I'm just wondering, if this is something other people's cats do.
Several years ago, we had a little calico named Patches. She had been a stray who adopted us, and even though she was pretty happy in the house, she liked to go out in the yard a couple of times a day. We lived kind of diagonally across the street from a park, and one evening I took my daughter for a walk down there - she was maybe 2 or 3 at the time - and Patches walked along with us. She was so happy and proud, walking with her tail high, looking behind to see if we were following or running to catch up with us. She stayed with us the whole time we were at the park, except when she attacked a small dog for no apparent reason. And she came home with us and slept next to me on my pillow that night, and I'd swear she was very happy about the whole thing.
Now Patches has gone to live with a friend of ours as a housewarming gift (she asked to have her and we had several cats at the time, so we were sorry to see her go but it seemed like a good thing at the time), but Blackie is one of her kittens (she had 1 litter) who was born under my bed.
Last night, I walked over to our apartment's community center to pick up my daughter from a children's event. Blackie was on the porch and saw me, and walked over with me. He waited with me to cross the street. He waited outside the building while I went in to get my daughter. He followed us home, sometimes leading and sometimes following, his long-haired tail held high like a flag waving in the evening breeze. He seemed very pleased with the whole situation.
So, is this common cat behavior, or something strange that this mother and son have in common?
Several years ago, we had a little calico named Patches. She had been a stray who adopted us, and even though she was pretty happy in the house, she liked to go out in the yard a couple of times a day. We lived kind of diagonally across the street from a park, and one evening I took my daughter for a walk down there - she was maybe 2 or 3 at the time - and Patches walked along with us. She was so happy and proud, walking with her tail high, looking behind to see if we were following or running to catch up with us. She stayed with us the whole time we were at the park, except when she attacked a small dog for no apparent reason. And she came home with us and slept next to me on my pillow that night, and I'd swear she was very happy about the whole thing.
Now Patches has gone to live with a friend of ours as a housewarming gift (she asked to have her and we had several cats at the time, so we were sorry to see her go but it seemed like a good thing at the time), but Blackie is one of her kittens (she had 1 litter) who was born under my bed.
Last night, I walked over to our apartment's community center to pick up my daughter from a children's event. Blackie was on the porch and saw me, and walked over with me. He waited with me to cross the street. He waited outside the building while I went in to get my daughter. He followed us home, sometimes leading and sometimes following, his long-haired tail held high like a flag waving in the evening breeze. He seemed very pleased with the whole situation.
So, is this common cat behavior, or something strange that this mother and son have in common?