Why Your Cat Thinks You’re a Huge, Unpredictable Ape
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#2Because we are.
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#3Because we are.
Exactly where my brain went, and, as a former Wired subscriber back in my teens, I feel like either my memory of them is fuzzy, or they've become more of a click-bait BuzzFeed-y kind of publication as time has progressed. Probably just fuzzy memory. ;)
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#4Unpredictable is my cat weaving its way downstairs every morning in front of me and suddenly stopping. I'm sure something puts his senses on high alert but you'd think after the first few times I tripped on him, knocking him down the stairs, he might learn.
He's been a great addition to our family but, to sum up my experience with a cat: he's an overly neurotic animal with some of the finest reflexes I've ever witnessed.
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#5On Youtube there is a channel called "Cat Mojo" by someone called Jackson Galaxy. He also has an animal planet show called "My Cat From Hell".
His approach to behavioral problems in cats is quite fascinating. And it seems to work. For anyone involved with cats, this is a must-see.
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#6Because we are.
Exactly where my brain went, and, as a former Wired subscriber back in my teens, I feel like either my memory of them is fuzzy, or they've become more of a click-bait BuzzFeed-y kind of publication as time has progressed. Probably just fuzzy memory. ;)
You mean they've been click-bait BuzzFeed-y kind of publication the whole time? :)
I was never a Wired subscriber, but a lot of content now seems garbage I used to joyfully consume as a teenager.
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#7Unpredictable is my cat weaving its way downstairs every morning in front of me and suddenly stopping. I'm sure something puts his senses on high alert but you'd think after the first few times I tripped on him, knocking him down the stairs, he might learn. He's been a great addition to our family but, to sum up my experience with a cat: he's an overly neurotic animal with some of the finest reflexes I've ever witnes…
Its a morning greeting thing - cats get up and greet one another by weaving around and brushing sides together, perhaps sharing scent.
Your cat can no more learn not to do that, than it can control its sleep.
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#8Unpredictable is my cat weaving its way downstairs every morning in front of me and suddenly stopping. I'm sure something puts his senses on high alert but you'd think after the first few times I tripped on him, knocking him down the stairs, he might learn. He's been a great addition to our family but, to sum up my experience with a cat: he's an overly neurotic animal with some of the finest reflexes I've ever witnes…
He thinks that after a few times you should learn to pay attention to what's happening in front of you. What kind of hunter are you if you constantly bump into other hunters? ;)
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#9"This is because cats evolved as solitary hunters with little need for reading social cues, especially those for behavior modification."
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“How the hell is your cat supposed to know that you’re yelling at him because you want him to stop scratching the couch?”
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"When your cat does the thing you want her do to, reward her with a treat, or affection."
If we accept that cats can't learn from negative reinforcement, why would we think that positive reinforcement would work?
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#10"You won't believe what happens after Wired turns into Buzzfeed".