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tblue37

(65,490 posts) Sat Dec 11, 2021, 03:51 PM Dec 2021

Happy Caturday:

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Happy Caturday: (Original Post) tblue37 Dec 2021 OP

not so much love as dominance lapfog_1 Dec 2021 #1

So it's like a wedding ring is what you're saying? (nt) Hugh_Lebowski Dec 2021 #2

or a slave collar lapfog_1 Dec 2021 #3

Oooh! I think I have the best metaphor! Hugh_Lebowski Dec 2021 #5

yes - like this lapfog_1 Dec 2021 #6

Me and my buddy Walter went by to meet Arthur Digby Sellers ... he wrote the bulk of the series Hugh_Lebowski Dec 2021 #7

Yes, the cat is establishing ownership of the dog. Ocelot II Dec 2021 #4

I have a cat that does that to me everyday Sanity Claws Dec 2021 #8

OK, I don't know about all this branding and ownership hypothesis, I just think it's dame cute. Fla Dem Dec 2021 #9

lapfog_1

(29,226 posts)

1. not so much love as dominance

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Sat Dec 11, 2021, 03:55 PM

Dec 2021

when a cat does that they are marking their territory... scent glands in their face will mark the stranger to other cats as "this creature is mine, not yours"...

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)

2. So it's like a wedding ring is what you're saying? (nt)

Reply to lapfog_1 (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 11, 2021, 03:59 PM

Dec 2021

lapfog_1

(29,226 posts)

3. or a slave collar

Reply to Hugh_Lebowski (Reply #2)

Sat Dec 11, 2021, 04:02 PM

Dec 2021

all depends on your point of view

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)

5. Oooh! I think I have the best metaphor!

Reply to lapfog_1 (Reply #3)

Sat Dec 11, 2021, 04:09 PM

Dec 2021

It's like a branding!

lapfog_1

(29,226 posts)

6. yes - like this

Reply to Hugh_Lebowski (Reply #5)

Sat Dec 11, 2021, 04:11 PM

Dec 2021

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)

7. Me and my buddy Walter went by to meet Arthur Digby Sellers ... he wrote the bulk of the series

Reply to lapfog_1 (Reply #6)

Sat Dec 11, 2021, 04:16 PM

Dec 2021

Unfortunately, he had health problems.

Ocelot II

(115,869 posts)

4. Yes, the cat is establishing ownership of the dog.

Reply to lapfog_1 (Reply #1)

Sat Dec 11, 2021, 04:07 PM

Dec 2021

But maybe that's because the cat loves the dog.

Sanity Claws

(21,854 posts)

8. I have a cat that does that to me everyday

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Sat Dec 11, 2021, 04:17 PM

Dec 2021

She gets on the back of my chair and rubs her head all over mine.

Fla Dem

(23,765 posts)

9. OK, I don't know about all this branding and ownership hypothesis, I just think it's dame cute.

Reply to tblue37 (Original post)

Sun Dec 12, 2021, 11:45 AM

Dec 2021

I actually thought she was sneaking up on him and was going to swat his nose. So I was thrill with the snuggle.

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