A Michael Broad Blog
The reason why I have said that this cat uses the pedestrian crossing like a human is because they wait at one end of the pedestrian crossing until the traffic comes to a halt. Then they trot over to the other side. There is no darting across. It is as if this cat has …
Winston, a grey-and-white tabby cat, prefers to use the Ring Doorbell than his catflap! But let’s be clear, this is not the first time that a cat has used a doorbell. You only have to go to YouTube to see quite a number of self-trained, educated domestic cats who like to use doorbells to …
The high five and fist bump are a modern day version of friendly contact reinforcing the bond between two people. You see it a lot in sport between team mates; for example in doubles tennis. You rarely see it between cat owner and his cat 😉 . The video tells us that it can …
Do you believe that it is okay to train a domestic cat? Do you think the cat benefits from the experience? And what about the trainer too? This little white, female cat, whose name is Marie, was trained, we are told, in one day to do three tricks and she purrs while doing them. …
My cat has learnt when it is unacceptable to extend his claws in play with me. He consciously keeps them in when he is playing with me. Even when he is very excited because we have been playing for a while with a cat tease or a pointer, he’ll tap me or smack me …
Ulysses, the ginger tabby cat who is a co-star of the new Coen brothers film about music is in fact three cats. I didn’t realise that but I do know that he is a key player in this acclaimed film, which, I believe, raises the profile of all domestic cats. It makes all domestic …
Cats often get a raw deal compared to dogs. Declawing is an example. Another example is cats kept inside full-time or cats being shot at with bullets in the USA and air gun pellets in the UK5. There appears to be more feral cats than feral dogs in Europe and feral cats are often …
Is the answer, never? I know a lot of people don’t like cats on a leash like a dog. I can understand that. Some of my esteemed colleagues on PoC don’t like them. Perhaps all of you don’t like them. I have to gently disagree on this occasion (rare). Please give this video time …
