A Michael Broad Blog
Domestic cats can tell the difference between different sounds and if one of those sounds is the sound of their name the domestic cat will distinguish it from other sounds thereby recognising her name. This a major finding in a Japanese study: Domestic cats (Felis catus) discriminate their names from other words. I don’t …
There is an element of common sense in the conclusions of this study by researchers at Oregon State University. As I understand it, if a cat owner is paying attention to their cat i.e. is in an “attentional state” then their cat will not be aloof or less likely to be aloof. The word …
When a person says that their cat hates them I think the cat behaviorist should look more closely at the person than the cat. Judging by Google search results, quite a lot of cat owners think that their cat or one of their cats hates them. They want help to create a warm relationship. …
If a person had the personality of a domestic cat a doctor would diagnose him as autistic or having Asperger’s. That should answer the question in the title. What I’m saying is that the behaviour of cats and humans is different (obvious). People consider the domestic cat to be a bit aloof and independent …
There is a general agreement amongst us that in a home where there are cat and dog companions, cats can sometimes be treated as second class citizens to the dog who is first class and on a par with the humans. Why is this? This is my instant answer which is open for criticism …
I’ll be honest. It irritates me to read descriptions of the domestic cat as “aloof”. The domestic cat is not aloof. People are (incorrectly) comparing cats to dogs and concluding that, in comparison, a cat is more independent and less needy than a dog. People construe these attributes as being “aloof”. But do we …
