach it.

I flag every one of those I run across as animal abuse. I hate them.

So mean!!! 😾😾😾

I had to explain to one of my cousins many times why those videos were awful. I'm not sure she ever understood.

Biting them would have been 100% goode!

100%

and obviously distressed or unwell dogs people think are hilarious. just horrible.

Especially when they mistake obvious signs of fear as, "She's in love with (whatever is scaring her)!"

Exactly. The genuine moments you capture are so much more meaningful than staged photos

Thank you. This is such a problem, even today.

We do well just to get a collar and leash going, good luck with the whole outfit thing...

If such books exist they're probably OOP with prices to match so no need to mention them, prices don't need to go any higher... (Yeah, salty about not being able to afford a childhood favorite about a ghost cat from 1967; even the paperback reprint from 2016 goes for high two/low three figures now.)

Our kitty did not enjoy laps-- unless we were sad or sick. When I was expecting our first baby she'd spend as much time as possible on my lap purring. So when I was around 5 mos. and my husband got strep throat, she was dang near in a panic trying to figure out who needed her most.

No, children also shouldn´t dress up their cats, when my sister Astrid who´s 3 1/2 years older than me dressed up our Siamese/Thai Cat Suleika with a much too tight doll dress in the 1980s for a photo I´d been 7 or 8, so she´s been a teenie yet. That was animal abuse. I hated her for that. 🤬🤬🤬

or put beloved bebee into a stroller

When I was 10, I put my kitten in a Pound Puppies jacket and he wore it for 2 days. Excellent cat. Very cool.

Agree

50 years later, *I* regret dressing up our sweet, patient blue point Siamese, Omar, in various doll clothes. But I do have at least one picture of him sacked out in the toy baby buggy, mild as can be and looking like a Victorian infant at a christening.

He and I had a love fest for 16 great years

My ginger cat, Macho Muffins, was very sensitive and caring. I'm epileptic. He would know when I was going to have a seizure before I did and jumped on my lap staring intently into my face. Then he would pat my face repeatedly. We lost him at 19. Such a good boy. He trained me to stay seated. 😻

Meanwhile, present day, my cat who we think we've spoiled *sweet* with an absolute beaming smile. I hope she's the happiest baby ever

wow💕

highly suspicious there is a fishy treat being held juuuuuust out of frame

Genuinely impressed at how well their eyes photograph here. That takes some real talent

This is so good!!! Jealous

Do you have a favourite cat appearing in a painting?

Thank you! Putting animals in costumes seems an offense to their dignity. I'm not talking about protective clothing like boots or jackets that are for the animal's comfort, but costumes worn to amuse humans at their expense.

I'm sorry. I hate that too. I don't know what to say when someone unknowingly shows me an AI animal or baby and they want me to light up at it. I just don't know what to say lol

Oh no, that was me...

Exactly.

Agreed.

I did a cross-country trip and spent a month or two beforehand getting my cat used to a harness so he could come out at rest stops. For a week he'd just lie there and yowl in protest. (to be clear I didn't leave it on him, a few minutes at a time until he acclimated to moving in it)

Me neither☹️😒

Honestly, this makes me like your content even more

I second that!

Here, my loving little gremlin to compensate.

Or the countless videos of overtrained dogs doing bits for clicks

I agree except for the Incredible Hulk arms that drape across the shoulders and stick out front. Watching cats play while banging each other with green fists is just fun for all.

This!!! Thank you.

'Cats, cats are nice'.

💯

HEAR! HEAR!

Well said 👍👍

I agree.

… and little for the cat.

I swear, we only put the crock pot on low. 😉

And then there's the big, wild cats drugged so asshole humans can pose and get snaps taken with them. I despise humans using animals as objects for people's twisted pleasure. I live in Canada, and we have that grand travesty call The Calgary Stampede. It's an abhorrent display of animal cruelty.

Yep. Couldn't agree more.

Well there was the time that we had to put our girl (a former stray) in a cat onesie: she licked her stitches after she was spayed and they got infected. She was pretty tolerant of it. I had a total hysterectomy two days after her surgery, so recovery was a nice bonding experience for us.

Good for you.

I’m not a huge cat person but JFC, don’t be uncool to them. I’ve had some chill cats

Thanks for not boosting that bad behavior/shitty content 🐾🥹

Especially when they do so many entertaining, adorable, and hilarious things all on their own!

Indeed! Cats are incredible. They don't need accessories to make them better.

Yes.

I agree. Ditto for dogs.

The vast majority of how we depict animals is for our entertainment. And to prove that humans are the apex species.

Same for every other animal. They look best all natural.

Same

Some people do constantly dress their animals in costumes and t-shirts, which is a little weird. But every once in a while, as long as it’s not painful, is a non-issue. People dress up their human babies too—although my son was not pleased to see old pics of him dressed as a baby carrot.

There's an episode of the Mission Impossible TV series where they use a cheetah cub as an exotic pet for the bluff, and I really didn't like that once I learned to speak cat. The cat is not happy, showing it and it's framed as "cute".

Hear, hear

Thank you. I hate seeing dogs this way, too. We should all embrace their true magnificence.

100% agree. Especially as I read somewhere, many years ago, that they were likely either taxidermy or drugged 😭😭😭

Now you know why cats bite people.

I hate all animal costumes except a bow tie on a dogs collar. Barkley had a bunch and when I put one on him he knew company was coming to see him. He would wait by the door to greet them. He was a Poodle and the world revolved around him and I was his staff.

Well said!

I agree. It’s horrible and upsetting.

Our cat, Morris, has a “manspread” too. 😆 He’s a goof. He also has a habit of “bouncing” our other cat (and past ones).

The tail!

Oh, always, he was

🤣🤣🤣

Scrap was a ginger so of course he was EPIC

I see lots of videos of cats that are flagged. Many look funny and spontaneous but quite a lot are probably the result of some kind of cruelty that's beyond simple teasing.

100%

Oh wow!

The struggle was real

I agree completely. Photos of cats enjoying life are what I like to see

No cat wants to wear a costume. Period. Let them be cats, they’re not your baby.

this stupid, abusing pitures are daily posted here also, and they are not antique. It shows that the publishers have no respect for the animal. it serves only to satisfy themselves.

Cat cafe videos have a similar effect on me since actually visiting one in Japan. All of the cats were overstimulated and as far from humans as they could get. The cafe had signs up telling people to respect the cats' wishes to be left alone and wait for them to approach first.

hear hear same goes for dogs, capybaras, zebras, children, etc.

It's like cat videos on YouTube: cat reacts weirdly to a thing is funny; cat owner putting a cucumber next to a cat for LOLs is cruelty.

Same

100% agree.

What a relief to find all the people who feel as I do 😅. I am consistently disappointed with all the folks who find “cute” and “hilarious” use of animals that I find repellent.

Preach!

I agree. Here’s my peeps. Flora & Fauna.

Ivy is very chill so it doesn't bother her My kitten sweetheart I would never do it cuz I know her personality she will be distressed if I put that on her

THANK you!

I agree completely. You can tell when an animal is happy about their situation and when they’ve been made to do something that frightens them or makes them uncomfortable.

yeah, it is much, much better to leave them alone. They have no connection to costumes or the humor. They either have no response, or are annoyed or scared.

Me too. That goes for almost any animal put into an “outfit” including dogs (except for winter coats, where recommended).

My cat only gets a collar during certain times because she proved herself to be a flight risk, and I've got an RF tracker on her collar. The second my roommates get home from work I take it off! And I give her a treat every time I put her collar on so it's a good experience for her

Foofy snowballs

I've also wondered if they are even alive...it's creepy

Hear, hear!!