'All she needed was a calm start': Black cat labeled as "difficult", after having been returned to the shelter twice for behavioral issues, finally gets adopted by someone who actually understands her

Cats are just like people - they bond with the ones who actually try to understand them.

It's easy to call a cat "difficult" when you don't make an effort to understand it. Simply expecting a cat to waltz into your life and fit right in is unrealistic. The cat will have to make adjustments for you, and you will have to make adjustments for the cat, just like with anyone else. People who don't understand cats wouldn't get half of the completely normal things that they do on a daily basis. They wouldn't understand that cats trying to sneak food off your plate behind your back is normal, that cats screaming at closed doors and then not wanting to go through when you open them is normal, the fact that cats having zoomies and running across your face in the middle of the night sometimes it - yes - normal.

All of these things are simply a part of who our cats are. And we accept them just as they are. The cat in this story, who was labeled "difficult" by the shelter that it was returned to didn't deserve that label. It just needed to find someone who actually attempted to understand.

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Some people honestly don't understand cats. You can see it so easily in the way that they treat them. With the first person, the cat owner, it seems like there was at least an attempt to keep the cat and get them used to their environment. Sometimes, it really just doesn't work out. Maybe this kitty didn't like the company in that house. But with the second owner… dropping a cat into the middle of a giant house, without a corner for themselves, without them knowing where anything is, that's just a recipe for disaster. It's no surprise that it didn't work out. She needed someone who would understand her and what she needs, and thankfully, it seems that she found it.
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Marking a cat as “difficult” or “unwanted” is just about one of the worst things that you can do to it. People don't often stop and ask why or what happened that made them label the cat this way. They simply see the label and stop seeing the cat as an option. We need more people like the person in this story - ones who don't give up on cats so easily and who understand that there is no such thing as a bad cat, only a cat who hasn't found the right people yet.
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