I can understand animals better than people

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Cats in particular I can understand well. They are always very comforting and fun to be around, as are ferrets.

When I was 8 years old I got a ferret named Slinky and she really cheered me up. Before that I had really comforted a dog named Wonders when he was carsick and bonded well with him afterwards. Cats are always very happy when I'm around because it means fun, cuddling/petting, or good food.

Does anyone else here find animals better company and more relatable? They are also far less needy in my eyes.

I feel exactly the same.

I do Explorer Scouts to try and improve my social skills, and a while ago we went and played wide games in the countryside. This dog turned up out of nowhere without an owner, although it was clean and had a collar. One of the girls kicked it (which I think is cruel, horrible and wrong) and it snarled, so all the other scouts (there were about six of us there at the time) all jumped back and wouldn't go near it, but I knew it had only growled because she kicked it, so I stroked it, and held it and made sure it was OK. They all thought I was mental, but I was just looking after it. It seemed to really like being looked after.

I like that about animals: if you're kind to them, they're kind to you. Sadly, it's not like that with all people.

I love my cats, they always like having my attention and we have one kitty, her name is Teddy and she always gives me headbuts when i'm feeling down especially when i talk to my mom in the kitchen ^^ Dogs tend to really dislike me though but i've noticed that the dogs that do bark and chase me are mostly just untrained and the owners have a hard time controlling them so i don't blame the dogs, maybe its also because of that cat scent on my jeans, because i rarely change them not that they smell but there are traces of cats on it!

Anyway i feel the same, and atleast i can touch animals xD

Yes, I have always gotten along better with animals. Unfortunately, I have gotten more sensitive to animal fur over the years. Also my health problems have gotten worse over the years, making it too difficult for me to look after a pet now. And my trailer park is infested with fleas! Every cat, dog, wild animal, and wild bird has them. When I took in an abandoned cat for a while several years ago, she had them and gave them to me and to my trailer. She wouldn't let me flea bath her, or put on a flea collar, or put on those liquid flea drops. Flea powder bothers my lungs. Also, the cat drove me crazy by not staying off the kitchen table and counters, and I was unable to afford a pet at the time, so she had to go. I tried to find a home for her, but no luck, so she had to go to the shelter. I was able to get rid of the fleas in here by sprinkling salt and baking powder around. The tiny crystals get into the joints in the bug bodies and shreds them, causing them to bleed to death. It took two treatments, because some of the eggs hatched out after the adults were dead, and they needed the treatment, too.

This all happened several years ago, but I am still mad at the neighbors who moved away, leaving the cat behind! However, they took the dog! ):-(

I'm sorry I couldn't keep the cat, but between her fleas, itchy fur, not staying off the food surfaces, my financial problems at the time, and my irregular schedule due to my health problems, she had to go. Although my financial state is better now, all the other issues remain, so a pet is no longer an option for me, unless it's a pet rock. Hey! If any burglars ever break in I can sic the pet rock on 'em. POW!

Animals are easier to understand - they're easy to please, and don't talk back. They don't over-draw your checking account or steal your driver's license to buy liquor on your credit card. They don't hog the remote or complain about your favorite shows. They can be trained to sit, stay, and fetch small objects. They can be fun to play with, and they never complain about being "not fair". In fact, most animals can be entertained all day with just a cheap laser pointer, a tennis ball, or both.

They never burn your meals, invite your in-laws over, run the lawn mower at six on a Saturday morning, or sell your comic-book collection on eBay.

And when you get tired of them, you can give them away.

What's not to like?

Yeah, and I don't seem to have any trouble reading their non-verbal behavior. They also aren't filled with guile and deceit, as Fnord pointed out.

I think humans have an extra layer of non-verbal behavior that is on top of their actual animal-level non-verbal behavior, and that's the layer that can say things that are different from how a person actually feels/thinks.

I understand my cat quite well: he either wants something, or is asleep. People are harder to understand.

Glad I'm not alone on this.

FNord, once again you get credit for making me laugh. I'm guessing some of those things were done by kids.

Body language with animals is nice and simple. I think more humans should just say what they mean and not fake kindness, it's immensely confusing.

the_beautiful_mess, did they really kick a puppy? How cold...at least you had the sense to treat him/her with respect.

I imagine most other people also love the tactile stimulation of fur.

I actually have trouble understanding animals, though I understand cats well, I don't understand other animals, especially dogs, very well. When going on a walk with a friend about 3 years ago, she had to explain some fairly simple dog behaviours to me.

Dogs make more sense to me than people do. They're very honest about their feelings, whereas people tend to be shifty.

A good book for people who would like to learn about dog communication is On Talking Terms With Dogs, which explains how to understand dog body language. I got it for Christmas last year and it's really good; the author has studied dog social behavior for many years.

I understand animals better than I understand myself a lot of the time.

I'm the same way. It's always been easier for me to be around animals. I'm trying to get along better with people now though.

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I understand animals more as they don't Mock you or laugh at you.
My cat knows if I'm not feeling well she would come and sit with me.

The only beings I can understand are plants, when I was a kid I use to spend every second of my free time observing and caring for them. I don't get along badly with dogs, I get along fine it's just that we don't seem to understand each other, I get better along with cats but not that well, I seem hug them too hard.

I also understand animals more often then I understand people. While some people may cry at a sad people movie, very rarely do I cry unless I am emotionally invested in a character..eh hem...Dumbledore. Anyway, most of the time though I cry in documentaries about animals. Elephants, baby seals, etc. Actually my dad once showed me baby seals getting club, I couldn't take it and started crying.

I know what you mean, I used to not be able to watch those commercials about animals needing adoption with that sad music and showing the abused animals too. I can handle it fine right now, its just not the preferred commercial I want to see so I usually change the channel. More often then not though, its other members of my family that do so because they watch TV the most and I watch with one of them usually.