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RumpusParable -> RE: Do Dominants like cats? (9/23/2012 2:31:02 PM)
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Chael and I had two cats up until about 3 years ago, got them both in our first year of marriage. We still have one of them (Jonesy) but the other one died (Pixel).
Once an adult, Pixel was always a "I'll let you know" sort of cat. Never mean or aggressive, but if he didn't want you to pet him he'd at first give you this annoyed look, then he'd get up and leave. Opposite when he wanted petted: you were expected to comply. I'd be sitting down somewhere, he'd come up to me and start purring with that "pet me" body language and intent stare... And if I ignored him he'd nip my leg - not enough to really hurt and never enough to break skin, just enough to grab my attention. This would happen repeatedly if I stopped petting him before he was through wanting it. Sure, the times I Really Didn't Want To Right Now I could and did give him a good shove or shut the door on him, but it was a funny game we played.
He also loved it when Chael and I would love up to each other.... If Chael and I would hug or start kissing in the middle of the living room or somewhere, Pixel would come over, sit next to our feet and purr until we were done.
He played ROUGH too. I have scars all up one arm from him, totally my fault and never from him being malicious... If you didn't think to wear the play-with-Pixel puppet we had, you got what you got. We'd grab him, roll him over on his back and rough up his belly and he's grab you and start ripping the hell out of your arm. But not because he didn't like it and wanted you to stop... Oh no, it was just ON. Sometimes we'd start it, sometimes he'd launch the first attack lol. - one time Chael made the mistake of masturbating with Pixel in the room, Pixel took the movement as an invitation to fight, ran up and pounced!
He was a Very independent style cat. He is still very missed.
Jonesy is much the opposite of Pixel. He's Very Very attached to me. When at home he is in physical contact with me a good 80% of the time... On days I don't leave the house, call it 18-20hrs of the day. He's either laying on top of me directly or laying near me with one paw reached out so that he's still touching me somehow... And all sorts of positions in between (to include sometimes falling asleep standing up when I'm sitting in a chair or something where he can't just lay next to me.... He'll get in it behind me, stand up leaning against my back so he can put his front paws and chin on my shoulder and after a while pass out like that lol). I can't have a closed door between us or he scratches, yowls, reaches feet under the door, lays his head side-ways on the floor and peeks under until I come out. He's fine if Chael is gone for a day or year, but if I leave for more than a day Chael says he walks around the house and keeps checking my bedroom while yowling... Hell, if I change rooms when he's not near me he'll walk into the middle of the house and yowl until I call out to let him know what room I'm in lol. Sometimes I wake up at night to find him sitting directly in front of my head staring at me.
Chael and him get along really well, Chael loves(d) them both, but Jonesy and he have never been close until recently. Chael liked how rough and tumble Pixel was while if you run towards Jonesy he gets scared (with Pixel, if you ran at him he'd run away but totally unafraid... If you then turned and ran he'd run after you, too. We'd play Chase now and then lol) .
Watching Chael and Jonesy get close lately has produced a lot of "awwwww" and "HAHAHA" moments. It started with Chael trying to get Jonesy to "speak" to get a treat each day... Eventually it worked, so Chael and he would do that each day... Then Chael expanded it to string a serving of canned food and it worked... Then with catnip.... So Chael worked it out that when he shook the treat bag or held up the can or whatever that Jonesy started asking for it before it was given.
Now Jonesy tells Chael when to give him stuff. He walks up to Chael and gives him the "I want something" look. Chael looks at him or says, "what?" and Jonesy starts talking to him until he gets what he wants. They've progressed from Chael making him speak for a treat every day or three to Jonesy getting, everyday, a treat, canned food, catnip, and gone over with the broom at his (Jonesy's) orders through out the day.
As to power-exchange roles, when we got the cats we were in an equals, dual-dominant household. Now we're in a female-led D/s relationship.
We both prefer cats over any other type of pet, though we both love animals in general and are open to other types in the future..
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