Does your new kitten play a little too hard?  If your kitten is too playful when practicing is preditory behavior, try using a can of compressed air that makes a hissing noise to startle him. Stock up on lots of interesting  cat toys and rotate them around so that your kitten sees the same toy only once per week.  It would also be helpful to have a second kitten so that they can practice on each other instead of on you. If you get two kittens at the same time, chances are that they will grow up to be best of friends. Kittens have lots of energy, so it’s important to keep them occupied.  Plan to play with your new friend at least once each day.

Can dogs and cats see in color? Despite the myth’s, dogs and cats do see colors, just not as well as humans. Dogs can see the color blue but reds, greens and yellows all appear similiar. Dr Melrose, a veternarian in Auckland, New Zealand says that cats can see a fuller range of colors in the blue, green and yellow spectrum but see very little reds. Both dogs and cats have much better night vision than us because they have more rods in the back of their eyes according to Dr. Melrose. More light hits their retinas making vision better at night.  Cats can see even better than dogs at night because their pupils react much faster. Dr. Melrose also points out that cats like watching high end 100hz LCD screens better that older models. It turns out that these screens have a faster frame per second rate. Cats can process visual information much quicker than us. So when you put take our that new colorful dog coat, your dog is thinking “what awful taste” or “how cool is this!”  They can see some of the colors.

If you are a cat lover, the answer to this question probably won’t change your opinion about cats.  It may seem that cats are not as smart as dogs. Cats by nature are loners. They hunted alone while dogs hunted in packs. You must remember that dogs require more attention which can make them seem smarter. Cats seem to notice everything.  I believe that they are also more intuitive.  Here’s an example. I always take my cats to Delaware with me. The day that I plan to go down to Delaware, nothing is ever different than any other day. Right before the trip, I do take some clothes out of the closet to take with me but that’s it, nothing else is different. I never take out their cages until we are ready to leave. It never fails, when I leave the house to go to work or run an errand on the day that we are leaving, I come home to find both cats hiding – they are nowhere in site. The car trip is what they are not too fond of, not being in Delaware. How did they know? They just sensed that we they will be going for a ride in the car again!  You cannot measure the IQ of a dog or a cat. Both cats and dogs are affectionate. Dogs seem to respond to commands better than cats. You can throw almost anything and a dog will retrieve it.  I can throw all of the cat toys in the world and while my cats would probably run over to them, they would never pick one up and bring it back to me.

The answer – a toss up! Cats are smarter than dogs or dogs are smarter than cats. Which one to you prefer?  Whatever you choose, you are correct!