What affects us affects cats
I notice that the lawmakers of Michigan are discussing the introduction of two laws relating to our pet cats and dogs which indicate that they are unwittingly species biased in favour of dogs. For cats, they have House Bill number 6030 (introduced by Rep. Yousef Rabhi (D)). If it became law it would require …
In fairness, you cannot list the cat breeds that are most likely to get along with dogs. It is not as if breeders of one breed work together to a hidden bred standard which says: ‘this breed must get on with dogs’. You never see that in cat association breed standards. However, in the …
By Alex Cooke This is not an attempt to besmirch the much loved domestic cat. I love cats but you can’t go walkies with a cat (not really). Older people need to go for walks. They need to exercise. They need to be encouraged to exercise. Especially when the weather is bad. “When we …
The reason why dog breeds look so different, and there is less difference between cat breeds is mainly because: The breeding of dogs has been taking place for far longer than for cats. This is because the domestication of dogs took place at least 20,000 and possibly 30,000 years ago. The domestication of the …
Facebook has been collecting information about us. We know that. They’ve refined the process. They developed computer software which they call “object recognition technology” which recognises photographs of cats and dogs. It added that information to other information which they have been collecting for a long time such as the number of likes and …
This is a short essay on cats are better than dogs written in plain English for kids. Anyone can use it if they want to. Cats are not better than dogs; they are just different. To some people cats will be better than dogs and to other people dogs will be better than cats. …
Dogs get a bum deal by Muslims. They see them as unclean. By this I mean ritually unclean. If a Muslim handles a dog he may need to ritually purify himself to get rid of their uncleanliness before praying. That is how I understand it. There are two stories in the papers today which …
I’m referring to a study (yet another study it seems or is it a rehash of an existing one – I don’t know) which came to the conclusion that pet owners are more satisfied with life than non-pet owners but dog owners, “were higher in well-being, more conscientious, less neurotic, and marginally more extrovert …
