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What I like about the photo I posted above is how it shows how plumpish cats work physically. Their blubber spreads out around them when they lie on their back so it stabilises them like a mattress. A thin cat would tend to roll to the side but a . . . er . . . "generously proportioned" one can just lie there flat on their back like this one does. Phoebe sometimes adopts this position - it is the cat version of the lotus - its how they meditate best. Honest!
Stretching is a good technique! Always start your day with a good stretch. It helps prepare your body for the activity of the day.
Stretching! Who hasn't learnt THAT from their cat? Well said Anny.
And then there's purring. But I don't know whether human is capable of that. Wouldn't relationships be much easier if we just purr when we are contented? You'll know straightaway whether your partner is happy with you *laughs*
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Totally agree Anny! I love to stretch slowly and luxuriously.
How about self-respect too. Just watch a cat sitting luxuriating in the full knowledge of its own glory. I saw a cool pic on facebook the other day - it went like this:A DOG thinks:
"You love me. You pet me. You feed me. You must be a god!"
A CAT thinks:
"You love me. You pet me. You feed me. I must be a god!"
Anny wrote: "And then there's purring. But I don't know whether human is capable of that. Wouldn't relationships be much easier if we just purr when we are contented? You'll know straightaway whether your par..."
It is kind of possible for a human to purr. I know I mimic a cat purr pretty well and strangely I sometimes do so without knowing it on those rare times when I am actually relaxed.
One of the barn cats, Bengals, would say he has taught humans two things. The first would be not to give up until you get what you want. The other would be...don't get involved with mother birds!
Jennifer wrote: "don't get involved with mother birds!"Giggle! And as our cat has discovered, especially if the mother bird is a turkey. A mother turkey is bigger than a cat. You don't mess with her chicks if you're a smart cat.
Tui wrote: "I'd like to start off by saying we can learn relaxation techniques. Most humans are too tense and stressed. Just looking at a cat can teach us so much about deep relaxation.
Just look at this pic ..."
My cats are very relaxing to be around. One of my cats, Ginger, likes to lick my face, and although her tongue is quite rough, it is always very relaxing.
Just look at this pic ..."
My cats are very relaxing to be around. One of my cats, Ginger, likes to lick my face, and although her tongue is quite rough, it is always very relaxing.
I absolutely loved it when my cat bumped his head on mine. It's like his way of saying "Hi there, what's up?"
You nailed it Anny! Phoebe does that too. Then she waits until Jeff (her most devoted subject)has settled into bed for the night and she comes along and sits on his chest (usually in between his eyes and his kindle) and she licks his face all over, taking great care to do the insides of his ears. It's her way of saying, "come on now my baby, let me put you to bed for the night" and then she snuggles up alongside him to protect him from harm and goes to sleep.
My cats are honest in their affection. They will not pretend to like or even tolerate people they don't actually like or trust.
Cats sure do. My cat Rossie is quite OK with strangers, often curious and friendly, but there has been a couple of people whom he was very scared of.
Do you think cat can tell between good/bad people? My friend told me about her friend's dog that will attack her friend's 'bad-friend-whom-only-nice-on-the-outside-but-rotten-on-the-inside'. Not sure how credible that story was though.
I think they know more than we give them credit for and are probably more intuitive than humans. I had friend who often said he disliked cats but my cat loved him and always gave him affection. He didn't mind. I think he was really a closet cat-lover.
What does that mean for me then, when every cat that I approach always run away from me? *sobs*
It means you haven't met our Phoebe. She would love you to bits.
Giggle! We have two spare bedrooms and a huge generous cat who loves to share her affections with all. You have a place to stay.
We're having our first bitterly cold winter day today. We had snow on top of our mountain this morning. That's very rare - never more than once or twice a year and most years none at all, but never in the 13 years I've lived here has it happened as early as May. Phoebe is snuggled up by our first fire of winter right now.
From Phoebe we can learn where to go on wintry days !
And in tropical country, trust your cat to find the coolest place at home!
That is true - the shady spots in summertime.
What can we learn from cats? Well, a lot more than we probably imagine… With five felines in our family, we are learning things every day. Yes, certainly they find The cool spots in summertime.But there is much more that we seem to pick up from our feline friends.
For example... They always have a good read on people. Whenever a new person comes over, we can always tell a lot about them but how the cats respond.
And have you ever watched their tails? There seems to be an entire language that gets presented with the way they move those magnificent tails.
And yes… We love it when our cats bump heads with us. It is a sweet way of saying that they trust us in their most intimate places.
Aloha and have a great weekend everyone,
Sealove
Sealove wrote: "What can we learn from cats? Well, a lot more than we probably imagine… With five felines in our family, we are learning things every day. Yes, certainly they find The cool spots in summertime.Bu..."
Our boy cat is a huge head bumper and I just love it. To me it's one of the most gorgeous things he does. He even likes to stand on a table or their cat tower and call you over just so he can give you a head bump.
It always makes me melt......
you could learn lots of things from cat i know because i got 4 cat, 3 are boys and 1 is a girl they teach you how to love them and you love them back my first kitten i named him sam he was 8 months i was about 4 years old i used to play with him all the time but then as cat lovers knows he's to small so he started to become very weak and sick then i heard my dad and mom were talking in there room and i heard so they said that sam was to small and was going to die soon after i heard that i ran back to my room crying the next morning i never saw sam again :'(
I can only speak for what I was taught by mine: Patience, stealth, love, independence and--oh yes--telling time: Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. On the dot!
How to beat the heat ... simply stretch out completely on a comfy spot and don't move! ;o)
Independence, Independence, Independence, the true sign you have a cat in your life. The minute I think I have them figured out, they blow my mind with something different. At least we do enjoy playing follow and grab the little red light I scatter all over the room and of course there is always the time for scratching her belly.
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LOL. This sounds like me in the high humidity.
Passive Aggressive works really well ;-)
Hi Kathleen, I'm often to be found where folks are talking about animals. That pic is a beaut isn't it. I want to BE that cat. Here's a couple of very relaxed and loving BIG pussycats:
http://ww1.prweb.com/prfiles/2011/09/...
Elora mentioned "The way of the Predator." That's also an interesting side to cats we can't ignore. So here's a very interesting video showing a cat killing a rat not much smaller than itself. I was interested to see this because I had heard that a common method cats use to kill is to suffocate by grabbing the victim by the throat and preventing it from breathing and then just hanging on until it dies. That's exactly what is happening here. Even lions and tigers are supposed to do this.
Please, if you own and love pet rats, DON'T WATCH as this might upset you. I've heard this killing method described as proof that cats are more humane killers than dogs. But this poor old rat takes a while to go.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwfV-...
Just look at this pic and you'll see what I mean:
http://www.imglols.com/wp-content/upl...