A Michael Broad Blog
The intimacy that silence brings is the trademark of the best moments with my cat. He is lying across my legs. I stroke him and whisper gently to him, little loving sounds. He knows what they mean. They reassure him. I comb him and he rubs his cheek against my hand. He sniffs my …
I believe (actually, I know) that cats love us differently. This is born out of observation over may years. No matter how much we love our cat, and no matter how good we are at cat caretaking, we should accept that the human concept of “love” is not something that the domestic cat understands. …
Are people who have a household with at least several cats stigmatised? I can’t be sure but I have a strong felling that a lot of people, perhaps the majority of people regard someone who keeps at least several cats as a bit odd. The interesting fact is that provided they are not cat …
Is the percentage of cat lovers (ailurophiles) who are left handed higher than the percentage of left-handed people in the general population? In other words, are left-handed people predisposed to liking cats? This is something that Caroline, a regular visitor and left-handed military veteran, suggested. Caroline: are you a US military veteran? 😉 I …
By Ruth aka Kattaddorra I was fascinated when Riverside Robyn in a comment gave us the word ‘ailurophile’ for a cat lover and have searched for the equivalent for a dog lover. It is ‘cynophilist’. It sounds a very strange word but Michael agrees it is the correct one. This is not an attack on …
This exceedingly brief video shows you how to say ailurophile. I can say it now but I still have difficulties spelling it. It is meant be a bit of fun. I first encountered a very similar word when I wrote a page about the fear of cats. The word for that condition is “ailurophobia“. …
Sheela WAS a stray NOT strays as claimed How will Meadow I can tell a cat’s life history by smelling him or her! Good morning readers. This is going to be another fun article and it’s on the topic of cat body odor. Readers, are any of you cat sniffers? The idea for this …
