Study which shows that cats reflect their owner’s personality is flawed

Anxious cat

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 …

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Reasons why some cat owners have overweight cats

Overweight domestic cats and the reasons why

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 …

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Domestic cats of more neurotic owners may be more likely to be overweight (and more)

Neurotic cat owners are less good?

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 …

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Be aware that cats develop personalities that resemble those of their owners

Cats are a mini-me

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 …

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Cats and their owners have similar personality traits. True or false?

Cat personality

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 …

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