Why do dog and cats like to play fetch? Recent research shows playing fetch is great for learning and is part of their instincts.
Many cats think they're too cool to fetch, but perhaps you have a rare fetching feline? If so, you should pounce on the Fetching Cats project while its still active! .Many people have seen dogs fetch, but cats like to get into the game too. Despite their very different hunting and play styles, fetching appears to combine elements of predatory and social behavior for both species.
Prior to this study, fetching behavior in cats hadn’t received much scientific attention. But because this review surveyed only owners of cats that fetched, there was no way to compare those animals with cats that didn’t. We wondered whether there was something about the cats themselves that made some more likely to fetch than others.. We expected to find abundant research about fetching behavior in dogs, but we learned that it was rarely addressed in dog behavior studies.
Interestingly, being male was associated with increased fetching in both species. Being older and having health problems decreased the likelihood that either cats or dogs would be fetchers. And for both species, sharing a home with a dog also made the animal represented in the survey less likely to fetch.
There are far fewer breeds of cats than dogs, and fewer purebred cats were represented in our study compared with dogs. Still, we also found breed differences among cats.
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