Also, cat behavior can vary wildly from one to another. I had a cat that hunted and ate his kills. Cleared my mice-in-the-walls problems! He never left me a present.
Had another cat that not only showed zero hunting behavior or play, she showed none of the typical behavior we joke about.
Also, none of my cats have ever brought me a present.
It’s been 35-years back, but after 4 professors from different disciplines recommended Desmond Morris’ books, I dived in. He believed that cats and dogs saw us as cats and dogs, just a different sort. I may be misremembering, but he did write about that idea in relation to dogs.
So that’s no longer the thinking? I never felt that my cats viewed me as one of them, but my dogs seemed to. But that’s probably me anthropomorphizing.
Also, cat behavior can vary wildly from one to another. I had a cat that hunted and ate his kills. Cleared my mice-in-the-walls problems! He never left me a present.
Had another cat that not only showed zero hunting behavior or play, she showed none of the typical behavior we joke about.
Also, none of my cats have ever brought me a present.
It’s been 35-years back, but after 4 professors from different disciplines recommended Desmond Morris’ books, I dived in. He believed that cats and dogs saw us as cats and dogs, just a different sort. I may be misremembering, but he did write about that idea in relation to dogs.
So that’s no longer the thinking? I never felt that my cats viewed me as one of them, but my dogs seemed to. But that’s probably me anthropomorphizing.