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Now, the story generally is that dogs are the playful animals and cats are lazy and don't really do anything...

...but my cat plays tag with me. He runs into my room (or stalks into my room) while I'm at the computer, runs a circle around my chair and runs out of the room. Of course, I have to follow him and he'll sometimes hide behind something and sometimes will sit in the middle of the hall acting like he hasn't done anything, until I run up on him and poke or pet him and run away... and he chases me.

Generally, I find this to be a particularly fun game and I doubt that I've got the only cat who plays games, so tell me about the games your cat plays.

My cats were all lazy good for nothing layabouts.

Even the ones that are lazy can be induced to play.

Although they could be secretly playing their own game, possibly called "frustrate the owner".

My cat hides the keys. O.o

Even the ones that are lazy can be induced to play.

Although they could be secretly playing their own game, possibly called "frustrate the owner".

That may not be the brightest idea... The owner might get hopped up and beat the living crap out of all of them, and then kill one with a blow dart before running off, never to be seen again.

My cat likes to chase shadows, including her own. :tongue:

That may not be the brightest idea... The owner might get hopped up and beat the living crap out of all of them, and then kill one with a blow dart before running off, never to be seen again.

What kind of douchebag would do that to a cat?

What kind of douchebag would do that to a cat?

Nobody ever gets that reference...

My brother's cat had a project. He had one of those dangling things that you hang in a doorway, which was around the corner in his hallway. She would grab the toy and drag it around the corner and try to wedge it into the table. When she'd succeed she would walk around with a smug air about her. This of course made getting to the bathroom difficult, so I'd kick the toy free, which would summon her out of nowhere to look at the toy then at me and give a frustrated meow, which I think roughly translates to, "You bastard, do you know how long it took me to get that there? You watch yourself, as soon as you try and sleep I'm using you as a damn runway."

When I play with a my cat and a long shoelace that he likes, he'll often capture the shoelace in his mouth and try to walk off with it while his tail is in the air. It's like a victory celebration or something.

My cat loved hide and attack me when I walked past. The worst place was in the stairs, because that allowed him to attack my head when I was below.

We also used to play a game where he'd try to scratch me and I'd try to dodge the scratch and grab his leg, and after that try to avoid being bitten in the hand or arm. That one could go on for some time, with both of us trying to get the other to act first.

My cat likes to play this game where she tries to see how many times she can cry piteously to go out, then come back in, then go out, etc. until I lose my mind. She seems to derive great pleasure from it.

My housemates cat takes great pleasure from coming into my room whenever I leave the door open.

Allergic to cat hair so I get up and get rid of her and she runs away... only to return in another 20 secs doing the same thing.

The door doesnt shut properly either (plus I don't like it closed)

My cat loved hide and attack me when I walked past. The worst place was in the stairs, because that allowed him to attack my head when I was below.

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My childhood cat would do the hid and ambush thing. She was really good at it-one day I gave chase after a particularly good attack and when I caught up with her I reach out and patted her head saying, "Tag. You're it." and ran off. Sadly, not only did she not play along, she gave up ambushes.

yay cats!

ours was a lazy bugger... the old dangling bit of string trick would occasionally work with him, but that was about it. still utterly loved him though, and he was still great fun :)

My cat likes to play this game where she tries to see how many times she can cry piteously to go out, then come back in, then go out, etc. until I lose my mind. She seems to derive great pleasure from it.

tehehehehe:P

A couple of my cats would play fetch. I'd toss something away from them and they'd chase it and bring it back to me. Sometimes I'd try to play a trick on them by pretending to throw it and then hiding it. They'd get frustrated for a bit then come back and stare at me. In which case I'd have to throw it for real. They would fetch it back again, but instead of giving it to me one or the other of them would drop it then sit on it and dare me to retrieve it.

Another cat liked helium filled balloons. She'd grab the string and run with it occasionally looking back to watch the balloon follow her, for all the world like a little kid.

My cat plays a similar game to the OP's cat. However, it involves much more stalk than chase. And the human player must actively stalk the cat in return. We call it "hunt the human." It's kind of strange for people watching, I'm sure, because this can start instantaneously when I'll drop down to all fours and start stalking down the hallway ...

The games my cat and I play are pretty extreme:

http://www.untiredwithloving.org/calvin_hobbes_wagon.jpg

I teach my cat to play fetch. I really did. It was extremely fun.

my cat likes to run down the hall, jump onto the runner and slide to the end.

she loves to pay fetch with a golf ball--except for the part where she wont bring it back.

she also like "attack the mysterious creature moving around under the covers" which is fine when its my hand and i know im playing but not so great when its my foot covered only by a sheet when im asleep.

My cat plays a similar game to the OP's cat. However, it involves much more stalk than chase. And the human player must actively stalk the cat in return. We call it "hunt the human." It's kind of strange for people watching, I'm sure, because this can start instantaneously when I'll drop down to all fours and start stalking down the hallway ...
He was doing the stalking thing last night too. He snuck in my room a couple of times (i.e. snuck past the bed) and then ran around my chair and then bolted off. Then I got up and quietly made my way over to him and scared him pretty good. It was funny.

I had a cat years ago who really liked to attack things from under doors. She'd lurk on one side of a closed door, and as soon as anything - a foot, a trailing bit of clothing, whatever - got anywhere near the door, two little paws would shoot out and start wildly attacking. It was pretty cute.

I also trained her in time to know the difference between "pat" and "attack," and could get her to first gently tap on my foot and then attempt to beat the crap out of it on command. :tongue:

My mom had a young cat that, right after being in heat for the very first time (and being kept inside for the duration) started displaying signs of pregnancy anyway. A quick check to the vet indicated that it was a false alarm, just her hormones acting up and that it would go away soon. While she had the false pregnancy she'd pick up the habit of going around the house, picking up stray clothes and building a nest behind the couch. She continued to do this even after the 'pregnancy' was over and she was spayed. It got to the point where my mom would go on a two week vacation with the neighbour occasionally refilling the bowl and cleaning out the litter box. When she got back she found two nests behind the two couches, another one under her bed and a fourth one in the attic. Somewhere along the cat had run out of stray clothes around the house and actually started dragging mail and old newspapers around. She continued building nests for her imaginary litter until the day she died.

I take a laser pointed and move it up and down the hallways, on walls, all over the place nd see which one of my two cats reaches it first.

When my cat was a kitten he used to climb up and sleep on my shoulder. He's two now and when I get home and sit on the couch he likes to jump up on my lap and attempt to get back on my shoulder. He doesn't understand that a 1lb cat fit much better than a 12lb cat.

He figured out how to turn the rotating CD holder too, so he likes to bat at it and then chase the glare the cases make. He self entertains.

He and my daughter's cat like to play games with each other, including tag very much like in the OP.....although it's more akin to maybe hide and seek, there is definitely a seeker and a finder.

I can give one of my cats a piece of string(as long as it is yellow) and they will chase each other round the house.

Generally, I find this to be a particularly fun game and I doubt that I've got the only cat who plays games, so tell me about the games your cat plays.

I don't own a cat. but I did have a Landlord.

this cat owned the apartment building I used to live in. he greeted me and walked me to the apartment I was inspecting and saw me back to my car.

every week, he would scratch on my door for his weekly inspection and rent (of one can of tuna)

and often times checked up on me (I would often leave the door cracked open and he would come in and watch me.)

but the real fun was when I picked up the Catnip, and the cat toy on a fishing rod... :D

suddenly the old tom became a skittish young kitten. I would sometimes hide the catnip toy in my apartment and he would go nuts trying to find it.

my aunt has several cats, and one cat's favorite game was stationary baseball. he would go up on the window ledge and bat something off and he would look at me. I would pick it up and drop it back on the ledge where he would bat it off before the object hits the ledge top.

if he bats it past me, He scores. if the object hits the ledge before he bats it off, then I score a point.

My cat stands on her hind paws and swipes at me with one of her front paws. She also stands on the chair next to the front door and alternates pawing at the door handle and looking at me until I let her out. Invariably all she then does is climb in the window, run back to the front door and continue her game (or as I suspect, her proof that I'm totally under her control).

My cat hides the keys. O.o

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http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj165/Bloodsatanau/evil-1.jpg

He/she is practicing his/her plan for world domination. *nods*

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http://i272.photobucket.com/albums/jj165/Bloodsatanau/evil-1.jpg

He/she is practicing his/her plan for world domination. *nods*

No way man, those cats look like they're plotting to fucking destroy the world, not dominate it...

From the way the poll was set, I could not resist.

http://kingsrightsite.blogspot.com/2008/08/am-i-gay-test.html

If you have a cat, you are a Flaaaaming homo. A cat is like a dog,but gay -- it grooms itself constantly but never scratches itself, has a delicate touch except when it uses its nails, and whines to be fed.

And just think about how you call a dog... "Killer, come here! I said get your ass over here, Killer!" Now think about how you call a cat..."Bun-bun, come to daddy, pooky!" Jeeezus, you're fit to be framed, you're so gay.

My cat likes to play hide & seek. I'll hide around a doorway, then quickly stick my head around. He'll come running up to investigate, then back off & we'll do it again.

From the way the poll was set, I could not resist.

http://kingsrightsite.blogspot.com/2008/08/am-i-gay-test.htmlIf you have a cat, you are a Flaaaaming homo. A cat is like a dog,but gay -- it grooms itself constantly but never scratches itself, has a delicate touch except when it uses its nails, and whines to be fed.

And just think about how you call a dog... "Killer, come here! I said get your ass over here, Killer!" Now think about how you call a cat..."Bun-bun, come to daddy, pooky!" Jeeezus, you're fit to be framed, you're so gay.

oh that is soooo wrong. I've known cats to scratch themselves. be rough with their teeth and paws (no claws) and I never seen a cat whine to be fed. I've seen more dogs "Beg" for food than cats. heck, cats would go and get their own food. I've seen neighborhood DOGS run from one cat.

also, Dogs will come when they're called because they are trained that way. a cat chooses whether or not to come when called.

if you want to live with a cat, you have to get it's respect first or else your pad will end up his. then you have to keep his respect else he'll oust you out like yesterdays mobster.

You get a dog, you get a slave. you get a cat, you get a partner and a friend soooo tight, they won't bail you outta jail, because their ass will be in that cell sitting next to you!

My cat likes to play hide & seek. I'll hide around a doorway, then quickly stick my head around. He'll come running up to investigate, then back off & we'll do it again.

sounds more like Peek-a-boo.

sounds more like Peek-a-boo.

Very true.

When she was younger, the cat of my parents loved to attack my feet when I walked past her. She doesn't do that anymore, but several years back she started to pick up fallen apples from the old apple tree in my parent's garden with her mouth in order to bring them in the house. Apparently she understands that humans eat apples, so she does her part in bringing home food. It sounds really strange when an old pussycat is mewing while holding a small apple in her mouth.

When she was younger, the cat of my parents loved to attack my feet when I walked past her. She doesn't do that anymore, but several years back she started to pick up fallen apples from the old apple tree in my parent's garden with her mouth in order to bring them in the house. Apparently she understands that humans eat apples, so she does her part in bringing home food. It sounds really strange when an old pussycat is mewing while holding a small apple in her mouth.

have you tried taking the apple away from her? She could be trying to teach you to hunt...

She usually leaves the apples she collects at the back door, pretty much like other cats tend to do with the prey they caught.

She usually leaves the apples she collects at the back door, pretty much like other cats tend to do with the prey they caught.

ah, then she's feeding you. :D

She probably sees herself as the Momma Cat. :tongue:

All the cats I have had have liked the game "stop Rambhutan reading the newspaper by sitting on itor if he holds it up attacking it". Always made suspicious what news story they were trying to hide from me.

There is also kitten juggling...

My cat and puppy play with each other. She chases his tail, attacks him, stalks him, and waits in ambush behind the couch and other furniture. She's about three months old, he's about 7 months. One day she leaped up onto his face like a fuzzy little face hugger and wouldn't let go.

Poor dog.

From the way the poll was set, I could not resist.

http://kingsrightsite.blogspot.com/2008/08/am-i-gay-test.html
At least men with cats are secure in their sexuality (gay or straight) unlike the author of that list.

Amelia likes to play two games.

1. "The Claw". This is where I make my hand into a claw and try to grab her head. She usually bats at my hand with her paws or try to attack my hand first. It's fun.

2. She also likes to play with the laser pointer, she just goes nuts for that thing.

From the way the poll was set, I could not resist.

http://kingsrightsite.blogspot.com/2008/08/am-i-gay-test.html

But I'm a guy....I own a cat.....and I like women....MY WORLD MADE SENSE A MINUTE AGO!!!

*rocks back and forth in a corner*

But I'm a guy....I own a cat.....and I like women....MY WORLD MADE SENSE A MINUTE AGO!!!

*rocks back and forth in a corner*

it does make sense. after all, you like pussy, you play with pussy every chance you get.

and you date women. so what's the problem. :wink:

Miss Jones likes to "hunt" around the house. When she finds some "prey" (kleenex, socks, fuzzy balls, etc,) she will bat them around in the hall while loudly meowing. Once she has "killed the prey" she picks it up, meowing loudly, and brings it to us. Once she has received her praise from us, it's off to hunt again.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Celtlund/IMG_0436.jpg

it does make sense. after all, you like pussy, you play with pussy every chance you get.

and you date women. so what's the problem. :wink:

But the blog says I should have penis in every orafice in my body because I have a cat.

From the way the poll was set, I could not resist.

http://kingsrightsite.blogspot.com/2008/08/am-i-gay-test.html

According to that, my husband is teh gay. :rolleyes: