08/26/2026
For those who have followed the saga of Tonka all these years (9, can you believe he is NINE?!), it’s interesting to see that Tank pushes him around, can take over food, nudge him away from an activity, takes over clicker training, Tonka defaults to him quite a bit. Size makes NO DIFFERENCE in the feline world, it is about confidence!
This would be a fantastic time to address that there is NO ALPHA in the feline world! If you learn nothing else from this post or page, please, stop saying “Alpha cat!” It does not exist!
The feline hierarchy is “fluid”. It constantly changes from hour to hour, room to room, and piece of furniture to piece of furniture. For example, one cat may “own” the sofa in the perfect morning sun, another may own it at night during TV watching time.
Cats “time share” resources. Which is why is is imperative you spread out resources in your home! Cats hate “cat rooms”! Very stressful indeed. (What if one cat “owns” the cat room? How do the others get to eliminate?
Now, that being said, when you have just two cats you may notice some distinctions but in a multi-cat household A can be dominant over C, C can be dominant over F, F can be dominant over B and so on, and then the situation’s and circumstances change and it rotates yet again!
So please, no more Alpha cat! And, no more “cat rooms!”
