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How Cat Ears, Cat Eyes & Cat Noses Communicate

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Cats are intelligent animals, but it can be difficult to understand what your cat is trying to tell you. Cats communicate with their body language; cat ears, cat eyes, and cat noses have as much to say as their meows If your cat blinks when she’s looking at you, that means she trusts you enough to…

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Cat Kneading 101: Why Your Cat Needs to Knead

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Kneading is a very common behavior for cats, but not all cat kneading looks the same.  It may just be soft pawing or even a repetitive clawing. Regardless of when or where, if a cat feels the need to knead, they will. Why do cats love this activity so much? To a cat, kneading represents a period of…

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Do You Know the Proper Way to Pet Your Pet?

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Nothing beats a good cuddle with your dog or cat, as long as both of you are enjoying it. Pets can be finicky about where they like to be pet and the people who pet them. In order to become one of the people your pet enjoys cuddling with, it’s important to learn how and…

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Your Pet’s Tail Tells a Tale

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Do you know how to decode your pet’s tail twitches? It’s our job as pet owners to recognize when our dog or cat is feeling happy, uncomfortable or scared. Our pets give us numerous signs of their feelings through their body language. They give signals that we can learn to decode with the right information. Catster and…

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They don’t HAVE to “fight like cats and dogs”

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Although the cliché image of a cat and dog together usually involves a large amount of chasing, barking and hissing, it is possible for these different pets to get along. According to the American Kennel Club (AKC) 21st Century Dog Owners Study, there are a significant amount of dog owners, 38%, who also own cats.…

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