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Assessing cat and dogs at shelters

Canine and feline behaviour evaluation at shelters

PoC avatarPosted on December 26, 2022 by Michael BroadDecember 26, 2022

There would appear to be no safe and comprehensive personality and behaviour testing procedures to assess dogs and cats at shelters with accuracy. Nathan Winograd, American’s expert on animal shelters, states that “current temperament testing regimes for dogs do not … continue reading…

Posted in animal shelters | Tagged animal shelter, assessing personality, behavior, cat assessment, Nathan Winograd, psychology, shelter animals, shelter workers, study | Leave a reply
Lifespan of selected purebred cats UK

Lifespans of some purebred and random-bred domestic cats UK (some startling stats)

PoC avatarPosted on December 17, 2022 by Michael BroadDecember 17, 2022

A study (2017) discussed the differences in health and longevity between purebred and random-bred (also known as crossbred) domestic cats. It mentions that purebred dogs have been extensively studied and have wide variation in longevity and common diseases across breeds. … continue reading…

Posted in lifespan | Tagged cat health statistics, cat study, lifespan, lifespan of domestic cat, statistics, study | 2 Replies
Green Fly, Yellow Flower

Many types of bug can feel pain. Discuss.

PoC avatarPosted on December 16, 2022 by Michael BroadDecember 16, 2022

Scientists at Queen Mary University of London found that insects have an ability called ‘nociception’ which allows them to “detect potentially or actually damaging stimuli”. Humans have a similar process as the source of signals which translate into a sensation … continue reading…

Posted in insects | Tagged dominion, ethics, humane, humankind, insects, pain, study | Leave a reply
Dog in car

Electric cars (EVs) reduce car motion sickness in dogs

PoC avatarPosted on December 1, 2022 by Michael BroadDecember 1, 2022

Dogs are more at ease travelling in electric cars (EVs) compared to conventional ones. Car sickness otherwise known as motion sickness is fairly common in dogs. Research indicates that it is also experienced by domestic cats. I’m focusing on dogs … continue reading…

Posted in car and motion sickness | Tagged animal anatomy, car sickness, cats and dogs, electric vehicles, EVs, inner ear, motion sickness, study, travel sickness | Leave a reply
When dad saw his kitten for the first time

Friendliness in cats is inherited

PoC avatarPosted on November 15, 2022 by Michael BroadNovember 15, 2022

There are two important issues concerning domestic cat character: friendliness and socialisation. They do overlap but they are distinct. Whereas socialisation ‘acclimatises’ the kitten to the presence of humans and dampens down a cat’s fear of humans, friendliness can be … continue reading…

Posted in parenting | Tagged cat parenting, female cat, male cat, study | Leave a reply
Octopus vulgaris

Female octopuses throw armfuls of silt at sex pest males

PoC avatarPosted on November 10, 2022 by Michael BroadNovember 12, 2022

I see a distinct overlap between the behaviour of octopuses and the interactions of female and male humans! Yes, this is not about cats, but I hope that you don’t mind as I find it interesting. It is indirectly about … continue reading…

Posted in octopuses | Tagged animal behaviour, octopuses, study | 2 Replies
Cat hoarding

53 facts and thoughts about cat hoarding

PoC avatarPosted on September 23, 2022 by Michael BroadSeptember 23, 2022

Here are 53 facts interspersed with some thoughts of my own about cat hoarding. The facts come from studies and therefore they are scientifically based. There may be some overlap in these facts. The information comes from several scientific studies … continue reading…

Posted in hoarders | Tagged animal hoarding, bad cat ownership, cat hoarder, Cat Hoarding, cat study, crime, hoarding, human behavior, human mental health, irresponsible cat ownership, science, study
Malaysian man uses cats to raise money on Facebook

Optimising cage space of shelter cats increases likelihood of adoption

PoC avatarPosted on August 5, 2022 by Michael BroadAugust 5, 2022

As part of the Capacity for Care (C4C) program, optimising cage space at shelters has found to be a very important component in improving the health and behaviour of shelter cats leading to lower deaths at shelters and increased adoptions. … continue reading…

Posted in adoption | Tagged animal shelter, animal shelters usa, cat cages, cat rescue adoptions, cat shelter, cat shelter euthanasia, cat study, study
Woman looks like her cat

Cat owners that look like their cats

PoC avatarPosted on July 28, 2022 by Michael BroadJuly 28, 2022

It is said that pet owners can and sometimes do look like their pets and I am referring to cats and dogs. This topic is normally discussed in relation to dogs. Research has been carried out on why dog owners … continue reading…

Posted in ownership | Tagged adopting a cat, cat adoption, cat adoptions, Cat Appearance, cat eyes, cat ownership, dog adoption, dog apperance, dog ownership, human appearance, science, study | 1 Reply
Cat air travel

British are increasingly adopting declawed cats from America

PoC avatarPosted on July 8, 2022 by Michael BroadJuly 8, 2022

A PDSA report tells us that 5% of cat owners in the UK who acquired their cat from abroad (and I’m going to presume that this is North America) did so with the purpose of adopting a declawed cat. “Alarmingly, … continue reading…

Posted in international export of declawed cats | Tagged air travel, Cat Declawing, cat rescue, declawed cat, PDSA, study | Leave a reply

Do cats dislike having their tails petted? Learn the opinion of a research team

PoC avatarPosted on July 2, 2022 by Jo SingerJuly 2, 2022

I recently ran across an article published on Healthy Pets.com featuring a study done several months ago by a research team at the University of Lincoln in the U.K. The study was designed to find out more about how cats … continue reading…

Posted in petting | Tagged cat's tail, petting a cat, study | 8 Replies
Which gender of domestic cat is better with kids?

Some notes on the child-domestic cat relationship

PoC avatarPosted on June 11, 2022 by Michael BroadJune 11, 2022

An interesting study published in 2018 titled Compatibility of Cats with Children in the Family and published on Frontiers in Veterinary Science helps us understand the child-cat relationship. It is an important relationship because it can affect how a child … continue reading…

Posted in children | Tagged cat behavior, cat study, cats and children, cats benefit the health of children, children, handling cats properly, handling kittens, human to cat relationship, human voice, interacting with your cat, martha kane educating children, study | Leave a reply

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) affects 10% of British Shorthairs

PoC avatarPosted on May 23, 2022 by Michael BroadMay 23, 2022

Sadly, there are studies, one of which I am reading right now, which confirm that this very popular cat breed (particularly the blue) suffers from a high prevalence of HCM, often of early onset and with a significant male sex … continue reading…

Posted in British Shorthair | Tagged cat study, congenital disease, feline heart disease, genetic diseases, hcm, heart disease in cats, inherited illnesses, science, study | Leave a reply

Social play in the domestic cat – friendship, exercise and fun

PoC avatarPosted on May 15, 2022 by Michael BroadMay 15, 2022

This article, social play in the domestic cat is based upon a research paper of the same title dated 1974 and prepared at the Department of Psychology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 14850. The author is Meredith West. It was … continue reading…

Posted in play | Tagged cat behavior, cat play, cat playing, cat study, kittens playing, play-fight, play-hunting, science, social play, study
Picture of the perfect Ragdoll cat

What a dog or cat looks like is not really going to tell you what they act like

PoC avatarPosted on April 29, 2022 by Michael BroadApril 29, 2022

It doesn’t matter whether we are discussing cats or dogs. What they look like does not tell you a lot about how they going to behave. And the way they look is dependent on their breed when it comes to … continue reading…

Posted in cat personality | Tagged breeding, Cat Appearance, cat personality, dog apperance, dog personality, science, study

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