Do we seem to emotionaly invest in pets more heavily ?

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I had a cat die when I was 13 or so carried on about it for to long and to intensely . Don't really like cats these days they don't like you the way a dog does. Not a pack animal and all that . Anyhow pet deaths how do you go with that ?

"The way a dog does" is the key part of that. They have a different way of being than dogs. Very different. For one example, staring in to a dog's eyes is generally understood to be a challenge; but with cats it is a sign of interest, and likely originating in how cats study situations and conditions since they need to grasp the details of those in order to be successful at hunting.

But, yeah, different people have different natural connections with different animals. And it is not odd to have a deep emotional connection - loss of connection hurts, we are beings made for connection.

A couple things from a really good cat blog I happened across a couple years ago.

http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/science-s ... ople/37144


http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/love-without-words/33614


http://www.wayofcats.com/blog/cat-affec ... -out/32836

And from my decades with dogs, then cats, this makes sense,

http://prokopetz.tumblr.com/post/146711 ... ns-are-big

And after that, I could tell dog and cat stories all evening about the ones who have been in my life

Well my cat of 14 years his name was Peter Pan never came back home one day, I always figured when it was his time he'd just leave...he was an outdoor/indoor cat. Basically came in and out whenever he wanted, I had this cat for most of my childhood and through multiple moves across states. But yeah you couldn't put a collar on him he'd take it off, you couldn't keep him inside he wanted to go out so we had to let him be his wild self.

But after 14 long years, he left and I never saw him again...I mean I sometimes feel bad that maybe I should have tried harder looking for him instead of submitting to the reality he was gone as soon as I did, or that he might have lived longer if I hadn't decided to go far away for college and instead had stuck around and just gone to community college. So yeah I've certainly taken it hard and sometimes still cry about it, I mean he was my cat for 14 years...but I guess I am still glad he died on his own rather than being put down. Being hauled off to an animal hospital to be euthanized would have been a very traumatic way for him to die, he always hated going to the vet with a passion.

Can't say domesticated cats gone feral seem sociable towards each other possibly different prey items ,forcing different hunting strategies ,social structures ? Each to there own as a lazy person I see the upside hygiene wise for cats ,not having to pick up mountains of crap . Wouldn't mind if both lots had to be bred by licensed breeders . Thinking more on the prey items we have feral rabbits in Australia that would seem to give advantage to pair hunting which I haven't observed or heard of . Then again if they go down the rabbit warrens and just grab a baby rabbit maybe there less likely to get injured a rabbit seems on the cusp safety wise for a cat . Anyhow feral cats don't seem social.

Any time a pet passes, it affects me deeply. My cats live quite a long time, so they are an integral part of the family. When Peter passed away at 18, it affected me deeply.

I think cats are becoming more attached to their owners because their owners actually spend more time with them. It wasn't that long ago that when couples would ask each other "Honey, did you put the cat out for the night?" while the dog got to stay indoors all curled up nice and cozy. My younger cat is VERY friendly and affectionate and loves attention. My older cat is more independent but enjoys being petted and cuddled when in the mood. In fact if turn away, she'll tap me on the arm with her paw and demand I pet her some more!

This may be bad. But when I hear that dogs died and things like that. I get more sad than if I heard or read that a person died. That's because I love dogs. I honestly think they're better than people. They don't say rude and mean things to you. They don't make fun of you that you're autistic and annoying. And accepts you and loves you for the way you are. And the 2 only movies I've ever cried were both dog movies and those were Marley and Me and My Dog Skip. I don't get sad when a person dies in a movie or show.

I think that's honest and quite relatable to me .Watch the lives of people with social skills . Their bonds are rarely as deep as they make out .

They make out? What do you mean by that?

They act like .

Oh. I just thought it was something I just never got how deep something was. Yeah it seems like dogs just don't care that your weird and different. They don't make fun of you or even realize that you're different from other people. That's part of the reason why I love them more than people.