Our daughter has started helping us feed our cat, a process that often ends in her trying to eat the food she just put in the bowl. How did she learn this was something to eat? By watching the cat of course! Fortunately, the cat’s dishes are in the basement, a place still off limits [...]
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Infants and Cats
New Hampshire animal behavioralist, Myrna Milani has added an article on kids and cats to her website. Like her article on infants and dogs, this explores the elements of feline behavior that can arise when a baby is brought into the household.
As I mentioned in my earlier post, it’s [...]
Infants, Toddlers and Dogs
When a baby is added to a family, we usually hear about the effects on the human members of the family. What little attention paid to the pets’ reactions is often focused solely on the animals. New Hampshire veterinarian and animal behavioralist Myrna Milani has written an article, Infants, Toddlers, Dogs, and the Human-Animal Bond, [...]