我覺得養孩子和養寵物的道理是相通的，都要把握好那個度。即要關愛他們，但又不能抹殺了他們的天性。

這裏有篇文章是關於主人和貓的over-attachment。

對我來說，其他都沒問題，隻是其中一條我很符合。就是出於安全考慮，不讓虎子出門，100%indoor。我老公一直認為應該讓虎子出去看看外麵的精彩世界，享受貓生。這點對我來說很難做到。

overprotective就overprotective吧。



Vicky Halls VN,                    
Member of the Association of Pet Behaviour  Counsellors
Talk given at the FAB Annual Conference 2007

 

Over-attachment

We all love our cats but it is possible to take that love to  a level that is not in the best interests of the owner or the animal. The  definition of over-attachment is: “having an emotional bond with a pet  that is so intense that it is detrimental to the physical or psychological  wellbeing of either the human or the animal”

There are a  number of behaviour problems recognised in cats that are associated with  over-attachment, including:

• Attention-seeking behaviour       (e.g. destructive, vocalization, urine spraying)
• Periuria (inappropriate       urination)
• Inappropriate defecation
• OCD (Obsessive Compulsive       Disorder)
• Learned helplessness

 

All the  cases seen in one year, relating to problem behaviour in cats that was directly  associated with over-attachment, were analysed further to establish whether  there were any common characteristics in the owners.

Characteristics  of over-attached owner [V Halls (2000)]

• The owners were almost       exclusively women 
• The owners lived alone or with       a partner or companion with whom they spent little time
• The owners had been or were on       Prozac or similar psychotropic drug or had been treated for a       psychological problem. A large percentage of them had experienced a       bereavement or divorce
• The owners were anthropomorphic       about their cats referring to them as if human
• They didn’t go on holiday or       visit friends or family overnight because they were reluctant to leave       their cat
• The cats were kept exclusively       indoors or allowed restricted access to outdoors under supervision for       reasons of ‘safety’
• Many of the owners referred to       themselves as being perfectionists, eager to please and desperate to do       the right thing
• Their lives often revolved       around the daily requirements of their cat