We may think it’s just teasing, but the cat will regard it as an aggressive act. It’s completely the wrong thing to do if we are trying to make friends.

Cat to cat threatening always includes hissing in their opponent’s face. This projects a blast of air at the cat they are trying to intimidate.

So when we blow on the cat, we are threatening them in cat language.

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Like all territorial creatures, cats have signals they send that are designed to persuade the other cat to simply go away, rather than fight. Fighting is bad for both of them.

These signals include arching their back, turning to display a side view, and puffing their fur, all to make themselves look bigger. They will also lay back their ears, expose their teeth, and hiss.

It’s the hiss that makes them so sensitive. This is a clear signal of unfriendly intent. To feel air in their face means, to them, they are not only being challenged, but the challenge is right in their face.

With people they trust, this is hurtful and troubling. That is why they leave. This will inhibit the car from developing face to face trust with us, which is the highest form of trust.

So if we want to be friends with the cat, we will never blow on the cat, at all. Especially not when we are close, face to face, at times when we are trying to show we are friends.

Friends don’t do things they know their friends don’t like.

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