I don't know about long-haired cats in general -- maybe it's just that petting them feels so nice -- but there's an obscure breed called ragdolls (they look like Himalayans) that is affectionate nearly to a fault. ("Get rid of that thing on your lap, I need to sit there.") I'm trying to teach mine to ride around on my walker (she likes that) so I can take her on walks around the senior residence where I live and everybody can pet her.
Most wild felids aren't long-haired, including the wildcats that the domestic cat split off from.
So maybe when we selected them for a more agreeable personality (...relative to other cats...), we hit a gene with pleitropic effects on hair length. It wouldn't be unusual in the history of domestication.
I feel that long-haired katz are more affectionate than shorthaired. Of course this is ridiculous. Does anyone else feel this way? If so, why?
Katz > Giggling Baby
I don't know about long-haired cats in general -- maybe it's just that petting them feels so nice -- but there's an obscure breed called ragdolls (they look like Himalayans) that is affectionate nearly to a fault. ("Get rid of that thing on your lap, I need to sit there.") I'm trying to teach mine to ride around on my walker (she likes that) so I can take her on walks around the senior residence where I live and everybody can pet her.
Most wild felids aren't long-haired, including the wildcats that the domestic cat split off from.
So maybe when we selected them for a more agreeable personality (...relative to other cats...), we hit a gene with pleitropic effects on hair length. It wouldn't be unusual in the history of domestication.
I feel that long-haired katz are more affectionate than shorthaired.
My short-haired cat Bruno apparently didn't get that memo.
But since Bruno is a black cat, I now feel that black cats are more affectionate (and handsome and intelligent) than any other kind.