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Compared with the research on dogs,
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the research on cats
is approximately 15 years behind.
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First of all,
you need to become friends with the kitty.
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It's important that the cat
trusts you completely.
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The cat shouldn't expect
any surprises from you.
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Cats are sensitive animals.
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People who do not like cats often say
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that they don't understand
what cats are thinking.
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If you look at
a cat, at their eyes, their ears,
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the way they are wagging their tails,
if you observe them,
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you can start understanding
how a cat feels.
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Movements of the tail
have various meanings.
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When a dog is wagging his tail,
people say that it is happy.
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That's not the case for a cat.
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When I come home,
and a cat is coming towards me,
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holding its tail straight up,
it is in a good mood.
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It's saying, "Welcome home.
Where have you been? I missed you."
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When its tail is fluffed up,
that is true fear!
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A cat has
20 different sounds
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to express its emotions.
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Cats that live with humans meow a lot.
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When a cat meows loudly and clearly once,
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it often means
that the cat is demanding something.
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"I'm hungry, but there's no food
in my bowl."
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"I want water,"
or, "Please open this door."
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When a cat
makes sounds with its throat,
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it's feeling really great…
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…a little bit enchanted or mesmerized.
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That is the sound it makes.
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Not every cat can do special tricks.
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You must observe the cat
to understand what she is capable of
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and teach them things
based on their strengths.
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It's like
with humans. Some are great at computers.
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Some can be great ballerinas.
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You wouldn't teach computers
to a ballerina.
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Dogs see
their owners as gods.
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But cats think of themselves as gods.
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Cats don't want to do
what they don't like.
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They want to sleep
when they want to sleep,
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eat when they want to eat,
play when they want to play.
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I realized
that we can observe different behaviors
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in cats in the US and the ones in Japan.
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In Japan, cats have a hard time
with unfamiliar places.
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However, cats I saw in the US…
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…act normal even in unfamiliar places.
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So Japanese and American cats
might have different personalities.
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I realized
that our cultural differences affect cats.
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Japan is an island nation.
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Most cat owners keep
their cats completely indoors.
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People in Japan
rarely have a party at home.
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Therefore, for cats in Japan,
the frequency of meeting strangers
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is much less than for cats in the US.
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These might be factors contributing
to the differences between cats in Japan
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and cats in the US.
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Cats love their owners very much.
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I believe that my cats definitely love me.
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There is still so much
we don't know about cats.
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The future will bring
more discoveries bit by bit.
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I can't imagine my life without cats.
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They are my animals. I feel them.
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And I hope they love me
as much as I love them.