A Michael Broad Blog
“She was in a hoarding situation where she was left confined to a dog crate for most of her life. Luckily she has been rescued from that horrible life!” – Furry Nation Salvation. “Meet ‘Love Bug’. It is easy to see how she got her name. She is a 3-5 year-old female cat who …
The first example comes from Dr John Bradshaw’s book, “Cat Sense: The Feline Enigma Revealed“. Dr Bradshaw writes about the love between himself and his cat, Splodge, a neutered, long-haired, moggy. Splodge is a standoffish cat but he became very affectionate towards one of Dr Bradshaw’s research students who was doing a PhD course. …
I am truly baffled by people who dislike kitties. Most of these folks tell me that the reason they don’t like cats is because felines are aloof snobs who don’t enjoy interacting with people and are definitely not as affectionate or communicative as dogs. What really galls me is that they just cannot seem …
The language of true love is universal but what is “kitty’s own language”? That question should be the start of this article. The simple and honest answer is that we don’t yet fully understand cat communication which has many facets (sounds, body language, visual markers and scents). We certainly don’t understand feline vocalizations very …
The words in the title are those of Dr John Bradshaw, a high profile cat behaviourist and author in the UK. You’ll also see him on TV. He also says that cat owners make the mistake of believing that cats should be affectionate towards us whenever we want. I think he is saying that …
This charming black-and-white cat requests a hug from one of her human caretakers in the most delightful way, which you can see in the video: This got me thinking about how my cat, Charlie, asks for a hug. Then I realised that he doesn’t ask me for a hug but he does ask me …
Detractors of the domestic cat will argue that they don’t love their human companion but manipulate them into providing resources such as security, warmth and the all-important food. Supporters of the domestic cat will argue that they truly do have genuine affection towards us. They miss us when we are not there. Dogs are …
by Michael You have seen it all with respect to inter-species harmony when you have seen this video of a tabby cat head butting and scent exchanging a dolphin! These two get along great. The water is no barrier almost. Both the dolphin and cat want more interaction. The cat pulls the dolphin nearer! …
