But I do like them. I just accept them for what they are. They do the same for me, some of them anyway. Perhaps "standoffish" would have been slightly better than "arrogant". Some are arrogant of course, others are very skittish.
Beating a dog and expecting him to kiss your butt is a good way to get your butt bit. Some dogs will take that sort of thing, but far from all.
The cats I respect the most are the barn cats. They are tough cookies, and usually standoffish. If they are arrogant, well, they've earned it. Some mighty nasty rodents in and around some barns... until a bunch of cats take up residence there.
Thanks for clarifying what you meant. I agree that they can be “standoffish” at times too, but I guess I would use the word “moody.” :) All a matter of semantics, I guess.
There is no question that cats need to be “socialized” with humans within the first 12 weeks, or they will be averse to human contact forever. There is still a lot of “wildness” left in the genes of cats, as they were one of the last animals domesticated by man. Some point to this fact as evidence for a lack of intelligence or affection, while ignoring the very real possibility that maybe they were just the last holdouts to surrender to some form of dependancy on humans, but finally decided it was a good deal in the end, total freedom/independence be damned.
Didn’t mean to misunderstand you. As a man who likes cats, I get a lot of funny looks from people, as if I’m “strange” for being a cat lover, a heterosexual, AND the kicker, a conservative! Us straight, white, gun clinging Christians like cats too sometimes...