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I was raised with dogs, not cats. I know that with a dog, if you EVER share scraps from your table, or your meal you can pretty much prepare to be begged every time you eat from then on.
With that in mind, I have opted to never feed my cats any human food of any kind. I don't give them bits off my plate and I never give them any leftovers etc.
I do this because I don't want my cats to beg. but is it the same with cats as dogs? Right now, I eat off the coffee table. I had to move my dining room table due to room restrictions with my office furniture. The cats will both jump on the table to investigate my plate. But i pick them up and put them back on the ground and that's the end of it. They don't come back, and they don't beg.
I want to keep it this way, but sometimes I want to give them a treat or a bit of my meal. Am i correct in my assumption that just like a dog they'll beg if they ever get the hint they can get food out of me?
With that in mind, I have opted to never feed my cats any human food of any kind. I don't give them bits off my plate and I never give them any leftovers etc.
I do this because I don't want my cats to beg. but is it the same with cats as dogs? Right now, I eat off the coffee table. I had to move my dining room table due to room restrictions with my office furniture. The cats will both jump on the table to investigate my plate. But i pick them up and put them back on the ground and that's the end of it. They don't come back, and they don't beg.
I want to keep it this way, but sometimes I want to give them a treat or a bit of my meal. Am i correct in my assumption that just like a dog they'll beg if they ever get the hint they can get food out of me?