Latest articles by Sarah Elliott
Behaviour
When you just want to show your cat some love, why do they sometimes reject your advances and dart away from you? It can leave you wondering, was it something I said? Cats can be naturally aloof. They are a solitary spec…
Cats
Cat owners often worry about how they feed their cat. A recent survey found that 32% of owners identify their cat as overweight, while 37% worry that their cat is underweight. We want to get it right, but the trouble is,…
Cats
Just over one in four households own a cat, and 92% of owners consider their cat part of their family. Yet up and down the country, cat rescue and rehoming charities are at capacity. In some areas, waiting lists for cats…
Behaviour
Dogs are famous for their sense of smell. It’s a skill we humans have put to good use, training dogs to sniff out anything from illegal drugs, explosives and currency to lost people and even certain medical conditions. B…
Behaviour
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to see the world through your cat’s eyes? Do they have better eyesight than we do? And what are they seeing when they stare off into the middle distance like that? That’s just downri…
Breeds
Unlike dogs, cats have never been purposefully bred to fulfil a function considered ‘useful’ to their human owners. They became domesticated around 9000 years ago, welcomed into farming communities around areas of Wester…
