Reposting a question I saw on reddit like a decade ago. My favorite answer I read was, “I’d take my 100 dogs home and live like a king.”

Personally, I have two cats, Sansa and Shere Khan. For both, I could significantly narrow down the options by seeing which cats meowed at me the most. (I swear I didn’t teach them to yell, but here we are.) For both, I could bring in a dog to discern which cats weren’t scared of dogs. For Sansa, I could wait until dinnertime and put down some wet food, then see who hems and haws about eating it despite having screamed for it. That might not be enough to get it down to just one each, but oh well. I could use 5 or 10 more cats.

    • TXL@sopuli.xyz
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      13 days ago

      This is probably worth starting with even when you already know which one is yours.

  • Broadfern@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    14 days ago

    I’ve answered this before, but -

    I would sneeze or cough, and my oldest would act horribly offended and yell at me. Or she’d come up and demand attention because she’s 8 pounds of fluffy Velcro.

    My second oldest would be the one cat to act offended at a bowl of wet food.

    My boy would come running at the sound of a yogurt container opening or a whipped cream can being used.

    My youngest girl would be the one to make eye contact with me and bolt away. She’d also be looking for her momma (my second oldest).

  • SpikesOtherDog@ani.socialEnglish
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    14 days ago

    My dogs know their names. They also have individual whistles. They react to certain phrases.

    Emeril gets upset if I put my shoes on my hand and clap. To him, it is like I’m a parent admonishing a child. Also, he can sit, paw, and speak.

    Eli has the energy of a wet rug, but he whips his head around at the right phases. He can sit, paw, and roll over.

    Della is gassy and treat motivated. She would be the hardest because she doesn’t know me when she is free. She can sit, paw, kiss, and play guess what hand the treat is in.

  • snoons@lemmy.caEnglish
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    14 days ago

    Completely heuristic and I would never be entirely sure I have the same one; however, like others have said I’d just have 100 pets. I wish I could afford that and have enough space for that.

  • Jerb322@lemmy.world
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    14 days ago

    Seymour has a little pink spot on his muzzle, and I’m not sure if could tell Will from a shag rug…

  • BlueLineBae@midwest.socialEnglish
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    14 days ago

    My dog is the most cowardly dog I’ve ever met. All I would have to do is bring the toy he is afraid of. All the other dogs will either ignore it or want to play with it. But my dog will recognize the scary toy and cower. I got him that toy for Christmas and it was a really nice expensive toy. Same brand as all his other toys he loves. But for whatever reason, he’s scared of it. So I gave it to my parent’s dogs who think it’s just the best toy they’ve ever seen.

  • Krudler@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    14 days ago

    Do that little side-mouth click.

    “chk chk” means food and they know it

    edit: Cats are trainable AF with sound cues. Ever time I opened the front door I did a twee-twee-twee whistle with my teeth. It taught them that when they hear that sound, it’s the opportunity to go out or come in. If I wanted to call them home I’d open the door and do the distinctive whistle, within 10 minutes they’d be hovering at the front looking to come in