It doesn’t matter how our cat became paranoid; they have a tendency to be born that way. What matters is what we can do about it. Lack of support is the real pivot between a cat getting on with their life… or not. Obviously, an upsetting incident where the cat winds up on the street [...]
Posts Tagged ‘bond of trust’
Asking Permission
Sometimes, cats ask our permission. Sometimes, they go ahead and do it anyway. But that might be because we didn’t notice they were asking. more cat pictures There’s two mutually dependent keys to the Way of Cats cat training system. First, we learn how to get the cat to love us. Second, we learn to [...]
Cats Don’t Have Buttons
What do I mean when I say cats don’t have buttons? I’m saying that cats, while they do have social behavior, do not have pack behavior. What does this mean to us? It means that dogs, who do have buttons, can be trained by anyone. While cats need a relationship before they will listen to [...]
Do cats want to be our boss?
The joke goes that cats boss humans around, and cat people like it. It’s a good joke, and like all jokes, there’s a bit of truth in it. But it actually says far more about us than it does about cats. see more Lolcats and funny pictures It’s a sign of trust that cats express [...]
Learning Trust Signals
If it weren’t for misunderstandings, we would have fewer situation comedies. We might regard that as good or bad, but when it comes to cat/human friendship, misunderstandings aren’t funny; they’re sad. Here’s some of the most common ways good intentions go awry. see more Lolcats and funny pictures The Deadly Belly. As I explain in [...]
