Tag: #pets and stress

Temporary guests upset cats

Temporary guests upset cats

Mittens and Belle learned this truth during the three months my son Nathanial’s cats lived with us: Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting with strife (Proverbs 17:1). Temporary guests upset cats, who by nature don’t appreciate change. When Knight and Luna arrived at our house in April,…

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Pets copy habits, stress of owners

Pets copy habits, stress of owners

Apparently my daughter, who has two class periods at school where she studies small and large animal science, has learned how to psychoanalyze our dog. According to her, our pets copy some of our habits and even take on some of our stresses. Well, I wasn’t shocked because I already had concluded that our dog…

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