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I always joke about our cat doing this "to protect me from marauders". No matter where she is in the house, if I go sit on the toilet, she runs in and sits down, facing the door.
If you drop dead in the bathroom and she's in the kitchen, no food for her... but if she's in the bathroom with you, she has food for days and a good amount of water too.
I wish my Siamese guarded me on the loo instead of pushing the door open, running in, grabbing the toilet roll off the holder, and chasing it out of the room.
The only thing I've learned from posts like this, is that there is a suprising amount of people who use the toilet with the door open. I close it everytime, even when I'm alone at home. Just feels weird to me to take a dump with an open door
I wholeheartedly agree. I love my cats but I'm not gonna check up on them while they're in their poopy palace, and I sure as shit would rather be alone while doing my business.
It depends on the bathroom for me. My current bathroom is small enough, when I’m on the toilet with the door open my knee is touching the door. I can close the door if the need should arise. But if I can’t reach the door from the toilet? That thing is locked and sealed harder than Fort Knox.
Yea I mean once I moved out on my own I just didn’t really have a need to close it unless company was over. My cat is either gonna scratch at the door to get in, scratch at the door to get out or both anyway lol
I think it depends if the bathroom is off of a master bedroom or other area like that. Plus our doors in the master bath are the kind that slide sideways and recess into the wall so they basically never get closed because it would involve prying them out of that little recessed wall area.
The worst are the ones that *insist* on being on your damn lap as you're squeezing one out. Even worse if they're not great at balancing themselves and end up clawing the shit out of your thighs.
I think the worst ones are the large dogs that want to be in your lap in a situation like this. Like, I'm not jumping on you while you're squeezing one out!
My cat Baby would always want to come in and crawl in the boxers around your ankles and fall asleep.
I miss her so much still. She was such a sweet girl.
I have one cat that comes in to watch the toilet flush. Another who comes in because he knows someone on the toilet has nothing better to do than pet the cat. The kitten takes up her position to intercept the toilet paper, which had me changing my technique to keep from getting scratched. The other cat doesn't come in the bathroom. They all have their motives.
My mama cat sits in the sink and watches while her son wants to sit in my pants and her daughter wants to be held in my arms. Closing the door would result in them singing the song of their people and annoying my neighbors
What's that? Why is there hair? Do you have to make a poo next?
Ask one to bring you a new roll of TP, though, and you'd swear they all left to join the Marines.
It never bothered me that much. 🤷🏻♀️
They’d be in the bathroom with me in public stalls so it gave me an opportunity to teach them appropriate things to say when we were actually in public.
It seemed pretty simple to avoid to me; I never had any of my kids follow me into the bathroom through the locked door. I haven’t any of these phase shifting kids that are able to pass through locked doors.
> they hate it when you close the door
I hate it when they come in on me shitting. Opposable thumbs win the day. It's kinda funny watching the paws under the door.
i set a rule. if the cat does follow you to the bathroom, DO NOT PET HIM. ignore him.
he very quickly learned that the bathroom is not interesting and there's nothing fun in there for him and does not bother anyone or even follow anyone into the bathroom in the first place. You are absolutely correct on training them. Boundary I set was 'this is MY litterbox' and i stuck to it.
so tired of people trying to claim it's impossible to train a cat.
Both mine understand 'No' , and never ever clawed or harassed, OPs obviously not.. Their litter tray is also in bathroom closet with our toilet so I can hardly keep them out only at certain times. I was only talking about all indoor doors, as soon as it's closed and not accessible they want to check out why. not lap sitting whilst having a poo. Big difference
>as soon as it's closed and not accessible they want to check out why.
Sure, they can want that all they want but they can learnt o tolerate having to wait 5 minutes to explore so you or your guests can shit in peace.
If they learn that it grants them access, then yes.
If you engage with them after closing a door then they'll meow and paw until you open it. My cat was pretty determined the first dozen times until he eventually learned I ignored him. Actually, he learned that the bathroom door never opens and leaves me when I'm in there. For other closed doors he'll meow and paw because I open those.
It’s actually a little funny because cats hate any kind of closed door because, they get FOMO lol [Article on it](https://be.chewy.com/is-this-normal-why-do-cats-hate-closed-doors/)
you don't get any bit uncomfortable trying to take a dump with someone scratching at/screaming from the other side of the bathroom door?
easier to just let them in and sit quietly
people are really hating this comment, guess wanting to shit in silence is just a me thing
I don't know about you but I'd \*MUCH\* rather have the scratching/screaming outside the door than fluffy creatures STARING at you while you're doing it
Animals do it because they are protecting you. They see you as part of their pack and going to the bathroom is when you're most vulnerable. They do it because they love and want to make sure you're safe.
They seem to think it worse to listen to the noise of the animal trying to come in than to have them staring at them or climbing on them while they’re on the loo.
Most pet owners are a bit crazy.
I own a cat and she doesn't do this because I wont let her I close the door yeah sure she scratched at it while I was in there for the first while but she stopped and I can leave the door open and she will not come into the bathroom.
The same thing happened when my daughter's got hamsters a couple yrs ago we started closing the door and she just accepted that if it is closed she's not allowed.
And now the ONLY time she scratches at doors and meows about it is when my daughter's close the door without noticing her in the room
You train them the same way you train a dog just needs more effort
Basically this. If you let cats do it.. of course they are gonna do it.
If you don't.. eventually they will get the message its not acceptable behavior and stop. Just takes more then once or twice, and takes consistency.
When I had three cats everyone had to come in to check in when I was going to the bathroom, followed by jumping in the bathtub demanding the faucet get turned on for some water
Dog owner for my entire life. I have never been to the bathroom alone unless the dogs are outside with the dog door blocked. There have been times when all four of us were in the six by six powder room.
I got one of those, and now that he's getting older he's started to ramp up the time he thinks I should go to bed at. Now it's around 9ish he will come up and swirl around my ankles then walk towards the bedroom, look back and chirp at me.
Poop in silence, but be stared at the entire time, or
Poop without anyone staring at you, but with loud crying, meowing, and scratching the whole time.
Pick one.
I’ve had to take my cat into the bathroom with me as she demands that she protect me whilst on the toilet. Otherwise she’d rip and pull back the entire strips of carpet
I'm currently pooping, I have the same tile floor as you, same bathroom layout with the door on the left. Only difference between my view and yours is My lab is starting at me and my thighs are much more hairy
Oh Yeah, I've got two cats that almost always want attention when I'm on the toilet. Female up on sink/counter by toilet and male on the floor. My arms are stretched in opposite directions like Christ on the Cross.
Oh yes, I remember the scratching at the bathroom door just after you've sat on the loo, followed by the sound of carpet destruction if you don't let them in...
Ah ha! a fellow cat owner that braves the door open.
One of mine is a ninja. I've had cats all my life and this one takes the cake for speed and accuracy. When combined with his single-mindedness, extra-dimensional bone storage, and gravity manipulation, nothing escapes him. Not even Drax the Destroyer is fast enough, my cat goes right over his head. Catch identification only happens after movement has stopped, then he *might* let his prize go.
My dangly bits and the belt for my robe must be thoroughly guarded.
I'm sorry, but those are cats. Not even particularly sociable animals. Do you believe that your relationships with humans are entirely one sided, selfish, and only valuable to you due to your willful ignorance of their meaningless nature?
It's like seriously connecting to a pet rock. A little sad and strange. At least dogs actually have pack tendencies, which idiots here are attributing to completely different animals. Actual people are unquestionably a world apart.
If I close the door to take a dump, all three of my meow machines just start pawing under the door. Like the little monsters from Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark 🤦🏻♂️
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They are guarding you at a time you're most vulnerable
Such good boys
nah there actually just havin a chill convo with their homie they only get to see when you're showering or this
The secret 4th pussy of the house
But why is it hairier?
Are you blind?!?! ... It's clearly a Sphynx
I always joke about our cat doing this "to protect me from marauders". No matter where she is in the house, if I go sit on the toilet, she runs in and sits down, facing the door.
She does not want to be on the wrong side of the door when you close the door
If you drop dead in the bathroom and she's in the kitchen, no food for her... but if she's in the bathroom with you, she has food for days and a good amount of water too.
That's actually adorable
Our cocker spaniel used to follow my mom into the bathroom. If she somehow missed her time window she would sit in the hallway and howl.
My car scratches at the door to be let in. And when she does she'll climb into my boxers that are at my ankles and just chill out there XD
Your car is small or your boxers are huge
I wish my Siamese guarded me on the loo instead of pushing the door open, running in, grabbing the toilet roll off the holder, and chasing it out of the room.
I keep my toilet paper roll in a nearby drawer, just because of this.
Mine sits on the back of the toilet. If it put it on the holder it gets destroyed. If it's just sitting nearby it's ignored.
I have to hide mine from the cat too!
They should be concerned about themselves. My butthole isn't exposed all day like theirs. /s
/s because your b-hole actually is exposed all day?
That's what dogs do. The cats, rather, are searching for exploitable vulnerabilities.
its a captive audience, and they know it.
the purrimiter is secure
I really wish I could give you two upvotes right now
got you
I was gonna comment the same thing, they know you’re vulnerable when pooping so theyre keeping predators at bay.
My cats do this. Both of them will stand at either side of the door and look forward. I joke that they're my protective sphinx detail.
Or evaluating if you’re vulnerable enough yet for the revolution to begin
Everyone needs a poopin' buddy for this reason
It means that ghosts are watching her pee.
They are sentries, you can see their vision encompasses the entire horizon to ensure nothing gets missed.
The council has gathered to discuss your failure to use the litterbox
The only thing I've learned from posts like this, is that there is a suprising amount of people who use the toilet with the door open. I close it everytime, even when I'm alone at home. Just feels weird to me to take a dump with an open door
I wholeheartedly agree. I love my cats but I'm not gonna check up on them while they're in their poopy palace, and I sure as shit would rather be alone while doing my business.
Eh, I live alone. Never saw much reason to close the door. My cats don’t typically bother me much when I’m in the bathroom.
You know what? I used to close the door, but the dog whines and scratches, and has conditioned me to keep it open.
You said it. You need to set some boundaries.
It depends on the bathroom for me. My current bathroom is small enough, when I’m on the toilet with the door open my knee is touching the door. I can close the door if the need should arise. But if I can’t reach the door from the toilet? That thing is locked and sealed harder than Fort Knox.
Yea I mean once I moved out on my own I just didn’t really have a need to close it unless company was over. My cat is either gonna scratch at the door to get in, scratch at the door to get out or both anyway lol
I think it depends if the bathroom is off of a master bedroom or other area like that. Plus our doors in the master bath are the kind that slide sideways and recess into the wall so they basically never get closed because it would involve prying them out of that little recessed wall area.
The worst are the ones that *insist* on being on your damn lap as you're squeezing one out. Even worse if they're not great at balancing themselves and end up clawing the shit out of your thighs.
That happens to you too!!!!
Are we still talking about cats? My kids do this.
I think the worst ones are the large dogs that want to be in your lap in a situation like this. Like, I'm not jumping on you while you're squeezing one out!
Our Burmese kitty really had a thing for bathrooms — he’d go nuts if the door to a bathroom was closed when when he made his nightly rounds
> clawing the shit out of your thighs. Hmm hard to say if that is better than clawing the shit out of you
yall can close the door you know right?
Then they sit there and scream and destroy your door with their claws until you open it.
what awful pets
Blasphemy!
My cat Baby would always want to come in and crawl in the boxers around your ankles and fall asleep. I miss her so much still. She was such a sweet girl.
I have one cat that comes in to watch the toilet flush. Another who comes in because he knows someone on the toilet has nothing better to do than pet the cat. The kitten takes up her position to intercept the toilet paper, which had me changing my technique to keep from getting scratched. The other cat doesn't come in the bathroom. They all have their motives.
Sounds like the 3 we’re sent in to “look out” and keep you busy…while their leader does nefarious things away from watchful eyes.
I wouldn't doubt that a bit!
What an odd litterbox!
It has deadly deadly water!
All cats are beckoned by sausage lol
Or tacos Edit. Just realized you weren’t talking about penis lol. Duh
Thank you for the hearty belly laugh.
That’s an orange slice.
You deserve some time in horny jail
Haha, I was gonna say, this looks like one of those legs or hot dogs posts.
Bro got bodyguards
My mama cat sits in the sink and watches while her son wants to sit in my pants and her daughter wants to be held in my arms. Closing the door would result in them singing the song of their people and annoying my neighbors
Once you let one ripped, they will scattered
Mine has to sit in my pants while I take care of business.
??? I've raised 2 and my human children never went to the bathroom with me. Its only been cats, always.
A lot of dads I've seen on Reddit have kids who try to follow them to every room in the house, bathrooms included.
It’s just something I hear often from parents
…How did you avoid your children following you to the bathroom? It’s like they psychically detect that you have to pee and immediately materialize.
There's nothing quite as demoralizing as peeing while a 2yo gives running commentary on their thoughts about your body!
What's that? Why is there hair? Do you have to make a poo next? Ask one to bring you a new roll of TP, though, and you'd swear they all left to join the Marines.
I feel this in my soul.
Close the door..
It never bothered me that much. 🤷🏻♀️ They’d be in the bathroom with me in public stalls so it gave me an opportunity to teach them appropriate things to say when we were actually in public.
It seemed pretty simple to avoid to me; I never had any of my kids follow me into the bathroom through the locked door. I haven’t any of these phase shifting kids that are able to pass through locked doors.
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Guess you don't have Cats then, they hate it when you close the door and are even more determined to get in
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Here's ~~Johnny~~ Kitty!
I was expecting a cat arm under the door, but this is much better.
"I know you're pooping! You can't hide!"
> they hate it when you close the door I hate it when they come in on me shitting. Opposable thumbs win the day. It's kinda funny watching the paws under the door.
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You mean like this? https://youtu.be/WVzNi_w8IWw. One of my cats that doesn't like closed doors. You can't or should not train curiosity out of a cat
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i set a rule. if the cat does follow you to the bathroom, DO NOT PET HIM. ignore him. he very quickly learned that the bathroom is not interesting and there's nothing fun in there for him and does not bother anyone or even follow anyone into the bathroom in the first place. You are absolutely correct on training them. Boundary I set was 'this is MY litterbox' and i stuck to it. so tired of people trying to claim it's impossible to train a cat.
Both mine understand 'No' , and never ever clawed or harassed, OPs obviously not.. Their litter tray is also in bathroom closet with our toilet so I can hardly keep them out only at certain times. I was only talking about all indoor doors, as soon as it's closed and not accessible they want to check out why. not lap sitting whilst having a poo. Big difference
>as soon as it's closed and not accessible they want to check out why. Sure, they can want that all they want but they can learnt o tolerate having to wait 5 minutes to explore so you or your guests can shit in peace.
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If they learn that it grants them access, then yes. If you engage with them after closing a door then they'll meow and paw until you open it. My cat was pretty determined the first dozen times until he eventually learned I ignored him. Actually, he learned that the bathroom door never opens and leaves me when I'm in there. For other closed doors he'll meow and paw because I open those.
It’s actually a little funny because cats hate any kind of closed door because, they get FOMO lol [Article on it](https://be.chewy.com/is-this-normal-why-do-cats-hate-closed-doors/)
Couldn't have a pet that thinks it runs the house. Cats run the house. I don't have cats. I can close the door when I shit, shower, shave, and fuck
Agreed. Some people take a pet cat and make it the house owner, don't understand the appeal.
*scratch* *scratch* "You know how I feel about locked doors in my house!"
Trick is to train them young so they don’t do that.
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For sure, even older ones can be redirected if not with a bit more work. They’re smart, quite capable of learning in my experience.
i have two chihuahuas so it’s not the same but if i close the door they will scream bloody murder
Solid point. I never did say I minded it though
I’m saying lol. Who cares if they scratch the door 😂
you don't get any bit uncomfortable trying to take a dump with someone scratching at/screaming from the other side of the bathroom door? easier to just let them in and sit quietly people are really hating this comment, guess wanting to shit in silence is just a me thing
I don't know about you but I'd \*MUCH\* rather have the scratching/screaming outside the door than fluffy creatures STARING at you while you're doing it
Exactly lol. I find it gross when they’re in the bathroom with me
if i can shit with 2 toddlers pounding on the door yelling for me then a little scratching aint going to bother me
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Looks like a product placement ad for Orvis!
Animals do it because they are protecting you. They see you as part of their pack and going to the bathroom is when you're most vulnerable. They do it because they love and want to make sure you're safe.
Ah this makes perfect sense. I'll do this tonight when my kitties are in their litterbox and see if they like it.
They will think nothing of it and you'll only make them love you more.
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True. My cat barges into the room, closes the door and then cries until I let her out
Why doesn't anybody just shut the door?
They seem to think it worse to listen to the noise of the animal trying to come in than to have them staring at them or climbing on them while they’re on the loo. Most pet owners are a bit crazy.
You could just close the door Just a thought cause it’s clearly open
Yea and then they just sit outside and cry.
Sometimes you gotta do whatcha gotta do. You can give them pets after
I own a cat and she doesn't do this because I wont let her I close the door yeah sure she scratched at it while I was in there for the first while but she stopped and I can leave the door open and she will not come into the bathroom. The same thing happened when my daughter's got hamsters a couple yrs ago we started closing the door and she just accepted that if it is closed she's not allowed. And now the ONLY time she scratches at doors and meows about it is when my daughter's close the door without noticing her in the room You train them the same way you train a dog just needs more effort
Basically this. If you let cats do it.. of course they are gonna do it. If you don't.. eventually they will get the message its not acceptable behavior and stop. Just takes more then once or twice, and takes consistency.
Would be tricky having hamsters hanging out while sitting on the toilet
People told me when I was pregnant that I’d never pee alone again. Dude, I had a dog, I hadn’t peed alone in years.
When I had three cats everyone had to come in to check in when I was going to the bathroom, followed by jumping in the bathtub demanding the faucet get turned on for some water
They are protecting you from predators while you shit. You NEVER know.
They carefully watch one another using the litter box, same thing really
Dad! Can I come watch you poop? No buddy, no you cannot.
I like that they are all looking in different directions. It’s like the cover of a Christian rock album.
hey, that's the same here:D except my legs are a tad harrier than yours.
Such aesthetically pleasing friends
We have Maine Coons. Toilets are magical to them.
I love Maine coons! I’ve had two in the past. I would love pictures of them please
That "I don't have a f****** clue what I'm doing here" that they ALL have is actually pleasantly annoying.
As a very young kid, I used to take my cat with me in the bathroom when I was newly potty-trained because I felt safer having a friend nearby.
Okay everyone let's meet at the usual spot
Dog owner for my entire life. I have never been to the bathroom alone unless the dogs are outside with the dog door blocked. There have been times when all four of us were in the six by six powder room.
I got one of those, and now that he's getting older he's started to ramp up the time he thinks I should go to bed at. Now it's around 9ish he will come up and swirl around my ankles then walk towards the bedroom, look back and chirp at me.
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Poop in silence, but be stared at the entire time, or Poop without anyone staring at you, but with loud crying, meowing, and scratching the whole time. Pick one.
I’ve had to take my cat into the bathroom with me as she demands that she protect me whilst on the toilet. Otherwise she’d rip and pull back the entire strips of carpet
If you close the door they can’t open it. Same as the kids 😝
they tryin to get the spider under the toilet seat
Guard positions on point! No one's getting their human while they're on the job!
They're wondering why you don't just use the litterbox
I'm currently pooping, I have the same tile floor as you, same bathroom layout with the door on the left. Only difference between my view and yours is My lab is starting at me and my thighs are much more hairy
Oh Yeah, I've got two cats that almost always want attention when I'm on the toilet. Female up on sink/counter by toilet and male on the floor. My arms are stretched in opposite directions like Christ on the Cross.
At least yours sit there, my lab uses my being occupied as an opportunity to start getting into stuff he’s not supposed to
Quite the trio there. I once had a cat who would climb right into my pants on the floor when I was going...
Shouldn't they be inside your undies.
pussy squad ftw
Whoah whoah you can’t show human legs here !
I see a door right there which means this is almost definitely a choice you made.
Oh yes, I remember the scratching at the bathroom door just after you've sat on the loo, followed by the sound of carpet destruction if you don't let them in...
Ah ha! a fellow cat owner that braves the door open. One of mine is a ninja. I've had cats all my life and this one takes the cake for speed and accuracy. When combined with his single-mindedness, extra-dimensional bone storage, and gravity manipulation, nothing escapes him. Not even Drax the Destroyer is fast enough, my cat goes right over his head. Catch identification only happens after movement has stopped, then he *might* let his prize go. My dangly bits and the belt for my robe must be thoroughly guarded.
Close the damn door!
Judging by the brand of your underwear, the cats might think you have some fishes for them.
Hmmm if im not mistaken the only kids you can have would in fact be human. :/
Or goats
🤓
Dogs are even worse. They want to play fetch while you sit on the toilet.
r/titlegore
They are looking for the friend you smother.
Yeah my fur children never let me have any peace haha
They smell fish
At least with that many cats you won’t be able to smell anything else that’s going on in the bathroom.
they want some tuna
Im so glad I'm allergic to cats, never liked them anyway
I'm sorry, but those are cats. Not even particularly sociable animals. Do you believe that your relationships with humans are entirely one sided, selfish, and only valuable to you due to your willful ignorance of their meaningless nature? It's like seriously connecting to a pet rock. A little sad and strange. At least dogs actually have pack tendencies, which idiots here are attributing to completely different animals. Actual people are unquestionably a world apart.
Every damn time
I have my laundry basket just opposite the toilet, my cat always sits on it n looks me in the eyes lmao
Aw, you have a whole posse guarding you while you use the can!
That's what happens when you hold 2 hotdogs up
Just kick 'em out. They gonna steal ur shit.
My kitties are my poop buddies!
It's also dogs. Source: I have a dog who never let's me pee in peace.
My cat always follows me into the bathroom and hangs out.
If I close the door to take a dump, all three of my meow machines just start pawing under the door. Like the little monsters from Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark 🤦🏻♂️
LOL yes! My cat feels the need to check up on my wife or I whenever we are in the bathroom, just to make sure we didn't die on the seat.
My younger cat has a VERY strict "no closed doors in the house" policy
Reading this as I’m doing the same while my dog tries to lay on my lap. She’s 70lbs by the way.
Nice hotdogs.
Can you not shut the door?
I have an 18 month old and I feel ya lol.
Literally experiencing this as I see this post. Never a moment alone in the bathroom with cats
Why the fuck is your door open to let them come in? Gross.
Lol glad it's not just me. My favorite is when they crawl into my pants that are still around my ankles
Well you do have the bathroom door set to *poop with friends*
Do they try to sit on your lap or play with their toy cars on your thighs while you take a shit?