Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site trwrb.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!hou3c!hocda!houxm!houxz!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!feinberg From: feinberg@trwrb.UUCP (Cheryl R. Feinberg) Newsgroups: net.pets Subject: Bobcats as Pets Message-ID: <815@trwrb.UUCP> Date: Thu, 7-Jun-84 21:35:42 EDT Article-I.D.: trwrb.815 Posted: Thu Jun 7 21:35:42 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 10-Jun-84 00:33:35 EDT Organization: TRW EDS, Redondo Beach, CA Lines: 26 I don't know about Bobcats specifically, but I bought a book about dogs, Understanding Your Dog, which was really good. At any rate, one of the premises he sets forth is regarding any cats, and especially big cats (wild ones). Cats have never been pack animals, therefore have much less respect for authority than dogs and their cousins, the wolf. Because of this, a cat may be okay when young (i.e. a kitten), but not as an adult. Dogs, on the other hand, see us as the "dominant" pack leader if we have trained them right, and treat and respect us accordingly. Part of the way dominance is decided is by size, and since we are usually bigger than our dogs, it is often easy to establish ourselves as the leader. This gets tougher with the larger and more dominant breeds, especially for a woman. Enough - not really on the subject of Bobcats, but I thought the part about pack animals vs. non-pack animals was both interesting and enlightening regarding our domestic pets. Cheryl R. Feinberg