{"id":5328,"date":"2021-11-18T03:30:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-18T11:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5328"},"modified":"2021-11-18T03:30:10","modified_gmt":"2021-11-18T11:30:10","slug":"thoughts-for-thursday-my-cat-your-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5328","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts for Thursday \u2013 My Cat-Your Cat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-4990\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Oliviacontemplation2-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Oliviacontemplation2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Oliviacontemplation2-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Oliviacontemplation2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Oliviacontemplation2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Oliviacontemplation2-rotated.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Do you share a cat? I\u2019ve learned over the years that cats develop a different relationship with each person in a household. A cat might closely bond with one person and tolerate the others. She may entice one family member to play every evening, ask another one to feed her, and curl up next to a different one for an afternoon nap.<\/p>\n<p>Some cats have a favorite person. She\u2019ll sleep in his<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3814\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/catorangebeingheld-e1573644771607-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/catorangebeingheld-e1573644771607-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/catorangebeingheld-e1573644771607-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/catorangebeingheld-e1573644771607-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/catorangebeingheld-e1573644771607.jpg 1512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> bed, watch him when he leaves and wait for him to return, follow him around, sit in his lap and so forth. Other cats seem to like everyone in the family, only they\u2019ll establish a different relationship and determine different boundaries with each of them. There are the one-person cats, the every-person cats, and those that love-love-love the person who is <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3668\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_6679-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_6679-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_6679-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/IMG_6679-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>handing out the treats at the moment or feeding or playing with them.<\/p>\n<p>In our house, Olivia is mine, until Dennis brings out the treats or introduces a fresh<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3464\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Molly1-e1559130247221-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Molly1-e1559130247221-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Molly1-e1559130247221-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Molly1-e1559130247221.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/> batch of cat grass or I\u2019m asleep and Dennis is a willing massage therapist or playmate.<\/p>\n<p>Sophie is Dennis\u2019s\u2014she\u2019ll wait at the door for him when he steps out and spend as much time as she can on his lap. But there are certain things I offer her that Dennis doesn\u2019t, so then she becomes mine.<\/p>\n<p>I guess the bottom line is that cats are fickle and self-serving. Yeah, we knew that, didn\u2019t we?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you share a cat? I\u2019ve learned over the years that cats develop a different relationship with each person in a household. A cat might closely bond with one person and tolerate the others. 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