Do you know the weird way that cats show their love? They rub their scent on you! Yes it sounds really strange, but it’s a totally normal way for a cat to mark you as their own. That’s why people online were swooning over a video of a cat rubbing her scent on her favorite Golden Retriever bestie. She loves her! And she had the cutest way of showing it.
The animals’ aunt caught the cute moment in a video she later posted online. It shows the cat totally loving up on the Golden. And it wasn’t just a love nudge either.
@meow_doo00dle Back when I was babysitting my aunt’s cats, one of them loved Iris. (my dog isn’t greasy she just had wet ears from playing in water) . #dog #cat #goldenretriever #catsoftiktok #dogsoftiktok #goldenretrieversoftiktok
This is a sure-fire way that you can tell these two animals are besties. They have such an incredible bond. You can tell that these two love each other by how close they get. Especially when the cat wants to show her Golden BFF how she feels.
She rubbed her head all over the Golden Retriever’s face. At first it might look the cat is just saying hi, but she’s actually doing something really special. She’s claiming the pup as her own, which is really important to cats.
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“Back when I was babysitting my aunt’s cats, one of them loved Iris,” the woman explained in the video’s caption.
Again, this is just so adorable. Animals really can be so good to each other. They can hold each other in their hearts. People in the comments section were so in love with the connection these two had.
“Cat rubbing their scent on them,” wrote one person.
“I always thought it was fighting like cats and dogs,” teased another commenter.
“That’s the cutest thing ever,” chimed in a third person.
Why Do Cats Rub Their Scent on You?
Cats use their noses to understand the world around them. And they’re territorial. So it stands to reason that they mark things that they want to claim. Cats do this by rubbing their bodies on you to release the natural oils on their fur. They also like to smell your scent! It’s all to say that it’s a good thing if it seems like your cat is giving you a little sniff. It means they love you!
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