‘She would jump in bed with me at night demanding cuddles and pets before I sleep and in the morning she would wake me up by clawing me.’: Dedicated dog person conquers fear of cats thanks to his neighbor’s cat child who invaded his house and heart

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Laurent Shinar • Writer and Editor
Nov 8, 2025 3:00 PM EST

Dog people. They think that they are special by not being open to loving cats, yet whenever they are confronted by a situation that demands their interaction with a cat, all that distancing melts away. And today we are delighted to have yet another example of such a doggo doter, as we like to call them, having their life turned upside down when they find themselves living with a cat when left with little other option.

Though what might have started as a confusing, slightly distant relationship soon blossomed into what us cat lovers know to be feline obsession. Because who in their right mind can live with a cat without falling madly in love with their mannerisms. So grab yourself some popcorn and settle in to watch this man flip his world-view upside down, all thanks to a cat who could not find any other home.

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    im usually a dog person but last week my neighbor asked if we could take care of his cat bec he was leaving the country and wont be back for years. at first i
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    wanted to say no bec i, a grown man was scared of cats. but my neighbor practically begged and said he's been running around for days looking for someone to take the cat in to no avail.
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    anyway, it's been a week now and so far so good. i can see her slowly warming up. she's been demanding pets and this morning she jumped on my keyboard while i was in a meeting with my boss.
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  • There are a great number of Japanese books that start this way, funnily enough. However, those books usually devolve into the cat being able to talk and having access to the netherworld. Though one might argue that changing the mind of a dog person who is deathly afraid of cats is a kind of magic all of its own…

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    im just a bit curious and looking for advice on how to earn her trust since i read somewhere that cats take longer to adjust and trust a new caretaker. what
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    are the usual signs that they trust u?? where to pet?? how to ask her to stop scratching me?? how to get her to come to me bec i've been "psssspsssss"ing my a out and so far she rarely comes when called.
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    since my last post, she's totally invaded my life. gotten pretty comfortable with the environment and the people around. she also cozied up to me a lot more haha. she would jump in bed
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    with me at night demanding cuddles and pets before i sleep and in the morning she would wake me up in the morning by clawing my as and not stop meowing until i feed her.
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    all through out the day she would have her little adventures going god knows where but comes back from time to time to meow and ask for pets. growing
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    up i never had cats because we were much more of a dog family but i find that its like having a roommate, she lives her own life but stays nearby all the time for pets and lil talks.
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    she naps aaaaaa|||| theeeee timeeee, at first i got really worried and thought she was sick but people say its normal for cats. sometimes i would
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  • It is so heartwarming and hilarious to hear about a non-cat person’s experience getting accustomed to living with a cat. Like, the things that we have become so used to that we do not even pay them any mind anymore are absolutely mind-blowing to them. Just think how he will react when he finds out cats love to hide in strange, secret places for hours if not days on end just for the heck of it.

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    ask her questions to find she's napping under my desk or beside me. when she wakes up, she would sit up first and then start clawing my legs for pets.
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    we also seem to develop a chirp. whenever a try to call her i started to chirp and would do a better job at calling her attention than her name. its
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    quiet funny because no matter how far across from me in a room or whatever she may be doing, when i do our little chirp her head would do a full 180 and her ears would stick out.
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    i also decided to remove her collar because i don't think she's comfortable with it plus i think she knows im her human now so she's gotta come back to me after her lil cat errands round the neighborhood.
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    lastly, she slow blinks at me all the time now haha. i was told its a sign that they care about you so i also started doing it to her and without fail, she'll blink back. like our lil coded message.
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    everythings been good so far and i hope she thinks the same way too.
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