Is it okay if cats aren’t little humans? A deep dive into cat attachment to humans
Are cats our fur babies? For many of us, we think of our pets as our children, and we love and care for them very deeply. But how do they…
Using science to encourage humans to play with their cat! – Part 1
As any cat behavior consultant working with cat caretakers to solve cat behavior problems will tell you – it’s not changing the cat’s behavior that is hard; it’s getting the…
Do social cats have better problem-solving skills?
Animal cognition incorporates several aspects of animal thinking: memory, concept formation, learning ability, and reasoning – such as problem solving. Every species has different “problems” to solve throughout their evolutionary…
A new study explores just why cats might scratch where we don’t want them to
Scratching behavior – so natural for cats, so frustrating for some cat owners. Scratching serves multiple functions for cats including marking their territory (with both visual and olfactory signals), conditioning…
Can computers tell us what cats do all day?
It’s an often-asked question – what DO our cats do all day? Of course, now that many more of us work from home, we probably have a greater awareness of…
How well do cat owners observe their cats’ behavior?
Millions of cats share homes with humans, and often also with other cats. Cat behavior problems, such as litter box avoidance and aggression toward other cats in the home, are…