What is Cat?

A quick bootstrap for a human to understand a cat

Does Your Cat Think It Owns You?

Topics: Behavior

Cat on Person

Cat Fake Lap

Cat Grooming Human

Yes.
But not in a cruel way.

How Cats Think About Ownership

Cats do not think of ownership like humans do. They think in terms of territory + relationships.

Here’s how you rank:

  • You are mobile furniture
  • You are resource controller
  • You are social ally
  • You are inside their territory

What Cats Don’t Think

Cats don’t think:

“I belong to this human.”

They think:

“This human belongs here.”

Which is better.

Signs you are “owned”:

  • The cat sits on you without permission
  • The cat interrupts your activities
  • The cat chooses you over empty furniture
  • The cat acts offended when you move

Cat logic:

“I allow you to participate in my environment.”


Final Truth

Your cat:

  • Brings gifts because it sees you as family (or incompetent)
  • Wakes you because mornings are non-negotiable
  • Watches you sleep because you matter
  • “Owns” you because you are part of its world

Cats don’t worship humans.
They integrate us.

And once you’re integrated, you’re in for life.