cat learning from observation

Cat raised with dogs learned to bark

November 14, 2023November 10, 2023 by Michael Broad

Cat that barks as they were raised with dogs

This cute tabby subadult really does bark! It is a bit surprising to see it happen as described in the title to the video on Twitter X. But it is unsurprising when we are told that he/she was raised by a dog, I am guessing, among puppies. RELATED: 3 sounds that a domestic cat …

What are the smartest things that a domestic cat has done?

October 9, 2023 by Michael Broad

Cats have their own type of intelligence. Of course, is different to ours but in their own way they are intuitively and instinctively smart. And it must be said that they are good learners by observation. They learn by observing us and indeed copying us sometimes. Their lives are so integrated into ours that …

Stealthy visiting cat learned to eat dry cat food silently (and more)

April 8, 2022 by Michael Broad

Visiting cat has learned to enter house through noisy cat door, jump onto kitchen counter and eat large-pelleted dry cat food silently

Like many cat owners, I have a visiting cat from a neighbour’s home. In some ways I like it because my cat likes to play with the visitor and they get on fairly well but not great. However, the visiting cat has sprayed urine around the kitchen sink to claim territory. Also, I think …

Cat uses pedestrian crossing like a human – learned or coincidence?

March 25, 2022 by Michael Broad

Cat uses a pedestrian crossing like a human

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 …

Why does a kitten sometimes throw a toy into the air when playing?

July 1, 2021 by Michael Broad

Kitten eyes up a ball which is going to be a pretend fish to throw into the air

A kitten will sometimes throw a toy into the air when playing as an instinctive fishing action.

Kitten raised on a military base learned to march

June 29, 2021 by Michael Broad

This is not only a cute cat video but an instructive one as well. It tells us a lot about how cats learn. The video occurred on December 2017 at Manisa, Turkey. The video caption says that the man who made the video did so 4 years ago on a Turkish military base. The …

Are you in sync with your cat?

March 7, 2021 by Michael Broad

Being in sync with your cat is good for him/her. I’ll use ‘him’ to mean him or her. It is good for both of you especially your cat because it is reassuring which promotes wellbeing. So what do I mean by being ‘in sync’? The best way to explain is to provide an example. …

Cat waves around a cat tease for human use in order to play

January 31, 2021January 31, 2021 by Michael Broad

Cat uses cat tease for human use to entertain himself

This is a classic case, yet again, of a domestic cat learning how to do things by watching their human caretaker. You know that the classic cat tease is a feather on a stick which a person waves in front of their cat which stimulates the cat to attack the feather as if it …

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