What is the mysterious, irresistible, force which pulls our cats onto our keyboards? Power. see more Lolcats and funny pictures The power isn’t magnetism or a spell cast to keep us from our work; only the simple pull of curiosity. There must be something fun to this, the cats think, because my human finds it [...]
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How to Train with Scent
Most cat senses put ours to shame. A cat’s sense of smell is between twelve and thirty times better than our own, (depending on which source we wish to quote.) But whatever the range, that’s a lot of multipliers. A cat’s sense of smell is far better than their sense of taste, which how they [...]
Baby talk: Cute, Cunning, or Cracked?
Many of us can’t resist using baby talk on our cats. Is there a reason we do this? Or are we just being silly? see more Lolcats and funny pictures As discussed in this Psychology Today article, we seem to have an instinct for speaking to infants in ways they will respond to: Baby talk [...]
The Fine Art of Negotiation
There are times we might wish cats would take orders. But then… they wouldn’t be cats. see more Lolcats and funny pictures The reason cat training is also cat negotiation lies in how a cat’s instincts guide their reaction to an environment. Cats don’t obey a higher ranking animal, or search out something tasty and [...]
How to use bribes
One of my cat sayings is, I’m never above bribes. In human society, the word “bribes” has a poor connotation. It’s either paying someone for something they are supposed to do anyway; or paying them to do something they aren’t supposed to do. Aren’t our cats supposed to behave because they love us? Won’t bribes [...]
