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Cats are cats, not dogs

That’s Not How Cats Work

Just ask any cat — they’ll show you how they do and don’t work

Carol Lennox. LPC, M.Ed.
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7 min readJan 10, 2025

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Photo of my calico cat, Quila, surrounded by three balls, and staring at me. “That’s not how cats work.”
What toys? I don’t see any toys. Photo of Quila, by author

Running and hiding is an obvious way cats show you how they don’t work.

We adopted a kitten who, within less than 8 months, became a cat with a capital C. Her name is Leah, and she’s already larger than the two grown cats.

When she was born — and for 8 weeks — she and her siblings were visited and terrorized by a five-year-old boy. As kittens, they scrambled to hide from him by burrowing into the couch cushions whenever he plunked them onto the couch.

His mother found a pregnant cat, and persuaded a neighbor to foster her. Soon, the unsuspecting neighbor, who had never had cats, was fostering the original cat and five spotted kittens.

When we went to look at the kitten who became our Leah, the foster dad had only his desk and desk chair and a couch intact in the living area. He had turned the love seat on end, braced it against the wall, covered it in a sheet, and let the kittens climb all over it.

They all scrambled to the top when the demon child — I mean overly enthusiastic boy — came to visit.

A few months after we took Leah — the kitten who cozied up to my son and me when we…

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Carol Lennox. LPC, M.Ed.
Carol Lennox. LPC, M.Ed.

Written by Carol Lennox. LPC, M.Ed.

Psychotherapist sharing new choices. Leans far Left. Mindfulness practitioner before it was cool. LPC, M.Ed. Helping you make a difference every day

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