Comments on: Overcharged Cats

By: Mia

Mia — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:57:25 +0000

Thanks for this article! It was very helpful!
I was worried about wrestling with my cat. She seems to want to use her teeth and claws a lot–like with a sibling or another cat. So I used a blanket for my arms and we had a nice little rough-housing session. Looking at the list of “Cat likes it” signals, I know how to interpret her reactions.

By: WereBear

WereBear — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 02:16:55 +0000

You are so right, Natasha. It is difficult for some people to understand that cats are not dogs; I have never understood why. It’s not like they look anything alike. I’ve concluded they simply have a big group in their head marked “pet.”

I’m sure the cat is unhappy about it too.

By: Natasha

Natasha — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:09:50 +0000

Unfortunately, most of the men I speak to just do not get this.

My partner treats my cat like he’s a dog. While he doesn’t wrestle or man handle him, his “play” usually revolves around intimidation and domination – he just can’t seem to understand that dogs are pack animals and cats are not. Meaning they interpret demand and force very differently – Cats don’t understand this behaviour except as a threat. “Forcing” dogs to submit appeals to their sense of hierarchy, but cats need to be tempted into obedience – it always needs to be there choice in the end.

Annoyingly, every time I start to get this through my partner’s skull, he has a casual conversation with a mate, who destroys all my careful explanations with a vindicating and equally as ignorant comment

By: Hannah

Hannah — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 07:48:38 +0000

Very good points, I think this is a good thing to observe when dealing with cat’s feelings and gain their trust and confidence too.

By: neslihan

neslihan — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:17:19 +0000

wonderful

By: neslihan

neslihan — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 09:15:55 +0000

wonderful blog