“Contrafreeloading” is a made-up word. It was created by animal psychologist Glenn Jensen in 1963. Scientists like to make their use of language harder to understand. It means behaviour which is against “contra” freeloading which means to get something easily. … Continue reading →
I’m going to rely on Chapter 19 of Jackson Galaxy’s book Total Cat Mojo to answer the question in the title. Jackson calls timid cats “Wallflowers”. They are wallflowers because of their genetics, perhaps a lack of early years socialisation, … Continue reading →
This is a list of my responses to Google search terms beginning with “why are cats….”. The search terms are sometimes odd but typical. They are often the questions of people who need to be educated on cat behaviour. The … Continue reading →
Cat behaviorist, Carole Wilbourn, plays a special type of music and brings cat toys to her appointments with cats that she treats. She also enters the home in a very calm manner using her Reiki training. She also brings a special … Continue reading →
Cat Behaviorists Should Be Scientifically Qualified | Blog About Cats. If you click on the link above and if the subject interests you at all, you might like to read my brief reasons why cat behaviorists should be scientifically qualified. … Continue reading →
Cats in multi-cat homes find ways to share space by living parallel lives and time sharing space. One major conclusion of the BBC series Cat Watch: The New Horizon Experiment was that in homes where there is more than one … Continue reading →
What Dr Sarah Ellis, a cat behaviourist, is saying may surprise cat owners because in general we see our cats looking content, snoozing and being well fed but she says that our cats are more troubled than we think; they … Continue reading →
Cat behaviorist Daniel “DQ” Quagliozzi quickly learned that his work involves altering the attitudes and behavior of people not cats. If every cat owner was aware of that there’d be no cat behaviorists. I like the way he started his … Continue reading →
Like wolves; dogs travel in packs, ordered by rank. The highest ranking dog is the Alpha male. Pack members with lower ranking are submissive to dogs who rank higher. Some dog trainers believe that canines consider their owner to be … Continue reading →
This is a “cat thought” for Sunday 22nd June. It is a great day weather wise and I am in the garden. It sounds odd but the truth is that the domestic cat is ill suited to domestication unless he/she … Continue reading →
