40+ Unusual Habits That Pet Owners Unintentionally Trained Their Pets To Do And Now They Have To Deal With It Almost Every Single Day
Training pets can be daunting, but the end results are always worth it. These pieces of training may take a few weeks or even months for animals to learn, so it is of utmost importance that every pet owner must be patient enough to ensure that they will truly get used to the things they are being trained to do.
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Having a pet and training is such a fulfilling thing that many people have the luxury to have but what a lot of people don't realize is that it will take a tremendous amount of time, work, and effort to maintain such relationships with them. Training them can be very hard since they don't learn as easily as humans do, but most of the time, they can pick up things through training disguised as routines.
Training pets is not a linear process, and sometimes they might take you a few steps back or make you go in circles because, for some reason, they keep struggling with learning the thing that you are supposedly teaching them. But routines are almost always effective in making them form a habit.
For most people, that's the most effective way to do it. However, they do not realize that their pets are already tricking them with this kind of psychology by making themselves form habits that you did not intend to train them.
When a user under the handle u/shoonpo asked this question in r/AskReddit: "What have you accidentally conditioned your pet to do?", a lot of pet owners emerged and shared how they accidentally trained their pets to form unusual habits or skills and now they have to deal with them almost every single day.
Take a look at some of the best responses below!
1. Just reciprocating your behaviors
2. She loves the routine!
3. This is actually so wholesome
4. A cat's mind works in mysterious ways
5. A great use for pets, though
6. A cat is a toy, according to this dog
7. Doctor Dolittle in real life
8. Kitty the Spider-Killer
9. This is so sweet of her
10. Yep, that's the way to do it—get approval first
11. Not a pervy creep, just a cat that loves some blankies!
12. A dog who loves Facetime
13. Trading expert
14. Pistachio, the human notification ringtone
15. Care for a head pat?
16. Dirty laundry in exchange for praise
17. Doing nothing at all, just being a good boy!
18. Aww, his deafness didn't ruin his love for this habit at all
19. This passive aggressive dog won't let you sleep late
20. Wanting some attention
21. The fluffy jerk always getting his way
22. So adorable!
23. Cheese lovers
24. "And because he's a cat, he's an asshole..."
25. Identity crisis
26. Every guinea pig is bound to behave like this
27. Like a good girl
28. Bathroom routine
29. This cat getting better at communicating than humans do
30. Entitled yet adorable!
31. Cups over bowls
32. Our eyes just suddenly became sweaty...
33. All for kisses
34. Cute!
35. Yogurt lover cat
36. A clear signal for a treat
37. Such a behaved cutie
38. Smart doggo
39. Triggered by Windows
40. He can't live without his owner
41. Skooch over
42. Fart power
43. Clever budgie
Having pets is no easy task and training them will really test your patience, but sometimes, you actually unintentionally train them to do things so be careful with patterns!
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