| We often think of cat pampering as nothing more | | | | with a light rubdown. |
| than laying a series of high-priced custom cat food | | | | Food pampering involves providing the cat with edible |
| dinners and toys in front of a pet. Although great | | | | proofs of one's caring. This can be as simple as a |
| toys and tasty meals can be a part of cat | | | | few factory-produced cat treat snacks in the |
| pampering, there are many more options available to | | | | evening or can take the form of a special homemade |
| cat owners who want to spoil their fuzzy friends! | | | | cat food prepared fresh by the owner and served |
| It should be noted that the desire to pamper a cat | | | | warm to the pet. Food pampering is a commonly |
| generally stems from a love for the animal, combined | | | | used technique because multiple options are so readily |
| with an awareness that providing some additional | | | | available. |
| attention might also improve the nature of the cat | | | | Many owners will purchase "gourmet" cat food in |
| owner relationship. | | | | order to give their favorite pet a more enjoyable |
| It can be helpful to look at the cat pampering | | | | culinary experience. Owners who want to impress |
| landscape as being divided into three main | | | | upon the animals just how much they care regularly |
| components. There is emotional pampering, physical | | | | treat some cats to special foods and snacks. |
| pampering and food pampering. | | | | Cat pampering can take many forms. It can range |
| Emotional pampering is an area often overlooked by | | | | from the simple prolonged petting of a lap cat in the |
| those who are not cat owners. They see only the | | | | evening to the building of a complicated series of cat |
| outward signs of a pampered pet (the toys, etc.) | | | | toys in the form of a "kitty condo." In between the |
| and miss out on this aspect completely. | | | | extremes are literally an endless series of ways by |
| Emotional pampering is probably the most effective | | | | which one could spoil their cat. |
| means of developing a stronger bond with one's cat. | | | | Cat owners have long recognized that pampering a |
| Put simply, it involves providing the animal with | | | | cat is not merely an interesting diversion. It also has |
| unconditional love and demonstrating that love | | | | some very real advantages to both the cat and the |
| frequently in any number of forms. | | | | owner. They are able to develop a closer, more |
| Some will lavish attention on a cat in the form of | | | | significant bond. The cat/owner relationship can be |
| praise. For others it may be a cutesy song and a | | | | very important to some people and this is their chief |
| belly rub. There are limitless variations and | | | | goal in pampering the animal. Others are more |
| permutations on emotional pampering. Regardless of | | | | altruistically concerned with providing cats with |
| the exact technique used, however, there is one | | | | whatever is necessary to improve the overall quality |
| common thread—the attempt to show the cat | | | | of their lives. |
| just how much they are loved. | | | | Regardless of motivation, many are trying to pamper |
| Physical pampering involves proving the pet with | | | | their cats. One of the best ways of finding a pet |
| special "extras" to improve the quality of their life and | | | | pampering strategy that will really work for an owner |
| to convey to them how highly they are regarded. | | | | is to review a guide on the subject matter in order |
| Emotional pampering may have a physical component | | | | to discover helpful hints and an overview of |
| (i.e. the aforementioned belly rub), but physical | | | | pampering techniques. Even those who do not make |
| pampering involves more involved actions. | | | | use of a singly strategy still usually find themselves |
| Examples of physical pampering may include when an | | | | inspired by what they have encountered. Whether |
| owner combs out a longhaired cat's fur. Owners who | | | | the owner's predilections lean toward emotional, |
| carefully trim back the nails of their cats are providing | | | | physical or food pampering, they are sure to find |
| a kind of physical pampering. One of the most | | | | ideas that will help them to pamper their cat |
| obvious examples of physical kitty pampering is the | | | | effectively. |
| cat massage. The owner of the pet provides the cat | | | | |