A Michael Broad Blog
It is quite easy to become a poor cat caregiver 😢. You transfer the stresses of life’s vicissitudes onto your cat. It is understandable as for humans things are getting more stressful in general nowadays (March 2025). It is easy to bring home one’s anxieties and stress-induced behavioural problems. It is harder to hide …
This is about questioning one’s routines that are often accepted as written in tablets of stone but which in a changing world can be outdated or plain wrong. There is often room for improvement in applying common sense and logic. This is an interesting topic but hardly ever discussed. It is not strictly relevant …
Like me, you might initially be unsure about the location of Turkmenistan. Well, it’s just north of Iran and Afghanistan. It is east of the Caspian Sea and south of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. It is described as a country in Central Asia and is largely covered by the Karakum Desert. I might not have …
NEWS AND OPINION: Vinted is an app-based website through which you can de-clutter your wardrobe and get rid of those clothes you no longer want. In the modern world, clothes have quite a short lifespan. In the old days, days gone by, we kept clothes until they wore out and then we repaired them! …
Cats and dogs make you spend more according to an interesting study published online which you can access by clicking on the following link: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2024.114838 (opens a new page/tab). I have speculated on the connection between owning a cat or dog and spending more. But I think it is common sense. This is a …
It is Will Atherton who coins the phrase ‘Leadership is Love’ on his TikTok channel. He is a dog trainer and behaviourist. He correctly says that the most dangerous dog is not a specific breed but the dog without an effective leader and one that is not trained. This undermines (correctly) the concept that …
Considering getting a cat as a university student is a big decision. There are probably four negatives to the desire to get a cat when a university student: money, time, accommodation and landlords. The positives are very apparent: emotional support and an improved feeling of wellbeing. I am told that 75% of students who …
The suggestion in the title might cause uproar among aspiring cat owners but the discussion is reasonable. It is worth a look. Even if one is a cat lover and owner, it is fair to say that there is a problem with cat ownership and cat domestication across the world and we have to …
