I realized I had accidentally trained my dog to expect treats every time I opened the pantry. It started with giving him a treat once or twice, and now he thinks every pantry visit is a snack opportunity. Does anyone else have funny or unexpected habits their pets have picked up from them?
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To show affection when she was a kitten, I would gently press my forehead against my cat’s forehead. These days, if she’s looking to cuddle, she’ll headbutt the piss out of me.
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I kind of did the same thing, except I taught my kitten to kiss.
She now like to kiss with her teeth.
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Yes that too. Could’ve just jumped the wire. So annoying.
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Every time I kissed my cat, I said “kisses!” in a cutesy high-pitched voice. When I say it, she gets excited and gives me kisses, but if I ask for too many, she gives me the side eye 
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I trained my dog how to close doors. I once asked him to close the laundry room door for me because my hands were full. Now, every time I come in from the washing room with clothing in my hands, he runs in behind me and closes the door himself.
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Exactly one (1) time, there was a moth in our entryway that I held my roommate’s cat up to chase after. Now, every time I go downstairs, he runs to the entryway and starts scanning the ceiling for moths.
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@FeatherFriendFiona He probably had the nicest day ever. 
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I do this with my cat to. He gets excited looking around for moths
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Every morning, my cat waits under my bed until she hears me get up. Then, she starts meowing for her morning canned food, even though she has access to dry food. She leads me to the kitchen, crying, until I give her what she wants. This has been our routine for 10 years, and she’s convinced that no one else will feed her.
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@Lilkimmiixx The cat we had from when I was 2 until I was 23 would not want for feet to hit the floor but would decide when she had waited long enough for her morning canned food. She would climb the stairs and sit on the landing in front of our bedroom doors and wind up for a yowl. Crying until someone got out of bed to give her her food. We called it Wilma opera. Miss that cat.
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My dog recognizes the ice cream truck song because I’ve given him puppy cups several times. He goes crazy when he hears the truck or the music in a movie, and I feel horrible if there is no ice cream 
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There should always be ice cream 
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My cat expects me to hold him by the window every morning, then he jumps onto the cat tree for more pets. In the evening, he follows me to the bathroom and wants to walk around the hallway. 
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My noon alarm for my birth control tells her it’s my break time, so she immediately comes to my feet and is like, “Mom, time to take your hour lunch.”
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I accidentally trained my frog to attack my fingertips with its tongue.
I have a tomato frog that I usually feed crickets, but sometimes I use mealworms because they are more readily available. Since mealworms burrow, I have to place them in front of him one by one for him to eat. If he doesn’t notice the mealworm, I gently touch it with my finger to get his attention.
This method worked, and now whenever I need to put my hand in his cage, he licks my fingertips even when there’s no food present.
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I mistakenly trained my kitties to remind me when to take my pills. We keep their treats in a separate cupboard in the kitchen from the medicine/first aid cabinet, but my kitties would bug me if they saw me putting medicines in my mouth and without giving them a “treat” as well. So now, at exactly 8 p.m., they enter the kitchen and meow until I unlock the cupboards.
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Have a cat who suddenly believes he can sit in my lap while I’m working; if I don’t let him, he walks across my shoulders to my other side–I’m obligated? He’s a large boy (not obese, just big!) I can’t work comfortably at my workstation with him on my lap. But he typically gets what he wants! 
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When my mother’s cat started clawing the couch, she would get angry, open the door, and throw her outside. The cat quickly realized that if she wanted someone to let her out, she only needed to rush across the room and start mauling the couch. It was her interpretation of the doorbell.