Pawprints & Stories
How to Keep Your Cat Cool in a Heatwave (A Report From the Cold Kitchen Floor)
The Institution reports from the coldest tile in the kitchen: how cats actually cope with...
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What Size Playpen Does My Pet Actually Need? (A Surveyor's Guide to Floor Space)
Measure the pet, not the room. A practical guide to working out how much floor...
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Why Does My Cat Headbutt Me? (A Formal Introduction, Issued Daily)
The Institution investigates why the Artist in Residence keeps walking into people, forehead first —...
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What to Write in a Pet Sympathy Card (When Words Feel Too Small)
For the moment when the card is open, the pen is full, and the page...
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Why Does My Cat Follow Me to the Bathroom? (A Privacy Policy, Rejected)
Your cat has rejected the bathroom privacy policy. Why cats follow you, what the behaviour...
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How to Set Up a Kitten Safe Space (The Nursery Wing, Commissioned)
A kitten's first fortnight goes better in a smaller world. Which room to choose, what...
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What Your Cat's Tail Is Actually Telling You (A Field Guide to the Twitches)
Your cat has been narrating their entire emotional state via tail for years, and you've...
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Why Does My Cat Sleep So Much? (A Performance Review of the Sleep Department)
Twelve to sixteen hours a day, with no visible guilt. Why cats sleep so much,...
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Do Puppies (and Rabbits) Need a Playpen? (A Planning Application, Reviewed)
A new kitten is a very small demolition contractor. Here's when a playpen genuinely helps,...
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Why Does My Cat Meow at Me So Much? (Minutes From the Complaints Department)
Adult cats barely meow at each other — the meow is a language they invented...
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Why Do Cats Hate Closed Doors? (A Formal Complaint, Filed on Their Behalf)
Your cat doesn't want to come in. Your cat wants the option. Why closed doors...
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How to Stop Your Cat Scratching the Sofa (Without Losing Their Trust)
You can't stop a cat scratching — but you can change where. A kind, 7-step...
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