Eddie Izzard Quotes

Cats aren't cooperative in the same way that other animals are. You can train a dog to act, but you can't train a cat in the same way.

I cannot imagine a cat in an Obedience ring, running around in the hot sun and doing things on command. For it would not make sense. Whereas a dog is tolerant of your not making sense and only wants to fix things so you are happy.

here's certain things that are similar to cats and dogs. Dogs are just hyper social and they have a want to please you way more than a cat does.

My dogs have never been good at things like "sit," "stay," or even "come." I think that we've given the tourists a few laughs, especially when the dogs hit the end of their leashes hard enough to drag Gloria down the street.

I well knew the rules to follow with our training Dogs: Speak when you're spoken to. Keep out of the way. Obey all orders. Get killed on your own time.

Cats are impossible to work with. They're just very difficult because you can't really train them. They're not really interested in whatever you want them to do. Dogs want to please you; cats only want to please themselves.

I had been told that the training procedure with cats was difficult. It's not. Mine had me trained in two days.

I'm impressed with how professional they are and what they can get an animal to do. I mean, dogs and cats - that's one thing. But when you get into the larger animals, that's a different thing all together.

Oh, the cat I worked with on 'Game of Thrones' was so badly behaved! It would never do anything it was supposed to do. I was like, 'Get your game together, cat. You're so bad.'

It's just extremely difficult to shoot with five dogs. They're great, and the people who handle them are amazing. But they're animals.

I'm constantly lying to my dog. He only responds to manipulation and blackmail.

I love my dogs and I give them affection all the time but it has to be at the right time or they get confused.

Being the owner of Dachshunds, to me a book on dog discipline becomes a volume of inspired humor. Every sentence is a riot. Some day, if I ever get a chance, I shall write a book, or warning, on the character and temperament of the Dachshund and why he can't be trained and shouldn't be. I would rather train a striped zebra to balance an Indian club than induce a Dachshund to heed my slightest command. When I address Fred I never have to raise either my voice or my hopes. He even disobeys me when I instruct him in something he wants to do.

I hate to be obvious," added the Scarecrow, "but you'd have saved yourself a heap of trouble if you weren't too cheap to invest in a leash, Dorothy.

A cat can never be well-trained because they're too independent.

You don't take your cat with you to go bird shopping. Not because the cat isn't polite, but because he's a cat.

Dogs want only love but cats demand worship.

A dog will flatter you but you have to flatter the cat.

Cats are independent, by which I mean smart.

With my dog I don't get no respect. He keeps barking at the front door. He don't want to go out. He wants me to leave.

The dog actors and the relationship they have with their trainers is one of the most beautiful things I've ever watched happen in front of me.

My cat brought me a toy. I thanked her and threw it. She sat there gave me a look that made me realize people and dogs are the crazy ones.

Dogs own space and cats own time.

A cat can be social, but a dog, we've bred this hyper social animal that's really truly different and will do stuff for us just to please us with praise and stroking.

Cats are great with clicker training. There's a great video you can get called "Clicker Magic". There's a scene in that video where a cat is trained to go through a mini dog agility course - it's all done with food motivation and clicker training. You can train them to do all sorts of thing.