When people find cats inexplicable, it’s because they don’t understand the way cats think. As shown in this classic cartoon, it’s funny when we observe cat quirks with understanding. But for many people, cats are neurotic bundles of bizarre, untrustworthy, behavior. Then, it’s not funny. see more Lolcats and funny pictures Cat appreciators laugh at [...]
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Cats are easy. Honest.
I recently watched an episode of It’s Me or the Dog, a British show about dog training. The parents were neglecting their teenage son in order to dote on two giant, mixed breed, uncontrollable dogs. They had to be driven to a fenced field and “walked” there because the couple could not walk them down [...]
The Dog Standard
Recent DNA research suggests that dogs joined up with humans more than 100,000 years ago. Cats appeared around the time of agriculture, approximately 10,000 years ago. Maybe this is one of the reasons cats are always being compared to dogs, and not vice versa. It has gone on since the dawn of civilization, and until [...]
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 [...]
When Cats Make Better Pets
A valued commenter on this site shared something I love: They need to know that you’re always aware of them and their world, and if you give them enough reassurance of it, they need less of it. They learn that you’re as always curious of them as they are of you. That’s a beautiful way [...]
