Cats don’t like surprises. Their reasoning is much the same as it is with people who don’t like surprises; they think it’s never anything good. But cat reasoning is even more supported by facts. Out in the wild, a surprise is probably not a birthday party; it wants to eat us. see more Lolcats and [...]
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The Set Up
We should not get into the habit of creating what the law refers to as an “attractive nuisance.” This is something that almost seems designed to lure the easily lured into a situation where they will get in trouble. We are obligated to not do that. see more Lolcats and funny pictures As a long [...]
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 [...]
When Worlds Collide
There are times when our cats understand what we are doing very well. They might have trouble imagining why we’d want to do some of the things we do, but many of their actions show they sorta grasp what needs to be done, when. see more Lolcats and funny pictures The key to how cats [...]
How do cats recognize us?
We need a good grasp of cat senses to understand the process by which our cat knows it is us when we walk into a room. While their hearing is far keener than ours, both high and low, their vision does not work the way ours does. While we can easily recognize a person’s face [...]
