Ever tried to outstare your cat?

As far as the dog is concerned, it's a pack thing. You are the dog's pack leader and by staring at him, you are asserting your dominant position as pack leader. If your dog stared back, he'd be trying to challenge you for the position of pack leader. Cats are not pack animals but they have there own social structure and staring is one of the ways in which a cat can assert its position in the social structure. The first one to look away is acknowledging that it's the social inferior of the other cat.

oh my dog is the one who stares at me, with my cat, i havent really noticed, but i will try that one out as soon as i get the chance with my cat! buy i noticed that usually its my cat who's the one to look away first after a few seconds.

I have won many time's I'm the guru of cat staring!! Or my cat just doesn't care at all lol.

haha my daughter does it and she gets so frustrated because the cat wins every time! I just outstare my daughter. lol

Yes i have none that and my cats win all the time.

Yes! A lot! And I always win...

Hahaha actually yes I have. I have tried to outstare my kitty, but sadly she lost. She turned her head away or sometimes I blinked so we both win and lose.

lol..I have a cat but never did we stare at each other lol..he sleeps on the footside of our bed and I just pet him once in a while.

Yes, I have tried it with one of my cats. I won. She looked down almost immediately, like she didn't understand what I was doing. They don't have a mother cat to teach them how to do things, and maybe this is one of those things.

hmmm, I do not think I have ever played this game with the cats - but now I feel curious to find out who wins the game and will give it a go! thanks! maybe this is a way I can get the little one to settle down some.

Lol, no, but I've done it with my dog. She freaks out after a while, it's weird.

Yeah. we have a cat at home and I stare the cat directly to its eye. as you said, cats really stare you until you scare them away. When I am doing it, I am telling something to the cat through my mind (as if it really transmit). but, i enjoy it sometimes. lol.

I think that may be a wee bit freaky Moo!!...the cats that i know would just stare on!!...and sometimes an unblinking stare can be a bit unnerving.

Yeah I do try to out stare my cat LOL i think of it as a daily challenge

I don't do this on a regular basis but my partner used to give our cat Nigel 'the look'. It was little game they played and it took ages until I actually believed it was real. What happened was my partner would go and stand next to Nigel and stare down at him and give him a 'look'. Nigel instantly ran outside as soon as he saw this! It was amazing. He did it on demand. They also used to play a game where if Nigel would sneak into the house past Adrian without Adrian knowing, he would get snuggles the couch and lots of attention. If Adrian caught him he would chase Nigel out of the house and Nigel would keep trying until he got in!

its sad but i have tried and failed badly

Staring is a type of challenge among animals. Looking another in the eye is a form of non-verbal aggression. The one who looks down or away is considered to be the submissive one. Dogs alway look away when their owner stares because in their little pack system the human is the leader. Cats are solitary creatures and rarely back down or recognize unenforced authority. Unfortunately a cat will never be submissive. It will either be dominant or run away and always be afraid if you enforce your authority physically. Kind of the charm of cats actually. Dan