3 Easy Ways to Get Started with Training Your Cat Click Here for original post By Zazie Todd PhD If you’ve never trained one of your pets before, it can feel a bit intimidating to get started. Especially when your pet is a cat. But the good news is that despite the stereotypes, an increasing […]

How do cats use space? Part 3: Looking at relationships by Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado Click Here for original post In this third post about how cats use space, we are now going to take a hyper-focused look at not just how you lay out the resources for cats in your home but how they get […]

How do cats use space? Part 2: Multiple & separated key resources By Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado Click Here for original post In my last blog post, I covered a study that looked at how 14 cats in one home environment used their space. As you may have observed, space was a little “tight” for 14 cats, […]

How do cats use space? Part 1 By Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado Click Here for original post There have been several studies of feral cat colonies, their social interactions, how cats co-exist, and what factors (such as food availability) are related to the density of cat populations (for example, a greater number of resources increases […]

Can science help us give behavior advice more effectively? by: Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado Click Here for original post As a cat behavior consultant, I’m always looking for ways to improve the effectiveness of the services I provide for my clients, and to increase the likelihood that they will follow the advice I give them. […]

Manners, Cues, Management, and the Language of a Better Relationship with Dogs by Zazie Todd, PhD Click Here for original post Do you ever think about the different ways in which we talk about dogs and dog training—and the extent to which it reflects (or shapes) how we interact with dogs? Old-fashioned views about dogs can really get […]

Another study shows…technology can help cats lose weight! By Dr. Mikel Maria Delgado Click Here for original post Last year, I told you about a study that found that feeding cats from a SureFeed microchip feeder helped cats lose weight above and beyond just being placed on a weight management diet. The most likely benefits […]

Can Dogs Detect the Earth’s Magnetic Field and Use it to Navigate? By Zazie Todd, PhD Click Here for original post Every now and then, there’s a story of a dog finding their way back home from somewhere a long distance away. Of course scent is very important to dogs, so following a familiar smell […]

Do kittens have purr-sonality? By Dr. Mikel Delgado Click Here for original post Animal personality can be defined as consistency in behavior across different contexts (hey, that’s kind of how we define it in humans too). For example, if a cat is nervous compared to other cats when visitors come over, we might expect them […]

The Best Cat Training Treats By. Zazie Todd, PhD Click here for original post Whatever animal you are training, it’s necessary to find a way to motivate them. As reward-based trainers, we find something the animal loves to use as positive reinforcement. Food works to motivate cats just like for dogs, and so it’s a great choice to use […]