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The next time you hear "go fetch," don't assume it's for a dog. Cats like to engage in the playful behavior more than people might think. A new study from researchers at Purdue University and the ...

They are sleeker, more understated, and rarely as desperate for humans’ attention as their canine counterparts. But, according to a new study, many cats share a trait more frequently associated with ...

In news that probably won’t surprise cat owners, cats that play fetch do it on their own terms. Fetching felines tend to dictate when a fetching session begins and when it ends, a survey of over 900 ...

Cats tend to dictate games of fetch with their owners and most cats who play fetch learned to do so without explicit training, according to a survey of 924 cat owners published in Scientific Reports.

To train a non-fetching dog to fetch, you have to start by training two separate behaviours. Once the dog has mastered the two separate behaviours, you then shape them into one. In the first stage of ...

Although more common in dogs, 4 in 10 pet cats also choose to play fetch with their owners. Credit: Mikel M. Delgado/CC-BY 4.0 Conventional wisdom would suggest that all dogs love to play fetch, while ...

Cats have a reputation for being aloof (some may even say lazy) – but our new research has found they interact with their owners in surprising ways. What we discovered also shows how important this ...