Cats have a well-deserved reputation for being independent-minded and aloof, preferring to interact with humans on their own quirky terms. So you’d never see a cat playing fetch like a dog, right?
How do cats play with each other? As a vet, I am often asked this question – especially by cat owners who are introducing a new feline into the household or trying to figure out if their cats are ...
Source: Tony Harrison, via Flickr. A few years ago, Elizabeth Renner posted a cute video of her cat on Twitter. Renner, a psychologist at Northumbria University, had captured her cat expectantly ...
How do cats play with each other? As a vet, I am often asked this question – especially by cat owners who are introducing a new feline into the household or trying to figure out if their cats are ...
Cats are amazing animals and popular household companions. Misunderstandings abound about who these fascinating felines truly are—some people, including researchers themselves, ridiculously mislabel ...
A round of fetch brings to mind long summer days in the park with a tennis ball-obsessed dog, but this fun game isn’t canine-exclusive. While cats are better known for their stalking abilities, some ...
Cats can play fetch without training and are usually the ones to initiate it with their owners, a new study has found. The game fetch is usually associated with dogs—where an object, often a stick or ...
Although more common in dogs, 4 in 10 pet cats also choose to play fetch with their owners. Credit: Mikel M. Delgado/CC-BY 4.0 Conventional wisdom would suggest that all dogs love to play fetch, while ...