Rather a silly article from Yahoo-KPRC:
What kind of personality does your cat have? That's right, cats have definite personalities, according to a feline expert in Houston this weekend.Dr. Stephen Ruhnquist is a self-proclaimed "cat personality expert." He said that knowing a pet's personality could help owners take better care of their animals.
Some cats are born lovers.
"The lover cat is very easygoing, very sweet, loves everyone in the family and adjusts well to change," Ruhnquist said.
Others are go-go cats.
"(The go-go cat) is usually a kitten or younger cat. They are always playful and wake you up in the middle of the night," he said.
Ruhnquist travels the country helping cat owners understand their pet's personality and how it affects their health.
Beats Stanley Coren's assertion in his "Why We Love the Dogs We Do" book that cats have no personalities and "cat people" have cats rather than dogs because they don't want to put very much emotional or financial energy into another living being.
Posted by: LabRat at August 21, 2004 04:49 PMBoy, are you ever right! Any cat owner will testify that cats can put you through the emotional ringer every much as dogs. I've always lived in apartments that only allow cats; no dogs. I would have dogs but I would (now that I know and love them) have cats, still.
Also, when I look at a cat I see a piece of "sculpture" more beautiful than any carved stone presented by an "artist".
They are just, simply, absolutely the most beautiful and graceful animals that ever lived. Now watch all the dog owners trash me here. "Bring it on!"
Posted by: Jeff Soyer at August 21, 2004 06:22 PMI'm a cat person who also happens to like dogs. At the moment, we have an 8-week-old Akita puppy in the house. Our Siamese is taking extreme pleasure in being a better house resident than the puppy; he comes when we're calling the dog, smugly waving his tail, looks faintly horrified whenever he is scolded for chewing something he shouldn't, and lords over the fact that he can sleep on us, on our laps, and on the furniture in general.
The pup, meanwhile, barely notices, because his personality is that of Alan Greenspan in a teddy bear suit.
Posted by: LabRat at August 21, 2004 08:58 PM