Our behaviour specialist reveals your cat might ‘ambush’ you with aggressive play. Cats Protection Behaviour Manager Nicky Trevorrow explains why a cat may show misdirected predatory play behaviour. During normal development, kittens start to develop social play with each other at four weeks of age, as a way of practising hunting behaviours. Social play, including chasing behaviour, continues until it peaks at approximately 12–14 weeks. Often this type of predatory aggression appears as ‘ambushing’ where the cat lies in wait, ready to attack as soon as someone walks by. [Read More]

Dogs Trust have launched a dog emoji keyboard to raise awareness of #nationaldogday. The keyboard features twenty three of the UK’s most popular dog breeds. The breeds are all based on real dogs in Dogs Trust centres across the UK and Ireland. You can get the keyboard on both iOS and Android in the iTunes App and Google Play stores. If you’re looking to get one of the breeds in the new emoji keyboard, we’ve listed their basic characteristics here for you. [Read More]