Posts tagged agency in animals
You are Not Your Cat's Dictator

You are your cat's advocate, not their dictator. We are often too commanding of our pets, because when our wants don't align, we—the—humans win. We tell them what to eat, where to sleep, what to play with, and where to be. Living arrangements of domestic cats is so much about control. We try to protect the sofa at the expense of limiting our cat's ability to express a full range of natural behaviors.

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