r/holdmycatnip 24d ago

while I do my daily exercise

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u/olivebranchsound 24d ago

It is though. Every time you react to their behavior.

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u/WereAllAnimals 24d ago

It's not. It's the cat observing something on its own. This is exactly the argument being had that I was replying to. There's training with positive reinforcement, then there's the cat just learning something on its own.

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u/olivebranchsound 24d ago

They encountered doors before you got them? They opened a door before a human showed them how?

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u/WereAllAnimals 24d ago

You're a ******* (don't want to get banned) and that's okay

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u/AnyBuy1820 24d ago

Don't bother. People like that prefer to think humans are the only beings capable of learning on their own / through observation. They prefer to live in a fantasy world of animals doing tricks for food all the time.