Is cat love real love?

Yes.

I shouldn’t be surprised at the question, considering people often struggle with love between human beings. Where we, at least, have our own experience to go by.

What we are feeling, what they are demonstrating, is real.

I do get asked, “Is cat love real love?” - Dear Pammy at the Way of Cats https://www.wayofcats.com/blog/dear-pammy-is-cat-love-real-love/67587
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Bud carries the spirit of the holiday forward as he squirms close to Rhiannon while she’s sleeping.

And he gets away with it, because he’s behaving himself. I’m the lap beneath, making sure.

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She's not quite as tiny as she used to be so curling up in my hood isn't as easy as it used to be....but when baby wants a snuggle, baby gets a snuggle.

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Barriers to closeness might be the way cats refuse to play status games. If we really want cat closeness, we have to think as they do.

We must meet as equals on the field of love.
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Dear Pammy, How can he achieve cat closeness? - the Way of Cats https://www.wayofcats.com/blog/dear-pammy-how-can-he-achieve-cat-closeness/29922

NEW POST! Five Minutes for the Cat

Five minutes of concentrated attention makes up for a lot of neglect. In our cat’s mind.

Which is why I encourage us to build our cats into our routines. It’s an easy way to max out the love.

A reader tells what happened when she tried it.

(read post at the link)

https://www.wayofcats.com/blog/five-minutes-for-the-cat/70287

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NEW POST! Lure of the lap is about people and cats. We can both want this.

Without either of us getting what we want.

We regard a cat who sits in our lap as the mark of a truly affectionate cat.

But does this make sense? To the cat?

https://www.wayofcats.com/blog/lure-of-the-lap/70027
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