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Reposting a question I saw on reddit like a decade ago. My favorite answer I read was, "I'd take my 100 dogs home and live like a king."

Personally, I have two cats, Sansa and Shere Khan. For both, I could significantly narrow down the options by seeing which cats meowed at me the most. (I swear I didn't teach them to yell, but here we are.) For both, I could bring in a dog to discern which cats weren't scared of dogs. For Sansa, I could wait until dinnertime and put down some wet food, then see who hems and haws about eating it despite having screamed for it. That might not be enough to get it down to just one each, but oh well. I could use 5 or 10 more cats.

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[–] ikidd@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I call my dog Yardstick because she only has 3 feet. Pretty sure I could pick her out, besides the fact that she'd be glued to my leg.

[–] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I taught my cat tricks. So it would be the one who would shake my hand for a treat. My cat also is a coward, so would check the wallflowers first.

[–] nitrolife@rekabu.ru 5 points 1 week ago

I'll do the "Ku" pose from the movie Kindzaza a couple of times and the dog will come running to jump around me. For some reason, he loves it when I do that.

[–] BudgetBandit@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago

My cat can do tricks. So I’d just make him do them and take him back home

[–] J92@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I honestly can't think of anything better than being in a room with 100 Boxer dogs.

At the end, the sofa and blanket would have to be huge to fit us all on it, though.

[–] STUNT_GRANNY@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

My cockatiel is the only one in this hypothetical flock that would scream my name, when any nearby human gets into an argument.

[–] lvxferre@mander.xyz 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Kika: raise the palm of my hand threateningly, and start saying things like "nojenta" (disgusting), "jaguara" (sly), "cachaceira" (drunkard), "chata" (boring) etc. Most cats will go away. Kika will however come closer and turn her butt towards me, as if saying "slap it".

Siegfrieda: start speaking in German. No, seriously. She actually identifies when I'm speaking in Portuguese or in German, and if it's the later she immediately thinks it's something with her. Good luck finding 99 cats with a bent mouth and a protruding fang, though.

I would first try to spray all dogs with a water hose.. all who play or chill are eliminated. Then I would bring them to a lake. Mine would be the first in the water.

[–] Bunbury@feddit.nl 4 points 1 week ago

I would try to walk. That would instantly make our one cat sprint to my feet to get directly under and infront of them.

For the other cat saying “soft food” would work. She’ll come screaming and expect to be served. Lord help me if I don’t have food on me though.

[–] ZoteTheMighty@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

With one of my dogs, I'll look for the dog that does exactly what I say when I say it. For the other, I will look for the dog that completely ignores everything I say.

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 4 points 1 week ago

My dog comes to click noises like a horse

[–] ODuffer@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

My cat would be in a corner, or hiding under a sofa. It's feral, blind, deaf, and wary of everything and everyone. If it managed to recognise me, it would give a dismissive twitch of the tail and/or take a swipe at me.

I would call my cat and the one that walked up to me stopped a arms reach away would be mine.

[–] snoons@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago

Completely heuristic and I would never be entirely sure I have the same one; however, like others have said I'd just have 100 pets. I wish I could afford that and have enough space for that.

[–] Phen@lemmy.eco.br 4 points 1 week ago

If I say "it's here" she'll run towards any window to bark.

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Each of my cats has a specific strange trait that I would look for.

[–] Serious_Me@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Easy - I wouldn't. Especially since it would just be an empty room.

[–] Sho@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I do a simple tongue click twice and wait. My cats all understand what the 2 clicks means.

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I haven’t got any pets now, but for the last pet I had, it would’ve been easy. I mentioned in another comment on here recently that she used to attack/eat dandelions.

I could’ve held up a fluffy, white dandelion and waited to see which pup came over to chomp it.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago

I dunno, statistically speaking, there's gotta be a few more dandelion eaters in that group of 100

[–] huquad@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

Oh he would find me. Classic hide and seek

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago

So I'm in a room with 100 cats, one of which pesters me for love and affection about a thousand times a day. I could just sit down and wait for her to come over and scream like she's in immense pain as she usually does. If that didn't work I'd clap my hands and look around. The room should look something like this

😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳☺️😳😳😳 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳😳

because she knows me and is used to me being noisy sometimes.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

One has obvious visible signs from a rough past, plus she makes unique Chewbacca sounds and hops like a kangaroo/faints like a goat when excited. The other would tackle me and not leave my side.

[–] hexagon527@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago

i literally had a nightmare about this and it really stressed me out

[–] OldAndTired@okla.social 3 points 1 week ago

@Balerion She responds to her heads-up noise. She also complains when I pick her up (even after she's asked to be picked up).

[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I know his meow.

[–] AquaTofana@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

I refer to my 2 dogs as "my children" all the time, to the point that when I'm calling them both in from outside, I throw open the door and shout "Children!" Or when they're being annoying, I'm like "Children, stop!"

So I would just have to shout the word "Children!" And they'd come to me.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Vegetables that normal dogs don't like.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Put down their favorite box and start trying to pet cats. The one that slinks away rapidly to the box and gets bitey/swatty if you put your hands near is her :)

[–] thermal_shock@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Yes. I have a unique whistle that she would immediately respond to.

[–] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Sit down and try to eat a snack. The cat that ends up about 2 inches in front of my face purring while trying to steal my food and gnaw on my nose is mine

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

"Wet food?"

[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

Just give them commands, that aren't their name. Both my cat and dog do an assortment of tricks and are very food motivated.

[–] BuboScandiacus@mander.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

My cat would find me

[–] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

I wouldn't want to but I'm guessing...smell their butts?

[–] agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

His soft little meows. I'd try to mimic his "Outside" button, and see which one comes running and beseeches me with the most pathetic whining. To confirm I'd pick him up and see if he makes a dramatic, offended meow.

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

How identical are we talking? Moles all the same place?

[–] nul9o9@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

I have a special stupid call that only my dog goes nuts for.

[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago

I mean the one that follows me the most.

[–] Darleys_Brew@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

Depends which one, escorting me around, flopping over and not leaving til I’ve scratched the shit out of him, or mithering for food would be solid indicators though.

[–] ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

All cats.

If it was my old boy, omg I’d love to have 100 versions of him, but the test would be if I sat down, the cat immediately on my lap is probably him, but to be sure I’d bring in some random stranger and sit them down and see if the same cat goes to them immediately. He was the absolute friendliest cat on the face of the earth, even thought the mailman was there for him!

As for the girl I had at the same time, I’d put down wet food aplenty, and then put a pizza box in the very middle of the table with ham in it and see which one could, and wanted to, get it open. She fucking loved pork for whatever reason, and she was smart enough to understand that knocking a food box off the table would get it open very nicely. I lost a lot of leftovers to that bitch.

My current cats.. they would yell at me and disappear. So no idea. I’d probably put my quail cage in the room and see which ones don’t give a shit about the birds. That’s probably a good clue. Tho the fact that they would be fighting everyone would also be a good clue, that would not be a happy time. They can’t even stand small wildlife by the door..

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