Why do some people like cats more than dogs?
Whether you prefer cats or dogs is dependent upon a myriad of different factors which I discuss here.
human personality
Study which shows that cats reflect their owner’s personality is flawed
The internet reports a study conducted at the universities of Lincoln and Nottingham Trent which concluded that the personalities of domestic cats reflect the personalities of their owner. They used a questionnaire to come to this decision. I think the study is inherently flawed. They say, for example, that if a cat owner is …
J.D. Salinger’s Russian Blue Cats
On reading the Times newspaper on 27th January 2011, I learnt that the famous American author J.D. Salinger (The Catcher in the Rye) lived with two Russian Blue cats. What does this tell us about the man? Can we deduce something about a person from the type of animal companion that they live with? …
Reasons why some cat owners have overweight cats
Although this is a complicated subject and there are many reasons why some cat owners allow their cats to become overweight, a very useful study published online on the Oxford Academic websiteA tells me that probably the biggest reason why domestic cats become overweight is because their owner feeds them with too many treats …
Domestic cats of more neurotic owners may be more likely to be overweight (and more)
Neurotic people who own cats come out badly in a studyA about the personality of cat owners and how it affects the well-being of their cats. The immediate observation by this study is that cat ‘ownership’ parallels the parent-child relationship. Where a mother of a child is neurotic there is a real link between …
Be aware that cats develop personalities that resemble those of their owners
Our domestic cat companions can develop personalities that resemble those of their owners, just like dogs, a study has concluded. Researchers, led by Daniel Mills, Prof. of animal behaviour at Lincoln University, and Lauren Finka, now at Nottingham Trent University, carried out personality tests on over 3,000 cat owners. The owners had completed surveys …
How do I get my cat to come to me more?
An anonymous person asks, how do I get my cat to come to me more? If your cat does not come to you enough there are two potential issues: (1) you want a cat that likes to be in contact their human companion a lot, either on your lap or lying beside you or …
Cats and their owners have similar personality traits. True or false?
The experts have decided in a study that cats and their owners have similar personality traits. Whereas dogs famously look like their owners, cats behave like them. The research indicated that if an owner is impulsive or dominant, the cat is more likely to have similar personality traits. The findings were published in the …
